About Us & FAQ

Zane Larsen started Green Iron Road Wear in 2018 after searching all over the internet and failing to find a bracer of sufficient rugged style that he wanted. Everything was simple and small, styles that have been frequently seen and over used.

Then one day when walking home from his work carpool, Zane found a broken, heavy cargo strap in the dirt on the side of the road and an idea formed in his mind. Since then, the ideas haven’t stopped and he’s grown that style into multiple types and lines of gear and accessories and formed Green Iron Road Wear!

Military surplus is our passion and Green Iron Road Wear is our vehicle to bring new life and uses to old things that may have only been forgotten or discarded otherwise.

One of our primary goals is to use the highest quality of materials available; particularly supplies made in the U.S.A. The main driving factor in a item’s cost is our time spent to create it. So why spend all that time working with inferior material and hardware? GIRW customers deserve the best construction and durability for their money. Please note, some items are purposely designed to use old, or heavily worn items. That is their intended final appearance and aesthetic; worn in, but not worn out.

Please see the Material Options page further detail on what general supplies we have immediately available.

We have probably played entirely too many Role Playing Games (RPGs) such as Diablo, Exile, and World of Warcraft – to name a few. Gear in those games always had cool names like “Truesilver Gauntlets of Slaying”. We wanted all of the creations for Green Iron Road Wear to have similar neat and fitting names. Thus, for the heavy arm/ankle bracers “Splinted Vambrace of Biting” or the bandanas with Velcro patch options, “Bandana of Choose Your Own Adventure” were born!

Some may be concerned over our use or re-use of official military insignias, service and unit patches, and etc. Others may think that such things shouldn’t be turned into “casual fashion” or shouldn’t be used outside their official capacity and that it is “stolen valor” to do otherwise.

Obviously we at Green Iron Road Wear very much disagree. As stated above in our “Inspiration”, we want to bring new life and uses to old things that may have only been forgotten or discarded otherwise. We have much experience with many forms of military surplus, and most of it is left to rust and rot outdoors or molder in moth eaten forgotten, piles of dusty crates and bins in basements and attics.

We respect and honor the service and sacrifice of all those who came before, that helped create, shape, and preserve the greatest country in the history of the world, the United States of America. We want the insignias and patches to be reused, seen, remembered, and honored, even if it is “only” thought of as fashion or costume. It’s fashionable to be patriotic; always will be.

Our hours of operation are listed on the Contact Us page. All hours are in Mountain Time (MT), USA. We will give every effort to reply to all correspondence, commissions, orders and etc in as a timely fashion as possible (typically in a day or two). Please be aware that Green Iron Road Wear does not fully support our staff members, and as such, their regular full time-jobs have to take precedent. This means, we will usually only be able to respond in the evenings or weekend.

Green Iron Road Wear can also be found on Facebook and X. Follow us to see the continual awesome creations, evolution and growth!

For Green Iron Road Wear’s Return, Warranty, Use, Safety, Liability, Non-Discrimination, Privacy and all other Policies, please see the Policies page.