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Soft arsed Italian wearing the heavy layers in Canada. Comfy outdoor Inverallan Og107 Yukkkks

Tender 405 // Warehouse Tees // Sugarcane M-Series // Viberg x Iron Heart

Surplus, universal works, RMC, redwing

Orange , Lee, buzz, fullcount, vans

Outdoors and Indoors today... Vintage / Salomon / Buaisou / McCoys / At Last / Darn Tuff / Birks

Winter wonderland as well here...

Stevenson chore Merz 215 boncoura XX rick owens

Feeling a bit "British" today...the new Tricker's arrived and I am in love. Had to pair them with my Jamieson's sweater.

A rare, non-indigo day. Denime - orSlow - Vans

I made Duke a little rack for his leatherworking tools today.. I drilled a plywood template for the holes.. it's easier to get the spacing right on the temp, rather than have numerous confusing lines on your oak. I cut a block of oak from a board and sanded it square.. put the template on top and drilled through the holes.. not all the way through, just a couple of inches down Used my guage to mark out a 15mm thickness Cut it off Sanded it flat.. Keeping the thread on topic, cuff of Warehouse 😎 Repeat I did the same thing from the bottom of the board (which is why i only drilled 2" deep) giving me 2x pieces of oak with a series of holes on the exact same centers and one piece of oak with no holes to form the base of the rack and laminated the bottom 2x pieces together ..this is only because when i look in the bottom of the holes.. i don't want to see the point left behind from the forstner bit Pfft.. so unprofessional.. says the guy who can't even focus^ his camera I wanted some wooden dowels to peg it together.. but i wanted them in a dark contrasting colour... huf!.. y'know that moment in your day when all you need a small perfectly round piece of honduras mahogany but it's been on the endangered species list since 2013?.. well fear not superdudes Double 0s Life Hacks #47 Cut some pieces of mahogany Y'know those people who say 'you can't fit a square peg in a round hole' ?.. well those people are fucking idiots Get a bit of metal with a hole in it and nip it up in the vice ..tap your little peg in ..tap it through with a drift punch, turn the metal upside down and hey presto! ..Mahogany dowels Using the oak off cuts.. i've bobbin'd out a couple of slots.. Im going for a mid-century kind of vibe ..started building it.. i'll hide that little rebate later, i french polished the internal parts before i put the top on so i wasn't french polishing through a narrow slot ..tapped my handmade pegs in.. now the labourious task of sanding out the marks from the machines.. ..french polished the outside and gave it a coat of wax ..and there you have it .. the hiden rebate

Columbia knit / North Face / TCB 50s / Russell Moccasin

TCB / Rototo (non vis) / Freewheelers 37s and Heaver / Hollows / Russell Mocs

Time for an update about my order for the Lb40s jeans.

buzz rickson cap, fine creek jacket, warehouse jeans and some tony llama’s

Wet commute this morning. heimat, maifattura ceccarli, fullcount, vans

accidental couple waywt denim edition: on me mf veste ouvrier on top of tender wallaby short sleeve in khaki linen (?) (tender 129 in molleton denim no viz); on missus, vintage wrangler jacket (very similar to ande whall's grizzly) we found abandoned in a winter holiday house in adaminaby, australia.

Fullcount/ Buzz Rickson/ Jim Green

Denime - Denime - Converse

Some 0105's that have been in rotation about 10 months. Still the best fabric I've worn over the last 15+ years.

Johnny Caps Dry Bones // Lee Jacket // MF tees // Militora Trousers // Viberg x Iron Heart

RRL jacket RRL shirt Sunray tee Vintage 505s Loake

Ebbetts Drake’s on Drake’s Full Count Trickers

Just iPhone pics at the moment - but here’s what Neal made me with the tools in it. It’s not a tool rack … it’s the best piece of furniture we’ve got in the house. It looks and feels mid-century as Neal said, it smells lovely and I ab-so-fucking-lutely love it Wood is such a tactile material and when you’ve got someone who understands it so well then you can only end up with a beautiful object

These have been getting a lot of wear lately

Mrs. CSL loves Sal's Cactus Mart. They used to have space alongside HW126, but are now tucked back in a neighborhood in Santa Paula, CA. This location must have been the mothership for want of a better term, as the owner told us some of the cacti there had been growing 40 years. Cactus is about the only thing that will survive here due to it being too gnarly for rabbits & squirrels to eat. We have to pick varieties that can stand cold weather as it can get below freezing in Winter.

Thoughts on the J117 - Fit TTS IMO. I sized down, but wish I had gone with my normal size. The jacket is fucking huge, but the hem is what sets the fit. It's tight on the bottom and roomy up top. This is a maternity wear item. I bought this hoping for something along the lines of a cozy S21 with a zipper, and a sling design that works well with a jacket on top. This turned out to be the opposite (I know the 'J' designation should have been a tip-off). It is an overshirt to say the least. I wear my size S over an M J50 and there's still plenty of room. In fact it actually fits better the more bulky you make the layers underneath. Design The weird split hem thing really emphasizes the maternity vibes. As a dude, I'm not anticipating the pregnancy that would really make this feature pop for me. I like the idea of a giant warm sweater, but IMO the gaudy reverse coil WR zippers really throw off the look. This jacket is clearly not intended for rainy days, why put that ugly shiny crap on what could have been something much more understated? Given that it is truly an outer layer, I would have preferred a traditional sling, and maybe a hidden pocket where the current one resides. I think it would fit the vibe of the jacket much better. This design just seems really ham-fisted and I'm not really sure what the thought process was. There was a lot of potential for a cool sweater (or weird jacket thing) and instead we get this overly bulky mess. Functionality While the material is warm and soft, ultimately it has absolutely no wind resistance. It's pretty cold and windy here, and I almost always layer some WS underneath. Unfortunately that means I don't really get that next to skin enjoyment of the fabric. Maybe it's the fact that I sized down, but the jacket seems to always ride up on me because the hem is so tight. This is further exacerbated by the bulky zipper(s) on the EX model that work to constantly bulge out the belly. This jacket seems to be designed for the sole purpose of making the wearer look fat. Undoing the bottom zipper a bit helps, but when combined with the split hem only serves to emphasize how fat you look - "you can't even do up your zipper!" The hem and double zip also make zipping up the jacket very annoying because it aligns on a weird angle rather than the straight line of a normal zipper. I am also not a fan of the alternative sling design. Like it slings, but it doesn't hold it as tight to your body as the old design. It's also more of a pain to deploy. Finally, the hood is just too big. It flops down over the eyes and needs constant adjustment. There's no cinch provided to pull in the excess material. Overall, it's wearable, but just disappointing given the potential of what it could have been. I will wear it occasionally, but I think in most cases I will stick to the more functional pieces of my wardrobe which require less effort, and offer better features. It'll spend most of its time parked in the odd duck section of the closet next to the CP4. Pictured below layered over a tee, hoodie, and J50-WS to bulk it out. The shemagh helps hide some of the ugly WR zipper.

New pup in the family

Pup’s first trip to the market Tilley / Rocky Mountain / Joe McCoy’s Ballpark / Duke’s / Cane’s

Cushman jacket, Warehouse shirt and pants The jeans are 1901 model

Carhartt|TCB|TCB TCB hoodie and 30’s jeans fit very cozy.

Columbia knit / Uniqlo / vintage LL Bean chamois / Overcomer / Simple Shoe

Freewheelers 1927 type 1 Freewheelers 1937 jeans Nicks builder pros

At the in-laws for Thanksgiving and found an amazing photo

Home sick, xxxtra cozy Tender coat & socks // Ues waffle knit // SC40300 // Birks

Dalee cardigan/ tcb wrecking crew. Excuse the mess in the background.

Shaved for Halloween so I've been hiding my face a bit. Also in desperate need of a haircut. Denim Fisherman Cap Vintage hand knit Cowichan "inspired" novelty sweater Iggy Pop tour tee Trusty painted leather belt Left Field NYC x Blackblue x Collect Mills Vintage Chippewas

Flat Head snow pattern sweatshirt Flat Head red herringbone flannel Iron Heart belt Flat Head hickory stripe pants Wesco Mister Lou horsehide boots TFH gear was all from Yahoo Auctions and Mercari! A rare no-denim outfit from me. I'm particularly excited about the pants, love the fit and everything else about these, for just half or a third of the cost of similar pants at most specialty shops.

Happy Thanksgiving Sandinista Patagonia Phigvel Vans

Full Ivy style Vintage Ralph Lauren Oxford/WH DD-1001xx 1947/Rancourt loafers

WWII khakis / chinos are still out there at flea markets and vintage shops. Here's a pair I've worn for years.

Left field shirt/motor t/ belafonte jeans/ Jim green boots

Sandinista Masstard Phigvel Dickies Vans

601XX-C after another wash, a year of wear into them now. Not sure how they manage to do it, but I still don't have any loose threads. Cool seeing the variation between the right and left side outseam stitches, the right side (left in these photos) being chainstitched and a bit thicker than the other.

Treated myself to a pair of horsehide Attractions 444s. Tools some pics compared to my The Flathead CXL engineers which have about 4 years of wear on them.

Freewheelers skid row Freewheelers 1937 jeans Nicks moc toe boots

Apprenticeship school last week Filson denim vest Runabout Goods brander type 1 Freewheelers 1937 Nicks 1964 Tan builder pro

Trying on this Levi’s shirt to see how I feel about western shirts Levis Warehouse

Tilley cap / Ues shirt / Merz tee / old Cane’s

Vintage Oshkosh jacket Band tee Vintage thermal Left Field crosshatch Smokestacks Good Guys boots

1937 photo dump. Really love how this denim has aged. Also interesting to see how the rivets patina in the areas they encounter sweat a lot.