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Great! We drove down to Port Aransas last weekend for a day trip, probably the furthest stretch I've taken it on so far besides going to Houston to visit my wife's family. I still get some mild range anxiety whenever I'm having to rely solely on public charging, but now that I have a NACS adapter that's a bit less of a concern. I'd love to take it on a longer road trip but that's not so easy with the little one. Could definitely see myself sticking with electric going forward. Here's a photo dump. Been pretty busy lately hence the absence from posting, but outside of dad duties I landed a new (fully remote!) job. This was a huge boost for my mental health, I really started hating my old role. Only was there for a year but I can safely say it was the worst job I've ever had. New company flew me up to Philly last week, wasn't there long but really enjoyed it. Never visited before but seems like I'll be back every quarter so I look forward to exploring more of it. Had my mom in for mother's day, been playing a bunch of golf lately. Saw a cool kei truck and some black bellied whistling ducks, and of course I've had some pizza. I'll work on getting some photos dedicated photos of the jeans soon, really enjoying them!

A couple months ago, I got another old car - a 1986 Toyota Cressida. It’s rear wheel drive, powered by a 2.8 L straight six, super comfy, and in amazing condition with 145K miles on the odometer.

Drying after first real machine wash. Couple washes to this point but all done by hand. Probably no more of that. First photo is probably most accurate color. No real combs but signs of a little fraying on back of the knee where the crease is, haha. Summer is coming and soon as it is hot will probably be washing these fairly often.

Had a ride over to Margate at the weekend. Cap, self-made Rising sun jacket Warehouse sweat Full count Red wing Lambretta.

Ooe x Sunny Garden / Freewheelers x 2 / @Duke Mantee / Converse Timeline

22501XX fit

Damn that’s so sick @Cold Summer!! I just got an old Toyota too, a ‘77 pickup. Took the train out to Montana and drove it back, had absolutely no issues until I blew up the engine last week from not tightening a coolant hose clamp down tightly enough. It’ll be back on the road soon, I hope …

M41057 Picked these up on a bit of a whim, I’ve been interested in the vaunted M series for a few months, browsing Mercari and yahoo sporadically at work. I saw these the other week, still nice and dark, listed much cheaper than comparable pairs, so I pulled the trigger. I’ve put just one wear into them, but I think I’m understanding the hype.

Most recent delivery. Late '45 601xx, I'll be waiting awhile to wash and wear these but it's tempting to throw 'em in the wash now... Obviously I'm a sucker for any and all Great Lakes Mfg. branded gear...

The other day, I saw a post no bills sign at a construction site and it brought up a memory I had long forgotten, which, now that I think about it, is kinda funny. When I was a kid, I didn't grow up with huge amounts of money but also, was just a kid so having one pair of jeans, one pair of shoes, one hat, was normal to me. You wear out your shoes, you replace them. Wear them out. Rinse and repeat. Well, PNB Nation (Post No Bills) was a hip-hop company—that did raw denim (I now realize). I picked up a pair as I needed a new pair, they were on sale and I wasn't overly fussy. Anyways, it is funny to me that after a good few years of wearing them, I now know that I was into raw denim before I realised I was into raw denim. I distinctly remember my mom telling me that it was time for a new pair but I told her they were just starting to look good, the thighs were white and had holes in the knees and wallet fade and everything. They were black denim too. I didn't know why they looked good, in the sense of raw denim but I knew they looked good. I recently looked up on eBay to see if there were any still around and low and behold...Brought back so many memories, I distinctly remember the inside waistband graphic, and the stash pocket and "hammer" loop.

Posted an update on my DIY jeans in the homemade jeans thread. Figured I'd share em here too. Fabric is 14oz black x gray denim from Nihon Menpu.

Here are my pair of 555 (Valencia St) May 1999 20s 201a. Had them since new. Very well worn.

714 for the 15th anniversary. Pre-ordered mid-2024, received a few weeks back and immediately stashed:

About 14.5 months in the homemade pair and still loving them. Been itching for an excuse to make another pair but these are still kicking real well other than the inseam needing some repairs at the crotch.

Tcb seaman Wom 411 Horrendously fake Birks

Also feeling behind as I only wear them about 2-3 hours a day, but I there's enough time to catch up! Like our friend volvo, I'm happy with how things have set and will be washing more frequently now as honestly I'm looking for more even fades, similar to vintage pairs here and here. Some updates though, post wash last night:

hello there! Apologies for being a bit MIA @UkeNo! congrats! You will always remember these jeans as the jeans you were wearing when your kid was born! Ha! first proper update. Finally after much struggling I've managed to loose some weight and I was brave enough to give the jeans a proper 40° C right side out wash. Pretty happy with the results, I think I have enough contrast now to start washing very frequently. I absolutely adore these jeans! Probs my favourite jean cut. I forgot how hard is to properly capture color with a camera. It's been awhile! @beautiful_FrEaK fab marbling action going!

@Double 0 Soul that’s some serious wear Here is a post-wash photo of my DSB 47 Color could never be captured by my cellphone It’s got a very mild green cast going on in natural light

Ask and 'ye shall receive. It's been almost a year to the day since I last updated this list. Changes listed in bold, really need to focus on trying to sell more stuff this year. Boncoura 34 (SE exclusive wide cut) Bootleggers 601XX Bridge Of The Times MT824XX Freewheelers 601XX 1937 601xx 1942 601xx 1943 S601XX 1944-45 601xx Late 1945 661XXZ 661XX 601B 601RB Lot 102 Ironalls Lot 560 1922 Overalls LB Denim 40s Ooe Yofukuten 1702XX Contest Jeans Boss Overalls DB01 Mechanics Overalls Ecru (Might be open to selling) Mechanic Overalls Indigo (Might be open to selling) OA01XXC OA01XX (Inspiration LA special) OA02XX Saddle Pants (Might be open to selling) OA01-BS OA-1927BS SOA03XXD-0823 1890s single back pocket jeans Rockets 0001XX Roy All Duck Big Bro CB1 Indigo Lovers Kinda Special" KS1001 Memorial Jeans R01 Test Lot RS01SAIL RS02 Nihon Menpu RS04 RT1002 (Might be open to selling) Roy Test Lot 00 XX20 XUVS Slash Overalls S01XX Sugar Cane Super Denim Collectibles 1943 Word of Mouth 411S YM Factory Army Trousers For Sale Boncoura XX Warehouse 1001 Lot 1202 USN trousers S1001XX 46 25th Anniversary SOLD 45rpm Sorahiko At Last & Co Lot 126 At Last & Co Lot 147 Conner's Sewing Factory 46 1st half Denim Base GBG001 Denime Shins Fullcount 1101 Fullcount 1101PH Iron Heart 634s-b Left Field Greasers LVC 1976 Mister Freedom Lot 64 Okinawa Mister Freedom Lot 674 Golden Pique Momotaro 1705 Old Hands OH15-9 OrSlow 105 Pure Blue Japan XX-009 Pure Blue Japan XX-019-BB Real Japan Blues 105BSP Real McCoy's 991 rebuilt.jp 1922 repro Resolute 711 Rogue Territory Stanton Samurai 16th Anniversary 710OG Self Edge X Dry Bones 19 Self Edge x Iron Heart 22 663s Stevenson Overall Co. 714 Valencia Stevenson Overall Co. 737 Studio D'Artisan D1538XX-B Sugar Cane Junky Special 1946 Sugar Cane 1947 Black TCB 20’s Contest Jeans (returned) TCB 40’s Contest Jeans Sugar Cane Kakishibu Sugar Cane Black 1947 The Flat Head 2111 The Flat Head 3009 The Strike Gold 2105 The Strike Gold 5105 Warehouse 1001 Natural Indigo Warehouse Lot 1002 Warehouse 1004XX 1936 Warehouse DSB 1001XX Warehouse 1001 Inazuma Warehouse Hinoya 1001HXX

Bi-weekly(ish) shiny car day @Broark How’s the new Rivian treating you and the family?

inis meain, cushman, Freewheelers, WMJ, Quoddy

My 2 to 3 days a week is leaving me seriously behind... got to try to catch up somehow 😉

@volvo240thebest yeah mate, marbles quite nicely. chilling in the garden

Don't you worry, this is probably his other car. /s if it wasn't obvious.

Mini Route 66 road trip. Old Joliet Prison and The Gemini Giant in Wilmington Illinois.

Olow Denim hat / Norwegian Army field jacket (M43 pattern) / 0105 15.5oz Fullcount / Nike LD-1000 / Brandenburg landscape

Have fun for the 22501xx scooby 😉

Helmet hair / Tender bag / The Vanishing West / Sure Mfg. x TCB / Duke / Word of Mouth / Hoggs of Fife

not much stuff to show on the life side of things. I've been to Brittany France to pick up a new flute. The guy who made it is an absolute character. He's close to retirement, and works as little as possible (and I don't blame him for that!). Never had a website, never had to promote himself much too. Makes beautiful, quirky, instruments, with a very nice design too. Great guy too. He lives in a very beautiful and remote area of north Brittanny. here's the man, I just edited his face as I think he wouldn't be very happy to be featured on a raw denim forum! pic of the machine itself (sorry WOM not featured!) this is perhaps my favourite detail. It's a knot in the wood, so it may be seen as a defect actually, but it looks like an eye, and it's on the outer side of the instrument. Reminds me of the eye of Sauron Released a new album too, just a couple weeks ago. It's here if anyone wants to give it a spin.

NACS is basically the Tesla charging standard. Tesla has a better network of chargers in most states than any other company, so it greatly expands your options in a pinch. That said, I haven’t gotten one yet… R3X feels like a pipe dream at this point…we’ll see if Rivian can survive getting the R2 into production. I like it too, but if it happens I would bet like…5 more years. So frustrating in my recent trip to the UK seeing all of the smaller EVs driven over there that we just can’t get over here. I digress… Plenty happy w the Volvo EV - it looks like @julian-wolf grabbed a cousin of ours.

Hoping to pick up a R3X when they arrive. Love the Audi Quattro 80s rally car inspiration. What's the NACS adapter?

Great to see some of Thomas Damsbo’s work outside of Denmark (re the troll) @Broark

Forgot this thread exist

The monthly wash

@beautiful_FrEaK very nice... 37 family members in total? Always comforting seeing your list I think it might be @Broark's turn for an update next 😉

Since there isn’t a dedicated thread about downsizing the collection, I’ll share here. Over the past year, I sold a few items — among them my very first pair of Japanese jeans, from Samurai, as well as a pair from Iron Heart — both of which I’d long since outgrown. There have been no new denim purchases, as I’m moving toward optimizing the collection. While years ago I was interested in trying out a variety of brands, I’ve now settled on a focus around just a few — primarily Full Count, Ooe Yofukuten, and Freewheelers.

So… my last confession was May 2024 and things have moved on a bit since then... however, from today, the brakes are firmly applied, so no more new jeans intended forever (honest) Too few days in the week and not enough legs yadda yadda yadda… but they do make for a pretty decent-looking denim rail when not worn Active - older than 1 year Canes M41001 (patch) Canes M41001 (no patch) Canes M41101 (Lee 30s model) Sugar Cane Collectibles 1943 Freewheelers 1945-46 Freewheelers 1937 Freewheelers Golden Spike overalls Denime Lot 220A At Last Lot 162 At Last Lot 147 TCB 20s LVC 33s (early 2000s) tatsunosuke / Woods Mountain USN denim trousers Belafonte hi-back jeans Mister Freedom (indigo chinos) Ooe Yofukuten x Bandanna Almanac overalls Tender 132X (extra pocket) New in the last year Freewheelers Derrickman (indigo denim) Freewheelers Derrickman (ecru HBT) Freewheelers Ironalls Lot 901 Freewheelers 1947s Word of Mouth 5150 (contest jeans) Denime 1937s (10th Anniversary version) Canes 1937s Sugar Cane 1947s (vintage, with arcs!) *** FOR SALE *** Sugar Canes Collectibles 1942 – w34 Sugar Canes Collectibles 1942 – w36 incoming (experiment in wearing big and cinching) Sugar Canes Collectibles 1945 Sugar Cane Hawaii Samurai S3100VX (WW2 model) In-Active Samurai 710 – Don’t wear, will sell Dry Bones x Self Edge SEXDB19 – Don’t wear, could sell Roy SF01 – Don’t wear, keep Ande Whall Caribou - Don’t wear, keep Denim Demon hair on hide - Don’t wear, keep Evisu (early 50s, model unknown, I got them around mid 1990s) - Don’t wear, keep Non-denim trousers (for the record) Freewheelers Trackwalker (in duck) At Last military chinos Belafonte hi-back trousers Real McCoys N3 trousers Vintage military chinos (from Brut, Paris) Freewheelers USAF trousers

1922 601xx and wwii type 1

I've just updated my WH 506 flipbook with before and after wash photos ..here are some more post-wash photos besides

^ You probably have that scenario covered anyway! 🤣

Cressidas are sick. My buddy has one that he put a chandelier in. His is slammed though, much prefer them at the normal ride height.

I wear my FW N-1 through the colder months. It's warm which is what I need for watching football or being down the track with my lad on cold days and nights in the north, or even going for a winter walk around the park. Undoubtedly it has its limitations - it's a heavy beast of a jacket so it's never going to be ideal for walking up mountains compared to built-for-purpose mountain gear, for example... but I like it and find it useful... so in answer to your question @fabes I still wear mine

Big enough to hold two quarts of ice cream with room to spare, and wooly enough to keep them mostly cool 😎

So which one of you was it that neglected to turn in your jeans for the bonfire?? https://jp.mercari.com/item/m46218017480

Phigvel henley phigvel 302 Vans

denim pullover aging really nicely

I’ve heard about people like you…

Phigvel a few washes

Thank you @rodeo bill. The fabric was not cut off, only the pleats were fixed- front and back. The colour is already darker inside the pleats. The pleats make the shirt thicker and very comfortable to wear.