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Got this today

Just washed these Ooe x Bandanna Almanac Before After - not much difference to colour

Some pizza shop hat Some vintage vest Electric Wizard tee again Some thermal DIY Good Guys boots And a couple action shots from our record release show last night

Been rationalising; sent the SDA that I use for working aroubd the house off to the charity shop, and Lady T has fixed up my Riders. Off do to some sawing and routing, in traditional stylee. These are the second Euro repro, somewhere here I mention where the fabric's made (Nisshinbo?), first lot was made in Ireland, these are made in Malta.

Nicked these pics from lg - looks like a late 1941/early 1942 model 501XX. The model just before the forthcoming Freewheelers 1942 repro (last cinch model 501xx before the simplified S501xx) Has the flipped yoke, left over right panels and a black buckle. Beautiful pale yellow almost white stitching after years of wash and wear.

^ great action shots!! More sedate here today... Ooe x 2 (just washed Bandanna Almanac, Railroad jacket) / McCoys / Converse

In honor of the TCB No. 2 release - LL Bean Sherpa flannel overshirt, Kirkland t shirt/ TCB Cats Drive jeans/Rancourt Ranger Mocs. These jeans have grown on me with wear. I actually quite like them now. The before and after versus my first try-on photo is pretty amazing

Feeling like a character in a Wes Anderson movie. All vintage except the hat and the Mister Freedom Outlaw in deadstock Cone Mills. Boots are Justin's.

Works like a charm! Before After Tried on my old 66 pair.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions. I like the rep system - very often I’ll use the green, regularly the yellow (gold?) and infrequently the red; but I almost never use the blue because I’m not sure what it represents so in many cases rather than liking or disliking a post a ‘blue’ post will more likely drive me to comment. Unfortunately comments can be misinterpreted … I suppose a bit like a blue rep

sun studies of 125 achilles heel overdye… fluffy fuzzy multiblue cosmos… hats off to professor (or is it mad scientist?) @rodeo bill - this fabric is top tier

Freewheelers Lot K470 blanket lined Wabash - size 40 Sold to a great friend 🙏

Buzz, M&S, IH, FW ‘43, Cons

Update on Libra Pondus (LB 40s) after one week. It so happened that I received the latest Ooe-Yofukuten's, Sugar Cane 1946 and LB in a short period of a few weeks. Comparisons are begging to be made. Three very good products, each with its own exciting features, I like each. Nevertheless, if I had to keep one jean only out of the three, it would be the LB. I just fell in love with them, I like literally everything about them. Also a very simple and true indicator. Of the three items mentioned, I wear LB most often. Almost every day with very few exceptions.

Pics blatantly stolen from the interweb - Youth's 203 probably made in the mid to late 1920s.

I blue rep your fit pic in WAYT

Asymmetrical Denim jacket

On the topic of rocks matching clothes Tilley / Merz / Hollows / Roy / White’s

SDA has 2 women's models: https://www.dartisan-onlineshop.com/SHOP/SDL-704.html https://www.dartisan-onlineshop.com/SHOP/SDL-707.html Fullcount has 2, + variations: https://fullcount.co/collections/denim/products/0101-womens-slim-straight https://fullcount.co/collections/denim/products/0107-womens-wide-straight-monroe also in used, and in black) TCB has 1 model, sold out rn: https://tcbjeans.myshopify.com/collections/jeans/products/tcb-50s-norma-jeans-one-wash

No guarantees that the complete pattern will be very similar but this is the Cats Drive (size 31 on 6’3” 170 lb body) on me, which the size chart suggests should be rather similar in dimensions as the No 2 in case this is helpful at all for gauging potential fit

If Volvo and others are in I think I would be - but the 1880s would be a problem as my main jeans for the last five summers or so are the LVC natural indigo. But I will keep checking. Volvo, sorry life has been tricky. It's been a bit challenging here and my 1800s is gone but we are all still standing This has to be 18 months or 2 years for me - in 1 year I wil swtich to 3 days a week so I reckon I've a good chance of placing with 4/7 of the wear that Volvo or Maynard have

The jacket is killer. I would be reluctant to buy that pant without trying it on first. It could be great. It could be one of those styles that even in the right size, it still doesn't fit. I think I could find the fit with the luxury of playing with a few sizes, but I don't have that luxury.

I’ve used the blue rep in the past to acknowledge posts that I appreciate having read, but that carry a negative message (like news of a death or discussion of some other tragedy) which I’d feel weird reacting “positively” to—but every time I’ve done so I’ve felt that I’m probably overthinking it

Freewheelers 1927 type 1 Freewheelers 1937 jeans Nicks boots

The rep system… Most people, if using the rep system, give a standard, green, positive rep symbol to a post they like. If they really like a post they’ll give it the yellow super-rep one and if they don’t like a post (I assume they must really dislike something as it’s not used often) they give it the red, negative rep. I understand all of this, it’s completely logical. What I don’t understand (and I’m not criticizing it), is why (and therefore when) do people use the blue rep icon? I assume it’s because they like a post, but not quite enough to give it a positive rep. Is it a neutral acknowledgment of a post that’s interesting or informative in some way? Please, blue rep users, explain your justification to me and satisfy my curiosity! 😁 I wonder if anyone will give me a blue rep as a response…

Japan Blue cap Buzz Rickson L2B SC shirt Denime 220A John Lofgren

Something a bit different today. The bright sun blew out the highlights some unfortunately. Vintage Patagonia hemp workshirt/Jungmaven hemp t shirt/ Buzz 1942 chinos/Rancourt boots.

Progress on my DD-1001XX 1947. Just an unbelievably good fit and feel on these, soon to be unseated by the DSB 1000XX possibly but these are very special, and only getting better. Unsurprisingly, in need of a preventative crotch stitch repair, but they’re looking great I think!

New DAC corduroy hat // Warehouse // My late father’s Benelli coffee mug // TCB

To make the shipping worthwhile, I also got this sweater. Extra long cuffs. And some wear and tear on my blanket lined Type2

Found a really good rock to match the Foreman pants Been wearing these a lot lately

Really like this one @silencejoe. Expect the leather will age really nicely with the jacket.

Thanks yeah unfortunately she needs a 34 which is apparently much larger than any Japanese offerings. Might have to be a Western maker like Dawson that caters for bigger sizes.

Apart from the obvious different details, the 801 uses rope dyed denim (cheaper) The D01 is hank dyed.

The jeans are slimmer than I was expecting. The size chart for my likely size is almost identical to the Cat's Drive except for a 0.5" lower rise for the No. 2 and a 0.25" wider leg opening, which is more of a slim straight in my mind. I really like the idea and the effort that went into these. I'm leaning towards passing because I worry about how they will fit and the single back pocket and suspender hardware would make them a bit harder to wear to work or my day-to-day. Pure curiosity for trying the denim itself though could sway me to still snag a pair for the novelty and occasional use.

Papa nui, RMC, Lee, dawson, vans. still layering around here

130 daily wear for over a year, maybe 2-3 washes.

Papa nui, RMC, carhartt, lvc, vans

^ Too close of a belt–shoes match ends up looking contrived fast; you’re better off with just a brown + black, or at most a couple shades of each

Nice boots. If only there were a beltmaker on this forum…. 🤔

My Hadal green overdyed 125's are slowly getting more difficult to pass off as black jeans. I'm alright with it though!

My 130 after a wash to follow @bartlebyyphonics. I must have had to re-stitch almost every stitch in the top block and back pockets but all good. Next to re-attach the one hanging belt loop.

I’m not sure, it may run out of steam. I don’t think a jacket contest will have the legs of a jeans contest.

My old At The Front WWII russet service shoes are holding up well after a couple years wear.

Indeed! I really like this fabric too, and it's particularly interesting how it takes the darker dyes, which make the colour variation much more subtle. I'll have one more variation in this fabric over the next few weeks, but I'm afraid none going to EU stockist this time. Here are some closeups of the 'rough' logwood and hadal purple dyed versions. The rough logwood was a test using a mix of old more coarsely ground logwood powder, it didn't dye as evenly as regular logwood (particularly the newest batch of black logwood which came out beautifully dark and clean) but I think works really well on this fabric, which is slightly coarser and heavier, and in this style, which works best as an overshirt/light jacket.

Switching from a new pair back to a faded pair always feels off at first

Vintage Made in Wngland Balmacaan/Vintage Patagonia hemp workshirt from the mid 90s/RRL hand tooled indigo belt/RRL denim/Rancourt boots super shadowy so here’s closeup for better colors/details

Tilley / Deluxeware / Hollows / rebuilt Cane’s / Frank’s

I want hand-made perfectly by a dedicated artisan who's also great to work with. It's a short list but Duke Mantee and Ryo and Hiro are on it.