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made it out to my first house party since this all happened! Das Kapital, Iron Fart, and some West Coasts!

Camping life Effector, denime, fullcount, vans

Stevenson mechanic shirt, canes m41058 (I think?), flat head engineers

Just getting off work, variation on my outfit from a few days ago. 1960’s Gant shirt, Duke belt, 50’s Soviet watch, Cane’s M41150 and Lone Wolf Carpenters.

MASH M35 denim dungarees about eight years old now. These are reproductions of the dungarees worn by Civilian Conservation Corp workers and US Army enlisted soldier from the 1930's through the 40's. They started out as raw denim but are gradually fading nicely.

I've just got back from a week around Albuquerque New Mexico, which was totally made by extremely kind recommendations from @chicote. We're so grateful- thank you! Most of my photos are of family, but here are a some solo/landscape highlights, some including Working slack jeans: landscape just outside Corrales, where we were staying, on the way to a site of hundreds of Native American petroglyphs: which appear on rocks where black 'glaze' of oxidised iron is scratched away to make a lighter mark of the rock beneath: they were not easy to spot, here's a close up: we also saw a coyote clambering over the rocks, and the rest of my family saw a thorny devil (aka hornytoad, squirts blood out of its eyes), and we saw lots of anole lizards and 5-line skinks. Throwing a rock across the Rio Grande: the riverbed is almost totally dry at this time of year, where we were: best meals we had (we returned!) were at Itality in Albuquerque, on a plaza for indigenous-owned businesses, serving entirely vegetable local Native American food. It was fantastic, this photo doesn't really do the food justice but the stew was great (lentils, green chiles, summer squash), as were the 'pueblo tacos', and fry bread, which has a problematic history (devised from US-provided rations during enforced relocation), but seems to be a part of the NM culture now and tastes really good: up nearer Santa Fe the altitude is seriously high, and the clarity of light is spectacular. It's also a lot less hot, and a lot greener: Just outside the Jemez pueblo there's a calcium carbonate (chalk right?) 'frozen' waterfall: inside we found a crystal clear pool of water coming from a drip in the ceiling. Don't judge me, I tasted it, tasted like Topo Chico no lie Fenton lake, at the end of the same drive up into the mountains: the best bit for me was our visit to Sky City, the Acoma people's Pueblo- it's a long drive through pretty much desert to get there, but the landscape changes so radically with the geology that the drive itself was one of the best bits. It's at the top of a mesa (flat top mountain) and we got a bus up, and a tour by a woman whose family have a home there. Here's the view from the top: and the streets: a stairway to the skies (the top horizontal is a cloud, the verticals are rain) bread oven: the walk down is on very steep steps cut into the rock, with scooped hand holds: on our last day we went to Tinkertown, halfway up to Sandia Peak, which is the mountain that looks over Albuquerque. It's barely describable, but it's a gallery/workshop/home of Ross Ward, who was a sign painter and model maker. There are thousands of carved figures and scenes, a lot of them automata, mostly in the circus/fairground vernacular. Plus a boat that his brother built and sailed around the world, plus vast collections of pretty much anything you can imagine, all jammed into tight wooden corridors and rooms built out of concrete with thousands of glass bottles set into them, which act as windows, like this: bonus picture, I thought it was really cool that construction workers had hard hats with clip-on wide brims and sun/insect nets: Again, @chicote I'm just so grateful for all the time you took putting this itinerary for us together, I think we did all but one thing you suggested, which was too far of a drive. Best trip in ages.

Uniqlo, Fullcount 0105, Clarks

Ok, finally got it sorted on the url upload. Sufu just doesn't like the "share" link that Google creates. But if I copy that link, paste in the browser, copy the new url that populates and then use that url, Sufu accepts the image upload. I've gotten a couple entry level vintage watches recently and this 1961 Hamilton A-600 Automatic is my absolute favorite. I was watching "Queer" and yes, noticed the suits and slacks, but more so noticed the watches. That era had a little bubble to the crystal that I love. So I started hunting through 50s and 60s watches until I came across this one. It was originally gaining four minutes a day. I got it serviced and now it's losing one minute per day. Not bad for an 64 year old watch picked up on the cheap from eBay. WoM jeans visible beneath.

UES linen / Silverstone Groundalls

Ooe / Tezo / Hollows / Big John / MOTO

Rainy day fit earlier this week. Vtg Levis Trucker Faux Turquoise necklace '87 The Rat Hole tee Painted leather belt Bronson 1936 Lee-pro ACME Phoenix Cowboy boots

A better colour comparison with my SC1945

Vintage saint James/jelado/vintage gat/dog

Tender / Two Moon / WMJ Son’s first day at a new school, just did drop off. I see even more grey in my beard. I feel old. Ha.

Whitesvile/samurai/tanner/bulova/clarks

Freewheelers x 2 / Tezomeya / Warehouse

Buzz, Bronson (dyed), Anonymous-ism, Adidas. It's been forever since I've had a pair of 'normal' sneakers/trainers. Fancied a change... I'm glad I actually went to the mall and tried them on. Apparently one needs to size up 1 and a half from their regular shoe size.

Ebbets Julius Tart Japan UES on Samurai Tanner Goods on Full Count Red Wing

Vintage tshirt Phigvel 302 black Wesco custom boss debating on cuffing this denim

St. John’s Bay corduroy shirt Uniqlo slub tee (similar to Warehouse pocket tee) FW 1947 Converse

Warehouse - WMJ - Duke - Doek

Much appreciated, Doc 🫡 Another one I saw yesterday and I just have to post. Photo by Dorothea Lange, from the Library of Congress: San Francisco, Calif. Apr. 1942. Pals at Weill Public School - Yuichi Sumi, left, of Japanese ancestry, and Tommy Wong of Chinese descent, on one of the last days before evacuation of Californians of Japanese ancestry, under US Army Exclusion Order No. 20, Sumi will be housed in a War Relocation Authority center for the duration of the war. A gut-wrenching story that should not soon be forgotten. Yuichi looks to be wearing a crisp 506 (or 213?), or another brand's knockoff. Tommy in a very interesting v-neck sweat, with pockets on the waistband ribbing?

WWII one pocket cpo/sharon jones/west ride/chippewa

Just home from a 5 hour ride out to Seneca Rocks and back. Jason Isbell/ Iron Heart/ Chippewa Wavy mountain pic courtesy of my motorcycle killing my phone camera

Ebbets Field/Denime/Mercer&Sons/Sugar Cane/Lucchese

Tender Co hadal brown reefer denim jacket / Undercover tee (from 2009 S/S I think?) / Equus belt / Slash Overalls S01 / Nicks boots

New (used) bag from Django Atour—big enough that my laptop case doesn’t stick out the top even a little bit! + Tender shades / Tezo tee / Hollows belt / Roy trousers / Russell moc’s

One of my oldest, dearest friends whipped me up some custom jeans His brand is Blake Edward, and these are his Style one jeans. I sourced the denim from another friend, which I believe is Kuroki? High rise, wide leg 4 pocket jean with deep front and back pockets The front pocket shape is so good - easily fits my hands while simultaneously, comfortably, and securely takes a knife or tape measure due to their J shape I can’t wear blue jeans to work these days, so these’ll get wear tested 5 days a week

Pit stop at Lake Siskiyou on a road trip.

Apologies for the double photo post, but figured I would follow up here. I’m not really one for reviews, especially on a brand new pair - but since there aren’t any other impressions here I’ll note a few. First - this was the first time I did two washes before wearing. First one was a steaming, and agitated (eh, @Double 0 Soul) soak for about an hour, then chucked them in the warm wash and pulled them before the spin cycle. They dried up nice and crispy but still had some room in the waist, which was fine - I did buy what I thought would be a size up, and that seemed pretty true. But, I wanted to see if I could maybe get anything else out so I did a hot aggressive wash (pulled before spin again), and the waist did tighten up a bit more. They’re still an oversized pair on me, belt needed, but again that’s what I went for. I’ve mostly avoided marbling - the rough plan for these is not to let them hit water again for a good long while, esp as they will only be worn sporadically. Conclusion on sizing and fit is that they’re just about in line with the sugar canes and Freewheelers of the world. Compared to the WMJ I’m used to right now this denim is more substantial - which makes sense as it’s listed as closer to 15 oz washed. I actually kinda like the arcs, though I’m not sure I would if they were stitched. The pockets give the impression of being slightly on the narrower side, esp the coin pocket. Back pockets too, but still hold a wallet fine. I forget what I hemmed them to - I think 33” pre soak, but it should have been more. Ah well. There’s a sort of black enamel coating on the laurel wreath fly buttons which is a bit unique, curious to see how that ages over time. Chainstitch runoff at the waist is a nice touch - no other crazy run offs or dangly strings, everything else is pretty proper and clean more like Freewheelers I’d say. Maybe I’ll get some time for more detail photos later but in general, I approve!

And some more damages

Denime 10th Anniversary, 1937s

I am famous! https://youtu.be/hHhaXsn-ft4?feature=shared&t=718

Nonnative Texas tshirt from 2018 Phigvel 302 black Wesco roller magazine collab Romeos

A couple shots by Marion Post Wolcott. If you zoom in you can read the lot and size numbers. Match strikes on the right hamstring. Patch removed, cinch as well, or possibly an S501 with watch pocket rivets.

My keyring is ahead of my jeans!!

Shit, it is solely great fits on this page! Well done guys! Hope I don’t lower the quality tooo much:) Danton / Sunray Sportsware / Duke (non-wiz) / WHxHinoya disregard the footware, it was taken in backyard

Flat Head hickory stripe shirt, Hollows belt, Flat Head 3003xx jeans, Viberg Service Boots. The jeans are about 5 months of real wear time and just had their first wash since I started wearing them. Also, the yellow Porsche Cayman is my dad's car, and of course my MX73 Cressida is on the right.

Lee Riders (thrifted), Fullcount 0105, Cons

At the end of the day, it's about style. These jeans have a very deliberate style and if it isn't what you're looking for, it isn't gonna work. Many jeans intentionally try to be completely non-descript (WH1001, SD101, SC47, etc.) and that makes them blend easily into simple, generic outfits (not meat as a pejorative, but perhaps a little shade thrown). The 0105 is aggressively anti-fit and requires you to lean into that for it to work. In the 13.7, you may be able to finesse the sizing to avoid that, but on the SS it just is what it is. I love them both and I have the SS tux. Every time I wash my WoM and I put on my SS pair, I miss it. The big ol' saggy butt and easy fit feels so good and is easy for me to work into a tucked shirt, lower on the waist paired with loafers easy day outfit. I also wore my 13.7s last week while doing some motorcycle maintenance. Damn, still my all time favorite pair of jeans. Hands down.

Always thought the 1501 0117, 2501 0117, 3501 0117 and 4501 0117 stamped on the two horse patch on a pair of Levis 501's was a mid 1970s thing until maybe very early 1980s, but found this pair in a vintage store online and they are clearly a late 1960s pair, got the V stitch and Big E, so had to share. The 1 and 2 prefixes were there to indicate longer than standard leg lengths, 1 indicating 38" leg length and 2 indicating 40" leg length. The 3 was used as a prefix to pairs with a waist size of 44 or above regardless of leg length (?) and the 4 prefix l've seen only on those massive display pairs of 501's in a size 76x45.

Horse drinking a coca cola at the Indiana State Fair in the 50s

Bought three of the latest Extra Heavy Flannels which just came out. The pics don’t do the colours justice. Quality as expected but the colours are even nicer in person.

Real McCoy's 600 Ranch sub-brand - any idea what era these are? 1990s pre-Joe McCoy maybe? Jacket might be a nice wranglerpro option for someone? not too expensive and a reasonable size https://www.fromjapan.co.jp/japan/en/auction/yahoo/input/h1194238684/ Arcs! Cords with arcs

First pic is making me feel good about getting a narrow width embossed western belt from Codina kinda specifically to wear with my Sugar Cane 42s 🤠

That's some great stuff right there @reubensangwich - in that last photo they are definitely a pair of '1937' 501XX but have had the cinch strap completely removed as well as the rivets (a little dark hole being the tell tell sign). Also that same first shot, amazing shape of the arcuate where it hits (almost) the bottom of the vertical side of the back pocket. Also, that pair in the middle with the match strikes, they are 1937 model also imo.

Last night’s fare, to stay on topic

1922 501 0ne soak.

Thank you, @Dr_Heech! I was hoping one of the resident historians would chime in to confirm my suspicions. What gives the match strike pair away as being a 37 rather than an early war model? From that angle it doesn't look like there is, or ever was, a cinch. Here's another shot of him.

New linen shirts look nice. Also what a great fit