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loopwheeler sold!

added measurements fo Loopwheeler

Jeans sold...

so they add...back pockets w/subtle difference in shape (that were apparently impossible to make)...

Once you have backpockets like that you'll see! Denim Junkies DJ-501XX has pockets like that and they're the nicest I've had on my arse...

My edc. Made by small company here in Finland. I've used to puukko's and havent used serious folder until recently. I love the scandi grind. Blade is D2 steel and slabs are curly birch. Liner lock.

...I'm happy enough with the service that I eat the 9.75% CA sales tax (tax is more that the shipping to Australia - which will now justify every US online shoe purchase I make to eternity) to bring them over.

There is no customs fee? That is so unfair...

I don't know about M100s but the "normal" fracaps are quite narrow on the toe. I had to size up one from my normal shoesize.

0105C size 29 with original inseam (loooong) and very minimal fading, still crispy. 15oz denim. These are "competition" jeans with number 073 but didn't see any action. Painted arcs and sewn in red tab.

Measurements:

.....................0105C (sz. 29)

Waist:..........40cm / 15.7"

Thigh:.........30cm / 11.8"

Inseam:......93.5cm / 36.8"

Hem:...........19.5cm / 7.7"

Fullcounts SOLD!

Denim Junkie DJ-WS size XL. Haven't seen much action (I've used it as a jacket sometimes) but some fading here and there. Good condition.

Fit pics from DJ's website

119$ shipped

Loopwheeler LW09 fullzip hoody, size L. Good condition, not used very much at all, little bit small for my tall figure...

Size chart from LW website

Some measurements

pit to pit: 58cm / 23"

neck to hem: 70cm / 27.5"

arm (shoulder seam to cuff): 66cm / 26"

shoulders: 48cm / 19"

Loopwheeler SOLD!

Don't buy new reduce your carbon footprint!

Seasonal bump!

Marlon Brando in Wild One, pretty iconic!

I had my first taste of scotch the other day; it was Macallan 12 year single malt scotch, drank it straight. Not sure how it stacks up to others but I plan to try much more, the whole experience was really enjoyable and I loved the flavor.

I'm about to browse this thread but I don't have tons of money to drop on this stuff so It'd be cool to get some recommendations as to what is overpriced garbage, what is regular garbage and what is great for the price.

You could try some Islay malts. People tend to like them the most in the "beginning". Caol ila 12yr for example. It's cheap, good and the most stylish liquor bottle I've ever seen.

^ I consider 16oz well on the heavy side.

^Can't you download it directly from HTC servers and install manually? Thats what I did with my Desire...

edit: The carrier modified OS's, that's why it's taking time...

^ Does anybody know what soles those might have? Or what soles I could put on my Fracaps? I was thinking Roccia...

Just to make sure..selfedge claims a size 28 to be a wasit size 29. That's what you guys are saying will work for me, right?

Thanks.

Their advice has been spot on for me!

they hold up fine but the morflex sole on the fracaps have no traction, so beware of ice

That is true, they are absolutely useless in snowy conditions. I will post pics once I've resoled mine...

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/mclurkin-backpack.html

James McLurkin's backpack. For those of you who don't know, McLurkin (best name ever btw) is a leading figure in robotics, working in building swarm/autonomous robots. I thought it was cool to peek into his backpack and see what he's packing. I thought it especially cool that they were profiling not just what he bought, but why he bought it as well.

Enjoy, EDC nerds!

Damn, that was inspiring shit! I need to have technical pencil case!

anybody have a pair of 02s, size 37? i haven't seen any in this thread, but maybe someone who hasn't posted their pair? i'd like to see some post-wash measurements. either way, i'm just waiting for the good folks at Ooe to message me that they are ready to begin work on mine.

The post wash measurements on Ooe & Y's web-page are spot on. It took couple of washes to shrink fully though. Of course, they will also stretch from where it's needed.

Maybe a Roselli?

Definitely and amazing, durable, excellent feeling, and resilient knife. No combo edge though. Hardness and blade toughness are usually mutually exclusive unless it's a damascus blade, so I wouldn't get too hung up on how hard it is and just get something you really think he'll LOVE, which is ultimately what counts.

you guys are hung up on the tree limbs. he doesn't walk around all day sawing at trees with a folder. lol

(in all honesty i included that to preempt the "why the need for a combo blade arg.")

just wanted something that would stay sharper than his current shit-knife, which is a folder. really was hoping you guys might have some alternate suggestion like the hatchet. that was a good idea but not practical enough. i'm thinking a fixed blade might be the most functional but need to chat with him about if he would carry it.

a simple upgrade of his shitty knife might be all that is necessary. i would like to buy him something nice.

i'll look into the roselli.

i checked out the spartan.

thanks.

One more vote to Roselli. They are not fancy collectors knives but meant for business. I've driven couple of times to Roselli's forgery when I've needed a new puukko just to "fondle" stuff...

Definitely get the UHC steel bladed.

This is the closest I've got to owning Skulls-

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Front rise was just too much for my balls to take. Should have gone for the 5507's with the roomier top section.

Absolutely gutted, I've just had to post them back to the shop.

5507s aren't much roomier in the top block. Rise is just slightly higher, still very tight in the same size. You might have been better off just sizing up or something, or Skulls might not be the right fit for you.

I feel your pain though, I have a sized down pair of 5010s that just barely fit me and aren't very comfortable though the fit looks amazing

Yea sizing up would have been perfect I think. I would have as well but the shop didn't offer anything above 34, so just risked it because I wasn't ordering from abroad.

Yea, I think the the fit on skulls is one of the best by far for look, maybe less so on the comfort, haha.

I had the exact same problem and changed to 5507. Imagine you wear the jeans at the same height on your hips. 5507 gives about an inch more room to your balls.

It's true!

Oh shit that looks nice! You guys hid the beer though...

There's nothing like the good 'ol "grillimakkara"!

Our summer is so short so it's always a little bit like this when it comes:

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im bidding on that bag on ebay. does any one know if there are back[acking bags in a similar style? big enough for a 3-5 day backpacking trip?

Rivendel Jensen? Though it's relative, I've travelled three months with a pack as big as that Mariposa...

Excellent post. Repped. Are we talking about bonds within the chains? So the shrinking takes place within the polymer chains themselves? And how are they connected together?

And are the new bonds amorphic or crystalline? Sorry if my questions are naive, it's many years since I studied chemistry.

Sanforization uses steam, by the way. The fabric is stabilized as it shrinks with rubber rollers.

Actually, I'm computer scientist myself and my knowledge about chemistry is very limited also. I had an opportunity to ask about anything in "real life chemistry" that troubled my mind. So, "Why does my jeans shrink when washed?"

But yes, as I understood, the shrinking happens in (microstructure? of) polymer chains. I have to look at my notes...

Amorphic chains tend to "curl" when they are at the lowest possible energy state (balanced) and that is what they are trying to reach. Cellulose in cotton contains hydroxyl groups (OH), where the name "hydrogen bonds" comes. When washed the water permeates the amorphic parts of polymer chains in cotton breaking the bonds. Additionally heat and agitation will break those bonds even more. So when the broken chains are forming new bonds they try to reach as balanced state as possible (curled up) which leads to shrinking.

Correction to my earlier post. Raw denim has NOT have more amorphic parts than washed. It has more weak hydrogen bonds (or is it the same thing really?).

I have no knowledge (my notes doesn't say) whether this process crystallizes the amorphic parts, but I doubt it very much as cotton is "semi-crystalline" (contains long chains of molecules arranged partly in a morphic fashion and partly in an crystallic fashion) and needs to retain this molecular organization if it likes to continue as cotton?

And good to know about sanforization! He didn't know what it was but said it's most likely some chemical treatment (chemists and their chemicals... ). I'm actually now more biased to buying sanforized denim because it's not chemical process!

(*)And the hydrogen bonding between the polymer chains has something to do with hydrogen atom with negative charge (missing electron) and oxygen atom with positive charge (extra electron) finding each other and connecting through those electron states. Or something like that...

agitating helps shrink?

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Yes, that is correct. I actually had a long and interesting talk about the matter with one of the professors in our university. My english is little bit skimpy when talking about matters this technical but I'll try...

In cotton fibre the cellulose (chemical pulp) is formed of long polymer chains (paraller to the fibres). Those polymer chains can form two kinds of structures:

1. Crystalline parts, where polymer chains are in good order and close to each other forming strong (hydrogen)bonds.

2. Amorphic parts, where the the polymer chain order is not so disciplined and the hydrogen bonds that are connecting the chains to each other are much weaker.

Now, when washing the jeans (or any other cotton), inside it's fibre's microstructure, there will be some changes.

Water is absorbed to those amorphic parts breaking the hydrogen bonds.

Agitation, on the other hand bends the fibres thus breaking the bonds (even some of those in the crystalline parts) even more.

Now the broken polymer chains will move to new, tensionless (balanced) positions.

When the jeans are drying new hydrogen bonds are forming where the polymer chains are closest to each other. New bonds solidify the fibres which can be seen as shrinking (and also creases, wrinkles and so on).

So, when talking about "sanforized" jeans that means that the denim fabric is chemically treated so that the polymer chains in amorphic parts are affixed to a solid "washproof" network.

Raw denim (cotton) has more amorphic parts than washed / treated.

^^ What is the turnaround time at the moment? In case I can justify meself a pair of summer-jeans...