Mr Black

On 3/12/2025 at 6:56 PM, Lorcan said:

New jacket, might be a bit too ahh... neat... fitting for my taste. Probably could have gone up a size 

Neat Style x Denim Bridge s906xx Type I

Codina x Rite Stuff belt

Neat Style Kiwami WWII 

Nicks boots

Jacket fit looks great to my eye.

Those bike forum people can get pretty wild.

20 hours ago, Double 0 Soul said:

Folks in the UK.. go look at the night sky people! it looks incredible..

The 7 planet alignment is on the 28th but it's so clear tonight.. i can see beehive without binoculars

Impressive wasn't it. Still struggled to work out what was what, but a beautiful sky.

Ooooh you gotta love a quiz.

Size down craze.. No

Slept in jeans.. Yes, but more drifted off for longer than I intended

Diors.. hell No

Fancy wallet.. nope

Engineer boots.. had a pair i wore in my 20's. Still have them but theyre crumpled to fuck and probably unwearable

Ocean wash.. No

Resolute washing / fit having previously not.. No

Never washing.. No. Urrrgh. Dirty boys.

Coffee wash.. nope

Slubby or streaky.. slubby yes, but nothing too extreme. Actually, I have some Oni concrete denim, but I didn't pay for them.

Heavy oz denimz.. see above. 20oz.

Joined a contest.. nope. I'd like to, but I always seem to be skint when they come about.

Joined a tour.. Yep. Leroy Strauss tours on Denimbro

APC.. Nah

Fancy washing detergent.. Nope. Tesco's hand wash liquid.

Worn denim while raw.. Yes. But only for a week or two.

Paid for an expensive repair.. No. 

Wallet jewelry.. No

Numerous pairs of very expensive boots.. Not on this level, but expensive to me.

Numerous pairs of identical jeans.. according to my wife, yes. They're all identical. But what does she know eh.?

Numerous fancy leather belts.. not fancy, but made it myself.

Native American Japanese jewelry.. love the look, but no.

Jacket suitable for the Arctic.. sort of. Frizmworks Karakoram. Does that count?

Unreadable Japanese language magazines.. loads

Dressed like a sailor.. I prefer to call it sailish 🙂

Dressed like a miner.. I prefer to call it mine-adjacent.

Dressed like an urban lumberjack.. according to some old workmates, yes.

Mil repro.. Yes

Dressed like a railway worker.. hmmm. Probably guilty to a degree

Dressed like a teenage delinquent or hot rodder from the 40's/50's..Absolutely (despite being a middle aged goody goody)

Stacked.. no

Starch..No

Freezer.. No

Fancy socks.. Yes

Handmade English shoes.. Yes Trickers and some old veldtschoens.

Whites Semi Dress.. No

Discharge print.. no

Own less than 10% of the clothing you bought since joining.. no. Still have way too many clothes

Photo of jeans in bathtub.. yep

Wore jeans wet.. yup

£2000 leather jacket.. No

Numerous repro denim jackets all from same era.. hah. Yes.

Colored weft denim: No

Has at least a decade's worth of denim in the closet, unworn? Most of it's been worn to a degree, but I doubt I ever NEED to buy another pair of jeans or jacket. Let's put need to one side though.

Bought jeans nobody else owned.. No

Barf / Man stain / Shit oneself in jeans.. Not for many years

Denim meet up - no to 'hangs' (that idea still gives me the ick) but have met a few from here and have been to a few clutch/mens file thingymabobs.

Used a proxy/Google-translated email to buy something from a Japanese shop…Yes. 

Worn triple denim…Triple.??my dear boy, I've sported quintruple denim. But only for amusement during lockdown. 

Posted photos of myself wearing denim-related clothing to a bunch of strangers on a public forum… yeah, but always have a slight sense of shame when I do it.

Happy birthdays Martin & Charlie.

If it helps, you're both equally handsome.

(Or perhaps equally ugly)

4 minutes ago, Maynard Friedman said:

Those repairs look great Martin, I’ve just had a few repairs done at my usual tailor but next time I’ll be in touch.

Please do. I genuinely enjoy doing them.

5 hours ago, Maynard Friedman said:

Hi Martin, yesterday I watched Celebrity Escape to the Country (yeah, I know!) and Anita Rani was looking to move from Hackney to coastal Kent or East Sussex. The final property (the ‘mystery house’) she was shown was a former scout hut on the beach in Dungeness that had been transformed in part to look like an early 19th century train carriage inside. It looks like that white building with the blue door in your photo. £875k

How much?£?£? (Spits out tea)

I watched a 'walking with Jim Moir' programme the other day after being tipped off that he visited the sound mirrors.

@doubleO- your pictures are lovely.

Semi retired.

I'm in the process of setting up my workshop which I hope to have up and running in the next couple of weeks.

Once that's done I intend to get back to making things to try and sell (bags, leatherwork, try my hand at making a jacket or two), and be in a position to take on denim repairs and alterations.

Sadly I can't afford a 43200g so no chainstitching 🥺

3 hours ago, smoothsailor said:

Cashed in, sounds good Martin. Enjoy.

must be Nice to live by the coast

Yeah. It is. Very different vibe to London.

We can even see France from our balcony.

3 minutes ago, Maynard Friedman said:

That looks good @mlwdp - both the shop and the food!

@Mr Black - nice one! Where in Kent are you? I assume that’s the Romney, Hughes and Dungeness railway.

We're in Hythe. 

And yeah, Romney , Hythe and dymchurch railway.

Not been on it yet. We'll save that for a warmer day.

On 11/1/2024 at 2:02 AM, Mr Black said:

Has anyone tried the Allevol raglan sleeve sweats sold through Clutch cafe? Very tempted by the grey marl in the hope they fit short and boxy.

I picked up one of the sweats at the weekend. Dark grey marl, size Medium.

Really happy with it. Mid weight. Prob similar to the duck digger/warehouse sweatshirts. Good cut and shape. Boxy and short with a nice deep waistband and cuffs. I'm told that shrinkage is minimal and will report back once I've washed it.

Already a firm favourite.

10 minutes ago, Double 0 Soul said:

That's right..

Is there no tag in the pocket Martin?

I've not actually got them yet. Due to land tomorrow hopefully. Getting ahead of myself 😁

I picked these up for my wife for a very reasonable sum 

There's no inner tag so am I right in thinking these are an m41119 model?

On 12/2/2024 at 8:25 PM, Geeman said:

I must admit the first time I went there I was far from impressed with the attitude from the staff. 

However , they have redeemed themselves since! Rudys a genuinely nice personas as is Linda, not to mention @Mr Black banging out top notch hem jobs. 

I had some QC issues with a pair of paraboot I got from there and they couldn't do enough to help get it sorted & Rudy hemmed a pair of warehouse for me while we sat and chatted and put the world to right...

It's Eye wateringly expensive but run by good people. 

 

 

I'm not there any more so can be completely independent 🤩

Rudy will always bend over backward to help if there's a problem. He's terrified of negative reviews which really can do a lot of damage.

Prices- yeah a bit steep when we all know we can get hold of it for a fraction of the cosy.

😄

Was his missis not with him on stage?

We had quite a few people trying to return their jeans when i was at SOAS because of leg twist. Mostly online orders. It's quite difficult to explain it to a novice without sounding like you're stringing them a line.

Selling:

Denime 220A. Size 33. Hot soaked, shortened to a 29" inseam. Only worn around the house so in as new condition

£150. UK post incl. extra to ship elsewhere.

Oni type 1 Jkt. Size 40. 17oz Natural indigo. Only worn a small handful of times. some elbow crease wear just starting to show, but not picked up by the camera. Lovely slubby denim.

£160 incl UK post. extra to ship elsewhere.

DM for measurements