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Duck is just another name for canvas. Most people consider duck to be the brown canvas Carhartt uses in its double-knee work pants. Technically, however, there is no difference. The ongoing e-debate on various Internet forums revolves around the weight of the fabric -- that duck is clothing-weight canvas and, well, canvas is heavier in weight for tents and tarps. If you've followed PaulT's work on this, though, he has some really good sources stating that the duck label was historically just a branding/marketing device for canvas from a particular mill (Paul, correct me if I am wrong).

well, maybe not four times as much...

Not to sure about this new cone denim.

If you don't know why it's special, then stay out of the fray. These are worth four times the price Self Edge is asking. big ups to Roy and kiya.

^Not the first time the pulled a description out of their ass.

Nay, that's the Cone Indigo Duck. Zoom in on the pocket selvedge. The id on that fabric doesn't photograph too well from a distance.

From the Left Field contest thread. Photographs like overlock.

If "ifs" and "buts" were candy and nuts, we'd all have a Merry Christmas.

Thanks for all the shits and giggles, boys. Best of luck to the 5 that move on. I still want to start a thread were we follow lostinthesupermarket around for a year.

Should have posted before PaulT......Anyway here ya go (I was going to give them a final wash/soak, but never got around to it and probably won't untill spring):

Mine to Almostnice is "lost" in the mail. So I am cobbleing another together and should be in the mail by week's end. So, noway Almostnice got his....

Alright! Here's my Secret Santa gift.

...denim scraps from Roy's trashcan.....

So, is that the mystery fabric for the new ROYs? Any noticeable details you want to share?

It started snowing.

The Man Child likes to wear the ski helmet anytime he is in full winter gear.

Sledding -- still in the helmet.

Thanksgiving table.

Outside waiting for the turkey to cook.

With the 5.0 update I fell behind on posting. SO, here is November in a nutshell.

My wife's half-sister's birthday is Nov. 11. Since this year was 11/11/11, she threw herself a very big party. We flew down to Tempe to join in.

Drinking and assorted revelry.

Phoenix has a really great botanical garden. The camera battery died on the second picture. I dig desert plants, which were represented in spades.

seconded.

Also does my "what the fuck?" reaction to that video/song mostly due to my lack of Britishness? Or is it actually a seriously what-the-fuck kinda situation?

Think of the dance-move fadez and horse fadez. He'd better post those babies.

He's the skinnier fellow.

Why is this just being shared now? I feel like we need another year just to follow lostinthesupermarket around.

I feel that story and contribution will go into the final voting, even without these points being specified. I don't think a seldom-poster will be able to throw pictures up on the last day and run away with the contest. I think voters will naturally be drawn to contestants they are familiar with and who regularly posted.

The buckles on the cinch are so amazing, did Roy have these custom made? Or did he find them NOS?

A little from column A and a little from column B -- check out the interview with Roy S on the fist page.

Late pass, but I'm down for the gift exchange.

^He "PaulT'd" his account -- he occasionally scrambles his password to inhibit logging on so that he can better concentrate on work. He was a helluva resource and a real mensch. He is missed.

I know they're too short, and it's a shame, but Ranon is probably 8 inches shorter than me. I'm 6'3 and it's hard to make jeans with a 30ish inch inseam work for me.

(I'm not calling out Thin Finn, I don't think his post is attacking ADH) For the amount of groupthink and groupdress that goes on around SUFU, I always appreciate the fits that take traditional pieces like boots and selvedge denim and interpret it in original and modern ways (God knows I'm no good at it). ADH's fit is on point and one of the better looking on the board.

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Here is a little more info on the bike. Jeff Decker and a relatively infamous bike builder just found her in Illinois.

Not that anyone cares, but it's kind of a famous bike.

Katz, it frightens me to think of what you'd do to those pants.

I'm pretty strongly anti-cigarettes, but enjoy the occasional consumption of tobacco via other means!

That's me.

Robbie is one of the youngest, and this isn't a knock, but I've noticed that most people born after 1980 never even flirted with tobacco. I've never considered myself a smoker, but with the right hooch I'll smoke my pipe. Also, like most people born in the '70s, I had a pack of smokes in my desk during college. I don't think I ever finished a pack, but I always seemed to have one for the odd night out.

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