Maynard Friedman

You can expand a bit and meet them in the middle

The best place to search for any Iron Heart items is probably the Iron Heart forum’s sales thread. I haven’t been on that forum for a couple of years but if it still exists, that’s likely to be the best source.

I don’t really eat marmalade often but when I do, I like Rose’s lime marmalade, which may be lemon & lime now. Wilkin & Sons is also good.

Buy Samurai - ultimate jeans! Buy Denime - new ultimate jeans! Sell Samurai Buy Freewheelers - new, new ultimate jeans! Sell Denime 🤣

Even if other expensive/similarly-priced boots are built from similar, average quality materials, then as far as I’m concerned, it doesn’t justify the price (“they’re charging $X so we will too”). Instead it makes me think there’s a bit of price fixing going on here and I’ll think very carefully before I buy.

¥125k for those 1942s, which are probably the same as their 1937s with minimal tweaks and £425 for these immediately sold-out 1955s with a hand-drawn patch and swing tags. Made in Turkey 🤑🤔

They’re like a Stan Smith/Superstar hybrid.

I’ve seen some of her photos before, my favourite is the kids jumping out of windows of abandoned houses on to piles of mattresses. The sort of thing I used to do with my mates many years ago. The Finnish photographer Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen produced some similar photos around the North-east from the late 60s onwards.

I can remember going into school on the Monday after that show was aired and everyone holding the sides of their neck saying “Sau-sa-ges” 😆

I reckon @Double 0 Soul probably sounds like Prince’s owner 😆 This sort of thing used to feature heavily in the show too, from Cyril Fletcher’s armchair:

Her daughter lives on my street, she bought the house from some acquaintances of ours.

I remember fashionistas wearing black DMs (shoes I think rather than boots) with the toecap leather removed to reveal the exposed steel underneath in the late 80s. I think these were JPG. Ironically, if you’d have gone to West Ham or Millwall about a decade before that, you may well have seen homemade versions of these in a 10 hole boot version on the terraces!

Duke - don’t you mean you were buying a lot of clothes from Jeff Banks Warehouse catalogue back then? 🤣

I bought my first MA-1 in early 1986. A black, Alpha industries model, made in USA, from Silverman’s army surplus in Mile End for about £50. This was post-skinhead when they’d become ‘trendy’ in black and navy, although I think green still had too many yobbish connotations for a general fashion item. At the time, this model was seen as the real deal and there were plenty of shiny imitations/fakes around. My friend had the jacket with the split hood - can’t remember what that model was called. A few years later, in the early 90s, I bought a green MA-1 from Interstate (again, Alpha, made in USA) and subsequently, a blue CWU model from Schott (again, made in USA I think). This had pocket flaps, a small collar and felt more substantial than the MA-1s. I don’t have any of them now, all thrown away or given to charity, although I did take the plastic tops from the sleeve pen-pocket of the green MA-1 and put them in the sleeve pen-pocket of my Spiewak N3-B!

Updated and collated sales with some reduced prices TCB Seamen’s Jacket, one wash unworn, size 38/M - £100 plus shipping 10oz neppy denim, bought in 2014 but never worn as I have a shawl collar LVC jacket in navy that's similar. Measurements (buttoned up): Shoulders - 18.75” Chest - 21.25” Sleeves (from shoulder to cuff) - 24.75” Sleeves (from armpit to cuff) - 19.5” Back length (from base of collar) - 26.75” Across bottom of jacket - 21.5” LVC 1880s Triple Pleat blouse size 40/M - £300 plus shipping BNWT and raw Cone denim, made in USA, 2016. I mis-sized on this, gutted Measurements Chest (P2P): 21” Shoulder: 19.5” Back length (base of collar to bottom of waistband): 22” Sleeves (outer - shoulder to bottom of cuff): 24” Sleeves (inner - armpit to bottom of cuff): 19” Studio D’artisan SD-101 size W32 - £140 plus shipping BNWOT, raw and unworn, flagship 15oz denim, blue selvedge ID Bought in 2010 from the now closed Superdenim.co.uk Measurements BiG style Waist (aligned): 33.5” Front rise: 11.5” Back rise: 15” Thigh (at crotch): 13.5” Inseam: 35” Hem: 9” TSPTR x Standard & Strange hi-tops in ecru (off-white) - £70 plus shipping Heavy duty, made in Japan, size US 8 / UK 7, brand new in box, never worn. I believe these are no longer available in shops. Bought from American Classics in 2020. These come up big, more like a UK size 8 than UK 7, sole measures just over 28cm in length.

Buaisou?

If you add some extra belt loops to the inside of the waistband and wear a belt there, it doesn’t affect the cinch aesthetically or functionally.

2-tone arcs look odd, though I have no idea if they’re correct or not.

One good turn deserves another. Excellent craftsmanship and generosity from a couple of good dudes.

I thought he was more of a trainspotter.

Hey @Broark, although I’m very much a Londoner, unfortunately I won’t be available to meet up as I’ll be busy with the family and friends over that period. You should visit at a sensible time! 🎅 If I think of any must do/see things, I’ll let you know…

I think Tyler Bryant did a duet with Brian May 🔥

Ignore the naysayers T, I think they’ll go well with your casual style, I wore my Alfred Sargent Dumfries (they must be 11 or 12 years old now) to the pub last night. You can’t go wrong with classic English brogue boots.