Joseph Hill

I'm sort of glad the brown Spikes are sold out. I almost bought a couple of times, but just can't justify the money these days. But feeding my OCD (other color denim) interests, I picked up some really great brown selvedge denim to play with. The color is a rich and variegated butterscotch/wheat kind of thing and red line selvedge. I now look at your site, and what do I see? Upcoming special edition Spikes 006 in an eerily similar denim. Wouldn't be style #0154A would it?

It was just a one shot find, so it's not really a source that would be helpful. I'm always sniffing around for good stuff. I'm a junk hound from way back. You've just got to keep at it, nose around and always keep your eyes and ears open. (and keep cash on hand, 'cause if you blink it'll be gone) It'll probably be a while before it finds it's way into any of my projects, as I'm still in the early skill developement stage. And on thinking, if ROY wanted to use some, I would get it to him. It would be hard to say no to that guy.

^Sorry, no idea on what is typical.

PT, I think you kinda skimmed my post . Yeah, lightweight 2 to 1 twill. It's a dead ringer for those old Lee chore coats. Thin, but tough. I don't want to seem greedy, but ROY and Christian, seem to be doing just fine sourcing groovy material, this stuff is mine. (maybe a parcel or two wil go to folks I know who are doing something cool). I think most people are looking for heavier goods anyhow. For myself, I like the vintage weight for a change.

Wearing new cone, carrying old Cone.

Putting new plumbing in old (new to me) house.

A lovely bit (40 yards!) of vintage Cone Deeptone denim. Light weight (9-10 ozs?), two to one twill. I know the Deeptone name was used over a few decades, but perhaps a few details might narrow down the dating. The width is 43 inches, and there is 1/2 percent poly in the selvedge. The label also says Cone Mills New York NY, with no mention of NC.

Lovely crinkly pocket.

I wish we had mutton sandwiches here. Famous or otherwise.

I thought I was just about done with Sufu, then of course you drag me back in. Great find with the Russian pictures. Gives my wife a reason to support my interests.

You've probably seen it, but in case you've missed it Stephan Yafas' book 'Cotton, the biography of a revolutionary fiber' is a nice, if broad, overview.

I think rubbing it in is how the winning fades were made.

Let's see the owl!

^^Not daily, but about every other. Have been rotating back in the 201s. I didn't realize how much the ROYs had actually progressed until I started wearing these again as they are so far unbroken. Lees, and Left Fields are getting periodic time. Chambray underpants are in normal rotation (would still like to get more of these). Kitenge goes in the pocket every day. It's surprising how many young girls will ask about it out of the blue considering I'm old, dirty, and have been referred to as a little scary looking at times.

Fardin, have you listened to the Psychedelic Sounds in the originally intended track order? It makes so much more sense than the jumble International Artists made of it. I got to meet Roky at Bumbershoot a couple years ago. He's come along way back to the land of lucidity...

Will the jacket be the same denim?

Probably the '81-83 issue, I believe those numbers correspond to that era. Love the type three design (before the second/handwarmer pockets were added).

Still a good score if you can the right fit, and you nailed it joe.

I wouldn't think it would be this late. It is a big E, and has the single row of end stitching on the waistband.

I actually prefer a smaller fit, but at least it's got the higher waist. My Mexican Type 1(ish) is a surprisingly good jacket, but has the modern lowered waist, and for some reason it just makes me squirm a little. It's too long for a jacket, too short for a coat.

cool jacket joseph. If I remember correctly, the yellow bar-tacked pockets are from the 60s.

It must be some old age thing. I wrote yellow, I read yellow, and all the same time my mind translated it as black. It has the black stitching under the flaps, which I had recalled was later. I still haven't been able to get back to the storage to check for sure, but I believe the button backs were 524.

evo of my mister freedom road champs. thanks to the best dog ever, who did the worst thing ever. Hank, my four year old chocolate lab has recently decided he likes leather. Edit: I've tried resizing this picture 4 times. I can't figure out, too tired. I'll try again tomorrow.

A little spit and polish, they'll be fine. Any cobbler can take care of that for you.

Maybe send a picture to Julian, and he'll take pity on you and make up a replacement for you. If not, you now have a nice cross-section model so everyone can see how they're made.

Funny how the music stopped just as I got to the bottom of the page. It's always nice to take a strangely wistful experience and slather on a good schmear of surrealism. ROY has been a fabulous behind the curtain, Oz-like guru, and you all have made this a journey to higher and more bizarre planes of existence than some stitched blue fabric would appear to have the capacity to do. I think ol' DK couldn't be more worthy of accolades, and I would sure like to meet you sometime. It's been a heck of a rollercoaster ride, folks...

Suitably teased... You've got to love that new Wabash duck.

Generally in my eyes Rising Sun can do no wrong. It seems that every piece they come out with sets the old green eyed monster on edge, but I'm not sure I'm completely in love with the new jacket. I think the foundation and the detailing are not in complete harmony. It's like there are two seperate zeitgeists trying to inhabit the same totem.

Here's my Levi bag. It's in deadstock condition. It's by the same company that did the above version, but seems to be a different configuration than the other posted original and the repro.

Just getting around to posting my blanket lined Big E. Yellow pocket stitch, so 70s? The numbers on the inside tag are obliterated, but otherwise there is very little wear, lots of color left. The only problem is the left waistband corner is coming undone. The price was right and I picked it up with the Lee in one of my ROY final pics.

Color is most correct in the first picture.

Those Knapps seem like A&F trying to cash in on vintage boots. I bet they marked them up x 10. Great looking pair of old boots!

A&F have been purveying expensive duds to rich prats for a long, long time. Those were likely sold as something like a sporting motorcycle boot and paired with khaki jodhpurs. Not vintage, but then current (which is now vintage).

There are enough old zippers around you could probably salvage the pull from. I've got a handful of nos talon zippers I picked up for peanuts. Of course the zipper face that they hang from would be different. Mine have a 42 stamped on it.

I really should not be buying more pants, but the brown Spikes have me itching. Is the brown denim sanforised, and do you have some close up pictures of the fabric?

I've been looking high and low for a pair of light brown engineers like that. I really like chippewas configuration, but couldn't stand that stupid distressed 'bomber' leather. Of course the only guys to do the combo correcty cost more than my car.

Excellent cut on the top block of those plain style. Would go well with cinch back and suspenders.

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  I bought on of those exact same (original) totes for my ex-wife, shame I never took any pics.

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<p>I've got one.  Unless they did some variants, LVC has screwed the details on this one too.  It'll be a bit before I can post some pictures, but off the top of my head, the red strap attaches to the outside on the ends, and there is a copper snap at the top that faces front. </p>

I replaced one of my final pictures under the wire. It was on the same day as the 'sport shoot'. It was intended to showcase a nice Lee acquisition, but it will suit this application better than what was there. It was in better lighting, and until my photography skills improve, my accidental pictures will probably be better than my intentionals.

Life and things delayed a few picture additions. First is from the last official day of the contest for me. Jan 1st. Since my front fades were much better than my rears, I thought a couple hours in an arthouse theater seat with my wife and brother might make some last minute advancement. Leave it to Werner Herzog to do a documentary about prehistoric cave paintings in 3D.

The local blizzard had me trapped at work and the parents house for two days with no camera and no ROYs for the picturesque snow shoveling. We had no car work so I shoveled the stations lot of snow for nine hours as it continued to fill in behind me. The next day repeat. Then it warmed up like crazy and I made it home to join the 150,000 people with no power for half the week. So I polished boots by candlelight. (That's got to be up there with sewing with an old union special, right?)

While most of the snow was melting, the giant bergs we built by hand had to be shifted. Luckily the crew that was on hiatus from installing our new carwash let us use this thing. I made sure that at least the ROY chambrays were with me this day.

Arbor press by hand, kick press by pneumatics. Alot of folks say they did them just fine with a hammer, but I had much better luck when I used an arbor press. It did a much better job deforming the pin in one fell swoop, and they just seemed tighter and less inclined to come apart (as did one of mine and potentially soon another applied in an alternate fashion). Any machine shop will have an arbor press, and will probably squish them in for you (they will probably think you're some kind of weirdo though). Also use good quality two piece buttons, not the fabric store variety. Bucksaw buttons worked well for me.