madstaxbro

Used to play Killing Floor and TF2 all that stuff. Thinking about upping my rig and getting Skyrim soon, anybody here have it yet?

Also for denim a lot of people seem to overlook Wrangler and Lee but Wrangler especially makes pretty darn good jeans.

The classic Wrangler cuts like the 13MWZ and newer 36MWZ are a solid weight(13.75oz) and usually under $35 often around $30.

Milsurp everything. On top of being generally super durable and comfortable a lot of field gear has some good trading value in militaria/collectible circles.

I got some Vietnam era wool socks($10 - 12/5pr) recently, and it's nasty but as kind of field test I found that I could wear a single pair for at least 2 weeks without any real stench(leather footwear only). Even then I only washed them to be safe.

And I've been wearing that same pair since early October.

Same with a lot of service shirts, although the more modern cotton and cotton blend shirts aren't really spectacular, just cheap and durable.

You could look into milsurp.

Besides the US I know a few of the Warsaw Pact countries issued them for while during the Cold War not sure if they still do though.

A lot of the German and Czech surplus I've seen is in unissued condition and around $20 - 30 apiece.

http://onlinemilitaria.com/shopexd.asp?id=3287&bc=no

http://www.epicmilit...metal-fastening

http://www.epicmilit...r-officers-belt

http://www.sovietarm...ather_Belt.html

http://www.sportsman...i.aspx?a=884918

And of course the dozens of eBay/Craiglist whatever listings.

**edit the last one has a roller buckle but has the edge creased like issued belts so you could change the buckle with little difference.

...and please no floppy disc jokes haha you crazy kids lol

sudo apt-get rm humor

I bought a roll of horsehide to play around with today.

Aw dammit I never got your paypal email thought this thing fizzled out.

Where to buy unbleached/creme tees? Preferably cheap, like <$30/piece cheap

I got sniped so fast on the Campus horsehide last week. WHY did I get that juice...

Picked up an original M-43 field jacket and a repro hood. Got an original pile liner later but the wool was shredded.

Also does anybody know where to get this type of boot lace, sort of a medium brown/red like they issued back then. Old stocks are getting harder to come by.

Jump on the Ebbetts group right quick.

#8 shell logger boot with 22oz kiltie

So beautiful but unlined roughout, must be squeaky.

I didn't know snakes had pores that big.

sounds pretty cool, do you know what the silver is for?

my guess would be its anti-bacterial effect so for example blisters won't become infected :confused:

Yeah probably to prevent cheesefoot like in running socks.

It looks weird to me but if you are one of those techwear guys and feel like wearing Red Wings with your kevlar leggings maybe that could work.

**actually no that sounds disgusting don't

Been happy with repros so testing out legit surplus for winter.

The brown ones(bottom) are supposed to have 6% silver woven into the cushion, pretty cool.

Yeah when I first saw their work popping up I was interested but man they are charging a bit much for everything.

I can kinda understand the premium for using special deerskin and old old pristine fabrics but still.

I tossed my name in the hat for the Ebbetts group buy in supershopper and just measured for my fitted size.

Apparently their smallest size is still too big for my head. Don't know if I want to get one if the wind will just blow it off my head every few minutes.

So what's happening with this while superfuture's going on/off. Any updates.

Where to spell properly?

Actually 'köp' means 'buy' in Swedish. Kop means copper but close enough.

501s.

Awaiting highly publicized injuries due to heavy denim and subsequent banning of denim over 10oz in Britain.

edit: a couple of other groups have this stuff now too right.

I know Eight G has their 30 and I remember Edwin being involved somehow.

Wait wait just for reference the 2 initial runs are navy and black, and both come with green visor lined on the bottom right.

I was under the impression that even the 2008+ 501 still uses some type of Cone, but I also heard a while ago that they use locally produced denim, ie Mexican factory uses Mexican, Indian factory uses Indian.

I saw a video tour of an Indian mill's dyeing process, I remember them claiming some association to Levi's but maybe I'm remembering wrong and it was Lee.