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Hello contestants, Great news… Simone is on track to finish sewing all the jeans by the end of the coming week 👏 👏 👏… he will then sort out the patches… and over the past few days, Simone, @beautiful_FrEaK and I have been discussing exactly that... To date, Simone’s patches have been made using a rubber stamp. We think it looks cool, though the graphics are less sharp than on patches made using a foil stamp. So now Simone’s having a foil new stamp made for his standard (non-competition) jeans. See pic. Our current competition default is a rubber stamped patch. I asked if a foil stamp was an option. It is. However, there’s a one-off cost of 190 Euros which we can’t expect Simone to cover... noting we’re already getting a good deal. Therefore, if we want a foil stamped patch, we could split this cost 26 ways, which would mean an extra 7 Euros a person. @beautiful_FrEaK and I agree that it’s best to put this out there for a good ole Sufu vote… what could possibly go wrong 😉 ??!!! We could have stayed quietly rubber lipped, but imagine the guilt we’d have had to carry for the rest of our lives… To avoid production delays, we must make a decision by Tuesday 26th November. Polls will close at 18:00 GMT (UK time). OK… below are 3 options and proposed guidelines / rules… Options 1. The Sufu WoM contest patch, rubber stamp version – our current plan No extra cost Cool image, but less sharp than with a foil stamp. Perhaps this will look cooler 2. The Sufu WoM contest patch, foil stamp version Pay an extra 7 Euros each = about $7 = about £6. 190 Euros in total. Same cool image. We do not have a foil stamped patch example available to compare the difference v the rubber stamp. Only your imagination. Expected sharper resolution. 3. The WoM standard non-contest patch, foil stamp version (see below NEW VERSION) No extra cost Sharper resolution It’s not exclusive to the competition Let’s keep the decision making process simple i.e. All contest jeans will have the same patch One vote per contestant (non contestants, no vote... we'll know 😉) Contestants vote for either option 1, 2 or 3 If contestants miss the deadline, then they lose their vote unfortunately. We want to avoid delays to Simone’s schedule. The winner is the option with the most votes by the deadline time i.e. 18:00 GMT (UK time) on Tuesday 26th November In the event of a tie, I’ll ask our lead judge Maynard to toss a coin to pick the winner If option 2 wins, and someone can’t make the extra cost, then please let me and Tilmann know by DM and we’ll discuss what to do If I’ve forgotten an important clause or condition... tough sh!t And if you’re still reading this and haven’t fallen asleep… you’re already a winner in my eyes Now I'm going to set up a poll and keep my fingers crossed it works... if it fails, we'll use DMs... let's see!

Sadly I don't mate. Only pair of Aldens I have. Brogue advised same size as a pair of Viberg oxford shoes (whose last escapes me atm).

They'll run out of jeans to repro... eventually!!!

@Maynard Friedman after all these years mate... it's so good to see the real you ^... with a big beaming smile too 😊

Yeah mate I have a pair of these I got a few years ago (with Austin's kind help) which have the 379x military last. Nice shoes, nice last... In fact, you reminded me so I might even wear them tomorrow. What have you got your eyes on?

Does anyone know where these trainees can be bought? It's a request from our man Simone. Thanks in advance.

FW are making shirts up to size 18 now - I don't know if that's for all shirts but worth a look

The aspiration for Dec start remains though not committed as it's a one man show and there's quite a bit to get through... I made the point to Simone we all should be ok for jeans in any case 😉... fingers crossed though eh!!

Message passed to Simone 👍

^ ho ho ho

Yeah... though I won't have enough space under the chore... however the other way round I will... an unlikely combo though! Does anyone know if the one pocket c1890s jeans are in the same denim?

Ooe again / Anatomica Big Yank / FW Trailblazer / FW Ironalls / FW WW2 / @Duke Mantee / Brother Bridge

@Cocoa_Lapin I dropped you a quick dm earlier with a few of my measurements so you can compare and guage your fit against the size 44 FW N-1

Rubs hands...

^ I think @Flash sold all his Nippers to Tony at https://www.fulmine.co.uk/collections/nippers and looks like there's still some available. Top kids jeans - Ryan knows his stuff and his lad looked super cool in them.

Simone's on a roll... a second roll in fact

More cuttin'

One man's cool is another man's uncool and vice-verse!

Let the tape roll!

Onana started changing when he left Everton to sign for Aston Villa... based in... Birmingham... it started with RO pumps...

The allotment guy Sol used to work in Accent in Leeds for years... selling and wearing Replay jeans etc... the shift to RO can happen to anyone anytime 😉

Actually... Well done for rolling with it mate... !!!

Feck... glad to hear you're OK-ish mate... echoing the above... that FC jacket has to be a keeper! Hope you mend quickly

Looking forward to the pics mate!!! 😁