Double 0 Soul

1979! .. wow.. Prince’s owner looks like a stereotypical Smiths fan c1985

1 hour ago, Duke Mantee said:

 

This was the one of the other variants which was short body MA1

Looks like the mustard version  Neneh Cherry wears in the Buffalo Stance video 1988

I used to quite like The Clothes Show.. I think it was on, on’a Sunday tea-time before Last of the Summer Wine.. and the hopeless depressing That’s Life with its dogs that couldn’t really say ‘sausages’

When you look back at some of the wilder styles through history.. the styles of the 1980s for instance would never have happened if we had the internet..

..conversely styles you see around here.. techwear and such wouldn’t have happened without the interwebz..

Anyone remember when the MA1 has a resurgence around the early to mid 90s first time since the skins.. I bought one for £34 from a massive outdoor army surplus in Norfolk.. reason it’s come to mind is the mention of Schott in another thread..

The first time I was aware of Schott as a brand, was their MA1 repro’s in the 90s you could buy a standard Schott bomber for around £90 or a flame retardant one for around £110.. I think it had pocket flaps rather than being an exact repro.. I remember being sat in the boozer with my mates.. one of them was wearing a fire retardant Schott.. while another had his lighter under the table trying to burn his sleeve just to check

Total opposite for me.. starting wearing vintage Levi’s in the early 90s.. who knows what cut they were?.. I wouldn’t have known the difference back then.. moved onto LVC-47s in the mid to late 90s.. onto SC-47s in the early 2000s and I’ve worn a 46 or 47 cut pretty much exclusively ever since... I briefly flirted with different Sugarcane fabrics around 2008 but the cut pretty much stayed the same.

Style-wise has always been a mix of denim and the influence of the scene I was into at the time.. sneaker collecting in the early 90s (before it started to repulse me) the night life/clubs, music, collecting records, BMX’ing, skateboarding, MTB’ing.. VWs.. the folks who I was hanging around with, the city I lived in, all had some influence.. and later when my social life stated to wane.. the interwebz, this place and Japanese websites/blogs all had some influence.. albeit  more subconsciously.

No mini-ramp but i did build a jump box in our old back yard

Before you lavish me with anymore praise.. you’d better see the design process..

..we have better drawings Blu-tacked to our fridge. 🤣

15 minutes ago, smoothsailor said:

Master woodworker, and master sufu user

I’ve had a lot of practice.. at both  😃

Thanks gents

I spot some blk/cement AJ3s..

I was reading about his new album of experimental flute music last week.. i wonder if @volvo240thebest is collaborating?

19 hours ago, edwardlj said:

 

 

Is that^ Danniella Westbrook before her face collapsed?

I got a new DAC in the Peter Tyson Black Friday Extravaganza..Bonanza

14 minutes ago, indigoeagle said:

 I like these "nano" down vests. You can wear them under a jeans jacket, too instance.

Just wondering, if some company has specialised on untreated jackets, i.e. no chemicals.
Perhaps no market for that.
 

Not sure about no chemicals.. Snow Peak subscribe to The Green Down Project and use recycled tent material if you can find something in their range.. i'm not sure it's all made in JP though

I've got the older version of this https://www.phdesigns.co.uk/wafer-ultima-down-vest

..from around 10yrs ago, 1000 fill, looks fat.. but isn't.. it weighs nothing, worn here with RMC Military sweat and M41001s

If you scoot back a few pages.. i'm wearing it in waywt..

1 hour ago, indigoeagle said:

Does anyone know of a down vest, that is not treated with any kind of chemical water repellent coat?
To wear as an inner layer.

Cotton fabric would be great.

Wouldn't you be better off with a jacket liner or quilted layer rather than a down vest?

I wouldn't say 'best'.. but the green tab from the old Hawaii's still gives me warm fuzzy sensation.

Here's a photo of mine i took in 2009

Quite.. I’ve even used a 1/38 contraction rule^ .. which should give a shrinkage allowance of around 0.3mm when they’re washed

I’ve unpicked you a hem from an old pair of SC

From stitch to hem

From hem +folded over material 0.75”

There was a bike kleptomanic in Oxford who got busted when someone spotted his back garden on google earth

There is a corner near our house which i've affectionately named 'bike corner' .. folks leave their old bikes/bike parts there 'free to a good home' .. i take the more interesting examples home and offer them up for karma (collection) on the bike forums i contribute to..

Rare 1970's Lapierre mixtie - even has the original stainless mudguards and Soubitez front dynamo lamp

Giant Cadex

..a bunch of wheels last week.. some Hope hubs and these carbon Novotec

.. yesterday morning i found this old sewing machine

There was a full set of golf clubs once, I let the scrapman take those.. i don't think golfers should ever be encouraged !

I don't mind the length.. (i love the jumper!) it's the crease down the front which looks awkward in my opinion..

They fit TTS albeit loosely becasue of the cut of the jacket.. ie- it has no shape and fits like a sack so it's up to you to pull the draw strings in, if needed around the waist, hem, cuffs ect.. to give the jacket a closer fit to the body.

I have a size med for sale on ebay with some sizes attached.. i'm 5'11".. 75kg.. 39" chest, 32" waist and the size 40 fits how an M-65 should (not fitted)

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/126179863408

Shamelessly.. it would be much cheaper for folks here

They don't shrink at all in the wash.. if you live in a wet environment, add a Tech wash treatment instead of detergent.. Nikwax or something similar.

Even more in the ENT department.. those guys specialise in loss of taste