Double 0 Soul

Maybe not, but you're still making something that folks want to buy and if the demand is there and you enjoy making them.. then why not?

Have you spoken to them.. re- a custom order, ie- less units /item but large enough order value to be worthwhile? .. or maybe a co-op with other leather workers.. surely everyone will feel the pinch and be looking for alternatives. Do Standard Rivet manufacture the spots or just order them in and sell them on?

So there is only one place in the world where you can buy your hardwear? How come? .. where will other leather workers get theirs?

I used to read Volksworld Magazine, MBUK, Sidewalk Surfer, Ride.. amongst others, usually cover to cover many times over so there was always room for me to consume more media, but like denim, these^ were all niche subject matter and when similar magazines jumped on the bandwagon.. there was only a certain number of VWs, MTBs, Skateboarders... in the world so all it did was dilute the quality... like we see in the denimworld but it isn't just one extra magazine to read, it's the opinions of millions all vying for your clicks so the quality has diluted to almost neutral. Are $15 jeans from Wallmart better than SC Okinawa? Do i want to spend 20mins reading this or do i want those 20mins of my life back to do something more fulfilling

I like denim so I’m a member of a denim forum.. I like bikes so I’m a member of a bike forum, are these other folks just doing a better job of it? I don’t have much more time I can afford to waste..

He's coming out of retirement ..

See.. @Broark gets it

I've never 'followed' anyone online.. it sounds weird af, like i'd be one step away from throwing acid in their face.. What are these folks doing which is so important that i need to be following them? i'm sure they're not curing cancer or anything significant? .. is it like the Big Brother effect? .. and if so will there be a future Gogglebox effect where I watch someone who's following someone online? .. huf! future sounds bleak? I mean.. I like to hear what you guys are up to, same goes for my friends and neighbours because I’m invested in those people but what the 8 billion other' people are doing outside of my community.. I honestly couldn't care less

Jesus fkin Christ Duke!.. did you learn nothing from DB? Not everyone gets it! that's what these are for.. ..and if you're still not sure, use some of these I'm not going to tell you again..

Oh no.. hackers have brought down 4Chan Even taking into account it's alt-right tendencies, culture wars, pr0n and racism.. their 'Denim & Workwear General' thread is still more popular than sufu.. Oh well.. i suppose we've still got the Denim Megathread on Something Awful..

When my kid was 13mths old we took him to Clarks to buy his very first pair of shoes (also pasty-esque) The staff take a helluva lot of care to get the correct size, they give you a little booklet on how to care for your toddlers feet and even take a photo of them wearing their new shoes, with their name and the date.. Good old Clarks!

My missus calls them 'Cornish pasty shoes'

Duck egg blue bathroom suite with pink floral wallpaper? I hope UNESCO don't find out you've demolished it!

Is the one on the left a "rare air' concept or a market stall knock off?

One of my customers makes product in the UK for the European market, product in Brazil for the SA market, Vietman for the SEA market and TX for the US market.. but all the chemicals needed to produce these products comes from China.. so the US arm of the business is now going to be mothballed with the loss of 100s of jobs because the raw materials from China will now cost more than the finished product. Tragic really.. You need to get some good old poison chemical factories opened up.. pronto like!

I bought these deadstock Russell 3/4 sleeve single stitch baseball shirts around 6 or 7yrs ago.. paid international shipping and everything, they're lovely things but they were still unwashed and shrank a little more than i expected on their first 15min cold wash, which was only because they’d been shop soiled for 40yrs ..the offspring did work experience down at Kelham Island making bespoke furniture (i say making, he was mainly sanding down and waxing) .. it was either that or he had the offer to work at Saul Hay for a week via a friend of mine but it would have meant getting the train over to Manchester each day. He chose the furniture making and said "dad, do you have a few old tee,s i can use for work experience" I gave him these^ vintage b-ball shirts, they fitted him perfectly, i thought he was going to keep/wear them but by the end of the week they all looked like this Huf! Chip off the old block, I suppose..

I can't imagine snow having any effect on contrast.. i'd give heat and humidity the benefit of the doubt, you will sweat more in this type of environment, the sweat will dry overnight resulting in more salt content within the denim fibres resulting in more abrasion.. or i assume that's the theory?

I'm glad they worked out.. the view from the rear looks very Levi-esque

Looks like you’ve chosen the right size for the fit you were trying to achieve.. are you happy with them?

Yep, I’m with JW on this one, it’s the dust and grime held within the fibres of the denim which acts as an abrasive as you move around.. if that dust is coal dust or sulphur dust for instance then you need to wash more often but if that dust be inert, wood dust or fine particles of sand then you can go for long periods without washing away the cause of the abrasion. It’s a bit like your car mats, you can hoover the shit out of them so they look clean but bash them with a stick (like your granny did with the rug on the washing line before the invention of the vacuum cleaner) and dust still plooms out.. because the fibres are holding it in.

My mrs wears blocks of bold colours, bright red, tangerine, turquoise, lime green ect because she's got more of an olive complexion, folks with a darker skin tone look great in yellow.. i stick to blues, greys, black and maybe maroon or purple if i'm feeling a little adventurous..

..and a similar effect at UCLA ..still doesn't detract from the fact that i can't wear blocks of yellow

Meh.. i spent a good decade collecting 'sneakers i don't wear at all'

So your foot sits closer to the top line or the bottom line?.. ie, is your sole partially encased in the foam or does it sit on top of all that foam?

Wtaf.. Martin? I had to read that three times to figure out what (if anything) it had to do with a tennis racket and/or floral shorts