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No experience with them personally but I have seen them before, nice looking shoes. Yet another JP brand that doesn’t make shoes big enough for me.

@yung_flynn nice pick up, I’m curious what the inside of the pocket bags look like? In the photos they’ve always looked more like chambray than denim, I couldn’t figure out if it was the warp or weft visible. I’ve been thinking about selling my HBT pocket bag pair to grab these in a size up.

Counting down the days! Looking forward to wearing these.

@indigoeagle I don't own the standard '51s but I took the same size as all my other FW jeans.

Freewheelers have the best combination of depth and pocket opening width in my experience.

Bummer about the delay but no worries, new expected start date is the day before my wife's due date. Should be a fun contest!

I don't see any way to contribute to the shared map unfortunately. But I like the idea!

Covering a few blunders from the above that I mentioned. Maine Mountain Moccasin: Started off originally as "New England Outerwear Co.", the brand focused on making traditional moccasin constructions boots and shoes. They eventually changed their name to be more clearly defined (I don't think they ever actually made outerwear, so funny choice to name your brand). I think things started off fine until they began offering MTO production without properly defining the expectations to their customers. People were paying 100% up front and then going months without any form of communication from the brand and a lot of people just thought their money was gone. After a few years of tomfoolery the brand eventually folded. No idea if everyone ever got their boots or not, personally I have a pair (they were RTW, never dealt with their MTO shenanigans) and they're really nice. Wish there was a brand around like this to fill the niche. Quoddy / Rancourt doesn't really do it for me, Russell and Yuketen have gone off the deep end with price increases. I promise to eventually go into detail on the Jack/Knife stuff, got a bunch of info from a very trusted source years ago but never did anything with it...but I'm off to work now. I'll track it down and see what I can post.

Maine Mountain Moccasin Company also screwed a bunch of people out of money if I recall correctly. Shame as they were making some really nice shoes. You could kinda lump in Jack/Knife into the conversation, don’t think I ever got into posting the specifics on db. Didn’t screw customers over as much as an internal quarrel that fundamentally changed the direction of the brand. Edit: Lest we forget forget about good 'ole Lawless Denim.

ToJ (Temple of Jawnz)?

Maybe it should be marketed as a penis veranda. 🤔

Yup that's correct!

@Dr_Heech nah I went with the cinchless ‘42 spec with the denim pocket bags.

Also paid the balance, looking forward to this kicking off! Assuming we’ll have a new dedicated thread once the contest starts?

I don't think I've ever actually purchased the same exact model twice, variety is the spice of life after all. But after years and years of buying too many jeans I feel like I've found the sweet spot. New releases don't tempt me as much, unless it's a new pair of FW. Every now and then I'll get distracted with something else but I almost always end up back in a pair of 601xx's.

Finally picked up a pair of all black engineer boots after years of looking around, went with the Attractions lot 444. Got these from Japan, they still had size 12 in their most recent restock so figured I'd give them a try. Initial impressions are really good, they are so much easier for me to get on and off compared to my Lofgrens. The leather is pretty thick, will try to wear these daily now that the weather has cooled off.

Sent! Looking forward to these.

@yung_flynn I'd say the WWII model, Rockets is more well known for their WWII models. But if you like the '37 details then I'd say go for those if it fills a gap in your rotation. Honestly you won't be disappointed with either, I have the HBT pocket WWII pair and I've contemplated getting the new model in a size up.

I'm planning on doing a side by side with the WoM and FW just to see how the end up looking by comparison.

The '51 does yield some nice fades, posting some various shots from Hoosier.

Washed the WWII jeans last weekend, probably going to stash them away for a bit ahead of the WoM contest. I've really enjoyed wearing this pair so far, might be my all time favorite cut from OA.

I have a pair of those in size 36 that are moderately worn if anyone is interested.

The '51 cut suits you well b_F, I swear one of these days I'll get around to trying out the core '47 and '51. But it just gets more and more difficult when they keep releasing seasonal pairs. (collection previews from Komori-san's IG)

Almost kinda twins! FW Uplander. FW pocket tee. Boncoura. Lofgren.

I found this detail interesting too. No idea if it means anything or not when it comes to upcoming product, but interesting none the less.