dudewuttheheck

Gorgeous jackets, @Duke Mantee! Would love to see some more shots of you wearing the Mulholland. 

5 hours ago, Duke Mantee said:

What’s your rationale behind that Jake?

It's basically that I just don't like chromexcel very much. I think it's a pretty boring and dull leather so I don't mind putting it in harms way more. Similar with the waxed flesh. I like my Wescos, but I wish I had chosen a different leather. Plus, waxed flesh is pretty tough and looks good beaten up anyway so that's my go to boot for any rare manual labor I do.

I have friends that have bought leather jackets from them at the event. I tried on several jackets a few years back as well. I don't think the size selection was very wide though.

Yuck. Someone is trying to steal RMC's ugly thunder.

Well, every time their owner is at Inspiration, he's dressed head to toe in ridiculous hypebeast clothing. Maybe that's gone to his head.

Yeah I think you need to size down on those. You want a nice, tight fit with them

4 hours ago, mlwdp said:

@dudewuttheheckWhat’s your choice of footwear/engineer when the weather is crap?  

My Wesco or Lofgren engineers. Sometimes my Role Clubs. I mostly just wear leathers I don't care about in bad weather... so my CXL boots get worn at that time.

24 minutes ago, Double 0 Soul said:

Me too, nobody needs to see my pedal damaged shins, they look like those of a slalom skier, especially with my pasty northern european complection, they're somewhere between arctic and polar on the pantone charts..

Mine aren't that white, but they certainly don't match up with my face skin tone at all. My face and legs look like poorly clicked leather. Nobody should see that. 

I really hate shorts, but those are some of the better ones I've seen. 

6 hours ago, justintk said:

@dudewuttheheck Are people near you generally wearing masks when out? I think it's around 50% at best near me.

It was around 50% for a while, but has now dipped to probably 25% at best. I'm still wearing something to cover my face for the foreseeable future. Where I am is too densely populated to not wear one right now.

Wow that looks absolutely amazing!

One of the cowboy boot brands that I've been looking into is JB Hill boots. https://www.jbhilltexas.com/

They hand welt them which is nice and prices start at under $1k which isn't bad given how nice they look and the craftsmanship they appear to have. 

Thanks @wmb that's helpful!

7 minutes ago, propellerbeanie said:

Which sites have you been looking at? It can definitely be a bit confusing, but I've noticed that a lot of Japanese retailers list the thigh measurement as 10cm from the crotch seam. 

I was looking at a couple Rakuten stores and on Brogue Shop. 

21 hours ago, aho said:

Not sure if anyone caught this, but fun chat with the shacho himself:

https://tcbjeans.myshopify.com/blogs/ニュース/tcb-denim-ramble-video

Makes me want to buy more TCB...

I almost bought a pair when he compared styling jeans to ramen... a man after my own heart.

8 hours ago, Collin said:

My best advice for white pant is : Don't think about waist stretch as you will wash this pant really often (once very 1-3 wear). They in my opinion don't get the time to really stretch unless you stretch the waist with your hand after a wash while still being wet.

That's a really good point. I'm more worried about the thighs than anything else, especially because I see such conflicting measurements.

I'm really tempted by the white 710s. I'm just trying to nail down the sizing and am considering waiting to grab them from a Japanese retailer to save some money too.

40 minutes ago, mlwdp said:

Before you posted this, I figured you were using Clinch’s boot jack.

 

I thought about getting it the last time I was there, but I just don't need it. 

Those are some beautiful boots @hurhur

I don't use/need a boot jack for my engineers. The one pair that I had that was extremely difficult to get on was also just too small so they were sold.

@Ar_thor feet are weird, dude. I have Lofgrens and have never had any issue at all getting them on and off. They're like putting on slippers for me. In fact, I have 6 pairs of engineers and none of them are difficult for me to get on and off now. 

However, I know other people who have the same issue that you do. The only thing I can add at this point is to ask if you're pointing your feet/toes down enough while you put them on.

You also may just need to push a little harder and get a boot jack to get them off. Maybe grease up the plastic bag a bit.

There are also some bootmakers/brands that offer to make the shafts wider to make this easier. I know Brian at Role Club will do this and I believe Wesco will too so if you really can't make these work, that might be something to look into.

16 minutes ago, Duke Mantee said:

Much like half the posts 

Maybe that's why we can't see the shirts anymore

23 minutes ago, Dr_Heech said:

The Neal shirts are louder, and always have to have the last word ...  

 

They also used to be seen around DB all the time and recently seemed to have disappeared.