dudewuttheheck

3 minutes ago, JDelage said:

@dudewuttheheck - Good work on the body recomp. I know it can take a lot of work.

Thanks! I'm really glad I was able to finally commit to it. Current situation makes it more difficult to make serious progress, but I'm maintaining pretty well right now. I feel much better overall and another bonus is that I get colder much easier

I know generally where I would need it hemmed before soak so I will happily take advantage of the free hemming. Shipping out November/December is fine too. I'm down for earlier too, but I can do either.

1 minute ago, Broark said:

Totally fair! I just feel like I'd personally be uncomfortable dressed up all the time. But if you're comfortable then more power to you.
Also I have a very low personal threshold for what is "dressed up". If I put a button up shirt over a t-shirt I'm dressed up around these parts. 

Yeah I think the definition of 'dressed up' is not set at all. I used to have to wear suits every day to work at a couple of my old jobs so this feels way more comfortable to me in comparison. 

When I'm running around doing errands though I will sometimes just throw on a sweatshirt or even double denim with a t shirt and sneakers... I'll have to take some pictures of that at some point. 

6 hours ago, Collin said:

@dudewuttheheck Love this outfit. "La palette de couleurs" is really wonderful!

 

Thanks man! I'm glad I went with the blue shirt instead of just doing whit/ecru like I always do.

6 hours ago, Broark said:

Hey Jake, question for you. Not meaning to be rude or anything, but do you ever just throw on a t-shirt and dress casually?
What do you do in the summer? I know SoCal gets pretty warm. Just looks uncomfortable to me to be so dressed up all the time.
Again, no intention of being rude. I'm genuinely curious.

Not rude at all it's a totally fair question. For one thing, I actually have started to feel pretty comfortable dressing like this now so for me when it's cooler out, this feels casual to me.

However, I do wear more casual outfits sometimes and that's definitely true in the summer. As it warms up, I wear lighter weight non-leather jackets over t shirts or short sleeve shirts over t shirts and sometimes I wear just a t shirt too. I live pretty close to the ocean so it's not actually that hot most of the time here. Socal has a lot of micro climates and where I am is one of the cooler areas in the summer. Here are some shots from over the summer. I may or may not have posted these already.

I voted to start now, but if we have to wait, I'm still in. This will be my first Warehouse pair and I'm good with the general details so I'm pretty happy no matter what at this point.

Yeah his work is definitely worth more than he is charging by quite a lot in my opinion. Perhaps part of it is the negative image that "Made in China" has. I know he has mentioned to me that he has worried about that to some degree. Hopefully the more people see his boots, the less that will be an issue for him. He's a really nice guy as well.

2 hours ago, mlwdp said:

@dudewuttheheckIs your Attractions engineers the same size as your Wesco Boss? True to size?

They're the same size as my Wesco, but my Attractions fit me more comfortable. I am a 10.5 on a brannock and I have a 10 in both of those boots, but the Wesco are slightly tight in the front especially on the left foot. The Attractions are not loose at all and if you're a wider foot, I would personally think you should go TTS. I can't say any of this for sure though, sizing is difficult.

I forgot to post these Flame Panda boots. He only sells on Instagram now, but he's a bootmaker from China who imports basically all of his materials and hand welts all his boots and on this pair (and I think all his boots) does hand sewing on the outsoles as well. His moc toes and monkey boots are my favorite so I got his monkey boots and I like them a lot. He does  a triple sole on the front which tapers down to a single leather midsole with a full rubber sole in the middle before the heel stack. Quality is overall really good. The midsole/outsole stitching is very dense and quite clean for being done by hand, but not as clean as White Kloud by any means. Upper stitching is also overall really good and quite dense, but not as neat or consistent as Clinch. Either way, the boots are worth a lot more than the price in my opinion (which is around $670 for this leather.) That leather is Maryam natural horserump which does include the shell part. It is quite different from the leather on my Onderhouds which is also Maryam horse leather, but this version has a lot more shell in it.

Voted as well. I have gotten more and more interested in this as it has developed. 

I believed in you  

I'll have to take a shot of mine sometime soon. Yours looks great!

Just now, Kit Carruthers said:

Thanks @dudewuttheheck! It's the regular length version, but honestly it still feels about an inch too long most of the time. 

Maybe if you were like me and always tucked your shirt in, but with this outfit it looks perfect IMO and the arms certainly aren't too long.

@Kit Carruthers Those jackets usually look way too big on people in my opinion, but it fits you really well.

Monsivais, Oliver Peoples, Freewheelers, Lady White, Wild Frontier Goods, CSF, Flame Panda

8 hours ago, DoitsuJin said:

@dudewuttheheck nice boots sir --- how much did he quote you and how long was the turn around? his work looks impressive

These run around $670 with this leather (Maryam horserump). Took around 4 months. All quite reasonable I think given the construction method and quality. I'll get more photos in the shoes/boots thread

@Double 0 Soul I like that cut on you... sort of 'Fury' meets "Peaky Blinders.' I actually used to rock an undercut that also basically was a 0 on the sides, but I didn't let the top get quite as long. I should find a picture of that sometime.

@SLAB yeah I'm really looking forward to that. Will be one of the very first things I do.

Very interesting to see Vibram full soles even on the non wedge sole versions @mlwdp. The Biltrite half soles on the normal ones look better in my view.

I personally despise wedge soles on boots, but I don't hate them as much on these because they're bedazzled.

Wouldn't buy either though personally. The only guy in the west that I see with engineers like these is Vintage Engineer Boots.

1 hour ago, Double 0 Soul said:

What are you doing about a haircut in these socially distant days dude? i haven't had mine cut since Christmas, i think there's a pair of blue tits nesting in it my Mrs gave the boy a wonky haircut today...she might have to do mine, but i know you like to visit the barber every few weeks.

Why do you think I've worn hats in my last couple photos?  My hair is a mess and it's only going to get worse. Even with the hats it's still not great because the back of my hair is way too long and thick. I have no idea how long it's going to be before I can actually get it cut so it could get interesting... maybe I should grow a beard with it too and go all out.  

FW, Stevenson, WFG, Buzz Rickson, Flame Panda boots

2 minutes ago, Jambon said:

Yeah it reminds me of growing up in 90s and buying Nintendo64 cartridges, they saw the UK as treasure island, and we had to pay £60 a game while across the pond in America it was $60 and with the exchange rate at the time it meant we paid almost twice as much as America. 

Same thing happens now with RMC. 

Yeah the best part for you guys was having to pay 60 Pounds for Banjo Kazooie, Golden Eye, and DK64... which were all made by the very British Rareware company. 

Sure, the cartridge wasn't actually made there, but I still found that concept ridiculous.

"Here Nintendo, we made these great games for you and we're going to give them to you so you can sell them back to us at an inflated price." 

A few more shots of this jacket. I forgot to take some shots of it buttoned up last time. I really love this piece.

Monsivais, Oliver Peoples MiJ, Ooe Yofukuten, Stevenson Overall, Wild Frontier Goods, CSF, White Kloud

I would just go to Nordstrom. They always had them. I'm sure most shoe stores do.

@beautiful_FrEaK a lot of great fits from him. I'm enjoying scrolling through his blog.

@mlwdp he's trying to convince you that the resole is worth it on those

38 minutes ago, Broark said:

@mlwdp the Keystone boots look nice but the toe turns up a bit too much for me personally. Good price though. 

And all that info in the Attractions makes it seem like they’d never work for me even if they made me a size 12.  I wear a 12 in the Lofgren engineers that I have and the right boot is a real pain to get on still. Once it’s in they feel perfect. I’ll just enjoy the Devil’s Causeway boots for the time being, but I’d love if Lofgren did a black tea core horsehide boot one day. 

Oh man if Lofgren did tea core veg tan horsehide boots I would be so happy! I'm definitely jealous of your Devil's Causeway boots. They're stunning.