FurnitureMaker

Duke, you use this thread to make sales and to promote your work. Fair enough. Here is my take, basing my judgement from pictures alone (I’ve not seen your belts in person either). I strongly disagree with you. Your bespoke craftsmanship might have an edge over the mass production approach of Ace. Maybe. Your leather options probably does the most to set you apart, most being of higher quality, I assume. But, your belts seem sterile to me. Lacking an intangible quality that Ace has in spades. I am so curious about the Ace belts and I don’t have an interest in yours. They are over thought out and fussy. Lacking spontaneity. And I haven’t gotten to the second main component of a belt. The buckles. Ace gets their own buckles made to their specs. Hard to compete with that. It triggers me to see someone with an obvious conflict of interest put themselves above another maker. If your claim is true, and it might well be, (certainly the opinion of almost everyone on this forum), isn’t it better to have them make the claim so you don’t have to? All right, I’ve got that off my chest. If I haven’t completely offended you and you are willing to humor me this bit of advice I’ll end it with this. I encourage you to make a small line of belts that put your talent on full display while showing your personal style. Along with your custom work, it would be cool to see a few signature pieces.

The photos look great, but I’ve never been able to see an Ace Western Belt in real life. Does anyone have experience with them? Positive or negative?

Broke into the vault and put this pair of 1004xx (1000xx) into service. Honeymoon phase. Optimism high.

‘Shoes on Upholstery’ would be a good album name.

Does anyone have a favorite m51 fishtail parka repro? I’m interested in the Buzz Rickson and Real Mccoys at this point.

@81FXR these Jelado chinos are worth considering. https://www.barnstormer.jp/view/item/000000011127?category_page_id=ct001

I have both the 1942 early buzz chinos and the 1082. The rise of the buzz is nice and high, while the rise on the 1082 is almost too low for me. That said, the fabric and construction of the warehouse pair is of noticeably higher quality. I wore both pairs for work pants and the warehouse fabric is much more robust and also, the construction much longer lasting. The warehouse pair also for the win in terms of comfort. If the rise was an inch higher they would be perfect for me. The buzz chinos are very good pants too, and cheaper to boot.

Has anyone ever had this message in their tracking history before? Beginning to think something isn’t right…

A quick way to deaden a sharp rivet is to simply place rivet over something hard, flat and sturdy, whatever you have most approximating an anvil. Take a normal hammer and let the head drop onto the rivet. Use more force until you have the desired effect.

Is this the Hoosier site everyone uses to keep up with new releases? https://hoosierfromfrenchlick.com It hasn’t changed in months.

That pair is definitely a top 10 for me. Hits all my favorite details. I think that the patch probably fell off voluntarily. The uniformity of color behind the patch makes me think that the patch was intact for most of the time the jeans were worn. The lack of any creasing, due to a shrunken patch pulling on the denim, means that they weren’t washed that often? All conjecture, I know.

More power to the weirdos doing their thing. I prefer all this nerd stuff to possessing an indifference to fashion. So many times in my life I’ve ridiculed others for acting in ways I don’t understand that I’m finally losing patience with myself.

I like this belt.

@MJF9 Thanks for the suggestion. Mirrorball were very quick in replying and got me sorted out. Now I get to see what all this Freewheelers fuss is about!

I’m in the market for a pair of sidewinder dark green shorts, size 34. Does anyone have a lead for a retailer that ships to USA? I found a pair at Mirrorball, but I could not navigate the Japanese language checkout.

I’d like the two solids the green/white border and the gold/brown(?). if still available.