Duke Mantee

I like those ^

One for @scooby - buffalo strap with lambskin panels/overlays, and vintage glass in sapphire, montana blue and crystal - a bit of burnishing to do then it’ll be on its way

See it was easy … an extra one for the original ‘colony’ - before the land was divided, then sub-divided by the new ‘owners’

C’mon Neal, you’re just out of an operation … I didn’t think you’d want to face another so soon. On another note, I’m surprised no one has picked up on the ‘deliberate mistake’ on the quilt

Thing is, if you do want authentic designs but in what might be better made/better quality form then it seems Warehouse have you by the short and curlies

Can’t wait to see where the bell gets stuffed when you try that out …

A couple of years wear isn’t that much …

I think broken twill was first introduced in 1964 (developed by John Neil Walker) And here’s a nice graphic to help you find your label

@Double 0 Soul There are few blogs that take the amount of time and put in the amount of effort you did making the M-Series archive. This is one of the points I was making earlier - blogs don’t have (by necessity sometimes) much depth; you can see/read the amount of research is limited. There are some very honourable exceptions but I feel they are slowly disappearing and are being replaced by the casual opinion pieces that, despite what bloggers tell us or hope for, really aren’t much use in a learning/research process.

You are an absolute star! I had some fancy ideas about copying the Barnstormers belt using other materials but these are much MUCH better - they have loads of characters and are the perfect part totally in the style of the belt THANK YOU!

That’s some extreme fading on the far left pair

@Flash £85?!!! With the greatest respect, I don’t think any fool needs to ask you if that’s a ‘pretty good deal’ - that’s only a couple of quid more than kids’ CK jeans

Nothing said, but I can see it in her eyes. A few hundred hours of work, but absolutely worth every second.

And it’s finished - just had a final wash and is on the line to (hopefully) dry (a bit) I think this is an absolute triumph and I’m so proud of my wee Duchess … she’d never made anything like this. Better again she understood the story it tells and so introduced a ‘mistake’ to add to the narrative. Top: Bottom All hand made with some lovely cotton/linen fabrics and the blue stuff is that antique Japanese indigo cloth I’ve posted previously

Was it same ones bro? Well they’re going to be a nice pair for someone

Somebody wants to be buying these pronto

I’ve decided to offer these up - for no reason whatsoever I just don’t wear them … these are probably the best pair of Rolling Dub Trio Vincent boots in the world; the original boot with a frivolous full rebuild by master craftsman Felix Jouanneau and waxed laces instead of those ridiculous threads RDT thought were a great idea. Anyway, they’re a JP27 / UK9 and in fantastic condition so DM me with questions and/or a fair offer

This is one @Maynard Friedman wears - pulls it tighter after every gag …

It won’t be unique soon But yes, it is an original design although the idea of jointed belts isn’t original … this is a belt from WW1

Thanks Paul - I’ll draw something up and send it to you

@smoothsailor - wow, that could be exactly the type of thing I am looking for. Are you thinking you could make this to my specifications and sizes?

I knew there’d be some geek that would have a solution … and I kinda thought I knew who the geek would be

It’s just an experiment - that Barnstormers belt was about £500. I took a notion to myself that I could make it, well very similar, so it was just that hardware that I was stuck on. I’m not overly concerned about the numbers, in fact I don’t think they look great, but I was trying to figure out what that bar and caps was … probably some custom thing. I actually had an idea the using copper buttons would look good for the bar ends - these type of things … so how to make a secure fix would be the challenge

Thanks Neal - I’ve looked at similar … brass hand saw nuts. That belt is called a 3 Div. Carpenter Belt so the saw nuts seemed appropriate - but I was thinking how to create the type of design you can see with the numbering, so actually your suggestion might be good because it offers a flat surface to work with

Which left you plunging your balls