Duke Mantee

You’ll need to be more specific about the type of beer

Good job fella - especially as you’re getting on a bit. But it looks great!

Truthfully? A lot less expensive using exactly the same leather Edit to add: as are my other leather goods despite being genuinely hand made

I don’t get why they would do this - surely it damages your reputation to make something as bad as IH?

Well if anyone is asking they can have yours first - you need the money to be the Illustrated Man

Look no further Cordovan, or pretty much any other type of leather (You are quite right about CXL though)

Now I’ll have to reduce my price to £200 as well … fucker

Solid brass buckle and keeper (and extra leather keeper) on Sedgwick London Tan (not Laandaan Taan) bridle, 7 holes in ¾” grouping and beeswax finish

Possibly - France (and Germany) outlawed imported indigo … Henry VI ordered the death penalty for anyone defying his edict but the bans were lifted a couple of centuries later - indigo was better for big business even then. But woad was still popular in local/cottage industries so who knows?

I washed a FW denim jacket at 90°C - shrank about a half size tops and utterly destroyed the patch. Waste of time IMO - if the weave is loose you’ll get more shrinkage but it’ll change the hand of the fabric probably irreversibly

The smell of my jeans is part of the development … especially since I go commando

Yes that’s correct - some leathers are struck through, some aren’t Tea-core has been mythologised into an actual leather type and very often is also used in a qualitative aspect … utter nonsense The phrase has been bastardised from a simple figurative description of how a leather colour shows through the surface finish

It is Any in any event the plating will only be a couple microns tops - it’ll make next to no difference regarding heat. File under the same nonsense at shiny/matte sides of aluminium foil

… I hate when that happens. Yeah, the back/butt or ‘bend’ - Roma-ji = benz Pisses me off it’s described like some special thing though, we’ve enough confused nonsense associated with this (tea-core et al)

Who’s Ben?

Doesn’t even get close to the shithousery of tournament rigging that occurred the last time that country managed a WC final

If it’s a Goodyear welt then the upper is lasted between the welt and the insole so you don’t see stitching on the sole. The stitching you do see on the sole is the sole stitch. No idea what your boots are or what the sole is but I’d guess this wedge is glued on.

… and a couple of denim jackets (SIZE 40) in barely worn condition - I’ve got plenty (not my pics but I’ll sort that) - both from 2013 is memory serves £220 each

Here’s a batch of FW size 40 (except the British Columbia which is a 42) up for grabs. DM me for more info or pics if necessary Signalman #1521030 - £150 Greaseball 1521029 - £150 S-8 Aviator 1921006 - £250 British Colombia 1031006 - £350 Utility Jacket 1421013 - £220

Oh it really is hobby shed mate - I hope to make belts as good as you make bikes

Wickett & Craig bridle in dark brown with cobra overlays, vintage glass jewels, brass hardware and antique Japanese coin

Must’ve just glanced past this but a lot of Korean brands have been pioneering the volume fit for a few years - basically been part of the influence to some Japanese brands and a lot of other ‘streetwear’ Most likely that’s been developed from all that old baggies stuff from the 80s Anyway the Duchess has got a sweat from FrizmWORKS and for the money - faultless. Super heavyweight and really well constructed. Their website is https://en.frizm.co.kr but the stuff is available from the likes of The Hip Store, End and stores with that customer base. I’ve often thought to try out something like that but I have trapped myself into the corner of my own collection so I’d just be wasting money