Duke Mantee

Sedgwick bridle, python, onyx and antique / black hardware with antique silver Japanese coin

@engine your braided belts are top class - I try to keep with you on IG

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J&FJ Baker oak tan bridle, brass hardware, vintage glass

If it’s just the forearms that are the issue, going up a collar size isn’t going to fix much

Yeah - this Western cut is a slightly slimmer cut shirt. Well as I said I’ve both denim and (red) flannel in a 17

I’ve got the Jesse in both denim and flannel - everything is for sale as I’ve said

Good luck to the German fitbaw team

What size do you need?

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Digging a hole for yourself now … Will I throw you another shovel? 😂

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… but you sold the FW47s

I think this brand has popped up in the ‘unknown’ brands thread - probably more deserving of this dedicated corner. Clutch stock a little bit - they had more but it doesn’t look like they’ve restocked https://clutch-cafe.com/collections/belafonte Similar with EastWest Apparel https://eastwestapparel.co.uk/shop/browse/brand/belafonte-ragtime-clothing/ I quite like the look of their Hammeralls denim

More of the Walpier Buttero Rocky with multiple stud finishes and vintage glass - a whale fluke crashing through a sunlit ocean

Here’s the reference bag … which does not use CF Stead Repello nor is it hand made https://www.printemps.com/uk/en/jerome-dreyfuss-leon-m-leather-tote-bag-brown-women-7940848?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwgdayBhBQEiwAXhMxtucbjs_OYUh4kzfIGz66uYddb4ds7n0KZXLqWSpXhHxQJtnRsDvaohoCEGQQAvD_BwE#5083802

CF Stead Repello Calf backed with Russet (Crust) Calfskin finished with Horween CXL Staps and binding and solid brass rivets and snaps

Exactly so - if the top block of a pair of 22s is bigger than a pair of 51s, I’m not going to size down looking to transform them into the same ‘fit’. Everyone has their own approach but I am truly baffled by the endless queries around how 5mm makes a difference 🤷‍♂️

Jeans being waist overalls until the 60s Finding the perfect fit now basically results in buying denims with such particular dimensions it nullifies the cut / pattern

The measurements will be different ‘pulled’ - that being the reason I asked, and unless you wear your denims very loose then I believe it’s necessary to acknowledge the full dimensions since that’s how they’ll fit your waist. I’ve posted many times previously on this … I’ve ALWAYS found FW to meet tag size, but clearly there are multiple methods of measurement.

This is by far the thickest belt I’ve decorated - J&FJ Baker oak tanned bridle @ nearly 15oz, with ultra heavy solid brass buckle, brass hardware, cobra overlays, onyx and tiger eye gemstones, and antique Japanese coin

I measure with the denims pulled tight across the waist

I’ve never had (or heard of) a pair of FW denims shrink like that - over 2 inches?! Wow

Cut that leather patch off mate

Capturing character and spirit is really the position I’ve always adopted. I really don’t mind the wonky or sloppy stitching so much as I bother about the method of how it is being (re)produced. Why does it take many hours of work to make something that was originally made in a fraction of the time? An exact replica is a tremendous achievement … further ‘replicas’ starts to diminish that achievement (and it can only be an exact replica on a tag size for tag size, other sizes are not replicas they are approximations). Mostly though I enjoy reading everyone’s positions on this.