Duke Mantee

100 Pages!!

Great stuff so far - and we haven’t even had time for real fades yet

Just now, Illcutz said:

Hard to compete with the Wabash ensemble though! 

Lol - just a bit of fun. I think it was more Pearly King than SuFu Style ...

11 minutes ago, Illcutz said:

That’s a great fit Duke
 

As is yours buddy - but thank you

An oldie 

Heavy Stronghold detail with the Undercut and Timber Beasts

1 hour ago, Double 0 Soul said:

Not even a bottle of Lambrini

...just a couple of bikes, a mouldy old pair of wellies belonging to my mrs and our cat

 

 

... but you have a cellar 

You need to go easy on the middle-classes - you all Mister Freedom and Marks & Spencer 

@indigoeagle Yes - this colour changes, more than any other, every time a new batch of jackets are made

46 minutes ago, shredwin_206 said:

Got something that needs to be shipped from Hoosier. Unfortunately ems still isn’t shipping. So he’s quoted me at dhl and ups both $90! 
anyone know of any other options before I just bite the bullet and pay that much? 

Tell Seiichiro to send them to me

Told you Hollows was the man for that 

Looks great tho’ - I can see curtains must match carpets in your world

I’m very happy with both books Doc, I’m glad I have them.

I did say earlier that I find them a bit ‘lightweight’ (lacking detail in both pics and words) and I stick by that, however they are still great reference manuals.

38 minutes ago, shredwin_206 said:

Two 46 story buildings! 
concert venue and retail space below and apartments above. Over 1k apartments 

That’s not much drainage for 46 storeys - weird design too ... I think the installer needs to sort himself out

^ Great fit pics from the new lad

I have arcs on only 2 pairs of denim; my 1939 lightning arcs, because they’re the best arc bar none, and my 1922 because @shredwin_206 mum wanted to practice her sewing.

Other than that I don’t care - and in hindsight, never really did, although the (various) Levi’s arcs are about the nicest ... even if they are litigious a-holes

(I can’t mention the bootleggers arcs here because they are ‘illegal’ ...)

You won’t have time for football young man - you need to get the head down and get studying

20 minutes ago, mpukas said:

^yes, that's my thought too, and why I think it's almost pointless to try conditioner or water to get the leather to soften/stretch. 

And that’s why it’s a nonsense you were advised such 

The leather might stretch - the lining won’t 

33 minutes ago, indigoeagle said:

I had seen some OW-versions, that were pretty 'messed up' compared with the raw ones many years ago. Can't remember what brand it was.

I think, that was the reasoning behind my purchase of the raw one.

I have a number of OW ones now and they are indeed more or less the same.

Interesting with the sizing: I got the Hemingway and Westighouse in 44, fitting well. The A1 in 44, too. The Brakeman in 42, a bit tight.

But the 506XX in 38 I can wear. I just can't wash it, only dry-clean ;-)

That’s a big range of sizes/fits - I’d be interested in some fit pics if you could oblige 

29 minutes ago, indigoeagle said:

Very good.

 

Did you soak the jacket or get the one-wash version?

I normally wear 42 in FW jackets, some even 44. But I got the 506XX (40s version) a few years ago in raw in 38 and they fit well in a snug way.

I wanted to avoid the soak/shrink guessing game, but also wanted to have the raw denim. Though the ow ones are probably quite gentle.

 

Thank you

One wash - apart from the very rare example it doesn’t matter a jot to me about ‘raw’ - it’s the same denim. I’m a 40 normally, perhaps a 42 in a really trim cut - but there’s no way I could wear a 38 in any of the 506XX

Freewheelers Aviator’s Vest

Freewheelers Thoreau

Didn’t know this thread existed. Freewheelers Burnham. I’ll get other stuff up shortly

Exactly their purpose

@oomslokop has some great pics of these worn I think

Ta-daaaa!