Word of Mouth - The Crust & Fades Contest

[Duke Mantee]

Marvellous news @UkeNo - congratulations

[ATWM]

Congrats @UkeNo - hope your family is able to put together some good enough hours of sleep in the coming weeks! 

[Duke Mantee]

5 hours ago, Talan said:

The news about this prize is the one I like most out of the whole contest🙂

Looks like we have the winner …

[MJF9]

2 hours ago, Duke Mantee said:

… even better news that @MJF9 will fill it with cash

Aye Duke, I'll do just that... I'm sure I have some old Monopoly money somewhere... I hear folks trust that a touch more than them Scottish notes they make reet up in northern Engerland 🤪

[MJF9]

2 hours ago, Duke Mantee said:

… even better news that @MJF9 will fill it with cash

Aye Duke, I'll do just that... I'm sure I have some old Monopoly money somewhere... I hear folks trust that a touch more than them Scottish notes they make reet up in northern Engerland 🤪

[indigoeagle]

Congratulations @UkeNo

All the best to you and your family.

[Duke Mantee]

3 hours ago, MJF9 said:

Aye Duke, I'll do just that... I'm sure I have some old Monopoly money somewhere... I hear folks trust that a touch more than them Scottish notes they make reet up in northern Engerland 🤪

… it wasn’t funny the first time you said it …

😂

[UkeNo]

Thanks for the kind messages everyone. 
We’re all doing well. Sleep pattern is nonexistent but seems to be working somehow.
Our baby girl (unnamed currently) is going great, shes small but mighty, and has a very cheery disposition. 

Im managing to wear the WOM Jeans each day, even if it’s at 3am for the feed and change! 
I’ll keep you posted! Thanks. 

[ATWM]

One more for the road. 4 absolutely sun filled days in the Lake District. All the rain gear was a waste in packing. We’re maybe not as hearty as Julian and the overnight backpackers but first real vacation (just us) since our son was born during the pandemic.
 

Perfect trip, lots mostly mellow day miles with some amazing scenery and great food in the evening. Sad to leave. 

despite being a photographer really didn’t take many pictures, more just enjoyed being outside. But my wife did take some at the top of a little hill. If I have anything from my other camera to share when I get home I will, but I prefer bad weather for landscapes!
 

Jeans will def need their 2nd wash upon return. I think a darning repair is imminent, so they may drop out of rotation until I get it sorted 😣

[UkeNo]

One of my favourite parts of the world right there @ATWM
My Dad actually lives by Blencathra so I’m up in the Lakes as often as possible.
It’s lovely to be able to enjoy the days and scenery without worrying about ‘needing ’ to photograph it all. 

Glad to hear you had a good time and the weather was kind. 

Edited May 18 by UkeNo

[Alec Leamas]

On 5/16/2025 at 9:33 PM, UkeNo said:

Fuck! 😉

NB: From this point forward all fades will be ‘Dad fades’ .

Huuuuuge congratulations dude!! This has to be THE shot of the contest?!

[beautiful_FrEaK]

17 minutes ago, Alec Leamas said:

This has to be THE shot of the contest?!

Everybody has 14 months time to do the same

[Alec Leamas]

1 hour ago, beautiful_FrEaK said:

Everybody has 14 months time to do the same

Better get busy!!

I'm not one of the judges but @UkeNo has won the wallet by my estimation!

[UkeNo]

8 hours ago, Alec Leamas said:

Huuuuuge congratulations dude!! This has to be THE shot of the contest?!

Well, obviously I agree…! 

[vIGGiou riou]

Congratulations @UkeNo

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Another wash 

[volvo240thebest]

hello there!

Apologies for being a bit MIA
@UkeNo! congrats! You will always remember these jeans as the jeans you were wearing when your kid was born! Ha!
first proper update. Finally after much struggling I've managed to loose some weight and I was brave enough to give the jeans a proper 40° C right side out wash. 
Pretty happy with the results, I think I have enough contrast now to start washing very frequently. I absolutely adore these jeans! Probs my favourite jean cut. 
I forgot how hard is to properly capture color with a camera. It's been awhile!

@beautiful_FrEaK fab marbling action going!

Edited May 25 by volvo240thebest

[volvo240thebest]

not much stuff to show on the life side of things.
I've been to Brittany France to pick up a new flute. 
The guy who made it is an absolute character. He's close to retirement, and works as little as possible (and I don't blame him for that!). Never had a website, never had to promote himself much too. Makes beautiful, quirky, instruments, with a very nice design too. Great guy too.
He lives in a very beautiful and remote area of north Brittanny. 

here's the man, I just edited his face as I think he wouldn't be very happy to be featured on a raw denim forum!

pic of the machine itself (sorry WOM not featured!)

this is perhaps my favourite detail. It's a knot in the wood, so it may be seen as a defect actually, but it looks like an eye, and it's on the outer side of the instrument. Reminds me of the eye of Sauron

Released a new album too, just a couple weeks ago. It's here if anyone wants to give it a spin. 

 

 

 

Edited May 25 by volvo240thebest

[beautiful_FrEaK]

@volvo240thebest yeah mate, marbles quite nicely. 

chilling in the garden

[MJF9]

My 2 to 3 days a week is leaving me seriously behind... got to try to catch up somehow 😉

[Maynard Friedman]

That is a serious behind 

[aho]

Also feeling behind as I only wear them about 2-3 hours a day, but I there's enough time to catch up! Like our friend volvo, I'm happy with how things have set and will be washing more frequently now as honestly I'm looking for more even fades, similar to vintage pairs here and here.
Some updates though, post wash last night:

[UkeNo]

👏

[julian-wolf]

Bi-weekly(ish) shiny car day
 

 

 

@Broark How’s the new Rivian treating you and the family?

Edited May 26 by julian-wolf
???

[Broark]

16 hours ago, julian-wolf said:

 

@Broark How’s the new Rivian treating you and the family

Great! We drove down to Port Aransas last weekend for a day trip, probably the furthest stretch I've taken it on so far besides going to Houston to visit my wife's family.
I still get some mild range anxiety whenever I'm having to rely solely on public charging, but now that I have a NACS adapter that's a bit less of a concern.
I'd love to take it on a longer road trip but that's not so easy with the little one. Could definitely see myself sticking with electric going forward.

Here's a photo dump. Been pretty busy lately hence the absence from posting, but outside of dad duties I landed a new (fully remote!) job.
This was a huge boost for my mental health, I really started hating my old role. Only was there for a year but I can safely say it was the worst job I've ever had. New company flew me up to Philly last week, wasn't there long but really enjoyed it. Never visited before but seems like I'll be back every quarter so I look forward to exploring more of it.
Had my mom in for mother's day, been playing a bunch of golf lately. Saw a cool kei truck and some black bellied whistling ducks, and of course I've had some pizza.
I'll work on getting some photos dedicated photos of the jeans soon, really enjoying them!

[nopal]

Great to see some of Thomas Damsbo’s work outside of Denmark (re the troll) @Broark

[ATWM]

Drying after first real machine wash. Couple washes to this point but all done by hand. Probably no more of that. First photo is probably most accurate color. No real combs but signs of a little fraying on back of the knee where the crease is, haha. 

Summer is coming and soon as it is hot will probably be washing these fairly often. 

[reallypeacedoff]

9 hours ago, Broark said:

I still get some mild range anxiety whenever I'm having to rely solely on public charging, but now that I have a NACS adapter that's a bit less of a concern.

Hoping to pick up a R3X when they arrive. Love the Audi Quattro 80s rally car inspiration. What's the NACS adapter?

[ATWM]

1 minute ago, reallypeacedoff said:

What's the NACS adapter?

NACS is basically the Tesla charging standard. Tesla has a better network of chargers in most states than any other company, so it greatly expands your options in a pinch. That said, I haven’t gotten one yet…

R3X feels like a pipe dream at this point…we’ll see if Rivian can survive getting the R2 into production.

I like it too, but if it happens I would bet like…5 more years.

So frustrating in my recent trip to the UK seeing all of the smaller EVs driven over there that we just can’t get over here. 

I digress…

Plenty happy w the Volvo EV - it looks like @julian-wolf grabbed a cousin of ours. 

[Broark]

Also NACS will be the default plug configuration for EVs in the US (and North America) going forward, if the agreement stands of course.
I don't like anything about Tesla but having access to their charging network makes planning longer road trips much easier.
I'm hoping the R3X happens and it looks like the concept, but like ATWM said they've still gotta deliver on the R2 first.