IHSH-33T
Whitesville Tee
777 SLBod
Grenson service boot
and my dog.
I was gonna post this in the bad fit of today topic.. Blue / black / brown kinda sent me this morning, but it doesn't look to bad in the pic. I guess I am hung up on suiting rules more than I should be.
33-T and a 260somethingorother tee
777 21oz
IHSH-33-T
IHSH-189-BRN
The outfit I wore to the playground today to dig in the sand and play with miniature tractors
Office elevator pic with exceptionally crappy lighting
Indigofera Slowhand
33T
777SLBod
First was a 666-21 I bought from the good folks at Burg und Schild in, I want to say, 2021. I've since sold them because they became much too big for me. Replaced them with a 777-21 in 2022 from Statement which I still rock as my main pair, even though they too are running quite large on me at this point.
First shirt must have been a Johnny Cash III, which I still have though is on the chopping block because that one, too, does not fit me anymore 
(you may see a pattern emerge here)
Day 98 on my 33-T. I was aiming for 100 days before the first wash, but the submission deadline for the next check if of the Redline Rally is coming up and I wanted to get in a wash before that
Pre wash:
I went with my usual approach. 50C hand wash followed by a 30c / 30 min / no spin machine cycle. I have literally never seen a garment lose so much indigo on first soak or wash.. absolutely crazy...
Luckily the weather was nice today, and I was able to hang it to dry on the balcony and wear it again in the afternoon. I love how its evolved, and how the wash has brought out the highlights that were starting to show
The hot hand wash has brought the shirt in exactly as I had hoped. It was a bit baggy on me before but feels absolutely perfect now.
Received my UES Tricotine this morning, which I bought directly from Japan via Buyee.
Gambled on a size 3, and I'm quite happy with the fit. The shoulders are the narrowest I can still comfortably wear, but any smaller would be too small. The size jumps seem quite big, so I think a 4 would definitely have been too big. I didn't end up saving a lot between buyer fees and duties, so not sure it was worth the trade-off. I could just as well have waited for a EU based retailer to stock it and would have had the security to be able to return it if the size was off.
"Unfortunately" I am working on a IHSH-33-T for the redline Rallye so it'll be a while before this will get it's due
Long time since I checked in here. I've not worn my 33-T as much in the past 2 months or so, its been often way too warm. Still the only layer piece I am wearing in the evening or when weather permits.
Had the second wash about a month ago after it soaked up some pork juice during a supply run for a BBQ. The packaging ripped and sept into the backpack, shirt and t-shirt I was wearing. Luckily, didn't leave any stains..
Dang, theres some stiff competition here. Great to see those wonderful pieces coming to life
Even though i've work my 33-T every day in February, its only slowly starting to show some progress. Probably because it was cold AF, I was mostly working from the home office and so I did not get up to much. The arm creases are rock solid though, and in a few weeks they will look spectacular
Still no wash, though I think the time is slowly approaching. It's also getting harder to stick with wearing it every day, and ignoring all the awesome flannels I have languishing in the wardrobe. But I know I will have to wear it much less in the summer heat, so I want to get as many days in as possible.
61 days if my count is right.
This months progress pics.. I find myself in a bit of a slump and kinda looking forward to January and "getting" to wear something else.. i miss the feeling of a nice soft flannel
Oh neat, i didn't know you carried these. They are damn near indestructible.
@Giles might sound weird, but i've had success opening a caseback with a big fat ball of duct tape, or a rubber ball. Salt water is pretty corrosive, getting the moisture out sooner would be better than later. In case the movement fails, a replacement movement (ref V175) should be about a hundred quid or so and can be done by pretty much any watchmaker. No idea about the solar cells in the dial, and how well they hold up to water..
@havingmysay said in Wake Up and Coffee:
@tenuin I had the Fermentation Kit from Hex Roasters out of Charlotte, NC. My order of preference was 3 2 4 1.
I got mine through a roaster local to me in Berlin. Apparently they messed up a bunch of orders, as on the day I received the kit, i also got an email that I would be refunded because the package could not be delivered.. reached out to them to let them know I did indeed receive it. And just today I got another email saying they are going to have a re-run because of some technical problems...
Order of preference 2 3 4 1, but it was really pretty close. I think my expectation was also a little different. I have been really into Ombligon by Jhoan Vergara, and natural and honey processed coffees in general for a while. The Ombligon has undergone some crazy 80 hour fermentation process that genuinely makes it taste like cherry cola. I was kinda expecting that they would pick some wildly different processes to really make the effects processing has apparent. I did not expect things to be this subtle and similar.
But then, the point they raised about repeatability and sustainable business practices make a lot of sense too, and from what I can tell, James is not the type to chase the latest trends..
wash 3 done, i think this will be the last before the finale. Its been getting daily wear again since it cooled down and it shows i think.
I need to get better at taking pictures.
There was a yt-online-live-coffee-tasting thing on this weekend run on James Hoffman's channel. First time I've done a proper cupping, and I have to say it was really really hard. Much harder than expected. Still enjoyable but not quite what I had been hoping for in terms of "flavour experience".
My A-A watch cap and scarf are top notch. I still want to get a quarter zip eventually, but probably not this year. I need a new winter jacket and that'll do some decent damage to the clothing fund.
Look into directional freezing. You'll need a fair bit of freezer space for this. Basically get a cooler that's insulated from 5 sides and open on top, fill it with water and freeze. It'll freeze from the top down (the " directional" part of directional freezing) and push impurities to the bottom as it does. Once you take out the whole block of ice, you'll have a clear top half and a cloudy bottom half
