THIS OR THAT?
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Another high quality, stylish, and conscious maker is Cotopaxi
[emoji106] Thanks, I like what I’m seeing, except for the “gear for good” tag on every garment. A minor nitpick, otherwise, their stuff looks good
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Patagonia or The North Face? I’ve had TNF gear forever but am leaning towards Patagonia this time because it’s a private company as opposed to a publicly traded company run by shareholders. I like their supply chain transparency as well but don’t know how their gear compares to TNF when it comes to warmth. Is Patagonia worth the extra $?
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Having owned both over the years, unless you go pro range neither are that great. I have Arc-teryx now and for the money it's the best wet weather gear I've ever owned.nothing gets through it.
North Face has a negative name now too in the area I live as being a gang favourite. It's a uniform for some of the county line gangs and they'd stab you up for it.
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Forgot about Arcteryx. Here in Minnesota It’s a mixed bag of brands that are represented. I mostly see TNF & Patagonia but I do see Arcteryx on occasion and Canada Goose which seems to be worn by affluent soccer moms.
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Do you own anything by Cotopaxi? I'm considering a vest or light down jacket from their sight because they're on sale but i'm unclear on their fits. Some of the reviews suggest sizing up but others don't. I actually found some Cotopaxi down jackets on clearance at REI and tried on a large, which fit well enough, but there were no xl's for me to compare sizing with. Customer support is taking longer than it should and I have yet to hear back on measurements, so I thought some anecdotal info might help. I'm also curious what you think of their overall quality.
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@gaseousclay I only know them by recommendation and while what I've seen in person appeared quality, have not owned them yet.
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I'm a Patgucci fanboy and this is a brilliant read….
Best advice I was given last year was @Giles suggesting this read to me. Got me
Amped up to focus on impact with my businesses - if you haven’t read it, by far one of the most inspiring books about business, passions, and life.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Good quick read on Chouinard
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/09/19/patagonias-philosopher-king
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Phoenixing this thread in the hope of some solutions to a dilemma. I purchased the IHSH-234-BLK over the weekend and it is staying in Gosport while I consider snaps. It looks great as it is obviously but I had this idea it may be awesome with the pearl snaps for a bit of in-your-face contrast.
@Steve has kindly and skilfully mocked it up in Photoshop, but I’ve been staring at it so long I’ve lost all sense of what I think.
So is it a good idea. Pimp to pearl or leave as it is? Here is the mock up:
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Pearl all the way.
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I put the HD pearls on my
187 and it was the best decision I made.They are just plain logical!!
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Pearl up!!
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When in doubt, pimp it out!
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Ladies and gentlemen. Wow lots of feedback, greatly appreciated, thank you all. In addition, unanimous support for the pearl! Which I have decided not to go with
I agree with all of you, it will look brilliant. It will also make the shirt a bit more of a statement piece, which may prevent me from pulling it out of the cupboard on a Monday morning. Being a father of thousands with a house under renovation and the social life of a dark ages leper, it will be a long time until I get to rock contrasting pearl snaps in da club. So I'm saying no.
The shirt can definitely be elevated a little however, so I'm going with a single GAH snap
https://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=918.msg659528#msg659528
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Anyone have a recommendation for a well crafted leather Moleskine leather notebook cover?
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@seawolf might be able to make you one! Won’t get better quality than that. Check out zeebeeleather.com or @zeebeeleather on IG.
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@adam313:
@seawolf might be able to make you one! Won’t get better quality than that. Check out zeebeeleather.com or @zeebeeleather on IG.
Oh wow. Beautiful stuff and he does make Moleskine covers…
