Wabbidashery… aka, The Heritage Heaven Tour
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The picture of Per Andersen Bær was taken in Kautokeino in 1883, and as you can see he is a proud representative of the Samí people. You might also wonder if he is related to Christian Bale...
Anyway: As I have turned 50, the XL turned out to be somewhat lacking in eh, width. My once broad shoulders have dropped a bit, so I figure I´d need an XXL to aviod looking like a stuffed sausage. Instead of using it, I will let it have a little tour at the Dundas Footwear headquarters in Haugesund before sending it to Germany. A bit sad, as it is a beautiful piece in every way. Materials, stitching, detailing is all top notch.
I had to mate it with my grandfathers jacket that he used during WW2 when he was with the Norwegian restistance:
And an american bomber suit I am restoring for a customer who drives a Morgan three wheeler:
"A little paranoia is a good propeller".
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@HMamen I am STOKED
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@Aetas Thanks for the warm welcome
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@HMamen Thanks for sharing - and pairing - the Wabby with your grandfathers WW2 jacket
That has insane patina. What a history and what an incredible item. That thing is WILDLY COOL.Good luck restoring the bomber suit!! Sorry it doesn't fit you (my bad), and thank you for the great way to solve it by showcasing it like this. Cheers
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@Larkens Agree - the photos and atmos and history (!) here is fascinating. Good to see you with your own Wabby!!!
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@denim-dawg it’s an amazing set of pictures. Best to the old leather you can see the wabash fabric even better. Can’t wait to see it with my own eyes and camera. And next to my Wabash
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@denim-dawg Haha, that jacket has been patinated to death, I´m afraid. Three generations of hard use has taken its toll. Interestingly it is made of high quality goat leather (as is the 1942 bomber suit). Almost as strong as horse leather, but much lighter, I wonder why so few choose goat in their jackets. We made a run of replicas of this jacket in various leathers, from Horween CXL to Shinki horse (now THAT was something). If we were to do it again, we would definately try to find high quality goat leathers.
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@HMamen Amazing to hear! I love goat skin - I love to eat goat... and I love goats du roam wine.. Crossing fingers you get to make a new batch of replicas of this jacket! Anyone else keen? @Chap
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@HMamen These are awesome pictures!!
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Hi everyone,
I’m Dan from Germany. I recently joined the forum after receiving the traveling shirt from JB, just like some of you here.
It will definitely get some honest wear with me. I’m planning to put some miles on it, let it collect a bit of
, dust and hopefully some good stories along the way.I’ve actually had the shirt for a little while already and will share a few photos soon to show how it’s been getting along.
Happy to be part of this and great to meet you all.
Dan
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@rugged.dan
hello dan
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@rugged.dan hi! Looking forward to the 🤍
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@rugged.dan Ah, man, excited to hear the stories and see the results of your wild at heart wear
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@markus_berlin_ good evening my friend
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@Larkens said in Wabbidashery… aka, The Heritage Heaven Tour:
@rugged.dan hi! Looking forward to the 🤍
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Alright, let’s get this started.
This photo was taken about two weeks ago, right after the package arrived. As you can see — I keep calling it a shirt out of habit, but it’s really more of a jacket.
The fit is quite slim and very close to the body. The sleeves were unfortunately quite a bit too short for me, so I just rolled them up a little to make it look decent.
That was the starting point. And don’t worry — over the next few days I’ll add a couple more updates and show some in-between stages. I’ve already done some slightly crazy things with it, so there will definitely be a few stories to tell.
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@rugged.dan looking forward to it!
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@rugged.dan looks good already
