Wabbidashery… aka, The Heritage Heaven Tour
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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
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This jacket is really coming alive, excited to see the journey continue!
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@rugged.dan Happy days, good man! You’re a hero for making it fit and work for you. Can’t wait to see the stuff you’ll unpack on us
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Sorry for being a bit quiet here lately, but I’ve been seriously putting in some work over the last few days — especially for the jacket.
To be honest, my garden is less of a garden and more of a full-on jungle. So after winter, this thing finally got the kind of hard use it deserved.
As my contribution to giving the jacket some proper character, I cut back and shredded a little over 30 square meters of grass and wild overgrowth. On top of that, I took down a 25-year-old hedge that was 27.5 meters long, shredded the whole thing, dug out all the roots, and then brought in fresh soil afterwards.
That was my way of making sure this jacket earned its keep.
And honestly — I don’t think I’ve ever beaten up a piece of clothing as hard as this one.
But at the same time, I’ve never owned anything that rewarded hard wear like this either.Day by day, you could actually see the indigo giving way more and more, with brighter contrast starting to come through. Well… “bright” might be a stretch — there’s probably a fair bit of sweat, blood, and tears baked into this thing by now.
But that’s exactly the point, right?
I definitely wanted to make sure that when this shirt finally makes its way to JB, he’ll be able to see exactly where the work went in.
Since it’s getting passed on to the next dude soon, I’ve just thrown it in the washing machine. No way I could send it out in the state it was in otherwise.
I’ll get some photos up for you guys soon.
Stay tuned — this thing’s got some stories written into it now. -
What you’re seeing here is a bit of an unusual item. I normally carry it in the chest pocket of my Iron Heart jacket, and I’ve found that this thing works wonders — it gives you really nice, round pocket fades surprisingly fast.So I figured I’d try it with this jacket too. You’ll be surprised how well it worked.
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Sounds like it’s been put to work! And nice update pics! Looking forward to seeing more and eventually seeing it in person
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@rugged.dan said in Wabbidashery… aka, The Heritage Heaven Tour:
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I’ll get some photos up for you guys soon.
Stay tuned — this thing’s got some stories written into it now.Now I’m curious.
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@rugged.dan So happy about all this, Dan!
Sounds like the Wabby found its match in the fades in your Garde of indigo Eden.
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Hey dudes, here are a few more shots of some interesting spots and fades that seem to have developed recently. I’m pretty much done now, and the jacket is cleaned up and ready for the trip. Until then, here are a few more pictures.
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@rugged.dan somehow I was expecting a beer in this picture. After work done
Nice pics! Loved seeing the wabash in action!
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@Larkens only when the work is done
still lots of work to do in the garden but I’m thinking about torturing my gear the same way as I did it with this jacket. It’s really making the difference when you use workwear for what it’s made for.
