Made an XHS morale patch for my Goruck from hem cutoff scraps.

I use these pattern hooks that I got locally from Imogene + Willie here in Nashville. I've tried to source different ones or even make my own, but for $3 a piece they are hard to beat.

@T4920 said in BROTHERHOOD OF BIB:

Still holding about for a Hickory bib re-release, or a lucky find on the secondary market..

I'd 100% arrive in Hamburg head to toe in that fabric

Oh yea?

Also, U2 sucks.

I have a lot, but the ones that jump out first are:

This UHF I have where the lines match up perfectly on the back collar, yoke, and back panel:

How the panels on all IH shirts are always perfectly mirrored. Most notably on UHF pockets:

And how the lines are pattern matched perfectly on seams:

My Grandfather was a pilot and a navigator in the Navy and Air Forces during WWII. The plane he was on went down somewhere over the Philippines in 1945, and he floated in the ocean for a few days before being rescued. Somewhere over the years, the Type A-11 that he wore (and was wearing at that time) found it's way into my hands. It wasn't working, and is rusted out in areas (obvs) but has always meant a lot to me. I finally found another one from the same maker (Elgin) and the same year (1944) and decided to pick it up. It is also in perfect working order and has a period-correct olive watch band on it! Beyond stoked to be wearing this piece and think of Grandpop every time I put it on!

Here's his original watch, which I have on a shelf on our family gallery wall:

And here is the one I just picked up:

@sabergirl Just 3 for now. 21oz indigo, black wabash, and hickory. The wabash is by far my favorite.

If you just need some time alone, tell your kids that you're in time out and you'll be back in 10 minutes.

Local denim makers here in Nashville, Imogene + Willie, hosted a Pinewood Derby race in their backyard on Thursday night. I entered on a whim and won first place.

Also, when naming and painting my car, I learned that there were different spelling of Selvage and Selvedge depending on the country. The more you know!

Me waiting for someone else from Nashville to join the forum

Not sure if this belongs in the specific GAH thread, random rants, or somewhere else, but figured I'd try here first.

I have a GAH curb chain that I've had for about 4 years now. I wear it every single day, sleep in it, shower in it, run in it, swim in it, etc. It's not ALL the time, but maybe 3-4 times a year the clasp just somehow undoes itself. I've had a couple good scares where it has fallen off and I've thought it was lost forever, and a few times where I've just happened to look down and see it like the photo below.

It's happened when wearing thick denim long sleeves that it could snag on, and in summer when wearing short sleeves that don't touch it. It's happened when stacked with another bracelet that could snag on it, and when worn by itself on a wrist. I've also tried it on different wrists and facing the opposite direction. The clasp closes nice and snug and doesn't come apart when pulled on by hand. I'm at the point where I don't want to wear it for fear of losing it (again) but don't want to let it go because it's one of the few GAH pieces that I feel I can pull off (no pun intended).

Ugh.

My guess would be the IHSH-20's. Took me a while to find my grey, and then blue. Still trying to track down a red one.

And while it's not a shirt, I've been trying to track down an IHSW-45 for quite a while.

Damn do I need to jump on a plane tomorrow?

Which part of Florida were you in? I grew up in the Tampa Bay area and also lived in Tallahassee for a couple years while my wife went to FSU. I do enjoy going back to visit family occasionally, but also very happy to have actual seasons where we live now.

You'll just have to order online or coordinate a visit to a shop on a vacation like the majority of us do. I would love having a local shop to try on things as much as everyone else, but I also understand that IH is trying to limit the channels of sales to be able to maximize their output of quantity per shop/market. I'm sure it's not personal to your local shop, there just isn't enough supply for every big city to have a shop.

@popvulture Same! bonus points if the belt had metal studs on it!

Looking good! Haven't heard of the Faint in a long time, think I saw them a couple times back in the day. Now I'm gonna be spinning old Saddle Creek albums all week.

You've made yourself a reversible SB/PIQ vest!

I've had this thought a couple of times. You could always just say sale pending after payment and during shipment, and then say sold once the buyer has confirmed delivery and all is good to go.

I'd be happy to jump onto another US leg here in Nashville, if timing would work out to be January or February!