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My first post in this thread to share my new arrival dungarees!

Thought we were likely saying goodbye to Gus a few weeks ago (feat. my 33). He’s fine, I’m poor and this is him chilling completely better.

25oz 555s in 30c on Holiday in France.

Gus likes cars, doesn’t like when we work on them, and is starting to sleep a lot more now he’s 9. Working Cocker Spaniel. They’re a lot!

I am not a fan of the Rolex hype. I am a fan of green, and I am yet to find a watch that is as comfortable as a Submariner. Pélagos got close.

I love the invisible micro adjustment on the VC Overseas now. That’s on my list next. That or basically any Grand Seiko.

Thanks to the gent that is @Kasi I am very happy to submit my entry for membership. These arrived today, at exactly the same time as the Birkenstocks. Which is a very happy coincidence, my wife bought me them without her knowing I had ordered these, and certainly not the connection.

I am going to put these both through their paces in an 18 hour drive through France in Thursday. My cream car seats might not thank me.

Please delete this or move or whatever. I found myself killing time in London yesterday and popped into Rivet and Hide and it was the genuine highlight of my day. The staff were amazing to a man. I felt welcomed and engaged. I even got to try on the n1 4 minutes after release. My best ever retail experience. You have a customer for life. Even though I didn’t actually buy anything.

I won’t name the other shops I visited here, but I was met with apathy and disinterest, and have been hugely put off buying from them.

The staff are a credit to Rivet and Hide, incredible brand advocates for Iron Heart. I have also left a google review.

I have been handed down this. It was bought in Botswana or Zimbabwe sometime in the 1960’s when my grandparents were, err, civil servants. I think it is possibly Blesbok.

Oddly this is one of my most prized possessions.

We embrace the cold and winter. Fires and warm lights, warming drinks and beef wellington for Christmas dinner.

I’ve been into watches longer than any other hobby, even taught myself to service and fix them. Lockdown was pretty dull for me!

In honour of my love of patina, but lack of patience, I am posting my IWC UTC Spitfire in Bronze. Unfortunately it’s got damp so is off for a service next week.

Also featuring Kersey shirt and 25oz 555s.

Adam Goldberg. A known IH fan, having been a guest on the podcast. I was steered towards him today as I bought a shirt that he owned via Markkt where he had two drops.

The Defender was my previous car, a the Vantage the one before that. The Spider was given to me by my friend, sorry of payment for work, but it was my first car. He even paid for the insurance.

I currently drive an Audi a6 Allroad that the original owner got painted to match his Bentley, so it’s 1 of 1. But very run of the mill. I adore it.

Hi folks. I’m newish here. Been lurking a while.

Over the last 18 months I’ve been on a journey, going from 128kg to 75kg. This meant that in the UK I now have choices with the clothes I can buy rather than just getting anything that’s in a xxl. And I feel nicer wearing them!

I went pretty deep into clothes, getting all nerdy about RRL and SDA, and the ever decreasing size meant I got to try a lot of stuff from loads of brands.

It took me a little while, but I have settled on a weight, and subsequently found IH. The shirts fit me perfectly because at 75kg and 187cm I need those biker sleeves.

So I went on a spree and this is my current collection:

IHSH 330 BLK Raised whipcord
IHSH-208-IND Kersey Western
IHSH 192 UHF The Piglet Western XL
IHSH 33 IND 12oz Denim Western
BS69xSOP420 21oz 777 slim tapered (with IHUK being repaired)
IH-555-XHS 25oz indigo
IH-888s-UHR 21/23oz tag 31 relaxed tapered
SSBS-C4 Good Art Curb A bracelet
RS-M25 Good Art Ring
OGL Belt

My favourites so far are the Kersey and the 25oz 555s. The jeans are hard work but I adore them, the Kersey is a special special shirt, it’s also a fabric named after Kersey, Suffolk which very close to me too, which is nice. Suffolk, UK.

I’m ready.

I’m new here, and I’ve searched through and I can’t see anything mentioning my favourite author.

Christopher Brookner writes in the genre of “tartan noire”. Which basically means Scottish darkly comic crime novels. He is funny and writes some of it in Scots which is interesting for an Englishman. But they’re brilliant, sometimes absurd.

More recently they’ve been less funny and more crime focussed, but very well written. Be My Enemy is my favourite.

It’s about a corporate getaway in the highlands where they are under siege by pay to play murderers, one of which manages to cut his own head off with garden shears whilst slipping on snooker balls.

@Matt 100%

I still miss the ST, and the Alfa but the allroad is a do everything car that is hard to beat for my needs. And the old boy I bought it from specced it to match his Bentley, and paid £8k for the paint!

Bonus photo of old man Audi, our dog Gus in the Vantage and the only place he was allowed in an F430.

Mine has had numerous 30c washes, and one 60c. Been through our gentle heat pump dryer a few times too. Doesn’t appear to have lost too much at all.

My faded purple, London’s on holiday in France. Also pictured 25oz 555s. Hard work in 30c!

Does Vinted count?

I can find no information about this shirt anywhere online. I’m hoping it’s not a fake, but it certainly doesn’t feel like it. IHT-2006 Japan Police.

That is quite something!

I’ve had a lot of luck with their stuff. I will be trying a sweatshirt soon. I am not convinced by any the shirts I have tried from the big Japanese makers. They good, but not sure they’re 4x better. I like being able to just wear and throw in the washing machine then the dryer.

I’ve got some fatigues and C3 sweater coming soon. I experienced the fabric of the C2 by Real McCoys a few weeks ago and I haven’t been able to get it out of my mind. But £600 for a repro jumper is out of my budget. Only found Bronson making them along with The Real McCoys. I shall report back.