Some progress on my sashiko ori shirt

A few new pictures of my Sashiko Ori shirt

Just had these come in last night. The custom boss from the Iron Heart Germany website. I think these might be the best fitting pair to date. The E width is great. I have a pair of Lous in 10.5E also but all my others are 10.5 D

Decade Wills, zip hoody and moleskin shirt all Ship John. 1955 OD denim and Shop Vancouver Wesco with lug sole done by unsung house

I’m having trouble passing on engineers that I keep seeing pop up right now. These ship John’s came out so damn good afternoon seeing the images I couldn’t pass them up. I just love anything lug sole

Also wearing them with my newly acquired 1955 OD denim

Got mine in today and the fabric is so awesome. Love the fit also. Was definitely not on my radar, but decided to take a chance and it’s well worth it

Really digging this new shirt. Gave it a warm wash and hang dry to shrink it a little and I’m very happy with the fit

Absolutely incredible jacket. So happy with how it fits. I knew it would be incredible quality, but the color in person is just insane. Can’t wait for the weather to cool down

A few of my favorite things

Changed my stack around a little. Moved ball chain to my left wrist with my watch and so far enjoying how this flows

@northsouthdenimguy just got and paid mine too. Can’t wait. Sashiko still no delivery date though unfortunately

not sure if anyone may have any input, but when it comes time to condition these, if I decided to use a Saphir product, I am trying to tell which color they offer most closely matches these. I am leaning towards the mahogany, but the medium brown is also a contender... any thoughts?

so I am going to experiement with the Saphir creme surfine in brown, it looks like a pretty good color match. I will post updates once I try it out

Took them out for a day in the snow with my son today. Really been enjoying wearing these considering I almost exclusively wear engineers. The toe area took a beating and a lot of the brown kind of wore down revealing the leather a bit more. Curious to see how they’ll age and patina

Also a fan of the double ball chains but I’ve cut both of mine down. Also little update on the pendant situation. Got the little disc added to the chain with my sons name

@northsouthdenimguy I was SO excited, and then saw the second email and was ready to pay...

@northsouthdenimguy I agree my expectations are lower for MTO, BUT on the website it says “delivery by end of November at the latest” so that kind of sets an expectation. I work in customer service and sales in a different industry, and I tend to live by, “under promise, over deliver.”

I’m just really wanting to finally have it. I know it’ll be worth the wait.

does anyone have any examples of how this leather ages? it seems that it will likely patina fairly quickly at least from abrasions and such, but does it get darker with time/wear? I am just new to this leather

@Ross do you know if it’s some sort of aniline dye on the leather that gives it that glossy effect? Seems like with scuffs it’ll come off to show the vegetable tanned leather underneath?

@denami exactly, there wasnt really anything else said in the email... its also funny because his actual team of employees are actually SUPER nice and their customer service is great. Mike just seems kind of to the point, no fluff

@Northman yeah they shrink considerably. I’m between 2 and 3xl because of my chest and shoulders. I got 3xl and did a super hot soak/hot wash/hot machine dry and it shrank a good amount. I don’t have exact dimensions but it definitely shrank

@Ross boots came and they’re incredible. Perfect fit. One question I have and not sure if anyone might know, but even out of the box there are creases on both toe areas. It seems like even on the stock photos they are there also. Any idea what that’s from? It doesn’t really matter to me but was just curious if anyone knew or had any thoughts

Edit:
my thought is likely because a toe cap of some sort underneath?