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I finally made it out to the hovercraft museum on my way to Isle of Wight (yes on the hovercraft ) It was honestly very cool! And as a bonus there is a little airport a block away with a cafe where you can watch a spitfire take off and land. I recommend as a morning excursion should you find yourself in Gosport for the next IH event etc

Starting to see some good progress on my samurai snakeskin jaquard workshirt. I just got a new phone so hopefully it can take more detailed photos

@Mizmazzle Thank you! nope kept the sleeves unlined, I thought it might bunch up too much if I wear a long sleeve shirt.

@RamblinRich Thanks! Yes exactly. I got a few pieces of the heavy flannel and then this one of the slubby, I want to try to make some tote bags out of them. The heavy flannel had more the look I wanted so I found another use for this one

UES coach jacket lined with their slubby flannel. Had my local tailor do this

I’ve been all over Kyushu and if there is anyway for you to fit in some time in Yakushima I really would
Edit: sorry i misread your other reply!
But yeah yakushima is so beautiful. Also in Kagoshima, sakurajima is a really fascinating place to explore. Just how the society deals with the volcano.

@Bridger they are hit and miss though a bit cheaper than the Japanese brands. But they have definitely made a LOT of different denims over the years. definitely double check but the strong guy and Oni 200 are both wide/ straight cuts. The samurai 5000 is straight as well but not really very wide, shorter at the top, and smaller in the top block.

@Bridger I wouldnt say that fit compares to the oni 200 really at all.
Maybe naked and famous have done a black selvedge mij in their strong guy ?

@FlavourFade
Obviously there are 100 different caveats about different fabrics and dye etc but Mister Freedom sun bleached one of their corduroy indigo western shirts from a few years back and it honestly looks very cool.
I suspect these will fade beautifully
I definitely want to order one next week !

UES just dropped a couple, they have a nice brass ring as well

Samurai Jeans snakeskin jaquard workshirt and MF modified n1h deck jacket
Snake skin pattern is starting to poke through but it also feels kind of felted/matted down, still excited to see how it develops over the coming months
I got the jacket end of january so not much action there

Halfway there with my mr freedom 12oz black coated speedways. They have definitely moved solidly into the “blue” category

The irony with Vidalia Mills is it seemed like a big competitor for them in the boutique denim space was just all the deadstock made in USA Cone Mill still lingering around rag houses (which really shows to Giles point the vast disrepency in size orders from Levis v the smaller companies)
Vidalia needed some of the big boys to buy their product to make their business sustainable. Now the small brands utilizing made in USA denim will have the last of the cone mill, and last of vidalia mills to pick from before deciding to take a chance on Vernon.

What I am getting at, I think, is it would be great if Levis and Lee etc replaced some of their Japanese selvedge inventory with the forthcoming Made in USA stock (they spend a lot on marketing, maybe they can make it cool again). Maybe a pipe dream but this would help to prop up and keep that American industry viable and sustainable and help preserve the smaller Japanese brands like IH by freeing up and returning the Japanese capacity to them.

I’m wearing the Samurai snakeskin jaquard work shirt! Should look pretty crazy in a few months once the snake skin pattern is more pronounced. I bought it from Rivet and Hide months ago so I am excited to finally get to wear the thing

My speedways are coming along- they haven’t faded too much but then again they started off as black!

I’ll be there ️

@AdamC ooooooh good shout thank you

Has anyone been to the hovercraft museum? I missed out on the golden age of cross Channel hovercraft transport but I want to see one for myself! I’m sure the locals will say its not worth going

@Daiquirigranola ah that’s awesome I’ll definitely have to check it out when I’m next in Portland

@northsouthdenimguy I do wonder what’s actually on stock at the shop in Portland