Love the shirt, love the trousers, what could possibly go wrong?

21 oz 777s that I bought at Brund. My first IH purchase in the fall of 2020. They are great, but I wear them way too rarely. I've come to realize, that I find the tightness of the legs too restrictive. When I bought them I really liked that they stayed in place without being tight at the waist. Now I prefer pants that are loose throughout, but held up at the waist. I guess we all get older.

The shirt may be unique, but it is unlikely to be a sought after item: It is a 228 BLK, bought from the outlet at IHUK. It was my second IH item. I had the original diamond shaped snaps swapped for round ones, to make it look less like I was on my way to the rodeo. Great shirt, I probably should have bought a size smaller.

The combination is really as unflattering as possible given my body shape. I'm top heavy, and wearing tight jeans and a loose shirt really underlines that

Oh, and the photo is obviously horrible. Nothing to do about that

IH 726 (olive). Best shorts ever made. I need to have them repaired for the third time, and I fear they may not survive another season.

So if anyone has enough dirt on Alex or Haraki to make them put them back in production I’m buying.

The shirt is the Brund one. Nice shirt, but to be honest I prefer the 9 oz flannels.

I’m very happy with it. Sorry about the picture, I don’t do that many selfies.

I had to do the minutes from a meeting at my daughter's school. But I found a decent place to do it.

Some heavy gardening done (laying stones for a place to have fire, cutting down trees) - so now it’s a race: Will I finish that beer before the rain starts?

My first car was one of those:

Fiat 127, 1980 model.

It was an absolutely wonderful car, and it had quite a funny story:

My grandfather bought it new I 1980 - the first brand new car he ever bought.

Later the same year he suffered a stroke, which left him unable to drive. My grandmother kept the car, but she basically hated driving, so she never drove it in winther. Yet she was also keen on maintenance, so she dutifully had it serviced yearly, and rust protected every second year. She also kept it in an open but completely dry carport.

So in January 1998 I got a job where I needed a car for the commute - I was living with my parents (having returned from London, and waiting to start university in the summer). My father had become convinced that it was better for road safety that his mother stopped driving, so he asked her if he could borrow the car, and let me use it, until spring. She never drove during winter, so he was sure she'd accept.

I started driving it, and as my father har foreseen his mother didn't really want the car back. So after a couple of months I bought it of her for 1 Danish kroner. At that time its condition was pristine, and it had run a grand 36 K kilometers.

I owned it all though university, watched it crumble with rust, had the battery die, laughed when my girlfriend called her dad to come rescue her when she drowned it, and learned that it could hold 4 people and 16 crates of beer, if packed correctly. I also learned that leather is a lot better than nylon when you need to tie the exhaust pipe to the bumper, that it gets really fucking cold in a car when the heater dosen't work and its freezing outside, and that you will fill the carburetor with debris when you run out of fuel due to the fuel gauge being broken.

I also learned that when you own a car like that you can get away with murder if you smile and wave at people - I rarely drove an hour on the motorway without someone overtaking me and just breaking out in a huge smile.

In 2006 I moved to Copenhagen, and didn't have a place to park it. Apart from all the broken stuff it was rusted through, and would need serious plate work - which would be way too expensive. So it went to the scrapyard - after a long life in the service of our family. Would love to get my hands on one someday again.

Major disclaimer- I work in Copenhagen, and in a completely different field, but that said I agree with goosehd and Tago-Mago on the definition. And leather shoes, chinos (including IH), dress shirt (tucked in) and a sports coat has been my work uniform since 2020.

I’ve also done a fair bit of recruiting , and based on that I have som observations. They’re completely subjective though:

• It’s better to be slightly overdressed for an interview than slightly underdressed.
• don’t dress like you’re going to a party - or a funeral.
• wear something that you’re comfortable enough to actually work in - if your best shirt I too tight, wear your second best.
• if you’re wearing something that you’re not familiar with make sure you know how it works. It sounds basic, but it’s not: if you never wear a sports coat, you may forget that it should always be unbuttoned when you sit down, and generally buttoned when you stand (but always leave the lowest button open). Practice before the interview.
• get a haircut, trim the beard etc., but stick to your normal routines as much as possible. Don’t put extra gel in your hair, overspray with cologne or something like that. You’re not going clubbing.
• decide what your bringing and putting on the table (a print of your application, a sheet of notes, two pens) and keep organized - get your stuff out of your bag, put it in the table and put the bag away. You can carry all sorts of extra material in the bag, but don’t get it out unless it makes sense during the interview.
• try to remember people’s names, but don’t go out of your way to show that you do - focus on convincing the interviewers of your skills.

Not sure if it’s the right thread, but I’ve just had these two shirts modified:

Thanks to my mom for the needlework!

They are great shirts, but both suffered from the cats eye buttons becoming undone very easily. So when I realized that IH had started using four-hole buttons on some work shirts I wrote and asked if it was possible to order replacements for the originals.

And - huge shout out to costumer support - they offered me enough to change all buttons on both shirts

Once again, great service, and thank you to IHUK and my mom!

I did my first “mouse-mat-with-sand-paper convex grinding”(tm) yesterday. It worked just fine - my heavy German kitchen knife became a lot sharper. I’m not sure if I’ll notice the difference, but in theory it makes sense to have a convex edge in that knife as it’s used for heavy duty chopping.

I’m still undecided as to what I’ll do with the others. I’m leaning towards the Horl, but I’m not ready to make a decision yet.

So I managed to restrain myself. The Moki is great, but I don’t spend enough time camping or hiking to justify getting it. My trusty Fällkniven will have to do:

So instead of buying a knife I’ll end up regretting not using enough I’ll be looking for a slicer/sujihiki to supplement these:

I've said for years that I leave the sharpening of my knives to professionals. And while that has worked fine (I do use a honing rod for maintenance), I've also gradually stopped using my German knives, and transitioned to harder Japanese knives, that hold their edges very well. However even they need sharpening every once in a while (especially after my wife has started using them, for years she preferred the germans).

But apparently sharpening has become a hipster lifestyle vocation, and the prices have skyrocketed. Without the craftsmanship improving, If you ask me. My preferred sharpener now charges €20 for sharpening a Japanese knife (it's priced higher than sharpening German knives), which means that having all the knives on the rack sharpened would cost the same as a Horl 3. And I doubt the result would be much better.

So I'm looking into a setup for home. I'll taking the sandpaper/mouse mat route for my convex edges (my folder and one of my German kitchen knives, the one I use for heavy chopping), but for the others I'm on the fence - but edging towards a Horl 3 as it seems very intuitive to use, and can be used in the kitchen without setting up something like a Lansky.

Whetstones is another alternative, but I'm not sure I have the patience to learn it properly before using the stones on my best knives.

I’ve always loved pocket knives. I got a Swiss army knife as a child and had it for many years.

Then 15 years ago I upgraded to a Fällkniven U1 - lovely knife (I have the blue bone version that they put in the outlet…), and at that time it was legal to carry it everywhere in Denmark, so it lived in my pocket - until the knife laws changed.

Now I mainly use it around the house, which is a damn shame, as a knife like that really excels at tasks where a specialized tool - that I often have at hand when I’m at home - would be better, but isn’t available.

Due to the legal constraints I have only bought kitchen knives since I got the U1. But recently I’ve found myself comming back to this fixed blade (producers picture):

An outdoors knife made by Moki, who make Fallknivens folders. VG7 steel, 8,5 cm blade, linen mircata handle - and a beautiful shape. I don’t do nearly enough hiking to justify it, but I am going on a shelter trip with my youngest this weekend…

Some heavy gardening done (laying stones for a place to have fire, cutting down trees) - so now it’s a race: Will I finish that beer before the rain starts?

I’m spending a day off either my 13 year old, and we had all sorts of plans, but then she sprained her ankle yesterday, so now she’s baking while I’m doing stuff around the house.

The weather is fine, so some of the heavy clothes are getting some air.

@pechelman

I own both this and the 96. Obviously I haven’t worn this that much (and not in warm weather), so please take that into account.

The fabrics are very different. The 96 is much thicker, but also much looser in the weave. My guess (completely unscientific) is that the 96 is warmer, but also that it is less windproof. I’m not sure about breathability, but my money would be on the 96.

The best comparison I can think of is to compare it to layering pieces. The 96 is more like an insulating layer - packs more warmth, but is more susceptible to wind - whereas this is more of a shell layer, with less warmth but more wind resistance.

I hope it makes sense - the fabrics are very different so direct comparison is difficult.

Friday at work. No physical meetings, so I wore what I felt like. I worked like a maniac, because the weather was great for cycling, and if I finished early I could squeeze in a ride in the afternoon - so this was pretty much the only break I had.

The cycling was nice, though

Took the horse for a ride. I’m repeating myself, but I really like the construction of this jacket. I find it quite comfortable while driving, and this is comming from someone who generally throws his jackets in the trunk. I rally hate feeling restricted behind the wheel.