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

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

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?

Back from a week on the west coast (of Denmark - the North Sea coast). The car is full of sand - and other debris that the dirty mongrels who call me “dad” have left behind.

This is a few weeks old. Been my winter attire:

Sorry about the grumpy face. I was waiting for my youngest, who’s isn’t exactly fast when she doesn’t think it I needed.

I’m very happy I went with the full zip navy.

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.

And finally went HORL 3. It’s great. Using it literally child’s play - which my nine-year-old can attest to.

So far I’ve done two German santokus, one Japanese chefs knife (gyuto) and my daughter did her own Mac children’s knife (santoku style). Those are forgiving shapes, and the results have been great.

None of them have been badly beaten up, so I haven’t had to use more than a few minutes on each to bring them to the point where they cut really well. I spent some extra time on my gyotu with a fine stone I bought separately, and it payed off, but I’m also very happy with the results on the other knives.

I’m sure whetstones can yield better results. But if you just want sharp knives - also thin Japanese ones - the Horl is very easy to use.

Birthday present from my wife was a long Bernie in dark indigo.

The quality is on par with the sweaters, and the elasticity of the knitting makes it very comfortable. It stays in place, without being tight. So far i can’t see any color difference compared to my dark navy sweater, but it’ll be interesting to see how it changes. If at all.

I have a massive head, and I want I to keep my ears warm, so long is the right fit for me. If you’re aiming for looks over function and are looking for a classic workwear style consider one of the shorter options.

@Daniel-San

That is impressive!

I have a quite severe fear of heights, yet I love the Alps (my first trip there was actually to Saalbach many years ago).

I don’t think I could have done that bridge, but I know the feeling of overcoming fear of heights - it is so satisfying.

Congratulations, enjoy the succes and may many more come!

Back from a week on the west coast (of Denmark - the North Sea coast). The car is full of sand - and other debris that the dirty mongrels who call me “dad” have left behind.

@Neru-6 you’re absolutely right, of course. And I’m quite aware that I’m not entirely rational.

I’ll try to stick to matching the leather on belt, shoes and watch. And see if I can find a perfect brown (at least not black) leather jacket.

I need to get a brown leather jacket as well - I've only ever owned blacks (I har a natural colored suede jacket once, though, but that was a bit of a disaster).

I have a slightly obsessive thing about matching, leather though - I really prefer that my belt, my shoes/boots and my watch strap (if leather) are of the same color. I'm trying to convince myself that a black leather jacket can be worn with blown boots and belt, though, but I do find it difficult. What du you guys do? Match or say feck it?

It’s not that much of a rabbit hole as their list of products is quite limited. And their products last really well, and wool should only be washed very rarely, so you don’t need that many items.

However it’ll be a blow to a lot of us here that their indigo dyed products are about 30% more expensive than similar ones dyed differently

Cool - Andersen-Andersen is a great addition to the lineup here.

@will6er where did you see it?

I used to say that Eric Cantona was the one person ever alive who could wear his collar popped up.

If the collar is made of denim I’ll add Giles to the list. Cantona can use any fabric, though.