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Received my UES Tricotine this morning, which I bought directly from Japan via Buyee.

Gambled on a size 3, and I'm quite happy with the fit. The shoulders are the narrowest I can still comfortably wear, but any smaller would be too small. The size jumps seem quite big, so I think a 4 would definitely have been too big. I didn't end up saving a lot between buyer fees and duties, so not sure it was worth the trade-off. I could just as well have waited for a EU based retailer to stock it and would have had the security to be able to return it if the size was off.

"Unfortunately" I am working on a IHSH-33-T for the redline Rallye so it'll be a while before this will get it's due

In with the IHSH-33-T

Let's go! This arrived from IH Germany a few days ago, just before Christmas, with a lovely note and some chocolate. Thanks @Axel-HH for the great customer service. With a toddler in the house, I expect I'll have to wash it more frequently than ideal for those prizes fades, but I really only signed up for kicks, and without expectations, except that I want to try and use this as an opportunity to slow down on getting new stuff. But the thought of wearing the same shirt for all, or at least most of a whole year is somehow more intimidating than wearing the same jeans day in day out.

I had this pendant made by a local goldsmith. Its a Roman denarii from ca. 180 a.d., struck with the face of emperor Marcus Aurelius on the front and an altar, eagle and the inscription CONSECRATIO on the reverse.

I've worn the 33-T every day in January except one, where I was sick as a dog and couldnt get myself to wear anything but sweats. Arm creases are settling in, but the only noteworthy place is the left inside cuff, where it probably rubs against the watch I usually wear.

Surprisingly, I managed to keep it clean enough that I didnt have to give it a wash yet, despite the best efforts of my one year old to the contrary...

i have the 189-BRN (the Unducked) and now the tricotine. I think the Untucked serves a totally different purpose, definitely more of an overshirt / cpo with the pockets, as well as the denim fabric. the tricotine is more of a flannel on steroids. Not as soft as flannel but how i would wear it.

I think they can both co-exist in the same wardrobe. At least that is what I am counting on, because the Untucked Indigo is a must buy for me.

New Years tends to be one of the less enjoyable days as a dog owner in Berlin. Usually we try to get away from it all but it didn't pan out this year, so I spent the night comforting our dog, most of the time on the bathroom floor as it's the only room two walls removed from the nearest window and so the quietest. I had a wee tipple of this rum though. Independent bottling of DDL juice. Distilled on the Port Mourant still, one of the two last remaining wooden stills in the world (both residing at DDL). 100% pot still, no added sugar, 10 years continental aged. And a hefty 58%abv.

@Go-For-Chill
Obligatory XKCD

@Gavin666

@Gavin666 said in IHSH-33-BLK - 12oz Selvedge Denim Western Shirt - Black:

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Been wearing this since release and spot on fit etc but just noticed this and now can’t unsee it! Reminds me of the pic of the 18oz CPO and looking at stock pics of the denim restocks they are all off. Not sure why. Not overly fussed but not what I would expect do a near £300 shirt

you sent on a downwards spiral with this today. I checked most of my shirts and your observation seems "normal" that the right pocked is further from the placket than the left, for all but one of the shirts I checked this is the case. No idea why this is but it seems intentional

Indigofera Copeland, 4.3 v 3.8

Johnny Cash 3.4 v 2.8

IHSH-33-T 3.5 v 2.5

UES Flannel 3 v2.5

SoSo custom is the closest of the bunch, 3.5-ish both sides

Indigofera Flannel 6 v 5.5

IHSH-189-BRN 2.3 v 3

I will say though that for the 33, it is by far the most noticeable and the greatest difference at 1 cm.

Besides nice clothing, my other hobby was / is / has been watch modding. I would never call myself a watch maker because I definitely do not posess 1% of the training, skill and patience to do what a watchmaker does, but I have taken mechanical movements apart and successfully put them back together again.

I've not built anything in a long while but this was my last project.

Custom bead blasted case, custom Subversive dial, but pretty standard fare otherwise. I adore a good 5517, but they are basically unattainable. So my builds often revolve around reinterpretations of the classic milsub in different formats. In this case, I wanted to build something that plays with the new YM Titanium look. I normally prefer matte printed dials, and aluminum bezel inserts, but went with applied and ceramic here for the modern look, and I really dig the three dimensionality it adds.
The logo is from a watch-adjacent forum that I am a semi active member of that commissioned the dial as forum project.

Time to wake up...

Hello all! I'm finally ready to introduce myself. I created an account here on the forum a good while ago, when i received the marketing email about the meetup in Bremen this summer, (which is my hometown). I ended up lurking for a while, and wasn't able to make it to the meetup anyways because I had just become a father, and travelling from Berlin, where I now live, was not an option.
Some time passed, and I lost access to that account from which I never posted, and I just created a new one and figured I'd say hi.

Been wearing IH and other stuff for a few years, a 21oz 777 is has been my daily for a few years, and occasionally rotate with a 777 slbod, and picked up a few shirts along the way too. Only problem is, I am a terrible photographer, so gotta get the hang of OOTD pics.

@Jam_Shar

https://buyee.jp/rakuten/detail/barnstormer3goten%3A10010561?conversionType=buyee_top_browsing_history

Buyee is a proxy service to enable you to buy from places that don't normally ship overseas. Rakuten sort of is like the Japanese Amazon. The seller will first send it to a buyee warehouse, and then Buyee will forward it to your address. Of course they take a commission and you have to consider international shipping and duties. Plus returns are not easily possible. Can be a gamble if you don't know your size.

All that said, I grabbed a Tricotine yesterday, and used it for UES flannels sold out in the west before.

Kiger Milsub for today.

You may remember a few years back Kiger was in the watch news because Rolex tried to claim his trademark on the term Milsub, and failed. A real David vs Goliath story. I picked this watch up new from Mark Kiger directly off his Facebook page a few years before all that kerfuffle. I was a bit apprehensive at the time but Mark has an excellent reputation among the watch nerds I consider friends and I neednt have worried. Killer watch, great guy and story behind it.

@Chibs said in IHSH-33-T - 12oz Selvedge Denim Western Shirt With Tonal Stitching - Indigo:

Hot damn

@AdamJ

its funny how the old algorithm works. i just added this to my 'to-read' pile (thanks for the recommendatio!) and once i opened youtube, this was one of the first suggestions

long-ish but fun watch about the HMS Victory.

i've recently finished The Thirty Years War

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11107577-the-thirty-years-war

Its a long one, and very in-depth, and with so many events and people to cover it can be confusing but overall a very good read.

I was also enjoyed Endurance by Lansing. Such an incredible story. At times its hard to believe it a true story and that man can survive such an ordeal.

Thanks @FlavourFade and @m4xime. I'm having a hard time not wearing it. Its super nice.. I definitely get the hype

About the flare at the bottom.. no clue what causes it, but my Extra Heavy Flannel does the same.

This one is a size 4 by the way, from a while back. They updated the size chart and I got totally hosed on a newer Extra Heavy Flannel in size 4 that is comically large on me

@SourPower

Did you know that Hampden sells their highest ester rums to be used for rum flavoring in the commercial food industry?

you mean this one ?

while this bottle is still closed, I have tried two different DOKs. Once a different bottling of the one I have at the German Rum Fest, and another from the Hampden Marks collection. I can honestly say that high ABV DOK is the most intense flavour experience I have ever had. I can't even describe what it tastes like because it just hits your taste buds like a tidal wave.

What I currently have in the bar from Long Pond and Hampden.

And some other High Ester stuff from New Yarmouth, Rivers and La Reunion and Martinique.

Admittedly this didn't really capture me when it came out in 24, but its been on near constant rotation the past two days. Imagine if Morbid Angel decided half way through Domination that they would rather be Pink Floyd.

I'm a 3 in my tricotine, XL in my IHSH-33, and Johnny Cash if that's any help to anyone. No UHF to compare to (yet, inbound) but going by measurements I should be an XL in that too.
I have a size 4 in another UES flannel that's much too large for my liking.

The size charts may be weird because UES seem to have recently updated their sizing.