Posts made by tenuin

@WhiskeySandwich

Look into directional freezing. You'll need a fair bit of freezer space for this. Basically get a cooler that's insulated from 5 sides and open on top, fill it with water and freeze. It'll freeze from the top down (the " directional" part of directional freezing) and push impurities to the bottom as it does. Once you take out the whole block of ice, you'll have a clear top half and a cloudy bottom half

For sale is my UES Extra Heavy Flannel. I think it needs little introduction, but just in case here are the main details

size 4
15.5oz heavy japanese selvedge flannel
triple needle construction and piped hem
ivory palm nut buttons
brushed on the inside, outside is not brushed

Ultra heavy yet super soft, this is a gorgeous shirt that wears super well. Imported directly from Japan, but unfortunately it is too big for me, and returning it was not really an option.

Only worn to try on and take pictures. New price was ~270 Euro, selling for 200 Euro plus shipping. Payment via PP FF.

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I have just been searching for a vest for layering. Nothing fancy, canvas, maybe waxed, ideally with a bit of a lining for warmth. And I noticed how some shops and "influencers" edit the absolute bejeesus out of their pictures so that it becomes almost impossible to tell what color the garment you are looking at even is.

In this case, the same exact item. In one guys instagram outfit post it appeared to be a nice warm golden brown similar to the Iron Heart 17oz duck canvas. And in the store listing the photos were so desaturated that the vest looked more beige than brown. It took forever to find a normal image that showed what I can reasonably expect the vest to look like

Its not the first time I noticed it but this time it was really driving me up the wall.. I like to search for stuff via image search as it tends to give a broad range of styles and fits from a bunch of different shops. But I also have a list of places where, if I see their pictures in the results, I will just ignore them because I know the pictures are about as far removed from reality as they can get away with. I don't even get the end game. If I order something that is being advertised as vibrant bottle green but I receive something in a muted olive tone that I am not looking for, everybody in this transaction loses. I can kind of get why influencers do it, even if it is disingenuous, but why a shop trying to make a sale and a satisfied customer does this is beyond me..

In any case, I ordered that vest because it was only one of two articles that more or less fit what I was looking for. But I am still not sure what color I will actually receive in the end.

Not much progress to report this month. It's been cooling off significantly so my 33 has been getting much more wear time again

The one vest I would cop immediately would be an over engineered Carhartt Montana-alike.

Picture off the Internet of someone more handsome, rugged and stylish than myself.

@Giles said in Random Announcements:

@forum - Looking at you (well, us).....

hmm, coffee, watches, denim... its like the first 30 seconds are based on my personal life in particular..

@Bridger I once (i want to say somewhere around 2009-2011 or so) went to Edinburgh at the end of October for a Cannibal Corpse show with Dying Fetus opening. Mostly went for Fetus as I had seen CC a load of times before but never Fetus..

Halloween is not a thing in Germany so it wasn't at all on my radar, but it very much is in Scotland. The show was great, but it was made extra memorable because more than half of the audience was in costume. Super fun night.

Oh, and bad names.. Song 5 on Killing on Adrenaline is particularly disturbing..

Long time since I checked in here. I've not worn my 33-T as much in the past 2 months or so, its been often way too warm. Still the only layer piece I am wearing in the evening or when weather permits.

Had the second wash about a month ago after it soaked up some pork juice during a supply run for a BBQ. The packaging ripped and sept into the backpack, shirt and t-shirt I was wearing. Luckily, didn't leave any stains..

Day 98 on my 33-T. I was aiming for 100 days before the first wash, but the submission deadline for the next check if of the Redline Rally is coming up and I wanted to get in a wash before that

Pre wash:

I went with my usual approach. 50C hand wash followed by a 30c / 30 min / no spin machine cycle. I have literally never seen a garment lose so much indigo on first soak or wash.. absolutely crazy...



Luckily the weather was nice today, and I was able to hang it to dry on the balcony and wear it again in the afternoon. I love how its evolved, and how the wash has brought out the highlights that were starting to show

The hot hand wash has brought the shirt in exactly as I had hoped. It was a bit baggy on me before but feels absolutely perfect now.

cross post from RR Y4

https://forum.ironheart.co.uk//post/956313

Not exactly metal, but one of my favourite albums, and has been covered many many times by metal bands, so by some degree of separation, i still think this belongs here. Outsider, psych rock legend and tragic figure.

33-T and a 260somethingorother tee

@flannel-slut said in IRON HEART WAYWT - 2026 EDITION:

Fake spring

Relevant

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Office elevator pic with exceptionally crappy lighting

Indigofera Slowhand
33T
777SLBod

Received the Slowhand haori today. It's unfortunately not the same twill as the Alamo. But still a very nice fabric. Construction is absolutely impeccable. Just the drape is a bit odd. I can't tell if it's too small in the shoulders... Hard to explain really. If my shoulders are where they naturally want to be in the shirt, it pulls open at the bottom a bit. If I pull the shirt a bit down in the back so that my shoulders sit more "forward", it doesn't open in the front but it's standing a bit off from my neck. It's got something like a raglan sleeve so there's lots of place for the shoulder to move around..

I love the idea of this shirt, just not sure I love it on me. I have to see if it drapes differently after some wear. It's basically new even though I picked it up second hand

Ended up sleeping through the drop. Decided that I already bought three shirts since Redline Rally started that I have wait another 301 days before I can wear them. And adding a fourth to that pile would not do. Maybe next time. I'll put the money "saved" (rationalizing already ) towards a nice pair of boots I think

777 21oz
IHSH-33-T
IHSH-189-BRN

The outfit I wore to the playground today to dig in the sand and play with miniature tractors

@Pygmalion that shirt is dope. I used the search (mostly to appease Giles) and only found the IHSH-384-WHT and IHSH-168-WH. But that doesn't quite appear to be it? Yours seems to have a bit of contrast stitching. Care to enlighten me?

I have a very similar custom by SoSo in undyed cotton.

@Jord as dog owner, I agree completely. It's infuriating how inconsiderate some dog owners are..

Walking in the park in autumn you can play a round of a particularly fun game I like to call "where's the pile of shit hiding in between all those leaves".

The worst thing is that not picking up the poop is self-defeating.. I am convinced that dog owners are disproportionately likely to step into poop because their dogs are drawn to it

I've got a pair of heavy-ish sashiko sweat pants that I can only wear in winter. I would assume the shirt would be similar