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Featuring durable goods, cool vehicles, vintage ephemera, fashion crap, etc... I try to mostly post things I've made or photographed myself rather than reblogging that often. I try to promote things made in the USA. And I'm always looking for solutions to maintaining my sanity in a recessive, repressive society.

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I found the original in an antique store in rural Iowa. 

Hey everyone, now that it’s winter I might start posting all the photos I forgot to share in 2016...

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A stop during a peaceful evening ride tonight.  

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Experimenting with Armor Etch acid to etch glass.  I’m using a Silhouette Cameo to cut Oracal 651 vinyl and transferring it to the glass as the stencil.  The resulting etching is turning out pretty well.  

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@goldenxgloves came by @paramountbarberingco in Des Moines during my guest spot. 2 at the sideburns and neck tapered down. Clipper over comb to the temples and shear over comb from the temples to the top. Finished with a razor to remove thickness and add texture to allow his hair to be slicked straight back easily. #barber #barbers #barbering #barberlife #barbershop #barbershopconnect #sidepart #combover #slickback #pomp #pomade #pompadour #esquirebarbershop #chicago #chicagobarber #chicagobarbershop #taper #taperit #fade #menshair #menshaircut #mensgrooming #menshairstyle #hair #haircut #hairstyle #andis

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Javi partook in the traveling Barber Justin last week.  It’s weird seeing your friends show up randomly on the internetz. 

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I finished a dress for my daughter tonight.  It took me longer than I expected because everything was smaller scale.  The pattern is Kwik Sew K3775 if anyone is interested in spending twice as much on a dress as they cost at the store and spending 10 hours making it.  

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Fixture

October, 2008

Hasselblad 503cx, 150mm Sonnar, Kodak Tri-X, Kodak Xtol

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A goofy set of cheap Mexican made Levis 505 15oz jeans. I took about 2″ out of the legs and about 5 inches of length off of them.  They claim to be 33x34 but they were more like 35x40 before I washed them.   Not the most flattering cut, but they’re baggy in the seat the way I like my jeans and taper down to 8″ openings.  Pretty much the way I like them.  Dad jeans for dads who refuse to own minivans.  

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I took about 5/8″ length off of the collar tonight by cutting it along the outer edge and folding it in on itself.  I ironed it carefully so both sides fit together and sewed a couple of lines to secure it.   No more disco collar.  

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The snow is still stuck to the northeast side of the trees a week later so I had to pull off of the road today and take a few photos.  

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Saturday morning

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My rotation of belts.  All are holding up well. 

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That moment when people you follow post your photo uncredited.

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Two layer belt loop with a hidden snap.   I thought it came together nicely. 

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Some cheap leather tools I took a chance on over on Amazon.  A 20 dollar maul, a 10 dollar skiving knife, and an 18 dollar set of -definitely-hand-made- corner punches.   All in all, they seem to do the trick.  I sanded the ugly varnish off of the handle on the maul and rubbed it down with danish walnut oil. 

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New Old Stock. The best kind of old stock. 

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It’s been forever since I sat down and made anything out of leather.  I totally ripped this off when I saw my friend’s wallet today.  The concept being that you might as well carry a wallet that’s the shape of your entire back pocket in order to properly utilize back pocket real estate.   His is fancy shell cordovan, but this is just 3oz veg tan.   I didn’t treat it with anything. 

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 After the initial ownership blitz, I’m about done for the year.  New mirrors, turn signals, brakes, a working horn, oil pressure switch, complete fluid change.  I still have the fork seals and fork oil left, but that’s it.   Then it’ll be more highly maintained than 99% of all Sportsters.