Dear LIFE-TIME-GEAR followers, I wish you some wonderful exciting but relaxing days off with your family and friends for Christmas. Peace on earth to everyone!!! There is so much f***ing shit happening on earth while we sit down with our beloved ones – I hope you appreciate this. Have fun with this nice so innocent looking ads. Take care! Merry Christmas! pics | from around the net
Isn’t that a great idea? So obvious, so easy to do, not to buy and so personal – but who does this nowadays? For me it is always a pleasure to open a letter and seeing that someone who is next to me write me some lines with his hands, with a pen, a pencil or a marker or something else. It is a great gift in the f***ing fast times … It is still time enough to do write a letter to the people who are important for you. pics | LTG
Damn, aren’t these nice? This week Uwe E. Mair c/o AMTRAQ DISTRIBUTION gave me the new SINGLE POCKET LONG SLEEVE SHIRT by TELLASON in two different versions. The shirt is based on a dress shirt from the 1950s which TONY PATELLA, founder and co-owner of TELLASAON, got in his vintage collection. I love this authentic old-school look, with that big, masculine collar, one front pocket and the “heavy duty” finish. The dark navy one is made of an unwashed 7.5oz twill from japan. Take a look at the Corozo (ivory nut) buttons – so nice. The stripped shirt is made of a Cone Mills White Oak vintage reproduction 100% cotton fabric. Its look is smarter and the wear is it too … not so heavy duty. The fabric has a softer touch – very comfortable and a great look with its stripes. Same cut, but tow different wonderful shirts – both Made in San Francisco, California. For your last xmas buys check the TELLASON site. In Switzerland call or write to VMC and in Germany B74, Riders Room, Jeanslife, Denim&Iron, Bube&König, John Tweed and great Gentlemen’s Skateshop. By the way, the orange bandana is also from TELLASON, the red/white/blue one from Joe McCoy and the vests are made by JackKnife. pics | LTG
What a nice box design and even better the content – 4 OTTER WAX products for your boots, leather jackets, belts, for really everything made of leather: Saddle Soap, 2oz, Leather Salve, 2oz, Leather Oil, 5oz, Boot Wax, 2oz, Flannel Buffing Cloth. So this kit contains all 4-Steps to comprehensive leather care! All products are made with natural ingredients to ensure that they work with all types of leather. Made in Portland, Orgeon.
• Use Saddle Soap to gently clean your leather and remove stains
• Use Leather Salve to restore softness and repair cracking
• Use Leather Oil to polish and revive the natural shine
• Use Boot Wax to protect and create a waterproof seal
It’s simple but true: That’s all you need … Check the short film below.
In Europe the OTTER WAX LEATHER CARE KIT is available at:
Jeanswerk/ St. Gallen/Swiss
Dantendorfer/ Salzburg/Austria
British Parts/Flawill/ Swiss
Les Raffineurs/ Paris/ France
Zooloose/ Basel/ Swiss
Boutique Gilles/ Verbier/ Swiss
Fabrikat/ Zürich/Swiss
Jeanslife/ Winterthur/ Swiss
Cultizm/Münster/ Germany
Adisgladis/ Stockholm/Sweden
Marco Serafini/ Servigliano/ Italy
Shoecorner/Oslo/ Sweden
and for sure @ European OTTER WAX Distributor B74/ Germany
pics | LTG || vid | Otter Wax
Otter Wax: Leather Boots Tutorial from Aubree Bernier-Clarke on Vimeo.
A nice key holder is a must. I own a lot of keys to put in order: several keys for home, office … my beloved Orange Beast and the car of my wife. All keys get hold be a LEDERLING (engl. Leather thing) hand made by EMMA OPITZ. These nice helper are made completely by hand in a little manufacture in Berlin, Germany. Every piece of EMMA OPITZ is a one of a kind, always a bit different from the one done before. The owner of EMMA OPITZ, Marc Türkheim, learned the famous knot that holds all this LEDERLINGE together by his grandma – it is a nice story! You can get several types of key holder and other leather accessories. The big ones I own are called “Bismark“ and the small one is a special custom thing which was made for KAMI, owner of B74. He gave me this key holder as a present – damn, I like this so much! The 2 “Bismarks” I got from volls.de. The LEDERLINGE are not placed in the online shop but contact Klaus if you want to get one of these great unique pieces. Also available for sure @ B74. pics | LTG
For sure one of my absolute favorites from my cap collection: the TSPTR x EBBETS POPEYE BALLCAP. It mus be one of my favs because of being a great POPEYE fan since a child and EBBETS FIELD FLANNELS are my most beloved caps – what a perfect collaboration! And so special, so limited. As all EBBETS Caps this one is for sure made in the USA. It is an authentic 1960’s ball cap reproduction built of 14oz indigo dyed denim, featuring a high quality embroidered POPEYE badge, a horse hair buckram crown, satin taping, a cotton sweatband and an adjustable leather strap. Available exclusive @ TSPTR. This site is a trap because you’ll find so much more nice great stuff. As I remember I got my stuff really fast last spring – so maybe you can get on of the best caps ever right in time before Xmas. pics | LTG
Today another very nice present with a serious background. When I bought my whistle in 2010 – dman, time is running – I was really excited about the idea behind the project FALLING WHISTLES and I am still doing. I was so shocked reading about the story the first time … for sure I knew that there were child soldiers, but I did not know about this whistle thing … So it is a must for me to show you these nice and well done pieces for peace and I hope so much that you take a moment to check the website of FALLING WHISTLES and read about their story and work – please do so! Thank you so much!! Here is what’s about FW in their own words – a very short version: “In the Winter of 2008 a young man walked into the Democratic Republic of Congo. Five escaped child-soldiers told him that boys too small to carry a gun were being sent to the front lines, armed with only a whistle. Since that day a coalition of young and old, rich and poor, have fought – side by side – toward a dream most would call impossible. PEACE in CONGO Make their weapon YOUR voice, Be a WHISTLE-BLOWER for PEACE!” Again, please read the whole story!
There are 4 different sorts and 2 sizes of whistles: Chrome, Gun Metal, Vintage Gold and Black. I am really proud to own a FW of the first generation. My gun metal whistle has number 046! I use a massive anchor chain by PATRIK MUFF that correspondents perfect to the gun metal whistle. All orders are shipped out from Sweden, so that European future whistler-blower can get their FW just in time before Christmas. It is great to buy such an awesome tag and at the same time to support the peace project in Congo. BE A WHISTLE-BLOWER FOR PEACE! pics | LTG and FW
I think the best presents you must give to yourself. So the day after Santa Claus I got my first subscription delivery “WEIS’SE BESCHEID”. And, damn, I’m sorry, this two words can’t be translated in English – German words playing with the meaning. Fact is, I get the next time every month 6 different bottles of white vine to try – what an adventure. As a constant reader of LTG you should know that I am a passionated white vine drinker especially Riesling is one of my absolute favorites. “UNPLUGGED” and “WEISSES RAUSCHEN” from German vineyard TESCH or from MARKUS SCHNEIDER are f***ing great. But it is my nature to check always new things and so I am really happy to find GEILE WEINE with this special subscription. The best is that you can cancel your subscription monthly, you can change it to a smaller one or to a red vine one and so on. Check the site and the options. GEILE WEINE is run by a young, dynamic team. What a great gift for vine drinkers. And you must not do a subscription to try the different stuff they offer: GEILE WEINE present a lot of special packages sorted by themes as f.ex. ”Relaxing Package”, “Vine-Punk-Box”, “Super New Years Party”, “Box for Brothers”, “Men Special” or ”Movie Package”. Creative! pics | LTG
I got this little companion months ago and I think this is a really nice daily knife to carry with you. Not to big, nice to touch and not so expensive – perfect for your personal wish list or as a present for some one who appreciates this beautiful LAGUIOLE by PASSIONFRANCE. I am proud of my little knife collection from PASSIONFRANCE but I must tell you that this small LAGUIOLE is the knife I mostly take with me since I got it. It has a welded bee, the blade is a 12C27 and the handle bar is made of bone. I love the details like the “croix berger” called Hirtenkreuz in German and the simple graphic “Ressort” on the back behind the bee. The open knife is 17 cm long; folded just 9 cm. For more information about the history of LAGUIOLE please check the new very well done PASSIONFRANCE website. There you can order a really great selection of French knives for all occasions, knife accesoires, … And everything is wonderful detailed described. A great option: you can customize your knives – check it! pics | LTG
My small collection of PASSIONFRANCE knives:
I don’t know why, but for years I am a great lover of Frankincense and Myrrh fragrances. Maybe because of my childhood at catholic hometown Fulda where I was surrounded by these special incense when going to church. I love this heavy, mysterious and distinctive flavors. So some time ago I found VON EUSERSDORFF CLASSIC MYRRH … fantastic. These are the fragrance notes: Top Note: Frankincense, Cedar Leaves, Petitgrain | Heart Note: Lignum Vitae, Violet, Sandalwood, Myrrh | Base Note: Patchouly, Vetiver, Labdanum (Rockrose). The perfumer is Camille Henfling. For more information please check the best fragrance site I know: Aus Liebe zum Duft. If you are looking for a masculine fragrance away from mainstream VON EUSERSDORFF CLASSIC MYRRH could be something for your X-mas wishlist. pics | LTG
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