Category / Allgemein

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BOOT OF THE DAY | #165 | VINTAGE RED WING SHOES #1945 ERIC CLAPTON CLASSICS WITH BLACK RUBBER TOES

damn, this is really heavy stuff: someone put black rubber on the toes of a rare classic ERIC CLAPTON RED WING BOOT style 1945. i’m always in extraordinary stuff, but this is even to heavy for me. never saw such a ”dirty nose” of a RED WING boot before and i don’t like this. it is done to protect the toes of getting wet; a sort of old school goretex® – waterproof rubber. this boot is actually on ebay now. if you like a pair of boots on which everybody will staring at and ask you why you have painted your boot toes with rubber, it is a must-have for you. apart from the rubber noses the boot is in a really good condition. pics | ebay name joeymest


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THE NIGEL CABOURN CREW SIGN

another birthday present i got last week was this small emblem, sign or call it as you like from KAMI c/o RED WING STORE FRANKFURT. a great gift because you can’t buy it yet. he told me that he got it from NIGEL CABOURN himself at BREAD & BUTTER this january. all members of NIGEL’s crew wore this nice beautiful sign. it’s meaning? i do not exactly. the small piece of metal looking like a crown is the symbol you saw on my TRAVELLER’S NOTEBOOK ARMY EDITION from the NIGEL x MIDORI collaboration. it is the british broad arrow military symbol which was used during WWII to symbolise government ownership of the product. some guys told me that the rolled up piece is derived from something that has to do with the british submarine navy in WWII. i couldn’t find anything about this searching really intensive the web. but it’s from NIGEL and that’s enough i have to know as a great NC fan. thank you KAMI for this special gift. the BRASS ballpoint pen is in heavy use too! i tried the sign on some of my NC pieces and it fits.  pics | LTG | people FRED c/o redwing1905.blog

in use! photos by Fred c/o redwing1905.blog

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CHEVROLET CAMARO ZL1 V100-S | SCALE 1/10 REMOTE CONTROLLED – UNBELIEVABLE REAL

got a link this morning from my buddy CHRISSIE to show it my little LEVI who is a great CAMARO fan like me. the video shows a remote controlled CHEVY CAMARO ZL1. damn this little red thing is so well done with uncountable features. you must take a look at the video, especcially the READY-TO-RUN-SECTION: just great! enjoy! pics & video | www.horizonhobby.com, Horizon Hobby GmbH

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BOOT OF THE DAY | #164 | THOROGOOD LACE-TO-TOE ROFFER BOOT #814-6233 BLACK

i know the THOROGOOD ROOFER BOOT very well by walking some miles in it. but not in this awesome black one #814-6233 but in the tan brown THOROGOOD iconic roofer boot #633. and funny: after a while i took the roofer special sole away and put a VIBRAM #2021 on it which is similar to the VIBRAM CHRISTY. i never really liked the #633 and so i sold it on ebay a while ago to get some more space for my boot collection. but i must tell you that this black beauty is really nice – isn’t it? i never saw the THOROGOOD ROOFER BOOT in black before i found it at  www.hickorees.com . one of the best online shops around the www.

some facts: black oil-tanned leather, GOODYEAR storm welt construction (fully resoleable), engineered composite shank, removable “Dual Density Ultimate Shock Absorption” footbed on Poron 4000 Comfort Cushion, VIBRAM CHRISTY blown rubber wedge outsole, seam reinforcing rivets. certainly made in the USA. pics | HICKOREES



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TRAVELLER’S NOTEBOOK ARMY EDITION | NIGEL CABOURN x MIDORI COLLABORATION

last week i celebrated my birthday and i got a lot of pretty cool presents. one present were the FALSE TONGUES i posted last friday. beside this beloved and now in use piece of leather FRED gave me this awesome TRAVELLER’S NOTEBOOK which is the result of a collaboration between NIGEL CABOURN and japanese MIDORI. it has a leather cover branded with the british broad arrow military symbol, which was used during WWII to symbolise government ownership of the product. look at the awesome pencil. what a great gift to me! the NC x MIDORI notebook will be available with next NC F/W 2013 collection. beside, MIDORI notebooks will be available next autumn @ volls.de. pics | LTG

 


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FROM THE ARCHIVES – 2009 | LIFE TIME GEAR & NIGEL CABOURN

4 years ago from the 28th – 31th of january 2009 i did a trip to BERLIN to 14 oz. SECOND FLOOR SHOW where i met NIGEL CABOURN in person. i have had 3 wonderful days meeting a lot of people! i remember the first evening very well when KARL-HEINZ MÜLLER did a big event at TEMPELHOF and told the public that BREAD & BUTTER will be back in berlin summer 2009. what a party! great. it was the first time for me to get in contact with all these crazy and cracked people. 12 months later i started LIFE TIME GEAR blog. pics | Fred from redwing 1905 blog




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FALSE TONGUES ON RED WING SHOES & BOOTS

i know that not all work boot maniacs and RED WING lovers like FALSE TONGUES. and for some guys here in europe these piece of leather is or was totally unknown. 2 weeks ago i saw an upcoming RED WING BOOT from the HERITAGE COLLECTION with a FALSE TONGUE or how some people say with KlLTYs: the LINEMAN #2906. i think this style will be delivered with false tongues. i like this special work boot style for a longer time owning some WHITE’S BOOTS which came with false tongues. you can’t imagine how many guys asked me for this piece of leather the last years. most said: oh, these arefalse tongues? ah. no, i don’t like. last tuesday i got some false tongues from FRED c/o redwing1905.blog as a present. today i checked on which boots or shoes they would fit. but i did not put it into the laces, it was just a check. and i like it a lot! thanks FRED and thanks for the nice vintage box. and i am sure that there will be more and more guys like them too in the nearer future. pics | LTG and FRED

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LTG FAVORITES #87 | FILSON DENIM

great denim stuff @ filson.com. i just own 2 wonderful FILSON denim pieces: a DENIM ORIGINAL HUNTING VEST and DENIM CRUISER. both workwear pieces were made in collaboration with LEVI’S. but the stuff below is very nice too. my favorites: the DENIM WESTERN VEST and the OIL FINISH BELLTOWN WAXED DENIM JACKET. all those pieces are on sale now. pics | FILSON.com


DENIM WESTERN VEST

DENIM OUTFITTER JACKET

OIL FINISHED BELLTOWN DENIM JACKET

 DENIM WESTERN SHIRT

 DENIM STRAIGHT LEG SELVAGE JEANS, as i remember made by TELLASON for FILSON

 DENIM SLIM FIT SELVAGE JEANS


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F*** THIS BAD NIGEL CABOURN EVEREST PARKA COPY

such an obviously copy is absolutely naughty … and the best is the following sentence:
„This Parka is so simple yet so stylish, inspired by Nigel Cabourn Everest parka! RARE Heritage Stylish parka design!“ INSPIRED??? shame on you, this is bad copy! found this piece of shit at eBay today. great offer: 45 british pounds. for a handmade parka! and who the F*** is MARCUS VILIM? and the best of it at all: there are people bidding on this damn brazenness – unbelievable. i can’t follow those daffy guys. but maybe the customs, ebay or departments which are responsible for fraudulent falsification are with the bidders – hope so. .  pics | ebay by bidder


the original NIGEL CABORUN EVEREST PARKA _ pic by COOGLES.com

the cheap bad ass copy from ebay. my gorge is rising …