TATTOOED JACK NICHOLSON, JAMES DEAN, JOHNNY CASH, STEVE McQUEEN, ELVIS | INKED BY TATTOO ARTIST CHEYENNE RANDALL

it’s a funny idea. okay some photoshop touch-ups work better than an other – but i like this pics! tattoo artist CHEYENNE RANDALL shows a lot of more of this @ his tumblr.blog SHOPPED TATTOOS. have fun! pics & copyrights | CHEYENNE RANDALL


GRANIT (engl. GRANITE) | BAVARIAN GIN

sorry, i found another new german GIN : “GRANIT”, made in bavaria, germany. when i saw the bottle design it was a must to get this GIN to try and to put it to my GIN collection. because of getting better photos the bottle is still closed, so i can’t tell you something about the taste. i still have another german gin from SAARLAND, germany, i did not tried and posted too. when i did this, i will do a gin tasting with just all the different german gins i own. i think my editor PETER Z. will help me to judge and comment the gins. GRANIT is a BIO GIN made of 28 different botanicals. classic gin ingredients like citrus, coriander, cardamon are combined with typical bavarian herbages and plants like melissa, german “BÄRWURZ” and gentian – the description sounds really interesting. after aging some months in stoned barrels the gin is filtered through granite stones with different granulations. the gin has BIO quality! every bottle is delivered with a real granite stone which you can use as an ice cube when you put into the refrigerator. great idea, perfect look. the bottlle design and feel is really awesome! it looks so heritage and masculine, bavarian, craftsmanship. when i found GRANIT @ the PENNINGER site i found BLUTWURZ BLACK EDITION with its distinctive design. i don’t know if i will like this dangerous looking drink ever … but this bottle is a must-have too. i will report after the first try. pics | LTG

 


OPTIMIST | THE SHIRT WITH A STORY

KAMI owner of B-74 and RED WING STORE FRANKFURT, GERMANY, send me some pics of a very nice new shirt: the OPTIMIST SHIRT. this shirt is manufactured by SANGAR, the biggest and oldest shirt making factory in ESTONIA. it is built „with love and care from durable unwashed denim or chambray. these shirt with nicely shaped patch pockets can be worn as light jackets over a dress shirt or tank top, or by itself …“ made of high quality materials from italy. read about the history of OPTIMIST below and enjoy the nice box design – wonderful. KAMI will get the stuff the next days. one shirt is reserved for LTG – for sure! pics | OPTIMIST 



LTG’S FAVORITE COLLECTED BANDANAS PART #02

yes, and these are the others … some of them. f.ex. the JOHNSON MOTORS bandana i own in all color ways you can get: red, dark blue and black. the art work is always the same – and i love this trio a lot, but i don’t want to bore you. another very special bandana for me is the BURG & SCHILD 5th anniversary one  – a collaboration between B&S and INDIGOFERA … nice look and special because of its meaning. pics | LTG

FAT BOY CLOTHING | one of my most beloved bandanas … actual 2014 collection available @ volls.de
… and: i love anchor …

Unknown label  | just brought it away from a holiday at german  NORTH SEA | 10,00 € … love it and little LEVI, too!


JOHNSON MOTORS | another favorite! this is the blue black version. awesome graphics … own this in dark black and pure red, too.

  


label unknown | so colorful, so nice, made in the USA

 


STETSON | a classic one … so simple … so nice


BURG & SCHILD 5th anniversary collab with INDIGOFERA | … something special

 


LTG’S FAVORITE COLLECTED BANDANAS #01

this is the first part of my favorite bandanas. i own a huge collection of really different styles, colors and patterns but these are the ones i mostly wear. pics | LTG

CARHARTT, BLACK, COTTON




“ZUNFTTUCH”, Made in Switzerland, RED, COTTON


The Printed ImageChico, Fly Fishing lures , COTTON


STETSON, deep blue, 100% siilk


MUNK, Red / Brown, Natural White, COTTON



LTG’S DUPONT LIGHTERS | FROM PAST TO PRESENT

today i got my new CIGAR LIGHTER by DUPONT, PARIS – in bright orange what else?! now when the evenings get warmer there is nothing better than smoking a cigar and drinking a glass of wine while reading the newspaper on the fresh renovated roof-deck over the tops of DARMSTADT city. so i decided to replace the matches by a contemporary lighter. nice to find a DUPONT for an acceptable price. this one is my third DUPONT. my first, the silver one, i got from my parents when i got eighteen … well, long time ago. the second i bought about 15 years ago: a vintage line 2 gold combined with “LAQUE DE CHINE” which is really rare to find and so got really expensive now. it is a pity that both vintage lighter don’t work anymore. they lose gas in between hours and i brought them 2 times to the service but they could not solve the problem. so i am just happy to hear the unique smart snap sound when opening and closing these 2 DUPONTS. if you compare the sounds of a ZIPPO to DUPONT it is like comparing a CATERPILLAR to a CITROEN DS. pics | LTG

BRUNS ACOUSTICS | PRETTY OLD SCHOOL LOOKING ANALOG BLUETOOTH SPEAKERS

aren’t these speakers nice? ”every speaker is a unique work of art. no two are every exactly the same!“ there are two lines: the timbre CLASSIC SERIES, which is inspired by the natural beauty of selected timbres and the timbre RELIC SERIES, used and worn like your favorite denim, rugged for years: worn finishes, aged parts, rusted hardware and nostalgic color combinations. all speakers have the same components – check out the pics with the tech specs. for more details about this handmade speakers check ACOUSTIC BRUNS AUSTRALIA’s site. pics | © BRUNS ACOUSTICS


FREE & EASY SUPPLY BY FRED B.

damn, thank you so much FRED c/o RW1905 blog for this great supply of my beloved japanese FREE & EASY magazines. for more than five years it was an expensive fight to get my monthly issue – since FRED told me that he always has one issue to give away. he promised me that i will be the one who will get this free F&E. GREAT! so it is a long time ago i met FRED as you see when you take a look at these new old issues. so, next week i know what to do in the evenings. thx FRED. pics | LTG


RED WING SHOES AT WORK | CARPENTER CHRISTIAN WITH HIS RWS #8130

this week we got our roof-deck renewed. when our carpenter CHRISTIAN came in i noticed at once his rugged RED WING boots. i asked him if this is a #8137 and he told me that it is a #8130 with a rebuilt black sole. he always wears his RWS boots a couple of years before he use them for work. these are about 3 years at work. these boots are really nice broken in. as CHRISTIAN says there are no better boots for work than RED WING BOOTS. pics | LTG




 

PART II OF HAMBURG HARBOR SHOOTING | BY PHOTOGRAPHER JOERN POLLEX FOR AMTRAQ DISTRIBUTION

as promised, i’ll show you today the second part of JOERN POLLEX shooting for AMTRAQ DISTRIBUTION he did this march in HAMBURG, germany. you’ll see some lady shots. what a beautiful model so nice styled by UWE E. MAIER c/o AMTRAQ and so perfect shot by JOERN. and still there are so much more photos of the picture choice JOERN send me to show you. check his page if you want to see more of this shooting and don’t miss the “making of” film of the AMTRAQ shooting done by FRANK PETERS. pics | JOERN POLLEX | video | FRANK PETERS