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RED WING SHOES | CUSTOMIZED POSTMAN #101

yes, yes, yes – this is it! i love the #101 – the POSTMAN. my first pair was a present from KLAUS c/o VOLLS.DE. i know this post is something special for shoe nerds … but sorry, this is a RED WING SHOE for real RED WING LOVERS and not for fashion pussies! and the best: the customized #101 means for me one step further. hm, what do you think? would you prefer the one with the original cushion sole or the customized #101 one with the nitrile black cork sole, you may know f.ex. from RED WING’S black IRON RANGER #8114? i love the #101 look with this heel construction. it reminds me a classic U.S. navy officer shoe. but i like both and i won’t give one of them away because for me they are different shoes. KAMI c/o RED WING SHOE STORE FRANKFURT/GERMANY made the customized #101 for me. i can’t remember if the first miles with the original #101 hurt so much as they do with the customized one. damn. everyday i wear them just a few hours indoor and i am happy to get them off. but … it’s okay. the day will come when they got broken – this shoe is worth the trouble! pics | LTG


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HANDCRAFTED BAG #214 BY ATELIER DE L’ARMÉE

some weeks ago i got this BAG214 from ATELIER DE L’ARMÉE. it is wonderful, so practical. just one zip and you get to all the things you carry with you. as a business bag i prefer my FILSON PADDED COMPUTER BAG, but for city trips or just visiting a friend it is not so practical, too heavy, to big. the 214 has a lot of features. outside it is made of deadstock cowhide leather and dutch army woodland camouflage battleshirt fabric. one bag inside is made of japanese selvage denim, an iphone bag is made of cowhide leather and the lining is made of dutch army thermo pant and rain poncho. the handles and the strap are made of swiss army rifle slings. these must be really vintage: the smell strong. but it gets better from week to week. the tote bag is completely made by hand in amsterdam, netherlands, and can be made to order. it takes about 4 to 6 weeks between purchase and delivery. take a look @ the video where you will meet ELZA WANDLER and JOOST DOESWIJK who are ATELIER DE L’ARMÉE. pics | LTG || vid | ATELIER DE L’ARMÉE



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THE BASQUE-YATAGAN KNIFE | PassionFrance®

last week i went to WOLFGANG c/o PassionFrance with UWE E. MAIER and OLLI THE BARBER to eat one of the best meals i was served this year: a COC AU RIESLING. damn perfect – the chicken were so good. we have had a wonderful evening with a lot of talking, best food and vine. before visiting WOLFGANG i knew that i want to take a BASQUE-YATAGAN KNIFE with me home. so i did: a wonderful one with a cow horn and really nice textures. i love this extraordinary knife style so much. this BASQUE-YATAGAN KNIVE comes from the basque country, spain, and the french provinces which are near the pyrenees. the blade has its origin in the orient because the crusaders brought it to spain and the south of france when thy came back and settled down. today the knives are used by farmer and shepherds. especially tobacco grower around the BERGERAC region where tobacco is cultivated for generations like to use this BASQUE-YATAGAN KNIVE. if tobacco is reaped a jellylike juice is getting out of the plants which makes it difficult to hold the knife. so the rivets and rosettes help to get the perfect grip and developed over the years to a decorative element. the knife i bought has a 12 cm blade, the holder is made of cow horn, blade and back of the holder are needle etched. pics | LTG




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BOOT OF THE DAY | #187 | DANNER LIGHT III LOW CUT BROWN/KHAKI

the CLASSIC DANNER LIGHT – check LTG SHOE & BOOT COLLECTION #15 from august 2012 – is my favorite hiking boot. i own this boot since 5 years and i do not only love the comfort but the old school look too. yesterday i found a low cut version of my DANNER LIGHT @ THREE WOOD, japan, – wonderful. this hiking “shoe“ named DANNER LIGHT III LOW is available in three color ways. the III LOW features the same benefits as the boot: full-grain, leather upper, PLUS 100% waterproof and breathable GORE-TEX®, vibram KLETTERLIFT sole, brass eyelets and hooks, nylon laces gold/tan colored, cushioned footbed, leather welt, made in the USA. seems to be again a japan special.
pics | LOW II > THREEWOOD, japan || DANNER CLASSIC LIGHT LTG


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ABOUT A MOLE CALLED “GRABOWSKI”, AN IRISH SETTER BOOT AND A HAPPY END

got this vintage children’s book from my copywriter PETER Z. to take a look at it. it is from 1972 and it is really amazing that one of the illustrated workers is wearing a perfect rugged outfit. really funny. the story that isn’t everything but funny is about a mole who’s name is GRABOWSKI. there was the plan to build up a high-rise building estate. when the workers began their work the catastrophe for the mole began. the machines and the workers attacked and tried to catch him. terrible and really thrilling drawn and written. but the story comes to a happy end: the mole GRABOWSKI escaped and found a meadow like a paradies. the story is more than 40 years ol, it is from the time when the people began thinking over their environment and to save nature. pics | LTG || Der Maulwurf Grabowski by Luis Murschetz

 


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B-74 CELEBRATES ITS 5TH BIRTHDAY SATURDAY 30TH OF NOVEMBER, FRANKFURT, GERMANY

he guys save this date! i know that some highlights are waiting for you at the 30th of november. stay tuned, next weekend you will know more than just the date. time is running. when KAMI opened the B-74 five years ago i did a story about it in german R’n’R magazine #01 DYNAMITE!. at this time i was one of the chief editors and the art director of the mag. this is really fucking 5 years ago. when he celebrated the 2nd birthday of his shop i was there and met DIRK THOMAS c/o MERZ B. SCHWANEN for the first time. he customized me a MASTER SMITH shirt with stamps. DIRK, i still got it! the party was great, nice to be again at B-74 for another birthday party. pics | LTG

 

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YESTERDAY WAS “MAENNERABERND” @ BREMERICH JEANS

it was so nice yesterday night at MAENNERABEND in ILLINGEN. after a terrible drive through heavy traffic, storms and rain we got to BREMERICH JEANS. and ican tell you: ILLINGEN may be a little village but it is so nice and i was so surprised when i got into OLI BREMERICH’s shop. perfect – i did not expect this! and the next surprise was the crowd of men listened to the RED WING guys, MONTI & ROBIN from the ONE GOODS, WOLFGANG from PASSIONFRANCE®, ROB & KEITH from EAT DUST … OLI – great work, good job, best organized. thanks for this nice evening. here just some expressions. pics | LTG

3 generations BREMERICHS
the crowd I
FRED BSCHADEN & AXEL RWS shop B/HH/M explaining some RWS details
the crowd II
OLI BREMERICH
ALEX c/o BREMERICH JEANS
dudes
KEITH & ROB c/o EAT DUST
OLI & WOLFGANG c/o PASSIONFRANCE®
PETER ZIMMER friend, neighbour and copywriter of mine
guys
AXEL, RED WING passion
final shot – early in the morning with SEBASTIAN, MONTI, OLI, PETER, ROBIN and MARKUS, 
the man with the best shoes of the evening (from right to left) – damn, i do not know the name … 
send me a mail man …
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TODAY IS “MAENNERABEND” @ BREMERICH JEANS, ILLINGEN, GERMANY

OLI BREMERICH is what BONIFATIUS was for the catholics: a missionary. something like a missionary for all those guys in the sticks around ILLINGEN, SAARLAND, germany, who do not know what good denim and boots mean. ILLINGEN? where the f*** is ILLINGEN? okay, found it on the map: it is a small village 20 km in the north of SAARBRUECKEN just a spy away from the french border in the west of germany. it is really small with around 16.800 people who live there. and one of them is OLI. he runs the shop i do not know, but i think in third generation. the store was founded in 1934! BREMERICH JEANS sells japanese denim, american workwear, heavy boots and all the other stuff we like. in ILLINGEN?, you may ask – yes indeed, and it works! so it will get exciting visiting his 8TH “MAENNERABEND” tonight. a lot of clients and friends were invited and the guys from EAT DUST, PASSIONFRANCE®, RED WING SHOES, THE ONE GOODS and ME. my copywriter PETER will join the event too. i think it will be a relaxed evening with good talks, drinks and typical “MAENNERABEND” food. more to post the next days. the EAT DUST STUFF for today came on time with a special personal deliviery some days ago; check the video below. vid | BREMERICH JEANS || pics | LTG



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LTG’s SMALL ZIPPO COLLECTION

these are from the days when i was smoking frequently my beloved GITANES. found the lighters when cleaning up my office last weekend. nowadays i smoke just at special occasions, f.ex. when sitting together with good friends, drinking some beer or good wine – and this happens sadly really rare. but the ZIPPO lighters i won’t give away, because they accompanied me such a long time, everyday over too much years. very special is the RED WING SHOES zippo. this one gave me GABOR MAGYAR from RWS HERITAGE EUROPE offhanded as a present, when we were smoking a cigaret and i told him how nice his zippo was … and the BETTIE PAGE ZIPPO is although really great as an collectors item. i remember me, that it isn’t available anymore, anywhere. it’s from the year 2000 > BETTIE PAGE ZIPPO® LIGHTER SERIES II #1: BLACK BETTIE. pics | LTG




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BOOT OF THE DAY | #186 | MARK McNAIRY SILVER COUNTRY BROGUE

f***, what’s that? this shoe is so crazy and ugly that i must show it: a silver brogue. who needs this? me not. but sorry, i am staring at this 2 silver things again and again. the brogue is designed by MM and done by SANDERS & SANDRS. features:: premium grain leather uppers, punched brogue detailing, leather soles, rolled laces, fully leather lined, MARK McNAIRY logo detailing on sole, made in england. available at great uk ENDCLOTHING online shop. pics | © endclothing