what a wonderful POSTMAN. i like the “sprung up” toe very much. this extra ordinary POSTMAN is made by japanese HORSEMAN JOE. made of original leather, hand sewn welted with a double leather sole. it costs about 65.000 YEN which means about 825 USD. you can order and customize the shoes and boots at HORSEMAN JOE as you like. there are different sorts of leather, colors, soles, heels and types/forms. the stuff is made on old machines – great. check out their site! pics | HORSEMAN JOE
JOSEF GASTEIGER from laut.de describes this mix as perfect with this words: “these guys play SYSTEM OF A SKA”. Gogol Bordello meets Kaizers Orchestra meets System of a down. unbelievable: it is really hard to sit still when hearing GASMAC GILMORE’s new album DEAD DONKEY. the band was founded 10 years ago in vienna, austria, and made 4 longplayer. never heard about till stumble upon the new album cover of DEAD DONKEY at laut.de. hm? GASMAC GILMORE – sounds curios i thought. i heard the first beats and it happened. i was hooked. hope to join a gig of GG one day live because this must be an acoustic and at the same time an optical unforgettable adventure – check the videos! pics & videos | GASMAC GILMORE
found this wonderful classic peacoat @ great KURT’S LIFE & faith site. one of my most frequently checked japanese blog sites. the peacoat looks very similar to the common BUZZ RICKSON’S version. i think the only difference make the naval prints on the shoulder but these are really nice. and for sure they make the difference. unfortunately i can’t read japanese so i can’t give you information about UNITED CARR i just know that the jacket is made in japan, made of wool melton (90% wool, 10% nylon). pics | KURT’S LIFE & faith, UNITED CARR
the “common – non japan” version available at buzzricksons.com
yesterday i did my first post about mountain biking in fulda this weekend. my brother in law HANS and me did just a short tour on friday because of really bad weather conditions. today it was a sensation with the weather: blue skies and no rain; a bit stormy near WASSERKUPPE, RHOEN – just perfect. we drove an old train track straight from FULDA to WASSERKUPPE. really amazing: a long tunnel through complete MILSEBURG just for biker with a lot bats. the tour was really hard for me because this was just my fourth MTB tour after getting out the metal of my shoulder this april. so we made 96 km and for me unbelievable 1.800 meters difference in altitude. and now: so tired … pics | LTG
WASSERKUPPE still far far away
fighting
back at my parents home after 96 km
today i did a day off and went to fulda, germany, my city of birth where my parents and my brother live. i met my brother-in-law HANS there to go mountain biking the next three days. today we did our first trip fulda river upwards through the mountains of vogelsberg. it was rainy, cold, muddy but it was so great in the autumn forest! i got some new stuff from ASSOS last week but i did not use it because i was afraid of getting the new stuff too dirty. hm. but what a fun, HANS wore an old school ASSOS RUBY JACKET which back i designed 12 years ago with a big print. nostalgic look but the ASSOS jacket is still working – no wonder, best quality ever in bike clothes. today we did 65 kilometers. it was heavy for me because of the weather conditions and the bad muddy forest ways. running is really another thing. tomorrow we’ll go by MTB from fulda to WASSERKUPPE the highest mountain in RHOEN with 950 meters. i think i will go to bed early this evening. pics | LTG
for the weekend a smooth and soft INDY BOOT in tan suede – awesome. this boot can now be pre-ordered at great LEFFOT, nyc. the boot is featuring trubalance last and a brick micro sole and a guaranteed spectacular look. pics | LEFFOT
damn, it’s getting colder and colder in middle germany. time to get my NC x EB vest out of the cupboard. sold all my other vests to afford this f***ing expensive piece. so just 2 vests are left – the best i ever had: 2 CANADIAN OVERVESTS. the woolen checkerd one isn’t available anymore! i like this. the camo one is actually available @ volls.de. beside you’ll find there a lot of information about the CANADIAN OVERVEST and two colors more. pics | LTG
my son LEVI built me the LEGO CAPTAIN AMERICA and gave it to me as a present yesterday. this was ame a great surprise as a big CAPTAIN AMERICA and MARVEL fan. he built CA for my desktop and it looks really good in front of my iMAC and beside my orange CAMARO. pics | LTG
very nice boot – reduced to the max: VIBERG 1950 SERVICE BOOT in a very nice color, CATS PAW heel and a NEOPRENE NYLON CORD SOLE. i like this combination. i got a brown one too but in a rich chocolate brown with the #4014 VIBRAM cristy sole and a toe cap from volls.de. very nice too. pics | ULTRASOUND BOOTS
today i went to KLAUS @ volls.de just for a visit. but it is always the same on these fridays. after a hard working week, having about one hour to hang around @ volls it is so difficult not to buy something in this relaxed good mood. this day it took the MERZ B SCHWANEN sweater with the eskimo vintage print “ESKIMO QUALITÄT” with me. what a wonderful germany made piece of 100% cotton, rib trinagle insert on front and back and triangle inserts under the sleeve in a clasic greymelange. awesome like all the MERZ B. SCHWANEN stuff. all styles, shirts and long sleeves, are so well done and you feel the love to the product PETER and DIRK take to their collections. pics | LTG
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