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  1. navetsea

    It's about time for a vest thread

    as a stand alone vest, I think it looks a bit too formal, I think something with more rugged material, or with patch pockets or leather pocket welt or shallower V or curved collar looks a bit more fitting as a vest to be worn as is or under workwear type jacket like trucker and field coat or...
  2. navetsea

    How long does it usually take to get a reply from Goodwear Leather ?

    Wow, that's some real faith story... Thanks for sharing Hallelujohn! Praise GWLJ Amen amen
  3. navetsea

    Best Break-In Stories, How Did Your Leather Jacket Age Over Time

    I don't have any saga to tell, just wearing it for morning walk, walking to grocery shopping, I sweat in it a little I clean it, and I got some drizzle while wearing it, and somehow the water stain give it more character, also the brass hardware start growing green patina and some rain dilute...
  4. navetsea

    I'm sending my jacket off to have some work done

    Ok, i mean if you use pitbull image from dog breed cataloque or from vetenarian pictures there must be many un cut pitbull, and from that you can ask someone to paint just its silhouette, and then maybe on an imaginary circle around the silhouette you can add their names maybe only 3 now and you...
  5. navetsea

    I'm sending my jacket off to have some work done

    I rather have a pitbull head sillhouette And then add stripes or the first alphabeth of their name underneath with acrylic or oil paint, i would put these more cartoony patches on the back panel of a trucker denim jacket, or on the crown of a baseball cap, but not on leather jacket. Personally
  7. navetsea

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    Cool rugged oxford^
  8. navetsea

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    Meeting with a family visiting my city, natural vegtan cow with 5yrs old patina
  9. navetsea

    A serious Denim-warning to the youngsters!

    I have 2 type 3 and I have 1 modified type 1 with 2 front pockets I don't need another because I haven't wear then enough to properly fade them btw none of mine are Levi's, I prefer local brands, mega corp like Levi's have their market enough, for the same money I get more in fabrics quality...
  10. navetsea

    the danger of thrifting

    this mega textile and clothing manufacturer in my country closed operation 2 days ago, because our government not seriously protect our local industry from second hand clothing imports from japan, and korea. I never buy levis, I never buy nike, adidas, converse, I dress head to toe in local...
  11. navetsea

    Show your natural leather

    Yes i cut long slightly tapered strip that is long enough to bind around twice, and i cut a small slit to force in a screw/bolt on knob and another small cut to mount on the knob tightly, and then i wet them and shape them, wait overnight to half dry and shape some more, and slick the edges with...
  13. navetsea

    Practical Question - Tan Horsehide for Bike

    just local maker in my country indonesia
  14. navetsea

    Practical Question - Tan Horsehide for Bike

    only sometime, but mostly I got my patina on morning walks, and grocery shopping, sometime it got drizzled and I hanged it outside few days 5 years patina
  15. navetsea

    Leather Jackets, Tattoos and Psychic Armor

    not hating on the tats guys, I'm just too OCD and having too much commitment issue to have it. if I would be in a group perhaps almamater or military or any special order that matters to me that I'm loyal to, I would have the symbol of it on my inner lower arm, where the skin is clearest and I...
  16. navetsea

    Leather Jackets, Tattoos and Psychic Armor

    from illustrator point of view, tattoo is 2D art placed on ever deforming 3D lump , and on a media that is not hi definition and not in archival quality, every line will blur, every color will change or fade, the shape will change along with the growing or shrinking of the lump of flesh, and...
  17. navetsea

    Cracking on boot — issue or no?

    car seat expert can magically seal this type of damage and make the leather car seat function normally being seated for hours, so I think leather cement product can fix this for sure, but the problem is coloring the repaired area to look seamless to the surrounding. you have to color it brown...
  19. navetsea

    What jeans are you wearing today ?

    that is a huge coin pocket, a pack of cigarette or a pack of playing card might fit in it
  20. navetsea

    I wore one jacket for the whole winter!

    in my climate I don't ever need a jacket, but I like to draw jackets and my jackets mere a result to that, honestly few years ago I always wear my jackets daily, but that phase went away, I rarely wear jacket now, I wear vest more than I wear jacket, and one jacket I hang on the back rest of the...
  21. navetsea

    Bill Kelso Wait Times

    has custom outerwear fad reached its saturation point?, seems like last few years we have less and less custom jackets and more and more vintage, I remember few years ago where almost every day people order aero fqhh, and then himel, and japanese makers, and then thedi, or field or even 5*...
  22. navetsea

    Talk me out of buying this Buco?

    too far gone
  23. navetsea

    Mister Freedom Campus Stud mini review

    very contrast in color, I guess they calculate one day the leather would be dark too, but going there takes a while

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