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Feel free to buy this one of a kind vintage shaker for me as a...

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:33:00 +0200

Feel free to buy this one of a kind vintage shaker for me as a Christmas gift.

(via Foundwell Tells You How Cocktail Shaker | MR PORTER)

Cadaques

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 22:54:32 +0300

Cadaques

Vass navy double monks. All mine. (Taken with instagram)

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:01:22 +0300

Vass navy double monks. All mine. (Taken with instagram)

Happy Birthday to me. 1950 Omega. Simply perfect.

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:34:02 +0300

Happy Birthday to me. 1950 Omega. Simply perfect.

Huttu Ulla, Pyhä.

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 13:35:17 +0300

Huttu Ulla, Pyhä.

My 40th birthday present from Marjo and clan: custom hand-made...

Sat, 17 Mar 2012 00:52:00 +0200

My 40th birthday present from Marjo and clan: custom hand-made double monks in navy boxcalf from Laszlo Vass. Beauties.

Gitman Vintage Khaki via Trés Bien eBay… trés bien pour...

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 22:28:06 +0200

Gitman Vintage Khaki via Trés Bien eBay… trés bien pour moi!

tresbienshop: Get the chance to win a €400 bag from...

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:46:47 +0200

tresbienshop:

Get the chance to win a €400 bag from Mismo!

We’re premiering our brand new Tumblr page with the chance for you to win a canvas bag from Mismo.

Here are the steps to enter the competition:

1. Follow us on Tumblr
2. Like or reblog this post
3. Done!

We’ll announce the lucky winner here on Tumblr in a week or so, so stay tuned!

New Balance X Mita 581 Trainer at oki-ni

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:31:28 +0200

New Balance X Mita 581 Trainer at oki-ni

onedocumentedobsession: Anatomy of a Dopp Kit

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:05:00 +0200

onedocumentedobsession:

Anatomy of a Dopp Kit

gq: The Most Perfect Geek Photo Ever of The Day [via...

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:08:30 +0200

gq:

The Most Perfect Geek Photo Ever of The Day

[via Tor.com]

Pure awesome

Einstök Akureyri micro-brew

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:25:22 +0200

Einstök Akureyri micro-brew

free-man: Noted: Tender Double Cuff - Speaking to William of...

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 01:27:04 +0200

free-man:

Noted: Tender Double Cuff - Speaking to William of Tender Co.

letitselfgo: ” R&BLUES ORIGINAL WINTER DOWN JACKET “ From...

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 10:31:48 +0200

letitselfgo:

” R&BLUES ORIGINAL WINTER DOWN JACKET “

From HIRO.Y

Nice winter option

putthison: Donegal Tweed at Molloy & Sons I just got back...

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:33:16 +0200

putthison:

Donegal Tweed at Molloy & Sons

I just got back from a visit to the UK and Ireland, and one of the highlights was a sidetrip to Donegal, and the two-man woolen mill operated by Sean Molloy and his son Kieran.

Donegal’s in the northwest corner of the Emerald Isle, and it’s known for its distinctive tweed. Donegal tweed is easy to pick out from other styles - its hallmark is the nubby flecks of color in the weave. Fabrics that may look like one color on the surface reveal a rainbow when you get in closer. It’s a look that’s been sought after for a couple hundred years now.

Sean and Kieran come from generations of weavers. Sean’s father, John, founded a woolen mill in the mid-20th century, but over the years that mill has gone from making tweed to making knits almost exclusively.

A couple of years ago, Kieran brought an industrial design degree back home, and he and his father decided to take the tweed-making equipment out of mothballs and start up a tiny artisinal weaving company. They called it Molloy & Sons.

The Molloy archive of patterns stretches back into the 60s, and the pattern has to be transformed from a swatch on the page into a pallette and a set of instructions.

The process of making tweed starts with dyed wool. It’s processed into yarn in Donegal, according to the Molloy’s specifications.

Then, that yarn is taken from its spools to a huge de-spooling machine, which sets it up to be woven. (All of these machines, by the way, are forty-plus years old.) When I was there, they were working on a fabric with a pretty simple color scheme (for a company whose name rhymes with “day shoe”), but for more colorful fabrics, every color has to be in exactly the right place.

Once the yarn’s unspooled, the Molloys program the weaving pattern into the big mechanical loom. Believe it or not, they do it with punchcards.

The long threads that go through the machine are called the warp. The machine’s job is to lift these up and down while shuttling through the weft yarn, which weaves over and under, back and forth, so fast you it doesn’t even show up in video.

The flecks, which you can see even in this black-and-white pattern, come from wool that’s been washed and felted before it’s spun into yarn. Because little bits of color are felted and don’t stretch out, they just glob onto the yarn like bubble gum on a piano string.

The flecks are a built in defect, in a way. Because they’re so unpredictable, the machine runs at a quarter the speed it would if it were weaving a plain worsted wool, like you might see in a suit at Macy’s. Sean and Kieran have to keep a constant eye on things, tending to these imperfections as they come along.

Once the fabric comes out of the machine, they load it onto a huge roller, and run it through to check for problems. Their goal is to make a product that’s perfectly imperfect.

Weaving used to be one of Donegal’s largest industries, but today it’s almost gone. Unlike Harris & Lewis, where Harris Tweed is made, there are no trade protections for Donegal Tweed. Anyone can call anything “Donegal Tweed.” If you see a tweed in the store in a Donegal style, it was most likely woven on the cheap in China or Italy.

When Sean and Kieran started making tweed again, there was only one tweed mill left in Donegal. Their factory, if you can call it that, sits just a few steps from the house where Kieran grew up… and where his father Sean was raised. Something like half a dozen generations of weavers have lived there, in fact.

These guys aren’t quaint, and they’re not museum pieces for tourists to gawk at. They’re two sharp businessmen determined to develop a craft that has helped define who they were, who their families were, and what their home is. I think that’s pretty spectacular.

Future closet

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 17:02:02 +0200

Future closet

anchordivision: Timex Intelligent Quartz Flyback...

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:38:23 +0300

anchordivision:

Timex Intelligent Quartz Flyback Chronograph

“The new Flyback ‘Intelligent Quartz’ chronograph is surely one of Timex’s finest creations to date. The racing-inspired piece is part of the new Intelligent Quartz collection and includes four independently powered hands, while pairing the brand’s more technological design methods and standard features seen in most of their pieces. The black face and contrasting light brown accents make this watch a sleek addition to any wardrobe. The watch comes in at an affordable price of only $150 USD.”

Source: Hypebeast

Library of Bar and Books Prague Navigating a New World by Lloyd...

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:22:24 +0300

Library of Bar and Books Prague Navigating a New World by Lloyd Axworthy

(via Oxhorn Traditional Shoe Horn made in UK by Abberyhorn on...

Sat, 28 May 2011 17:46:19 +0300

(via Oxhorn Traditional Shoe Horn made in UK by Abberyhorn on eBay)

(via Tricker`s Bourton Dainite) Nix the Stow, incomes the...

Tue, 10 May 2011 11:10:10 +0300

(via Tricker`s Bourton Dainite)

Nix the Stow, incomes the Bourton. My new Tricker’s Bourton in Antique Acorn on Dainite sole, from Pediwear.