Eternal 811 - full length pics

Someone was asking for full-length pics of the Eternal 811s. I just gave them a wash, so here are the pics.


I only washed them a couple of times for the first two years, but now the washing is quite regular. No brushing technique. The contrast is pretty high, so washing will tone it down a bit. They just go in the LG front-loader with Omo.

Handstitching Repair of Chainstitch

On the UES blog they've repaired some jeans using the method used to handstitch leather.
It's a nice idea. Handstitching like this is supposedly good construction because there are two threads which alternate side-to-side.

http://ajihei01.blog91.fc2.com/blog-entry-205.html

Enishi Denim: Yoshi(?)

I'd say these are the nicest jeans available in Australia. Enishi. They're available at Aika in Sydney, and Chiodo in Melbourne.


No backpocket rivets.



Very slubby. Nice texture!

Currently discounted at the Aika store.

Leather Materials

Went to Leffler leather to get some things to make a postal bag.

I got a side of beef, a mallet, an awl (has an elliptical cross-section - not sure if this is better, but I thought it might be easier to pierce the leather with), some hole punches, and a buckle for the front strap.

I've done more research online and the proper postal bag construction also has rivets and articulating clips on the shoulder strap. I don't think I'll go to the trouble of re-creating the original. I'll essentially be trying to make a shoulder satchel. Perhaps if this project goes well I will go to the effort of finding all the hardware needed to make a proper US Mail Postal Bag.

The staff at Leffler talked me into getting a thicker/stiffer leather than I first selected. This is vegetable tanned, and I could imagine it being used for the soles of shoes! The theory is that you can always soften the leather up, so don't get something too soft.


Anyway, I'm quite excited to start, perhaps in a couple of weeks I'll start planning out how to cut this.

btw. tools which I haven't got but I think might be handy if I can locate them are: stitching measuring tool which marks out even stitching marks before you use the awl, and a leather clamp to hold things while you sew.

(Note: I know very little about leathercraft, so there's a good chance this project will fail)

Want...

The IWC Ingeneiur REF:3233
Close to perfect mechanical wristwatch.
- in-house movement
- black pie pan dial
- dauphine hands
- Pellaton automatic winding system
- sapphire glass
- sapphire glass back (worth the compromise on the anti-magnetic case)

The only things I would change:

• Make it in stainless instead of platinum, so it's more affordable (though still beyond reach);
• Make more than 500 of them;

http://www.iwc.com

45rpm Sorahiko under the microscope

Looking at the denim with a rather cruddy USB microscope.

Back pocket fading above hidden rivet.

Edge of backpocket.

... stay tuned for more microscopic adventures