Heavyweight Denim Championships 2013-2015 - Official Thread

[Giles]

Getting a taxi to pick you up from Heathrow is about GBP80 each way.  Share that between a few of you and it becomes far more acceptable…..

[jimmyc]

The Official
Heavyweight Denim Championships 2013 - 2015
T-shirts
are now ready for PRE-Order

You will be able to order shirts until February 22nd 2013.
All orders will ship by February 28th 2013.

CLICK HERE –>http://www.jimmycrow.com/hwdc_2/hdc-shirts2.html

[bagley920]

What color is the actual shirt? Grey like it looks above or white?

[wunnaz]

Only one color?
material and measurements of 6.1 oz are same as Hane's Beefy shirt's ???

[bubbapest]

cant wait for shirt
or for jeans

[jimmyc]

Shirts are natural cotton color.
They are the same measurements as Hanes Beefy T's but will not shrink
Like the Hanes Beefy T, ring spun cotton shirts.

[michelsuhendra]

the measurement for XXL size are missing

[summ3rhays]

Sweet.  Preordered Tshirt.  Preordered jeans.  I'm all set for 2013.

[Jordan23]

Preorder for shirt done!

[Megatron1505]

Official HWDC belt, hand made from finest English Bridle leather in London with a chunky brass buckle. Interested?

[Finn666]

terry dear?…

[Megatron1505]

Nein 

[Finn666]

too bad

[Megatron1505]

Only if you have a limited knowledge of english hand produced leather goods 

[Finn666]

could be the case you not gonna tell us more, won't ya?…

[Megatron1505]

Soon…...

[Finn666]

ok, I'll keep my eyes and ears open mate!

[Megatron1505]

Bridle Leather

Bridle Leather refers to the way that a piece of leather (cow hide) is finished at the tannery. Bridle leather has both the Flesh and Grain side of the leather stuffed with greases and finised with wax. This is generally a labour intensive process, thus expensive! Only the best grades of leather are treated like this, it would be uneconomic to treat poor quality leather in this way.

The purpose of bridle leather is threefold;

Its expected to look good. That is, it must have good depth of colour and be attractive to look at, it must age well and it must not have natural imperfections that weaken the leather.

It is expected to be smoth, comfortable and flexible to handle. It is designed for use in bridles, so must be comfortable for a horse to wear next to the skin. Therefore the treatment of the flesh side is as important as the grain side as the flesh side is typically worn next to the horses skin and must be smooth.

It is epected to be both strong and durable. The riders life literally depends on bridle leather not failing unexpectedly. Its is subjected to quite high loads, and must tolerate this time after time.An item of saddlery is typically expected to last for 10 or more years of use, so not only must the leather be strong, but it must survive poor weather, dirt, everything being in contact a horse throws at it for many years.

All in all, bridle leather is pretty amazing stuff. We use it as it is simply the best leather available for our purposes. It is pleasant to work with and produces a beautiful product. Once it leaves us we know that it will mature well for our customers and become a trusted old favorite, becoming both more beautiful, characterful and tactile as it ages. There arent many products produced now that get better with age, but good bridle leather is certainly one of them.

[emceeQ]

Equus?  Only english belt maker I'm familiar with.  Love my bridle belt by them though…

Regardless, my interest is highly piqued...

[Megatron1505]

The maker would be Crispin Bending, of Camden Lock, London.