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No. 37: The Explorer - Packing Video
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Making Leather Balm
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Making my own traditional leather balm - great stuff for nourishing all you gear.
Available here: https://new-utility.co.uk/products/traditional-leather-balm-home-made-100-natural-leather-conditioner-with-natural-beeswax-and-coconut-oil
Metropolitan Leather - Chestnut Lyveden Unboxing
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1952 British Army Denim Battledress Blouse
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The DNA of the humble battledress blouse can clearly be seen in post-war casual and work jackets - most famously in civilian versions of the American "Ike" jacket. I've always loved the look of them, so much so that I made a civilianised one from some left over denim and canvas. I'd love to know what folks think. If you like them I might go on to sell them here. The blouse began life when, looking for a replacement for WW1 era Service Dress (SD) more suited to modern combat operations, the British War Department settled on Battledress in 1937. Much...
Cocktail Hour - The Kentucky Mule
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It's Saturday, so that, for me means a cocktail or two. Especially as COVID means staying in is very much the new going out.
Apparently you can use bourbon to stain leather... sounds like a waist of bourbon to to me..
Anyway, here's one of my favourites.