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Shear Joy

October 13, 2009

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Another pair of vintage shears we dearly love and heavily use is a steel blade and iron handle Heinisch. We keep it sharp for daily cutting of heavy denim and leather. The differences between the Heinisch and the steel vintage Wilkinson shears we use intensively seem subtle but are very distinct to the user. The [...]

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Caring About Shearing

October 7, 2009

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Keep Your Pants On

September 30, 2009

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Variety is the spice of life. Take your pick of suspenders, belt, or solo cinch back when wearing your Rising Sun Blacksmith jeans. It comes fully equipped with donut hole suspender buttons, belt loops made on our single needle black head Singer, and a fully lined cinch back. Back in the days young’uns would cut [...]

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A Stitch in Time

September 23, 2009

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Each stitch on a pair of Rising Sun Blacksmith jeans is at once meticulously researched and totally unpredictable before sewing. Everything from the stitches per inch to the sewing sequence are crucial to creating garments that invoke nostalgia and vintage workwear designs. Despite this careful thought process the stitches on each pair are unique due [...]

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Vest Assured

September 10, 2009

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The Rising Sun Outdoor Vest takes influence from vintage hunting and fishing gear. One of our obsessions is fly fishing, a sport that is every bit as nuanced as crafting garments out of indigo cloth. When Mike designed the Rising Sun Outdoor Vest his passion for fly fishing influenced some of the details. As he [...]

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Dry Lake Racing Style: Jump Boots and Rising Sun Yukon Jeans

August 22, 2009

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In case we did not emphasize enough how great vintage boots go with our painstakingly crafted jeans here is more evidence. Our good friend Frank Barone likes to show off his 1940s WWII Paratrooper Jump Boots worn with Rising Sun Yukon jeans in his prized Ford Model AV8 hot rod. When he throws on his [...]

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These Boots Were Made for Working

August 18, 2009

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Vintage boots are perfect complements to Rising Sun jeans made with period-correct needlework. One of Mike’s favorite boots is his 30s/40s horsehide, lace-to-toe Red Wing boots. It features the original Durkee-Atwood Dupont cork soles. The needle loomed Red Wing label is in a not-too-common dark navy color. Its red heel logo plugs have minimal wear [...]

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Aviators Under the Radar

August 17, 2009

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Mike told a great story today about his score at a Long Beach, CA swap meet that took place this past weekend. To tell it in his own words: We all know the feeling of going to a swap meet or flee market and having high hopes of finding a treasure that the other person [...]

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