“Men wanted for hazardous journey. Low wages, bitter cold, long hours of complete darkness. Safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in event of success.”

— Ernest Shackleton, Antarctic explorer (1874-1922)

(This advertisement was placed in a London newspaper in 1912 and inspired nearly 5,000 replies.) Thank you Jorn for sharing.

A lovely series of pictures of a Porsche factory visit back in the days. Especially love this yellow/orange 911… Shared by A Continuous Lean.

I instantly fell in love with Heritage Research. Hand crafted in England using the finest British and Japanese fabrics they’re reviving tailoring traditions and with the addition of Swiss RiRi zips, horn buttons and leather binding they make each piece entirely functional yet distinctive. Above the Union naval officers jacket worn aboard the first ironclad warships used during the American Civil War. The jacket is made from a rich navy Irish Linen and fully lined with English Cambric cotton. It features a slim fitted silhouette with a scooped hem and authentic detailing including a fluted Bluff pocket with invisible stitching, shank cuffs, cowl collar with fastening loop, horn buttons and a single centre vent. Love it!

Slazenger Heritage is going to re-launched an Autumn Winter collection exclusively at Urban Outfitters. Slazenger was founded in 1881 by the two brothers Ralph and Albert Slazenger but the roots of the brand are from much earlier (around 1810, which makes it one of the oldest surviving sport brands…) It’s good to see these classics survive and revive their rich history.

Together with Red Wing, Olaf Tamm published a new book: “Wall of Death – Theatre of Motorcycling”. It is a tribute to these reckless motorbike-riders who perform their acrobatic art since almost a century. The drivers speed through vertical walls of a gigantic wooden drum, showing their repertoire of insane stunts on souped-up, museum-worthy Indian Scout motorbikes dating from the 1920s. The air vibrates from the roaring engines and the scent of oil and gasoline hangs in the wooden barrel that trembles and creaks with the beat of the engine’s staccato.
It took the photographer three years to travel through the whole of Europe and chase extraordinary pictures and exciting stories for his new project.

This beautiful hardcover book with more than 100 coloured pictures on 132 pages plus dvd (with the b/w short film „MOTODROM“ by Joerg Wagner) is now available at Tenue de Nîmes and online at Anothershop.

One of these evenings browsing thru the Life Archives, searching on random words for inspiration, I came across this image. It’s a cotton mill where the cotton is being prepared for weaving. Shot by Nat Farbman in Shaw, United Kingdom. What a beautiful picture!

My find of today: A rare vintage Montblanc dark chocolate brown Saffiano leather wallet from the late 30s. Specially made for the Montblanc Meisterstuck 146… Lovely!

Fred Bschaden from Treibstoff, the german agent for Filson, Red Wing Shoes, Nigel Cabourn a.o. shared a series of images with us from his Filson factory visit last year… And of course, we are more than happy to share it with the rest of the world. More images after the click >
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The Selvedge Yard shared a beautiful collection of images by writer and photographer Danny Lyon from 3 of his books: The Bikeriders, The Destruction of Lower Manhattan and Conversations with the Dead (Just bought it! happy to find a quite affordable one, since it’s very expensive and hard to find). A beautiful time capsule of the iconic 1960s & 70s of America…

Sang Blue shared some beautiful photographs of the Blue Rebel Motorcycle Club in California, 1965 by Bill Ray. Visit the Sang Blue blog for more images…

Too bad they’re not for sale, but this is a very nice collection of vintage military watches. But see it as a good inspiration for purchase… Check Hyunsuk.

“Time is one of the few things that man cannot influence. It gives each of us a beginning and an end. And this makes us question how we use what comes between. We all have a desire to make something that will show we were here and did something of value. To create something timeless.” — Prof. Dr. F. Porsche
Via SeaVees

My love for archives: I can spend endless days browsing trough the Google Life archives… Above Lucy B. Johnson with Secret Service agent in her Corvette Sting Ray.