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Another pair of Baltes post WWII German Army boots on Ebay

baltes stiefel - post WWII german army boots for sale

Baltes post WWII German Army boots for sale on Ebay:
Another fine pair of german made rugged boots on sale on Ebay, they age so nicely, and get sold mostly for less then 50 Euros. Size 43 should fit 9 UK / 10 US.

Check the images of my two pair of broken in boots from the same factory:
Vintage German Army boots size 43
Vintage German Army boots size 44

My Camera Collection

Camera CollectionCanon Canonet QL19 G-III QLCanon Canonet QL19 G-III QLLomo Super Sampler blueOlympus XAPanasonic DMC-LS70Olympus 35-DCOlympus 35-DCCanon SX230 4SCanon SX230 4SMinolta X-700Minolta X-700My camera collection:
I really do not collect cameras (as you can see from the dust on some of the cams) but I like some be-cause of their abilities, style and history.

First of all I like analog cameras be-cause they are made to be used and hard to kill! As you can see on pic two, I managed to break another fucking display.

Canon Powershoot SX 230 4S:
My all day companion and used for shooting photos since the Lumix TZ-10 was stolen in Morocco. The indoor and bad light abilities are better than the Lumix TZ-10 but the menus are confusing, the body is plastic and due to statics it´s a dustcatcher (and the display breaks). The next camera will be another metal body camera from the Lumix TZ-X family.

Panasonic DMC-LS70:
A substitute for a stolen camera which we bought in Mexico, crappy body, good optics, can be filled with normal batteries and tough survivor. It traveled with us 6 month to middle and south america. Still used as a backup camera.

Olympus XA:
A Lomo alternative. Some years ago quite cheap but prices are rising. One of the best and most compact cameras of its time. Just point and shoot, battery last for years and it has an integrated lens cover. My most used analog camera, great black and white images.

Canon Canonet QL19 G-IIQL – Olympus 35 DC:
I like them for their mechanics and style. I always wanted to try a rangefinder camera. They do make great images and I would say they are my poor men´s Leicas.

Minolta X-700:
My mother made with another Minolta X-700 most of our childhood photos. I repaired the family camera and bought another to not loose or damage it. I have a variety of lenses for it since they go on ebay for nearly nothing. Great camera. I shoot some of the best black and white portraits with it.

Lomo Super Sampler:
Funcam, it shoots 4 images delayed by 0,5 seconds trough every lens. So the camera of choice if you want to capture moving stuff. Great images with a creative outcome.

Prinz Eisenherz vintage comic book

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I found this nice vintage comic book in an antique shop and I guess I made a little man happy. I like the art/style of the drawings and I hope he will enjoy the stories and won´t use it as a scrapbook.

Happy birthday – be-cause !

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Happy birthday be-cause !
What started last year as a project to collect and record some ideas, photos and stories, has developed a lot. I´m really happy about that year and want to thank especially these persons who mention and inspired me.

Thanks a lot to:

Eric from Life Time Gear
Frank from motArt Journal
Chris form Damn Yak
Simon from After the Denim
Thomas from Denimhunters
Carsten from The Last Don
Craig from Cool your Jets IV
Ryan from Inventory Magazine
Frank from Top Hatter

Super – Mamika Goldberger

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The nephew and successful French photographer Sascha Goldberger wanted to cheer his sad grandma (91 years old) up by taking some bizarre images of her. What started as a small project is now known worldwide and grandma aka. Super Mamika Goldberger is quite star.

Check out her website: Super Mamika Goldberger Website or her facebook site.
Copyright of all images by Sascha and Frederika Goldberger

Vintage German matchsticks

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Found this cool matches / matchsticks today. Must be at least 20 – 30 years old. Full of smart ass phrases, like
“hast du zündhölzer – hast du feuer!”
– you got matches – you got fire!

“wer immer stets vergleiche zieht – im fachgeschäft den vorteil sieht”
– who constantly compares sees the advantages of buying in a specialist store

“der kluge kopf kauft nur im fachgeschäft”
– the smart head buys only in a specialty store.

The phases could not be more relevant than they are today. I guess at the time these matchsticks were produced – Internet was still far away and supermarkets outlet stores and malls were as well not too omnipresent.

Would love to see these matches soon in one of the shops featured on the right side of my website.

Chinese Multipurpose Pocket Knife

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Two years ago I bought these knifes in Thailand in the busy harbor city of Ranong which is very close to Burma. Walking trough the streets I saw this shop selling one of this knifes. I liked the bizarre motives on the knife. Does it mean you can use this knife for: weight lifting, tennis, ping pong, shooting/hunting, …  so a multi sports purpose pocket knife? Or is it a talisman for doing this sports. Since it was Chinese new year the 2nd guess might be more likely. The shop owner could not answer my question, however to get a good good price a took a dozen – they might still wonder what this “falang” (thai for foreigner) is doing with this stuff.

Hawleywood’s Barbershop


Hawleywood’s Barbershop:
I guess if we had a Barbershop like this one, I would start growing my hair again. But most Barbers are like taxi drivers on speed, who ruin your Saturday morning by talking bullshit and asking questions which has been asked by them before. I rather prefer a max. of 3 mm hair and safe the money – be-cause.

Wait! I guess there is a barber around. Eric from Life Time Gear has a friend Olli Wegerich, I guess he would be the guy around Darmstadt to get a haircut.