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Cheese makes a new Battle-Vest

ButtercheeseButtercheese Member Posts: 3,766
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.... or a Butter-Vest, if you will.
Haha, get it.

Right. Incredibly clever puns aside, a lot of you guys who have known me here for a while, are aware that aside from just being a hugeass nerd with an amazing sense of humor, I am also what the "cool kids" call a metalhead.

No, that doesn't mean my skull has metal plating, that I have gold teeth or that I have quicksilver poisoning, it means that I am one of those weirdos who wears black clothes and listens to music that is about worshipping Santa. Or was it Satan? One of those.

So, now to the title of this thread. Most of you probably wonder what the HECK a gorram battle-vest is. Well, good lads and lasses, let me tell you. A battle-vest - also known as cut-off, or where I come from, a "Kutte" - is a piece of clothing, usually a vest (who'd have guessed?!) that has all sorts of stuff attached to it, usually patches with band logos, buttons and metal studs. It is meant to give other people a first indicator of what your general tastes in music, political believes, what bands you have seen live and/or whatever else you'd like. Think about it as "tattooing" a piece of clothing. The stuff on a battle-vest is a representation and/or extention of it's wearer.

And I am now making myself one of those.

I already had one of those as a teenager, but it had barely anything on it and sadly I had grown out of it within a year or so and afterwards I didn't bother to make a new one. Instead I'd put my patches and buttons on my bag and my parka. Especially in the past two years a lot has changed in my life. I moved to a different town, found new friends, developed a lot as a person. And I feel that this new me should get a battle-vest again.

And I wanna share with you guys my progress.

At first I figured it would make more sense to find myself another forum that specialises more on metal and stuff, but honestly, I like this forum and I like you guys and I don't wanna post about this anywhere else. So I decided to post this here after all. And hey, I promise you it won't all just be metal .... cause my vest is gonna include my love for gaming and arting as well! So strap in, we are going for a ride, bois!

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Long speech, short sense, let's get to it!

First, see my vest, no patches or nothing attached yet:


I bought it off Ebay in November or so and sadly it didn't fit as well as I hoped, so I decided to open up the side seams and add a lacing. Usually it shouldn't matter, since most people (especially women, because boobs often don't fit inside standard male cut denim vests) wear their battle-vest open at all times, but I wanted to keep the option to wear it closed. Simply so that I can wear it with a blouse if I want and not just in combination with a bandshirt or something.

Here's a photo of what it looks like when currently worn:
(Sorry for the top down angle, I don't own a selfie stick and my arms are not that long.)


I already have some of the patches that I am most likely gonna put on the vest, here are the ones that I had ready at hand right now (aka laying on my desk and I didn't need to go rummaging through my stuff for):

The top right one translates to "Keep your environment clean."

Sadly some of the bands/acts I like either don't have patches or I can't get them shipped over here to Germany, because international shipping can be a bitch :) I am gonna make some of my own patches for those. Already bought all the stuff I need, but I don't own a printer and I keep forgetting to take my flashdrive with the embroidery patterns with me to have them printed at a copyshop. Some other patches I still need to buy and some others I already ordered online but am still waiting to be delivered.

I am not gonna tell you what those missing patches are, I guess you guys are gonna have to wait and see me post more photos in the future ;D
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  • sarevok57sarevok57 Member Posts: 6,002
    love the Asterix and Obelix :)
  • tbone1tbone1 Member Posts: 1,985
    Dropkick Murphys? You are way too cool.
  • ArdanisArdanis Member Posts: 1,736
    I'm more of a trance/disco fan, but I do listen to Sabaton quite a lot.

    Here's a photo of what it looks like when currently worn:

    Looks like a pirate.
  • FinneousPJFinneousPJ Member Posts: 6,455
    Pretty cool!

    I do hope you have seen these bands. Otherwise it's quite poser-ish :p
  • FinneousPJFinneousPJ Member Posts: 6,455
    Wow, you took that comment hard.
  • ButtercheeseButtercheese Member Posts: 3,766
    I just had this very discussion a bunch of times already and I think the "all vests must be trophy-vests" rule is absolutely stupid. I also enjoy elaborately explaining my standpoint, so.
  • FinneousPJFinneousPJ Member Posts: 6,455
    It's a good thing you edited that ;)
  • ButtercheeseButtercheese Member Posts: 3,766
    edited January 2018
    Edited what? I just fixed some typos.
  • FinneousPJFinneousPJ Member Posts: 6,455
    I'm just having a laugh because you're so serious. Stereotypical German, eh?
  • DoubledimasDoubledimas Member, Mobile Tester Posts: 1,286
    I've thought about making one myself multiple times. But in the end decided against it. But more power to you for crafting one. Especially one with Asterix & Obelix :smile:
  • RaduzielRaduziel Member Posts: 4,714
    I'm thinking about making one too, but only with the best from Brazil like Molejo, Katinguelê, Jeito Moleke, Sorriso Maroto, Os Morenos, Os Travessos, Raça Negra, Só Para Contrariar and things on this line.

    By the way, I strongly recommend that you guys google those names and listen to their songs.

    @DJKajuru and @mlnevese certainly will back up my opinion.
  • ButtercheeseButtercheese Member Posts: 3,766
    All hail Skatan! Let me get the goat for the sacrifice ....
  • tbone1tbone1 Member Posts: 1,985
    Buttercheese said:

    All hail Skatan! Let me get the goat for the sacrifice ....

    Animal sacrifice? I don't know about that, it might lead to dancing.


  • JoenSoJoenSo Member Posts: 910
    I'd love to have a Sappho t-shirt, but alas, I've never heard her recite her poetry live and I don't want people to think I'm a poser.

    Seriously though, it looks like this vest is going to be awesome! A very nice mix of patches!
  • ButtercheeseButtercheese Member Posts: 3,766
    And that is why the rule sucks. So many great artists of the past are simply not around anymore.
    Doesn't mean you shouldn't be allowed to show the world that you love them.


    So I was wondering: I am gonna go to a birthday party on saturday and I wanna "debut" my vest there. But I know for a fact that my backpatch won't arrive in time. Should I just leave that space free then? Feels like it might look too naked ... any ideas?
  • ThacoBellThacoBell Member Posts: 12,235
    Leave the space for the backpatch, its already planned anyway. That way, everyone can see roughly how much more awesome is to come.
  • ButtercheeseButtercheese Member Posts: 3,766
    edited January 2018
    An update. Pinned all the patches I currently have at hand in place to test the layout.
    Sadly I wasn't able to find the Ensiferum patch my friend had given me :'(
    I also wasn't able to find my box of pyramid studs that I've been saving, I wonder what happened to them.


    Speaking of studs, I'd love to put a line of studs along the collar (or maybe just on one side and move the Dio patch somewhere else), but I am not sure if I'd run the risk of regularly getting my long hair stuck in them ._.
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  • DJKajuruDJKajuru Member Posts: 3,300
    Raduziel said:

    I'm thinking about making one too, but only with the best from Brazil like Molejo, Katinguelê, Jeito Moleke, Sorriso Maroto, Os Morenos, Os Travessos, Raça Negra, Só Para Contrariar and things on this line.

    By the way, I strongly recommend that you guys google those names and listen to their songs.

    @DJKajuru and @mlnevese certainly will back up my opinion.

    Hahah!
    Seriously, I'd wear'em!
  • ButtercheeseButtercheese Member Posts: 3,766
  • ButtercheeseButtercheese Member Posts: 3,766
    Ordered eight more patches.
    Three decorative ones and four nerd ones.
    Also one that represents my job.

    F***, that vest is gonna be so full.
  • Dev6Dev6 Member Posts: 721
    That's a pretty nice vest. I specially enjoy the random Asterix & Obelix patch lol. :)
    Raduziel said:

    I'm thinking about making one too, but only with the best from Brazil like Molejo, Katinguelê, Jeito Moleke, Sorriso Maroto, Os Morenos, Os Travessos, Raça Negra, Só Para Contrariar and things on this line.

    By the way, I strongly recommend that you guys google those names and listen to their songs.

    @DJKajuru and @mlnevese certainly will back up my opinion.

    Mamonas Assassinas caralho! hueuheuhehue
  • FinneousPJFinneousPJ Member Posts: 6,455
    That's very nice. Just try and dodge the copyright claims!
  • deltagodeltago Member Posts: 7,811
    There won't be any. She isn't selling them.
  • NimranNimran Member Posts: 4,875
    Looks just like the actual logo, if my memory doesn’t fail me. Thumbs up!
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