Silly topic, but I'm pretty bored today :D
Mine used to smell pretty horrific. Would never consider washing it, mainly because I dyed the fabric black, which I'm sure would then run into the patches and spoil them. But after some of my friends kept on commenting on the aroma, I cut off a chunk off the armpits, and since then the smell has been much reduced! Still a bit whiffy, as you'd expect, but no longer putrid :p
So yeah, how stinky is yours? Are you one of those people that commits the sin of putting their kutte in the washing machine, or does yours have years of sweat and festival dirt festering in the fabric?
Tankard Emptyer on
Mine doesn't stink, though I wear it every day.
From time to time I wipe the table in a bar with it (mainy, when my friends spill their drinks) and than I have a good alcoholic aroma for some days, but it fades quickly.
Marci on
+1 except for the erryday part
VoodooChild on
not
Bayernpirat on
not really but I think there´s enough salt in it of my sweat to brew a good soup
MasterDeath on
Mine only holds the smell of alcohol but it doesn't smell bad, it contains blood stains too but I can't wash the jacket because it has signatures on the inner side. I'll never wash my jacket, only rainy day can contribute in cleaning of it.
gizter on
mine does not smell, but its only around half a year old.
i am not against washing it but its kind of the same like jackets, and i have never washed a jacket in my entire life. so that wont happen fast.
like StereoDeth said, i would consider something like showering with it, espesialy if it would be covered in mud and other shit and you would barely even be able to see the patches anymore (instead of walking around in the rain with the hope to get rid of the dirt).
MasterDeath on
I didn't meant to clean it by " walking around in the rain ", my jacket has long sleeves, so I mostly wear it in the colder days which include rain and snow, but when I wear it in the summer , dirt just dries and I can easily scratch the stains off, spit is also useful if necessary.
gizter on
your coment wasn't even there when i wrote mine, quite a coincidence.
MasterDeath on
haha, quite a coincidence indeed
nightslasher26 on
Actually,mine smells heavenly! I just spray some perfume...
vomitoxic on
Mine kutte's dont smell that badly.
Almost everyday use and around sweat, alcohol filled, smoking people and well of course the get some smell's but not that badly.
After some trips when they have stunk, I just usually hang them to my balcony and let them fresh up for day or two.
On the other hand. I think they should stink and if my kutte smells like booze and weed. It doesn't matter and I kinda like it :D
VisualAggression on
Not too bad, imagineing there are probably 100 liters of beer spillt over .
necrodonkey on
Not bad at all surprisingly, that will probably change in the summer though haha
Johnny-Eyeball on
For some odd reason, my kutte has the aroma of woman's perfume. No one I live with even wears perfume, and I certainly don't, so...
Speed or Bleed on
Not that Bad but when its turned wet from
Rain or Beer it Release some
Evil stench, , no Wonder my Kutte Pans all sorts of Alkohol, blood and Bit of puke over the years ;)
Paprika Jancsi on
Smells the same as my anal vapor, namely sweet roses and rainbows.
Johnny-Eyeball on
Anal Vapor has to be a death metal band. Somewhere.
Heinz on
It's what comes from the Anal Cunt.
bls-georg-pantera on
for some reason my grey jacket which i wear alot doesn't smell at all... (i guess?)
my crustpunk jacket on the other hand smells like the dogs from my local squat hahaha
and my other jacket which is ripped apart smelled almost the same as my old shoes...which is very bad hahahaha
gizter on
my dog smells like popcorn, i hope for you the ones at your local squat do too. but i highly doubt that.
as one of the few chinese people here, i feel i should make a joke about chinese people and dog eating lol.
gizter on
please do that.
Croby on
it stinks gooooooooooooooood! :P
finlandiavodka on
lika an ashtray at the moment!
DeathRipper on
StereoDeth has the right idea.
Doctor Butcher on
i wash mine every now and then the neck gets dirty and i cant stand it (nor do i want to cut it off) so i wash it whenever i feel its dirty so the answer is, it just smells like cologne :b
lak89 on
Mine smells ok, I only wear it to shows so it has only been worn ~15 times or so, usually after the gig it will smell like smoke because of people smoking around me. The next day I'll hang it out in the sun and after that it smells fine again, it's a very neutral smell.
never smoked weed in it, i see. ;)
lak89 on
nope not into it :p
BlackMetalRights on
Mine smells like nothing
Then again, I never wear it anymore
use febreeze. and hang it in the sun. but i DO wash mine, sosueme.
kertalaaki on
Mine, it smells like.... Victory!
MasterDeath on
haha I love that smell.. Especially in the morning
Extremeaggression on
well i know the "rule" not to wash a battlevest! I swear the best solution for a vest with a smell of your own puke is givin it a beer like tankardemptyer also does! Really the best solution!
hammer slammer on
Mine just smells of weed. It's had beer and blood and shit (figuratively) in it but weirdly enough it only seems to pick up the smell of dope...
motorchain on
I know that feel bro haha mine smells like weed and I do not smoke anymore since last year and now I get nervous when i am wearing my black vest and theres a police officer with a trained dog around hahaha
COTHRASHER on
my vest doesn't smell too bad but my crust pants smell... well, crusty
Hárbarðr on
Not bad at all, whenever it gets smelly i hang it outside for the entire night, and the next day it smells just fine.
Hárbarðr on
Nine years later: it was rebuilt with an even older vest, but in far better shape, so it still doesn't smell haha.
Hypercube on
Putting it in the freezer (I'd put it in a plastic bag first) will kill the smell, or so I heard. I did this to my shoes once they started to reek like death and it worked fine.
gizter on
i've replaced all patches (except the backpatches) the last fiew days. it smells like mint now.
micHELLe on
Not much, it was pretty dirty until i jumped into a chlorine pool with it on, then it was painfully bright shiny clean hahahaha Its been a while since the incident so its all good now, dirty & burnt BUT not very stinky lol
gambinaviina on
Sometimes mine kutte smells like alcohol after the gigs.
It has a small puke stain next to the backpatch
BeefCakeAssThrash on
I wouldn't exactly say mine smells "bad" if you enjoy the smell of beer, cigarettes and a hint of puke. the armpits just smell awful tho.
SAATANANVITTU forgot her kutte at my place. I've been sleeping with it, so now it smells like me... which is also horrid
Zek on
I love the smell of my kutte in the morning, smells like victory
gizter on
does it smell like napalm?
Zek on
Yeah a bit, but mostly beers :) But I can't stand when it stinks too much, I just febreze it.
Daniel Sodomaniac on
Haha nice topic yeah!
Had mine since `95 so it has seen some action so it is quite roughed up and when it gets wet the poisonous fumes rise HAHAHA!!
Cheers from Sweden.
Queen Catsie on
Mine's disgusting. I try to baptize it with gig beer whenever possible because I actually like the lingering beer/weed/sweat smell it has after gigs, but usually it just smells like five years worth of sweat and three years worth of cheap cigarettes. I may have puked on it a couple times as well.
kaspersoldal on
Bought it used in 2013 (lus minus a few years) and still haven't washed it. The smell is so horrible I've actually managed to make one person gag, albeit the booze probably wasn't helping her. Nothing funnier than watching some upper class twat being surrounded by stinking metalheads on their way home from a festival.
Tankard Emptyer on
I don't wear it everyday anymore, it mostly smells from cold smoke.
Heinz on
My jacket still has the sleeves, but I'm still resolved not to wash it. It really ain't bad at all so far. If it got rank, I'd probably hang it outside for a few days and see what that does.
DevilzForce on
I wash every once in a while !!
Some of you guys are fucking nasty (and single).
Mine smells of cigarsmoke consistently, but running around smelling like a hobo's insides making people gag is just nasty.
kaspersoldal on
You say nasty like that's a bad thing.
DevilzForce on
Yep... first off: FUCK RULES. How bad a vest stinks does not determine how "metal" you are. EVER. You wanna smell like a homeless guy, that's cool, but don't expect others to do the same or make it into a "rule". Shit like this is cringeworthy and laughable to me.
Nuclear Bear on
Completely agreed with you DevilzForce.
kaspersoldal on
Nah I mean if it goes to the level of being able to make normal people gag (normal in this case meaning people who aren't total snobs) then you should probably put it in the freezer or hang it outside. There's no harm in it having a tiny hint of beer and weed though but that's just my preference.
WarAndPain on
Wait, will putting it in the freezer work well? Mine's been covered in other people's sweat at gigs a few too many times, it's getting kinda unpleasant now D:
Corvus Corax on
It's possible. Now that we're heading into winter, you could hang it outside at night, that could work just-as-well. It may save your 'fridge from smelling. ;)
Into Glory Ride on
Yes.
AbysmalWind on
For crying out loud, first sensible comment on the whole thread (I'm going to pretend I haven't read a bunch of grown-ups brag about how much their jacket stinks); walking around in a garment which reeks like crazy won't have anyone promoted to the "metalheads Valhalla". And they'll still wonder why they're single omg
Odradek on
Username doesn't check out.
AbysmalWind on
What
Odradek on
Your username does not reflect your views on the topic ;)
AbysmalWind on
Yeah, neither does my bank account. Fortunately, it's just a username
Into Glory Ride on
"neither does my bank account"
Hahaha! Perfect.
Corvus Corax on
Mine smells like me. Ha ha.
DarkValkyrieofDeath on
mine doesnt smell like anything even tho ive had it since 2012, maybe i just dont wear it enough
thumbtackjack on
my vest smells like a combination of deodorant, bubblegum, and mildew. Not sure how to get rid of the mildew smell but I think i prefer that over a sweat smell
Thiellus on
HYPERCUBE has the right idea. Anytime your clothes have an undesirable stench, simply toss the piece into a plastic bag and throw it in the freezer for 24-48 hours (dependent on how sever the odor is). Kills every smell and no work/cleaning necessary.
Btw this thread is fantastic... thank you to original poster.
bad_american1992 on
I remember getting a Levi's denim jacket from my friend when I was in highschool, I don't know what was wrong with this thing but it stank to high heaven. His parents were alcoholics or something and never cleaned anything and this jacket was no exception. It smelled so bad that even after sending it through the washer, the washing machine smelled like butthole for 2 or 3 loads afterwards. Truly a pungent stench.
Also had a black denim jacket that smelled like seaweed for no clear reason.
Cosmoblaze on
Like weed...
BloodFireDeath on
Haven't washed mine in over a year. I think it mostly just smells like old cloth and cardboard, kind of like a thrift store. People at my school have said it smells like ketchup and cigarettes.
adamhorrorfan1991 on
I'm starting a battle jacket of my own. I will avoid wearing mine too often though. It will be delicate to clean I assume. Perhaps the collar and arm pit areas.
Uli on
Funny cause I get alot of shit for it but I wash my vest at least once every few months, even then I'm super careful, put it on delicate and put it inside out to protect the patches, never had anything get damaged or such so I think its ok
UltimateUnholyDeath on
I've heard a good method for cleaning them is just to soak in water with dish washing detergent (you can get nice flowery smelling ones in the true heavy metal tradition) so you don't put any strain on your sewing - anyone recommend this method?
Influx on
Never done the dish detergent but a gentle warm soak has kept the smell of mine away!
Freyjawulf on
Soooo all three of my sleeveless denim jackets have grown a layer of white mould! So now they all stink of vinegar from where I've been attacking the mould.
Queen Catsie on
Not quite ripe, but getting there. About three years ago it started growing mold and none of the usual tricks worked so I had to scrub it down (by hand, I'm not entirely depraved). It was way worse back then, now it's a faint whiff of dirty laundry and ciggies.
Influx on
Okay its official since last post on the 14th...its officially smelling like beer now. I didn't realize it at the time because I hadn't worn it since the show just took it out today. Yup, beer
Miss Maartje Mayhem on
smells like napalm in the morning ;)
Horta on
so it smells like... victory?
steelbath on
mine doesn't smell (occasional Febreze helps) but it is getting pretty dirty. It has been in 100s of sweaty moshpits over the years. I will get it dry cleaned it once I get the chance
jaganar on
i cant bear the funk LOL ( my work attire is mafioso ( designer suits ) / assassin ) so i have to appear professional . and in my line of work the unholy will cost money . you walk in to my office and all you smell is leather and polo perfume .
oldcoffinspirit on
...smells like the menstrual flow of a thousand whores... of course...
it oozes the sickening aroma of rectal carcinoma
Faber on
Like flowers
Thane on
Mine don't really smell yet, sometimes they smell a bit like booze/sweaty dudes for a day or so after a night in the pit, but I haven't had any of them for long enough. I'll never wash them, especially the signed ones. Got some blood here and there on several of them from times I've badly gotten my finger with the needle. I mean if they get real bad maybe running some water over them but never a full wash.
VYZNXVS on
I work in the medical field so going home or going out just to smell putrid isn’t really my cup of tea. I’ve had some beer drunkenly spilt or came out smelling like weed and smoke a few times. I consciously go to concerts during wintertime and if I’m not in the very front, then I maintain a good distance from the crowd in the back. After carefully washing my jacket after a particularly bad concert, I put it in the freezer with some pine sap overnight or hang it out to dry if it’s cold outside.
Mastercutor on
THIS!
One doesn't even have to work in the medical field and all this would still apply the same.
Thank you.
Into Glory Ride on
Not at all. I am beyond my teens.
Mastercutor on
Exactly. I mean... even in my teens it was hard to make it smell bad. Given I don't drink, not even smaller venues were that much of a problem 🤷
Arch_Caligula on
I need to put both of mine in the freezer cause they're starting to get a bit of an odor. Not like a dead animal but that "unwashed fabric" smell that's unappealing to me.
Problem is that I like the look of those rotted vests a lot (Several people on this site's jackets), so like I want mine to get to that point yet I also want to interact with people without turning them off from odor.
no karate in pit on
mine smells different in different spots which is wierd to me but here are a list of some of the stenches i can identify cigars,gunpowder,pepsi,oil,cat breath also there blood stains from a dare my friend gave involving a kabar knife and my hand