A survey badge for country that resists surveying. Topographic lines, a compass rose, and a scatter of marks across the coast where the sightings cluster like campfires seen from a ridge.
Bluff Creek, in the Six Rivers National Forest of northern California, is the place the modern legend calls home. In 1958 a road crew led by Jerry Crew found enormous tracks around their equipment, and a local newspaper printed the word Bigfoot. Nine years later, in October 1967, Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin filmed a tall, dark figure striding across a sandbar on the same creek. Sixty seconds of footage, argued over ever since.
Every culture along that coast has an older name for the wild giant of the forest, and every generation of hikers adds a new sighting to the map. The badge is for the map, and for the stubbornness of continuing to look.
Printed on heavyweight garment-dyed cotton in black, the topographic greens and warm gold of the badge standing crisp on the dark ground. For the ones who read the trail register before they read the news.
Sixteen inch footprints in fresh road grade, and the name stuck.
The craft
Real ink, real weight, no plasticky patch.
This shirt is dyed after it is sewn, not before. The color soaks into the cotton and settles deeper around the seams and collar, so it wears in instead of out. No two come out exactly alike, and that is the point.
The art is printed with DTFlex, a glue-free transfer with clean edges and none of the thick plasticky square cheaper prints leave on top. It stays flexible, moves with the fabric, and will not crack, peel, or fade in the wash.
The details
Garment & fabric
100% ring-spun cotton, 6.1 oz heavyweight. Comfort Colors 1717, garment-dyed in small batches. Relaxed unisex fit, pre-shrunk, side-seamed, with a sewn-down collar that keeps its shape.
Measurements (in, laid flat)
Size
Chest
Length
S
40
28
M
44
29
L
48
30
XL
52
31
2XL
56
32
3XL
60
33
Print method
The art is printed with DTFlex, a glue-free direct-to-film transfer applied with heat and pressure. It bonds to the surface with clean, fine edges, with no thick plastic square, no glue residue, and no glossy patch. It stays flexible and will not crack, peel, or fade in the wash.
Care
Machine wash cold, inside out, with like colors. Skip the fabric softener, and air dry when you can. If you tumble dry, keep it low, and never iron directly over the print. Garment-dyed color keeps settling with every wash, so a little softening is a feature, not a fault.
Shipping & returns
Free tracked shipping on every order. Each piece is printed to order and dispatched in two to five business days, then carried by your local network. Typical arrival after dispatch: United States 5 to 12, United Kingdom 8 to 16, Canada 8 to 16, Australia 9 to 22, New Zealand 9 to 22 business days. International orders may owe local import duties on delivery, which are set by your country and not by us.
Returns and exchanges are easy within 30 days of delivery, on unworn items with tags. We cover the first return label, there is no restocking fee, and refunds go to your original payment method once the item is on its way back.
