No. 004 | The Refusal Tee

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Some principles outlive the nations that first spoke them.

Long before America declared itself a free people, another stand was made on a narrow pass at Thermopylae. When the enemy demanded their weapons, the Spartan reply was simple:

Molon Labe. (Come and take them.)

The Founders never used the Greek words, but they lived by the same fire.
Jefferson, Mason, Madison — men who believed that a free citizen does not surrender the tools that secure his liberty. The spirit is identical, whether spoken in ancient Greek or carried quietly in the heart of an American.

The Refusal Tee honors that lineage — not as a reenactment, but as a principle made modern.

The front carries a vintage FFSCo monogram in the style of early American maker’s seals.
The back holds a hand-engraved illustration rendered in the same etching tradition found in colonial workshops and frontier armories — a reminder that the strength of a people begins with the refusal to yield what is rightfully theirs.

As with every FFSCo release, each run carries a mark of its making — the printed inner tag bears this design’s run number and name, the quiet signature of every FFSCo release, kept as craftsmen once kept their marks.

This isn’t a slogan.
It’s a principle worth wearing.