Byron Hawkwood, rescued from Mandate

A friend of mine recently gave me some coverless or otherwise damaged porno from his vast collection. In his words it couldn't be sold on Ebay and he thought it might find a second life with me on the blog. This spread from the May 1980 issue of Mandate was the gem of the bunch (thanks Brian!).

I have seen shots of Byron Hawwood before, but the layout in the magazine really complemented his butch Colt manliness in way I've never noticed before. He's got what I think of as the "Colt Ass" down pat, along with a fucking hot chest and back. Oh, and the hair! The mousse that must have been involved!!

 I've tried to preserve the awesome "porn mag" feel of the layout, but it's hard...and now we're in an age when graininess is often considered a detractor....but for whats its worth this is what 1980 Mandate was like:

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More classic shots of Byron from his career with Colt:

Classic Ads

I found these ads in a 1991 issue of Men Magazine. I'm not familiar with any of the models, but the hairy chests are quite unusual for the era. The first guy kind of looks like cross between Steve Gutenberg and Huey Lewis in bleach-stained jeans. That may sound like an insult but both of those guys were early fantasies of mine. Feels good to admit that. Thats a lie--its actually really embarrassing. Anyway, if you can get over the 90's hair, he really has a perfect body. Anyone have any idea who he is?

The other guys are pretty 90's porn central casting: Banana sling bathing suits, spiked hair, camo kerchiefs etc, but they are the type of hairy guys that I'd find between the main photo spreads back in the day that would often interest hold my interest more than the cover boys. Oh, the lengths I had to go to to find hairy boys back in the day.

George Dana

I love this guy. He looks like Steve Reeve's version of Hercules. He's stacked, but he has this soft edge, both to his persona and his musculature, that are no longer in fashion in the bodybuilding world. And what an ass he has! 

I was hoping to post some new stuff on this guy, but there really isn't much out there. As far as I can tell Hercules only did a few shoots for Colt then disappeared.

Dirk Jager cruisin for sex

I love coming across porn star profiles online. Dudesnude is a quite a repository for them, second only perhaps to Big Muscle. Dirk Jager, king of the deadpan jackhammer fuck, is my latest find. I actually think these photos are the first time I have ever seen him smile. Dirk Jager's candids on his profile have that grainy, serial killer thing going on which makes him look even hotter, although his studio shots are pretty stunning too (I threw in a couple of those at the end). Dirk aka Fred is quite a poet too...as it says in the profile "Fuck all those wimpy creeps that use other peoples pictures for pretending it were them". Touche.

I actually have a tenuous  connection to Mr. Jager...he is dating an equally hot bar tender who lives in my hood and whom I consider a friendly acquaintance. Not friendly enough that I could ask them spit roast me, but we'll work up to that maybe.

A nod to Colt Studios

I came across this picture of Steve Kelso inside a vintage 1993 Colt calendar I recently purchased. I have never seen this particular photo of Steve, and I kind of thought I had seen them all. The calendar itself was quite a find, but in a way, this little insert was even better. Colt has always had pretty impeccable taste in their promotional material, as evidenced by the other two version of their calendar inserts I have amassed over the years--featuring Stevie again and Pete Kuzak. Colt does have talented people doing their art direction.