THE HITMAN
The original Breakout. 2015.
IG wasn’t the plan — escaping was. This was the first post. The first shot.
THE HITMAN
(Why I Built the Breakout Brown Leather Vest)
I got away with murder.
And I loved it.
Not the kind that gets you cuffed.
This was personal —
a premeditated takedown of the man I’d let myself become.
I watched him drift.
Numb. Angry.
Stuck on autopilot, dressed like everything was fine
while inside, everything screamed for a way out.
But back then, I didn’t have the strength to finish the job.
So I did what I could.
I started planning.
That plan became a vest.
Because I knew I had to break out.
Not fade. Not cope. Break out.
From the cage I’d built, the mask I wore, the version of me that was just getting through the day.
That’s why I named it what I did.
The Breakout wasn’t just a title —
it was a command.
A declaration stitched into hide.
The Breakout wasn’t just a name.
It was a signal. A blueprint. A leather-bound murder plot.
Built in year three of a thirteen-year slide.
A quiet reminder that the man wearing it wasn’t the one meant to survive.
I thought I needed a weapon.
I thought I’d need force. Fire. Blood.
I planned for years — how I’d do it, when I’d do it,
what I’d bury and where I’d leave the body.
But the answer was quieter than I expected.
The trigger pull?
It was simple.
I stopped fighting.
That’s what saved me.
Not rage. Not revenge.
Just surrender.
Same as riding — when you stop wrestling the machine
and finally let it flow.
Because sometimes, the only way out
is to stop swinging.
Let the wind hit your face.
Let the old version fall.
🔧 And now a word from my sponsor…
The Breakout brown leather vest wasn’t stitched for style.
It was stitched for survival.
Not mine anymore.
Yours.
It’s for the man standing on his edge —
deciding, like I did, not to jump…
but to walk the hell out and never look back.
No branding. No fluff. No slogans.
Just raw, heavyweight leather.
Cool enough for the heat.
Tough enough for the war.
The Breakout wasn’t just the beginning of my story —
it’s the next move in yours.
Because this vest isn’t about where you’ve been.
It’s about what’s next.
For the man who’s buried his past —
and has no intention of digging it back up.
For the man who’s earned his own second chapter —
not through violence,
but through resolve.
So if you’re plotting your next breakout —
you’re not alone.
Put it on.
Then keep going.
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The Hitman story was born in this vest.
It’s called the Breakout — for a reason.
Hard lines. No flash. Made to disappear into the dark and come back changed.
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Disclaimer
This isn’t about glamorizing pain.
It’s about respecting the men who faced it — and lived through it on purpose.
— Crank & Stroker Supply Co.
Always keepin’ it real.