Black Kat Kustoms is an American clothing line and custom parts shop based in

Santa Ana, California Santa Ana () is the second most populous city and the county seat of Orange County, California. Located in the Greater Los Angeles region of Southern California, the city's population was 310,227 at the 2020 census, making Santa Ana the List of ...

. The company specializes in

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, and chopper clothing. The clothing line consists of mostly T-shirts, hooded sweatshirts, and beanie caps.

History

The company was founded in 2003 by

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legend,

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and longtime hot-rodder, Don Nemarnik. Ness states in an interview that he formed Black Kat Kustoms because he "hated everything else" and wanted to design "kustom car, hot rod and chopper t-shirts, so I would have something cool to wear.""Mike Ness interviewed by Cole Foster of Salinas Boys"
BlackKatKustoms.com. Retrieved on July 30, 2006. Ness details his long-time love for designing punk style clothing in the '' Another State of Mind'' DVD commentary. He states that his

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class was the only thing that kept him in school during his high school years. The shop portion of the business is a place for Donnie and Mike to work on their own cars and bikes as a hobby which they occasionally sell.

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External links

Official website
{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413160257/http://www.blackkatkustoms.com/ , date=2012-04-13 Clothing companies of the United States Punk fashion DIY culture Companies based in Santa Ana, California

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