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Flat Head 3005XXX. Worn since August 2018. I lost track of wear time, but I think they’re around 20 months of actual wear. Easily my most worn jeans ever, and washed countless times. I wore these jeans the most over the past summer. I stopped cuffing them and wearing a wallet in the back pocket in this same time. Still tons of life left in these. The hem, knees, and rear end/back rise seam all need or will soon need repairs. The jeans were previously repaired at Indigo Proof in 2020 or so, where the front pocket openings were expanded, the pocket bags replaced with deeper ones, back pocket stitching repaired, and cuff tears repaired. It's been quite impressive that I managed to wear these for so long without the knees blowing out, though they're pretty close now.

Mended the cuffs on my Lee cowboy jacket. Dirty job, needed to get donen papa nui, Lee, fullcount, vans

Lovely pic of the earliest readable vintage Levis 506 jacket patch. It's a clearer image from the unwashed 1927 first pocket flapped 506xx that l posted some pages back. It is rare insomuch as it has Copper Riveted and 'Size' 36 meaning it was used exclusively for jackets. This label is thought to be used until c.1936 when levis started to use the same Two horse patch that was used on 501's at the time to use on jackets also, which is what we're usually used to seeing on a 506.

This has become the Full Count Denim Thread Thread.

My 1001s, from back in 2014: And a grail-level pair of 1005s I photographed at TFH headquarters back in 2013:

Neal chambray getting hammered out

0-9 months...

Posted an update of my 3005XXX jeans in the Evo thread, check it out. I also started wearing the 1005s I got about a year ago. Compared to my 3005s in the same tag size 32, these are slightly more relaxed, which I like. After a warm wash with other denim laundry, the inseam shrank from almost 38" down to 35", making these quite pleasantly long with some modest stacking for some Dad Fit vibes overall. This is the first pair I've begun wearing since I stopped cuffing my jeans and putting wallets or other stuff in the back pockets, so it'll be nice to see a little different evo on these compared to my past pairs. Very comfy jeans from day one, thanks to the fit. Back in 2013-14 I wore the 1001, so I have some familiarity with the 16 oz denim. It's imperceptibly heavier than TFH's usual 14.5, but it feels like a slightly looser/stretchier weave, and has a slightly rougher hand. In my experience with the 1001, I felt that this 16 oz denim aged much faster than the 14.5 oz, which is one of the slower-fading fabrics out there unless you're wearing your jeans super tight like in SuFu's late 2000s heyday. I got great fades out of my 1001 despite a fairly frequent washing schedule of every other month. With this pair, I'll probably hold off as long as I can before the first wash for some rather different evo. Otherwise, the main things that stand out with this pair is that the back pockets are larger than other TFH jeans, giving a slightly different impression; and the front pocket openings are also larger, making this the easiest TFH pair for me to fit my hands into. Unlike my second pair of 3005s, these don't have the double poly-cotton/cotton stitching on the front pocket openings and back pocket edges, so we'll see how long that stitching lasts. For what it's worth, in the nine months of wear I put into my 1001s, the back pocket edge stitching didn't break at all.

Here is the new catalogue: https://bookshelf.wisebook4.jp/html/toyoenterprise/55082/#1

What i write her seems to be verging on sacrilege BUT is anyone else not that impressed by how their 714 / 711s are fading? Basically I thought my wife had my 714s but turned out it was her M&S mom jeans (made in Egypt 1% elastine). They look VERY similar in colour and fading right now. I was kind of feeling a bit meh about the texture and colour anyway and when I saw they looked almost identical to standard high street pair that go for £25 I'm kind of like 'huh?!' Maybe my 714s are in that awkward phase and need to fade more. Just an observation. Lol absolutely no shade thrown at M&S jeans or elastine whatever but just didn't expect them to look very similar to a much higher quality pair. Maybe says more about M&S denim. Aware as well there is more to the pair than the colour and fading and the craftsmanship ect is still on another level. Anyway here's a couple of comparison photos 😂

@MJF9's jacket found a new home

Those two pairs of 42's with the flasher and guarantee ticket shown lying next to each other must be the two pairs he said were 'the only two pairs in the world' (?) So l'm guessing the other pair must be Larry's from Hellers Cafe which are also a 34x34 (the one's l posted in the vintage thread from King of vintage Vol. 4). If not then there are three pairs with flasher and ticket at least, or maybe when he said 'world' he meant Japan?

Bombs were literally HITTING the factory but they just HAD to get the jackets done! No time for trimming!!!

These past few pages are on fire. I love fall. Same old same old... Shrank the waist a bit on my sized up 501s to reduce the sag a bit but kept the legs dry. Much better.

I also find the brown cotton very interesting. On the Mushman blog there is an interesting write up on the set up. Apparently the jacket fits a size bigger, but for the pants due to the higher rise he recommends to size up. He is also selling them in non/wash but recommends to customers to try on the washed versions he has in his shop. I'm wondering, if the brownish cotton is a different breed or whether the white is simply the brown one bleached. And that step was omitted during the war.

@PrettyBoyTony Agreed, I don’t think 40s/50s fabrics necessarily benefit from frequent washing. The 710 is the only pair in their lineup that looks really good washed-out imo. I’ve been wearing my 710s pretty hard since early summer and have only given them a soak so far. Interested to see how my Resolutes will fade with less washing since I can’t really find any examples online.

Next year's edition: the sewing machines are still attached as well!

Looks like someone has thrown a plate of spaghetti at the model!

Freewheelers - WW2 tux (newly hemmed by @Mr Black), Ironalls and sweatshirt / Converse Timeline / @Duke Mantee and Rototo not visible

A variation of the tote bag I made for @srudy - leftovers of the same materials (CF Stead Repello suede for the main construction , with Horween CXL straps and edge binding and crust calfskin roughout for the lining); so it’s a little bit smaller and a simpler strap arrangement Hand sewing multiple layers of such soft materials isn’t a lot of fun, especially since the suede also camouflages/detracts from the work, but I think it’s still a good bag and probably worth in the end

Thread bumpin with a view over the neighbourhood..

Ordered another pair of Nonnative socks, this time in almost full wool. These are very thick and sturdy so these will be worn during the colder months.

Silhouette are the brand of my frames. 2 years and counting so far. One amazing thing about them is each part is replaceable, no need to replace the whole frame. Only issue is they are so light it's easy to forget they are there. Other than the price they are amazing.

WTT Small White J104-WS (jacket only) for XS SK30-DS + cash. & WTB unwanted spikes

I wanna say they don't look as insane in SOAS's photos. But I can't help but feel they may have given them a bit of a trim, ha.

The jacket looks like someone went a bit mad with the silly string 😅

Just arrived, deadstock one-wash condition. Pictures aren’t great due to poor light.

Pretty much what I alluded to. Comfort, space, flexibility, engine noise, mountains. A 997cc engine driving over a 12,000ft/3600m with a whitewater raft and associated equipment, cooler, bicycle, clothes, Starlink dish, batteries, solar panel etc would have me driving at 6mph. I am absolutely a small card advocate, hence why I own one of the smallest cars on the U.S. market, but sometimes small is genuinely too small IMO.

On top of the blatant copyright infringements it's also just bad design lmao

Throwback to 2009. Here are BIG x Fullcount 1108's. Tons of washes, handfuls of repairs. 15 years later it still sees wear and fits like a glove, actually better than I first got them. Out of all the jeans I have bought throughout the years these have stood the test of time and are probably my favorite. Breaking in a pair of Resolute 710 so only have these 2 pairs in my rotation. I've also had a habit of keeping all the price tags and jean tags of all the different pairs I've owned, so here are the original from the run.

^ Hell yea. We've got an EV too - though my wife mainly drives it. Once our other car bites the dust, which is probably a good ways off, I'm never putting money in an ICE vehicle again, not that I enjoy driving all that much anyways but it's just better in every way - and ours is one that has comparatively crappy range (210 miles). For most lifestyles if you've got a home, it's a convenience not an inconvenience. When we do take longer trips, none of the charging FUD has come to pass (for us). As for me, well, I've been riding the same aluminum fixie/single speed for almost 20 years. Just got back from picking up my first new bike since college. Pretty excited for this one. It's a Wilde Supertramp stock build for those who are into bikes.

1922 601xx hiking around Mount Rainier

@vlad_III continuing on from the conversation in the denim blunders thread about Freewheelers jeans with arcs, here are my pre-2009 (l think?) 1947ish Bootleggers 601xx. They were part of a worldwide tour that Duke kindly organised back in 2016. They were gifted to me after tour ended and l have worn them infrequently ever since, only gently washing once. One of my favourite all time repros for sure. I've tried to snap a few pics to give the feel of them, detail-wise. They are constructed with many different gauges of thread, and at least two colours of thread overall: yellow and orange, with the arcs and beltloops being dual colours or 'rainbow stitch' as it's sometimes called. The leather patch is fragile and probably won't last too much longer but still readable. The tab is still intact but very curled, with BOOTLEG clearly in white.The coin pocket rivets were removed by me back in 2016 and the remaining pocket rivets were hammered by someone else, although whom l cannot remember now. Edit - Sufu Ai doing its best to scew up my photo orientation as usual ffs

Thanks Julian... I had the same thought... deffo less 'out-there' when worn, plus think a bit 'out-there' is good for a change Yeah the pockets, front and back, are from the lighter denim. The front left is actually two pockets and they're lined, as is the back 'cargo' pocket. The front right single pocket isn't lined. A few pics below, though the quality is limited...

220A are really fast faders... Till now, I wore them in Indigo Invitational Contest little more than 190 days from 9 months and 6 days of contest duration. And not so hard. Summer I spent in shorts. But result is ... EDIT : Including 5 washes

Anyhow, here are the 220XX-47’s, about 2 months in. Suppose this is very topical given the discussion about fast fading! They are starting to look a lot like the Warehouse banner denim 🫠

I had been wanting to get a randall for some time. Waited to the last couple weeks of summer to pressure me into it. Just enough sun to get it to a nice warm color. One hell of a jacket. Day 1: The branding scar: You can see there was a bit of a drizzle so I gave it a water treatment to prevent spots after about 1 week Then we had one scorcher of a day which made a noticeable change: Then another hot day: by this point it got to be a mindless daily meditation of putting it outside and turning it every couple hours. After another week or so I oiled it with Pecards antique: Drying in the sun: at this point I had maybe 12 days of sun on it and had about 1-2 days of questionable weather before it looked like fall was switching on. So this is just about where we are for this year. Gonna wear the shit out of it and see what we can do next summer.

‘51 601XX, as requested Next minor repair will be a patch around the top of the right outseam where the front leg panel is wearing through, I guess since the pocket backing is cut a good bit wider than the leg itself causing a little bulge that rubs on my bag

contestants, let it be known the following are what i'll be looking for as a judge for maximum points and that my judgement will be objective and final. send any financial gratifications (min. amount price of a 411S non-ww2) to my paypal (f&f only) at oomslokop at gmail: 1. super stacks 2. diaper butt 3. patches at 6++ months (no sashiko mending please! such extravagance will merit -50 points) 4. super size up aho style 5. super size down à la slimane's 19cm dior homme circa 2005 6. ugliest tender cuff 7. jorts at 1 month in 8. no wash till end of comp 9. sanded "thai-style" lightning honeycomb 10. (+100 bonus points for those who remember fc contest thru indigo mist of time) gold painted jawnz hope that's clear. best of luck and break (in) a leg!

Replaced the laces with more comfortable ones, hope it’s not sacrilege)

A couple photos of the 220XX-47 fabric in the sun at the weekend and one from today, it’s developing at quite the pace and the fit is evolving nicely too. Lovely pair of jeans. Real classic “jeans” jeans, one might say. I haven’t quite captured it here but there is a brownness to the reverse side of the fabric.

Went with something different from chinos and denim. Just came in today. Present to me for the weight loss. Phigvel canvas painter pants in off white color. Buttons are pretty cool.They fit kind of baggy but that’s what Phigvel is known for in their carpenter pants offerings. Can’t fit cellphone in side carpenter pocket so only pens/pencils can fit for now. Size 3.

220XX-47’s arrived yesterday. First thing I noticed when unpackaging them was how light they feel in comparison to the 220A offset model. The fit plus the weight of those just was not for me, but the same cut/fit with this lighter material is much better. I’ve laid them out with 1000XX DSB and 1001XX banner denim to compare, photos not great but in real life the denim is fairly regular in texture, quite smooth and a really lush dark blue. It's overall really nice looking and feeling. I bought these one-washed from Warehouse and also had them hem them, judging by the original hem these will rope to high heaven. (Ideal as my current obsession with getting the most imperfectly perfect roping on the hem is hitting a peak). Not included a fit pic yet but the fit on me in size 34 I would describe as "smart", i.e. snug but comfortable through the upper half then straight down from the knee. The one-wash process (unsure exactly what process WH use) seems to have been fairly heavy duty so here's hoping these remain as a comfortable "smart" pair. There are some real "Ghost of Hayashi" vibes present. Also noted the immediate presence of the trademark lightning strike on the coin pocket. These are currently in a cool wash, getting that hem nice and puckered (honestly it is an obsession), then I'm kind of spoilt for choice at the moment but once things cool down towards the end of this month I can see myself wearing these a lot. I'm interested to see how the fabric fades in comparison to the 220A fabric (as masterfully displayed by @beautiful_FrEaK!!)

I’ve been wearing these again since they fit (thanks cigarettes!), and after a wash thought I’d take some pics. West Ride heavyweight denim, many years and washes.

Got some new stuff in Tokyo and since my trip too: koverall jacket and painter pants ivory herringbone work trousers linen/cotton work trousers black sports jacket Java rayon shirt