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Not to build hype because these will be a MUST BUY for me, but OMG I think it's going to be the Amoskeag pair/s ❤️‍🔥 ❤️‍🔥 ❤️‍🔥 https://www.instagram.com/p/DBfBggyT2uU/?img_index=2

@beautiful_FrEaK I will hang on to one pair (the 15.5oz) , it’s comfortable but I’ve decided I’ve already got too much to focus on. Bottom line trying to reduce the stuff that doesn’t get worn. I’ve turned into a bit of a collector and I never really wanted to be! The jeans are lovely and I’d love to see them get lived in!

Talking about the Black Klondike leather. I just saw this pic of the 9870, which is the Irish Setter Round Toe in Klondike. The owner had the crepe wedge sole changed to a Beckman style. They have about ten years of wear. In the Beckmans of ten years or so ago there was also a black version, the 9014 in that Featherstone leather.

As if called forth by @smoothsailor & kin, Tyler, The Creator’s put out a new album chock full of absolute bangers

SOLD

New jeans coming soon?

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^ my 15 yr old boy is big on Tyler. I listened to the album today. It’s cool but I mis the boom bab banger @julian-wolf

Hi everyone, I have listed quite a few Freewheelers and Flat Head items on the Bay if anyone is interested. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_dkr=1&iconV2Request=true&_blrs=recall_filtering&_ssn=smallrod1&_oac=1

One of the neighbours has gone a bit overboard..

I DM him on Insta to buy stuff, seems like he posts new releases there.

@FurnitureMaker I think 99% of transactions are made with Hoosier via email or Instagram dm.

+rep@Wklcarl for fast shipping, great comms, and accommodated my shipping preferences. Will not hesitate to purchase from again in the future!.

That's right, the D11... jeans are the Zimbabwe cotton denim which is completely different from the 3000-series. I haven't handled this denim personally, but it seems nice. I like that Flat Head only has a couple of great denim fabrics, as opposed to other prominent brands that constantly churn out new, and in my opinion rather gimmicky, denim. TFH used to make 12, 16, 18, 19, and 20 oz denim, plus some others (anybody else remember the Kevlar blend denim?!) but most of them were just slight variations on the usual 14.5 oz fabric with heavier weights, and maybe slight changes to the weave. They all looked like TFH denim, for better or worse. This rather conservative approach to their denim may have contributed to the decline of TFH's prominence in the international denim fan community, but when your core denim is as good as Flat Head's, I really don't think it's a problem. It has a refinement I find lacking in a lot of trendier brands' exaggerated fabrics. Actually, I now quite like the old 5000-series fabric TFH used to make in their 2000s heyday, similar to the 14.5 with a strong vertical fade, but slightly lighter weight at 14 oz and lighter color with fewer dips than the 14.5. I wouldn't mind if they brought that one back.

There is also Black Excalibur which is used on the new Beckman (9423), Black Harness used on the 8074 moc toe and 8084 Iron Ranger, and Black Prairie used on the 8849. I do not know much about RW and SB Foot leathers so I can't give much more detail than this. I do believe that the Black Prairie is tea-core black with a brown core like the Black Chrome and Klondike, while the Black Harness is struck through. I do not know about the Black Excalibur. I agree with @Alec Leamas though that the Black Klondike on the Beckman 9060 looks really nice. I've been going back and forth on grabbing a 9060 flatbox for myself since I found a rare pair in size 13 from a US stockist or going with the non-flatbox Cigar Excalibur 9422 (or I may pivot completely and go with a Whites SD). I always deliberate over these types of decisions ad nauseam.

***SOLD*** J68-GT Price is $400 shipped to CONUS + 4% through paypal invoice Color: Schwarzgrün Size: Large Condition: Used condition but plenty of life left. No major signs of wear on the outside but some marks on the inside from standard use. Not noticeable while wearing. Please look at pics carefully. Does not come with bag or spec sheet but will come with extra logo tape.

Is anyone knowledgeable on the black Red Wing leathers? For engineers the main ones seem to be RW Chrome and Klondike. The fades look a bit different. 2268 from the 90s with Chrome leather The 2966 with Klondike leather. The 9060 is a flat toe Beckmans, also with Klondike. It was recently offered in US stores and last year in some European shops in relation with the Munich store anniversary. But it's mostly sold out now. It has been available in Japan for many years. I think, it was also RW Japan, that had developed it. Mr Suzuki of Two Monkeys and Ol Shanks amongs other had a hand in it, if I remember correctly. Perhaps we'll see it in the European shops next year. Not sure, how popular it would be. It also looks nice worn.

Does anyone know the difference between the current (I think) FN-3005 (with the bandana) with the dosha buri suffix and the FN-3500 N1 XXX? The first one has this patch and the second one this The first one has lemon coloured arcs and both lemon and tobacco stitching, the arcs on the N1XXX are in tobacco and the stitching looks to me like tobacco and light tobacco. Also the first is O/W and the second N/W. Is the denim the same? The cut? Any experience how much the N1XXX will shrink? I've got the first one here in 36 and 38. I find they fit rather small. It took a bit of effort to close the 36. Also not much space in the thighs. I find both denims very nice. The first O/W a bit fuzzy, quite dark, some thicker warps already visible. For the stated 14.5 oz quite comfy. The N/W is a bit ligher, blue greyish. Not sure, if it will the same as the other after a wash.

All FW ‘jean’ denim is developed specifically for and by them - in fact they tend to take that approach with a lot of fabrics where possible. The ‘standard’ denim was developed from bootleggers denim into the denim we first saw in the 47 then in other articles, each time with a different dye mix (eg the 51, 39 etc) Since then they’ve developed a couple of other denims (S601, 50622 etc) - usually with a subtle variations or emphasis on the warp, nep, tension etc

Just realized that today marks 2 years since I got these and wow natural indigo is stubborn! Not exact 1873 SDA repro. You can see some minor fading in the crotch and it’s kinda cool how there’s some fading where the back pocket should be. Took em out of the dryer like 5 minutes ago, so they feel real clean. 5 or 6th wash I think.

1922 jeans 1927 jacket

Here’s my other pair of 3005, my main jeans at the moment. I think these have been worn about ten months. Washed three times.

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.

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

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.

Now on eBay - full details on listing.

Shame there's no translation with it but l certainly get the gist. I always thought there was some major battles going on between Lee and Levis during the 1930s and 40s and l always thought that the levis Type 2 was a quickly cobbled together response to Lee's more stylish looking 101-J Riders jacket. Mind you, the 101-J Cowboy jacket of the late 1920s up until the end of WW2 was almost a direct copy of the Type 1 as it wasn't a patented design, whereas the New Lee Riders jacket was! Plus the denim used to make Lee products was sanforized whereas Levis was STF, so the Riders 101-J could be more body hugging and looked more stylish than the outdated pleated styles that had gone before. Here are some snaps of another early 101-J Riders (c.1945) with the older stock Cowboy buttons. Luckily this one is a rare unwashed example which still has the Patent pending label present. First time l've seen one (thanks to Arakawavintage) All this, then in 1959 Lee brought out its Westerner range with colourfull vat-dyed jackets and matching trousers whereas Levis had to wait for the Type 3's release in 1961 before it could do the same. As a side note, l recently discovered that the Type 3's designer was Jack Lucier, son of red tab inventor Chris Lucier.

Can you show us before and after pictures? I thought you couldn't do much about delam.

Idk man, not enough zippers in that fit for my liking…

Picked up these 4005C recently for a good price Can’t find much info on them, but I guess they’re a different fabric (LHT with a brown, maybe plant dyed warp and a dark weft) version of the 3005C from around 2004–2006. Classic mid-‘50s detailing with a zipper fly, and of course the old editable arcs These have clearly been worn an okay amount based on the lightening around the seat & thighs, but there’s no noticeable damage of any sort, and if I were just looking at the hems, seams, tags, & patch I’d guess that they’d never (or very seldom) been washed The fit’s good, a little on the slim end but still within the range of what I’ve been enjoying wearing recently. I’ll post some fits at some point. Overall, pretty excited for these

Cushman has put its 2024 FW catalogue online. There are some nice pieces in there. Type 1 jacket and 1937 jeans. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kcfV2Uq_ZWjzvxrWv9E9dEe2EmCgjwke/view They are both made with vintage sewing machines. 41 Weapon Cloth pants Duck jackets in light brown and black The tshirts from the summer catalogue are also sewn with vintage machines. The made in Taiwan sneakers are also nice. All have relatively fair prices, I find.

Crazy how the algorithm works.. i like how it's rejuvenating interest in forgotten bands.. this album cover popped up a couple of months ago.. i clicked on it just because it was a dope af album cover ..and so did millions of others.. next thing this Japanese band from the 90s who disbanded after the release of their first album (which only sold a few 1000 copies) have 2million + views and a legion of worldwide fans.. the female singer married the guy who took the photo and all but disappeared.

Few randoms as I clean out the closet: Levi's 519 Premium line, purchased from Levi's Kyoto store in 2006. My first pair worn from raw, loooove the vertical falling on these, really comfortable fabric as well (maybe 10.75 oz.?) Sugarcane 1966 from 2010. Need pictures of the frontside sometime, the whiskering is really ideal for my taste. TCB Contest Jeans: Can't remember when this was, but I really tested the limits on this fabric with washing/drying. Wouldn't do it again as I prefer a more balanced washed/air dry look these days, but it was an interesting experiment. The fabric itself has wild puckering/marbling properties They're really that intense in real life too, really comical 😅

1927 jacket 1922 jeans on top 1937 on bottom Wear your shit hard and wash it often