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That's what I like to see.

I'm glad someone's into vintage jeans other than 501s. 501s are great, but with all the repros, fakes and homages, it's hard to care much. For me, not really worth it at fair market value.

BTW, Love those Big Smiths. I'd take those over overdesigned nuskool shite or eurofluffery anyday.

They're red tabs.

I don't expect to make a mint off these. I just think the're a good pickup, and I wanted some info before i bay them. People go retarded for selvage, which this ain't, but what can you do?

Do you have any idea of when these were made? Big E, so I know they're pre-1971, but beyond that I have no idea. When did 517's first come out?

Yeah, I wasn't really considering having them altered.

I've never sold anything on ebay before, so I figure I won't get as much as an established seller. That said, I hope bidders will be fairly confident if I have good pics and a good description. Besides, how many pairs of fake non-selvedge 517s are floating around?

As for the description, is there anything I should include that hasn't been mentioned in this thread?

Maybe you guys could post a link to an ebay item that inspires confidence. Lotta suspect krap out there. Even worse are the clueless posts.

When it rains it pours. Just picked up NWT Gap low rise boot cuts for $4 from the Sally Ann. Nothing special, but hell, $4? Though I'm more into dry, the fading is nice and subtle, none of that repulsive fake whiskering and white thighs / dark shins.

Cheers.

Thanks for clearing that up. Yeah, the back pockets are single stitched.

Canada's a good place for vintage, though more on the thrift shop / musty shop end of things, rather than immaculate galleries of sweet, pristine gear. Better that way, IMHO. Toronto and Vancouver have some nice, but pricey shops. The best finds are always at goodwill, the sally ann, etc. Selvage cannot be found there, though.

Recently, I picked up a wool Pendleton shirt from the 50s for $1, and a wool bicycling jersey for like $10. There's a super-cheesy Lee snow wash 80's jacket I've got my eye on.

Scored them at Ragpickers in Winnipeg. Sigh. Just moved here for, ahem, family reasons. Not as brutal as it sounds.

$25 CDN(!). The woman at the store even said "Did you notice the capital LEVI'S on the red tab? I hope they're worth a lot more than $25". Canadians.

If I could find a reliable tailor to do some major surgery, I'd probably keep them for myself, but that's not gonna happen.

Back pockets are double stitched (2 rows of stitching around the pocket edges and on the arctuates).

Coin pocket, insean, and fly appear to be stitched w. yellow thread, but I think that's just wear and fading. The rest of the stitching is regular Levi's coppery orange.

The jeans are good and dark. Bit of whiskering, fading at knees, crotch, seat, and pockets. One nickel-sized light spot (bleach?) on the right outseam, near the pocket. No honeycombs, not much traintrack. Some washing machine fading, but not bad. Not much contrast at worn spots, so that'll be a job for the winning bidder, prob.

They may have been re-hemmed (hem's like 3/4 inch), but not cut.

Wicked pair of jeans. Nice and dark. Patch and tag perfect. No holes, no broken stitching, minor fraying at hem and where they were turned up. Not even stretched out at the knees.

Way to bloody big for me. 38x32 on the tag, not much different in reality.

Thanks for your help, Serge.

Let's try that again.

I picked up a pair of Levi's Big E 517, and I wanted to know if anybody could help me determine the era and approximate value. My camera's busted so no pics yet.

-Capital LEVI"S on both sides of the tag (LEVI"S is upside down on the underside)

-Paper-like patch

-"8" on the back of the button.

-"TALON" on the zipper pull tab, with "42" on the slider

-Stamped on the right inside pocket:

care intructions

serial / model number (hard to read)

100% COTTON MADE IN USA

100% COTON FABRIQUE AUX USA

-Black bar tacks on the back pockets

-Serged outseam, not selvedge

Thanks

There's no substitute for physical activity.

Cycle, skate, work on your house, whatever. Why go for authentic looking damage when you can inflict actual damage? I can't stand the idea of people sitting on their ass, sandpapering their precious dry selvage in front of the TV. What if your buddies saw you?

Tip: get caught riding in a downpour for wicked 3-D creases.

Perplex and Lola looks like nice gear.

The models don't hurt the cause either...

Thanks,

The outseam is serged. I wasn't aware that Evisu made any non-selvage jeans.

I guess I shouldn't really care whether the jeans are real or fake, so long as they fit, but it still makes me feel good to get such a pickup (despite the fact that Evisu catches so much crap on these boards)

I just picked up a pair of "Evisu" jeans from a thrift shop for the price of a burrito. I wasn't sure if they were the genuine article, but for the price, who cares?

Anyway, I'll give you the details, you give me the lowdown.

-All hardware (buttons, rivets) say EVISU.

-crotch rivet

-hidden back pocket rivets

-bottom of back pocket is lined with off-white cotton

-black gull embroidered on right back pocket, red gull on left

-ring-ring yarns (I think; it's slubby both ways)

-leather waist patch has the Evisu buddha, but no size or lot number

-plain stitched, not chainstitched hem

-"selvage" is more like a white thread that's been tightly zigzag stitched with a red thread stitched down the middle of it, rather than being woven right into the cloth.

-Washing instructions are all in English, no Japanese

Thanks for your help

Shoe street is pure insanity.

All the individual stores are street level, and I believe that it's just a huge warehouse upstairs. When I was there a year ago, my friend wanted to buy a pair of Puma mostros. The clerk hustles upstairs, disappears for 10 minutes, then comes back with shoes. One problem: the shoes are different sizes.

The store is packed like Martha Stewart's candy stash. Anyway, back upstairs, back down with the proper shoe, and that's it. about $40US for the shoes, which seems like a deal to me.

SHop around - they all have the same stock, but at different prices.

No rare shit there either. For that you have to go into these sketchy buildings full of tiny bootleg DVD and software shops, and there might be a few joints selliing dunks and $100 Supreme Ts. Buy the software, not the softgoods.

Thank you

I thought I was the only one.

Part 1: How do you guys get around the city? Car, scooter, bike, on foot, on the back of a burly homeless guy?

Part 2: For those of you that use muscle power, what do you wear to keep the elements on the outside?

A1: I'm from TO and a year round biker. I ride a shitty Schwinn beater when there's snow on the ground (street salt is murder on bikes) and a Specialized Ritchey steel hardtail when it's decent.

A2: From the ground up: NB 906 trail runners (ugly, grey, but it's winter), thick ass wool socks, whatever pants I'm wearing, MEC pamir softshell jacket. Keep moving and it'll be alright.

God Bless the disposable hero

Is there some sort of reverse machoism thing going on that I'm not aware of? For example, if I wear pink and lemonyellow suede ankle boots I'm so f'n cool that I don't care that I look like a pansy?

Cuz that line of shoes screams Poppin' Fresh Gay to me