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Yeah me to. I sold all of my fight jackets except a USA M444. Really big on me now but I still wear it ha ha.. I'm with you on the denim.

So good to see you around. You still post over at VLJ?

Jake if you are indeed the one I know it is so good hearing from you. Grant to. Lotsa water under the bridge. How the heck ya been? I heard from John Chapman that Paul Sanders died a few years back. Keep in touch .

I usually doin't like pre distressed (though I do own some ha ha). These 1922 501 Ragtops have been a fav of mine since I bought them in 2014 IIRC. I wore the sh*t outta them for years. Also washed them more than I usually do because they were pre distressed and not raw. They have never been tight on me even when I was a lot heavier. Now they are very baggy on me but I still love wearing them because they are just so comfortable. Size 36/34 and I used to wear 38/34. If I were to buy them again today I would buy 34/34 of even 32/34.

Grant she did a great job.

BTW Jake I picked up a type II LVC trucker this year and also a pair of recent 37 501s (both made in Japan) that are both really nice. I caught them both on sale from the Levis site.

Hi Jake, Are you the Jake that moved out west from Chicago?

Thanks Grant. Good to see you still around and posting. Your 47s and 33s look amazing BTW.

I no longer own these but here are some photos of the 1911 333s I owned. These were pre-distressed and were at the time rare. LVC has reissued these in raw just recently.

Dr H 2007.

1905 209 coveralls. Came pre distressed. Only way the came at the time. Pretty Rare.

20 year old 1933s Top mail button replaced with Levis button. Original broke. Crotch fixed. Not quite as cool as Grants but not to far behind.

Hi Dr H, Good to be back. My 20s 201s are also 555, Both my 47s and 55s are from near the end of USA made cone denim and they are both really nice. As good as some early LVC pairs I had of those years. My 1880s still have most of the buttons. I have had to resew them several times. I have worn them a lot over the years. Really faded and a few spot repairs were needed over the years. ha ha. I didn't realize this but the ones with the sewn on buttons, the denim pockets and the mock felled inseams are pretty rare. The 1937s I recently bought (on sale btw) are made in Japan. The buckle on the cinch is the older version and not the correct version. IIRC the correct version for the 37s is the two toned one like the one on the 1933s. Also recently bought the 53 type II trucker (on sale to). Also made in Japan with Japanese denim. The denim is really similar to the denim on my cone 1955s. Fuzzy for lack of a better word. Really nice denim and much different from the denim on my 47s and 33s. I have lost some weight so things like my 1905 209 coveralls are big on me but I still wear'm ha ha. From what I understand those 209 overalls are pretty rare to. I have the ones with the two horse linen patch and the only came pre distressed. I'll try and get a few pictures in the next day or two. Cheers, Allen [img]

Hi Dr H, Good to be back. My 20s 201s are also 555, Both my 47s and 55s are from near the end of USA made cone denim and they are both really nice. As good as some early LVC pairs I had of those years. My 1880s still have most of the buttons. I have had to resew them several times. I have worn them a lot over the years. Really faded and a few spot repairs were needed over the years. ha ha. I didn't realize this but the ones with the sewn on buttons, the denim pockets and the mock felled inseams are pretty rare. The 1937s I recently bought (on sale btw) are made in Japan. The buckle on the cinch is the older version and not the correct version. IIRC the correct version for the 37s is the two toned one like the one on the 1933s. Also recently bought the 53 type II trucker (on sale to). Also made in Japan with Japanese denim. The denim is really similar to the denim on my cone 1955s. Fuzzy for lack of a better word. Really nice denim and much different from the denim on my 47s and 33s. I have lost some weight so things like my 1905 209 coveralls are big on me but I still wear'm ha ha. From what I understand those 209 overalls are pretty rare to. I have the ones with the two horse linen patch and the only came pre distressed. I'll try and get a few pictures in the next day or two. Cheers, Allen

Wanted to add one pair of the 1933s is from 04 and I had them since new (raw). Factory code 643. The other pair is from 2017 also bought new (raw) 1880s from are from 08 and I have had them since new (raw).