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Airfrog - they're looking good! I did ask my folks back home if my 37s were in a cupboard somewhere and if so to post them to me, but they didn't find them. TBH though, I bought a size or two too small, so they just never felt comfortable when I wore them.

Dr!! Did you fade in those Red Ears yourself or did you buy them like that??? My "raw" ones are taking FOREVER. Tons of wear and only the slightest of fades.

Again, another eBay find - they arrived a week or two ago. I think they were washed like that - some of the whiskering looks a little artificial.

Dr I see I'm not the only one that likes thse 20s 201s. I also see you have the 555 ones late 1990s.

Yeah, I got a pair on Ebay and loved them so much I had to track down another pair. I did have a pair of the 1937 201s that I bought at the NYC Levis shop in 98, but hated them - the fabric never faded at all, they were way too tight around the crotch - whereas the 1920s are just perfect.

L-R

Michiko Koshino Yen Jeans

Evisu somethingorothers - they say lot 251 and have mechanics pockets on the front

Red Ear

1920s LVC 201

1920s LVC 201

Indeterminate age STF 501s - pink selvedge and small e on the tab.

1920s Levis 201s (x2)

Red Ears

Yen Jeans orange label

old Evisu - god knows what they're called but I bought them at Duffer in 1997 or 98 and they were the first ones with the huge seagull down the back of the legs, and mechanics pockets on the front of the legs. Pink selvedge if that helps.

Wow, that's amazing work. Simply beautiful. Any plans to make any more?

Yes. Since moving to the South, when it's in the upper 20s or low 30s (85+ for the Americans) and humid as all fuck, jeans are just plain uncomfortable. Cotton snopants are the way forward in summer.

I've only had excellent experiences with them.

second (and most important, because it pertains to me): the pocket rivet on my left hip of my imperials has started to kinda dig into my skin and irritate it... i did my best with a tack hammer to round off the edges, but it's still a bit bothersome - i'm curious if it's likely to get infected, especially after a few more months of wear w/o a wash...

I can see the headlines now - "Denim Deaths: Are Dry Dark Jeans to Blame?"

If you want to kill off anything potentially nasty growing on the brightwork, you could soak a q-tip in rubbing alcohol, or better yet 70% ethanol, and use it to swab and clean the metal. Otherwise, try covering it on the inside with a plaster - the really tacky, fabric kind would be better than the crappy ones that come off really easily. You'd want to replace it regularly, but it would provide a bit of padding between you and the metal.

How many bacteria can kill you once they reach advanced stages ? It has virus like attributes is wtf I said clearly . Like I said it killed my uncle they could not treat it so I look at it like it is a virus - uncurable ..

Plenty of bacterial infections are life threatening. If they weren't we wouldn't need antibiotics. TB can kill you. Salmonella can kill you. There are lots of new antibiotic strains of bugs out there - MRSA, VRSA, active proof of evolution at work. Necrotising Faciitis - the flesh eating bug - that'll rot your flesh on your bones as it kills you. I'm sorry about your uncle - blame 40 years of people making their doctors give them antibiotics for colds and other non-bacterial illnesses, plus livestock farmers and their widespread use of antibiotics as growth supplements for chickens and cows. Sadly antibiotic resistant bacteria are going to be more and more of a problem as it's taking some time for new drugs to make their way through the pipelines.

At the same time there are plenty of non-lethal viruses - Herpes won't kill you, most influenzas won't kill you. The common cold - rhinovirus - that's a virus and it won't kill you either. Plus there are viruses we can treat - some strains of AIDS, HSV (cold sores and herpes).

Fair enough, I'll apologise for the moron remark.

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dr jonboy - if staph isn't a true virus why is there no true cure and why did it kill my uncle ? it may not be categorized as virus - but infection that kills you to me equates virus .

Then pardon my french but you're a fucking moron. A virus is a self replicating DNA or RNA sequence packed in a protein coat. Without infecting a host, a virus is inactive and does nothing. Examples of viruses are HIV, HPV, Herpes, Influenza etc.

A bacteria is a single cell living organism. It has a nucleus, a cell membrane, is capable of division on its own without infecting a host. Bacteria can be aerobic (live in oxygenated atmospheres) or anaerobic (die in the presence of oxygen). Examples of bacteria include Staph. aureus, Salmonella, E. coli, P. gingivalis.

Both bacteria and viruses can be pathogens. Antibiotics are drugs that kill bacteria, and do nothing to viruses. Antivirals, of which there aren't many, are useless on bacteria.

Really, to call them the same thing is like me saying a pair of jeans is the same things a high heel shoe. I mean they both go on your body, right?

I can't believe people can leave school in this day and age and not know simple biology like that.

Also realize that I thought the one thing to fear not washing jeans would be jock itch , but if you get a minor cut and Staph virus enters your blood - you could die in a matter of months from it .. staph supposedly lives on all of out bodies all the time , but is not deadly or a true virus of course until it enters INTO out blood ..

kill it off your denim dudes ...

Er, staph isn't a true virus ever - it's a bacteria. Don't you kids learn biology these days?

And killing HIV in the wild isn't particularly hard - it's a quite fragile virus, certainly compared to something like Hep B which you could theoretically catch from surface contamination.

Odd timing on this thread. Just two weeks ago I decided that wearing Issey day in and day out since 1999 was probably too long and switched to L'eau Park Kenzo.

Lacoste tennis shirt

Snopants

Footscapes

I agree on that LV wallet Jonboy, nice choice old chap. Anyways, would you mind letting us know how much you paid for that badboy? And what season it was? I could be in the market for a new wallet and the leather on that one looks excellent.

It's from this season I think - how much it cost is a bit complicated. I originally bought a 10 card monogram wallet last month at the LV shop in Monte Carlo for €200, then changed my mind and exchanged it for the Utah at an LV concession here in the US, where I paid the difference. E-Luxury has them for $435 in yankee money, I think they were about €290 in MC.

Edit - the wife tells me it's not a Utah, it's a Nomade.

I'm in love with your wallet, Jonboy

My jfold:

I kiss it when no-one is looking.

I picked up a lovely caramel LV Utah wallet recently:

Ozric - YGM

Thanks, you saved me wasting some cash.

They seem suspiciously cheap - what do we think? http://cgi.ebay.com/Prps-Designer-bleu-jeans-size-32-for-men-Brand-new_W0QQitemZ7774530139QQihZ018QQcategoryZ11483QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

As I said, I used to work for Diesel as a denim trainer - those look exactly like the first batch of Kratt 731s we got in 1998, so I think they're very old deadstock, not fakes. And the tags looked exactly like that when I worked there (1996-1998).

Edited by Dr Jonboy on Jun 13, 2006 at 07:42 PM

Yeah, I can't really wear them anymore though - i lived in them for a few years and now the soles are very shiny and dangerously worn. Still, good for a special occasion.

I have a few pairs, my favourites being these ones:

Folded the same way they used to be on the denim wall. Except for the twisted seam ones, which hang from clothes hangers.