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Studio d'Artisan SD-103 - tagged size: 34 inch waist. Length: hemmed to 32 inches

Worn for about one year, washed a few times. Crotch has been repaired. Small hole in rear right pocket.

Will accept £50 or offers plus estimated shipping costs £7.50 to UK, £15 to Europe, £20 to US. Paypal only

LVC 1947, 8 months old, 1 hot wash to shrink and 3 cold washes.

Thanks for the comments everyone.

mortimer - Those SDAs are looking great. Question to everyone here though: is there a specific reason why some jeans start to "crack" in between the honeycombs, as seen on mortimer's pair? I rarely see this on most of the jeans posted, but my APCs and now my Sammies have both had this happen. It doesn't bother me that much, I was just wondering if there was a specific reason for why this always happends to me, and if there is any way to prevent it?

I only soaked my jeans for an hour or so. As a result there was a lot of starch left in the jeans, which, as some others have said, makes the denim more brittle. The fact that I didn't wash them for six months can't have helped either...

From now on I'll either buy one wash or chuck my raw jeans in the washer with a little detergent at the highest temperature. Hopefully this will stop the denim cracking. It's the only thing I really dislike about the jeans.

My one year old Studio d'Artisan 103's:

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First wash was after six months. I think I probably could have washed them sooner though - they've lost hardly any indigo so far

Here's my SDA 103 after 8 months, worn most days, washed 3 times...

...and a picture in natural light that shows the actual colour of the jeans

l-r Lee 101z, APC NS, SC 1947, SDA 103, Thai fakes, LVC 1947

Do those SDAs have some rips in the honeycombs?

They're really nice regardless.

Yeah, (I think) they were a bit brittle because I didn't get all the startch out in the first soak. The crotch is also starting to go

SDA 103 after six months and one wash...

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They fuck you up, your mum and dad.

They may not mean to, but they do.

They fill you with the faults they had

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But they were fucked up in their turn

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It deepens like a coastal shelf.

Get out as early as you can,

And don't have any kids yourself

I ordered some SC1947s from 2000db last week. The cost, delivered to the UK was $165. That's £86 at current exchange rates.

It costs £160 to buy the same jeans from Togged or American Classics. Basically, it's a lot cheaper to get Sugar Canes directly from Japan than pay the inflated costs in the UK.

Try 'em on first at American Classics and then order from Japan.

Er, moleskin is made of cotton. Not sure what the best method for dyeing is though:confused:

I also bought 34" sda-103 which fitted me perfectly before any soak. I soaked them for about 2-3 hours,inside out, in the hottest water that came out of the tap of my bath. They shrank quite a bit. After letting them drip dry for an hour or so, I wore them when damp until almost dry. I then had them hemmed. They fit just about perfectly now. It's a slightly more skinny regular fit - if that makes sense?

Also, after I had them hemmed, I dipped the hems of the jeans in boiling water for about 30 seconds - it gives them a kind of roping effect.

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Kurt Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse 5

Alexander Solzhenitsyn - One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

Knut Hamsun - Hunger

James Ellroy - The Black Dahlia

Hunter S. Thompson - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

John Fante - Ask The Dust

Graham Greene - The Quiet American

William Burroughs - Junky

Alexander Trocchi - Cain's Book

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