Levis511

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Whats the best way to remove the arcuate? I have a pair I think I want to strip of the arcuate and tag...just not sure about how to go about doing it...

I picked up these jeans from a 2nd hand store, raw. I think these are from 2003 before I knew of this site and I was doing everything as I saw fit- thus no soak, I even hemmed them (bad mistake.) Anyways, here they are. I believe they were tailored/tapered before I bought them, but it was a BANG UP job: Levi's 577, 29x33:

Love how blown out these are. What kind of fit are 577s?

As you can tell by my name...I love Levi's 511s. They are a great fit and they are just the right form of skinny for me. I get a lot of compliments on them as well. The only downside with them is the limited amount of washes, but I like the darker wash that I have and it goes with about anything.

the reason that people are confused is because it isn't a blatant red tab/horses/arctuates infringement, each company changed them slightly for their brand. The question is how far their copyright extends, for example, the SDA patch with the pigs i don't think should qualify. Also, the patches don't say levis on them, they say the japanese manufacturers name, so perhaps the companies could just change the color of the tab to comply.

I think it has gotten past the point of color of the tab. After all, Levi's does produce their Silver Tab line and formerly their Orange tab line...I don't think its the color of the tab that is trademarked, just the tab in general...