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Forgive me if I assumed too much Chuck. I would be jazzed if you are able to acquire more unsanforized cone. I love the way this stuff is fading.

I haven't talked to them in a couple of months so maybe somethings changed but the last time I did they quoted me on unsanforized. How custom they wanted to go might have been part of the problem for the other company.

We're planning on pulling the trigger fairly soon so I'll post an update once we know.

nutusufu, That's interesting, we've been talking to them and they quoted us on various possibilities. I'll be back in touch with them soon and will post an update.

No, we were able to buy a small amount of unsanforized Cone. We wanted to do a small run of our three fits to get feedback before we bought custom denim from Cone and started full production.

Hi,

Chuck from Luther's. We are having a winter sale on our jeans. $115 for a pair of any of our three fits including shipping (international is $125 including shipping). Made in the U.S.A. with Cone unsanforized denim. http://www.LuthersDenim.com

Here's some fit pics of our "The '47" posted by a teenage customer. They are unwashed.

http://imgur.com/a/e1eKg

Your use of this rare Unsanforized American made denim is what is most unique about your brand in my opinion. So what are you going to do if/when you run out of stock?

We will be nailing that down very soon but we're pretty sure we'll be staying with Cone for right-hand denim. We plan on doing the same fits in left-hand denim (but with different details) and that will probably have to be Japanese denim. We want to have right-hand and left-hand denim available in what we consider to be the core cuts (47,55,66) at a reasonable price.

We also plan on doing some small runs of more obscure fits and styles to keep things interesting.

We have the financial resources to do some pretty cool stuff.

Chuck,

 

Would you mind sharing what details you know about the fabric you're using?

We weren't able to learn a lot about it. It became available and we were able to check it out of course and it was better than most of the Cone red line selvedges samples we had seen so we jumped on it.

but what we do know is:

Cone Red-line, 13.5 Oz. Raw, Unsanforized, Selvage Denim.

When it becomes available we haven't seen generally there being a lot of detail available and it goes pretty quickly.

just curious, why name them after specific cuts, if you admit that they are not repros?

Good question, mostly just to give people a quick starting reference for each fit. We knew selvedge fans would read the details of the fits.

The '47 is the fit that is farthest off from the traditional and we had a lot of internal debate about if we went to far and we may make them less slim below the knee depending on feedback. We've seen a lot of complaints about various brands 47's being to hard to distinguish from '55's is a big part of where we went with this fit.

The '66 is very close to traditional.

We're trying to get an optimal mixture of the traditional and modern. We want to use traditional materials and construction techniques while making sure the fits work for modern bodies. We also don't want to HAVE to do it exactly like it was done as that's kind of a trap.

That's a big part of why we started Luther's. We are big LVC fans but they seem trapped by their history. We wanted to be able to stay very traditional while also being able to mix and match elements if we wanted or make sure the fits were differentiated enough.

Through the end of October, 2013 Luther's is running a special promotion where if you buy a pair of our "The '55" or "The '66" and post a fit pic to social media (Twitter, Instagram, Vine, Facebook, etc.) so we can re-post it we will send you a free pair of our "The '47".

Just message me here at Sufu letting me know that you bought a pair and where you posted the picture and we'll send you the free pair.

Sorry, this promotion can't be combined with the 25% off offer.

And here's the shank. The fly buttons are the same but smaller of course:

and "The '66" back:

and "The '66":

and "The '55" back:

Here's our "The '55" style, differs from a traditional 55 in that the legs tapers a little. I like the leg to taper at least a little. This would fit more like a traditional '47 for someone with bigger(fuller) legs:

Thanks, aho!

Here's our leather patch. Thick, natural, embossed, bridle leather patch

Sorry, the denim is unsanforized. You get a good shrink out of this denim. I updated the original post to reflect that.

Are these images too big?

Here is the back of "The '47":

Here is some images of our "'The '47" style:

Hi everybody, we are launching a new raw denim brand called "Luther's". We are down in Austin, TX where we designed everything and the Jeans were manufactured out of Los Angeles. We have three fit's based on a '47, '55' & '66 styles. The '47 and '55 are both more fitted than some other brands very traditional cuts for those periods. We are hoping some Sufu folks will try us out and help us perfect our fits by letting us know what you think. We'd love to have a group of folks who would stay involved and help us develop.

The jeans are all made with Cone unsanforized, red-line selvedge. All three fit's are more fitted than an absolutely traditional take on a '47, '55 and '66. What we've done is take them in a little in the knee as usually what happens with jeans that people go months without washing to fade is the knees get stretched out pretty quick and they look to shapeless from the knee to the hem . We've also tapered the '47 and '55 a bit as we feel this also helps with that problem and you end up with a sharper looking jean.

The way the '55 is cut will fit closer to a traditional '47 for guy's with more muscular or thicker legs. So if you've wanted to wear a '47 but found they were too tight in the leg for you give our '55 a try. 

My name is Chuck and I'm the owner. I'm a long time denim freak and musician. I come from a family with a long history in the clothing industry as my Dad was a salesman for his whole life and he worked for Levi's for a while (many trips to their El Paso, TX plant for sales meetings) as well as Hang Ten (both back in the 1970's) to name a couple of the cooler people he was with.

I'm a giant pop culture guy and have always been a huge nerd for the intersection of pop culture and denim from the movies (Wild Ones, Rebel without a Cause) to Rock And Roll (everything from CCR, The Ramones & Sex Pistols, early rockabilly). So that's going to inform the kind of things we're going to do in the future like we're going to add a couple of t-shirts soon with artwork by Wes Freed who's done most of the Drive-By-Truckers artwork.

Please check out our web site and let me know what you think. http://www.LuthersDenim.com

If you are interested purchasing some jeans from us, use the coupon code "sufu" and you will get 25% off. Anyone who creates an account and buys a pair of jeans this year will get a lifetime 25% off of everything you purchase for supporting us while we are starting out.

There is no such thing as a Made in US loopwheeled fabric any more. You can go into the t-shirt thread to inquire about other tees to print on.

Kiya, Thanks.

I'm looking to have some printed t-shirts made for me. Can anyone suggest some good t-shirt brands you get in the U.S. to use? You can't get loopwheel t-shirt blanks in the U.S. can you?

a Few LVC pieces for sale on Aspecto http://www.aspecto.co.uk/l0-sale.html#&ppg=3&pp=320

Is that 80 pounds for raw '55's?

http://www.aspecto.co.uk/levi's-xx-levi-xx-1955-501-jeans-p-c%2F1955501-s%2Frigid-c-indigo.html#

My 47's fit me like the 55 fit other people. Cause of skinny legs. I like the denim on the 47 better also. Really takes some time to fade but it's worth it. Great contrast between faded and dark areas. The 55 are super cool too but they're a bit baggier than I like.

gave the 37s a hot soak, hung them to dry for a while and now they are being worn damp (didn't want to lose too much in the waist)

as you can see it slimmed down the leg a fair bit, and I did lose a little length (maybe an inch and a half or 2) much happier with the fit now, wasn't really going for the super loose miner style fit, wanted a more modern/vintage fit a bit fuller than my 47's but not sloppy

I want a pair that fit like that now.