carbonti

you crazy the waist expanded after the boiling soak? damn your houdini!

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I stuck a piece of lumber, akin to a common 2x4, into the waistband before soaking. The waist fit very tightly to the wood as the jeans were drying. When fully dried, the waist was no longer shrunk as tight to the wood as when damp.

Ordered my first pair of Sams from 2nd. The sizing information scattered about this thread was used to guesstimate the size to order. Additionally, as 2nd does chainstitching, I asked them to hem the Sams at 89cm. As a first time Samurai buyer, it felt like a big risk to lock-in size and length in one shot. As a return or exchange back to Japan is not feasible taking a full whack at it seemed the best option.

The fit turns out to be perfect. Many thanks to all who shared sizing/shrinking experiences. Hot soaked & air dried 3 times with rolling boiling water (wife's pasta pots). Not much shrinkage after the 2nd soak. A 15" piece of lumber was inserted to the waistband before soaking. Sized TTS with actual waist of 32.5".

Samurai S5000VX21oz Lot 12 Tagged 32

Raw:

waist 15.75" thigh 12.25" knee 9" length 35"

cuff 8.75" front rise 11" rear rise 14"

Post-soak

waist 16" thigh 11.5" knee 8.5" length 32.5"

cuff 8.5" front rise 10" rear rise 13.75"

Anybody got rescue hem measurements in sizes 29w,30w?

Looking for nothing lower than 21cm.

Rescue in 30W measures 21.5cm.