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They really are , had my one for over 10 years and it is still perfect , a bit faded but what can you expect ?? And it's what I want in an old sweat anyway 

Had a pair of two moon 530 10 or so years ago , lovely denim ... there sweats are pretty nice for the money too 

I think they all pretty much do this but given that there was no consistency in the vintage denim I dont see it as a big deal . One of the best reproduced denims I've seen was one from ooe , not sure what denim it was but it was based off a 50's 501xx ... and just to throw a cat amongst the pigeons I never thought cone did a good job of this given that they had everything at hand 

39 minutes ago, volvo240thebest said:

I would be much surprised if a brand like CSF doesn't guarantee something more than Tcb, they sell the jeans for about twice the price. I don't feel the need to try them since I am 

On that subject I like to share one of my musings. Are we sure that the most appropriate way to reproduce a factory made jeans is a one man, craftsman business?
How much of inherent flaws and features of the original jeans were there because of line production?

 

There are always going to be things like this brought up but if we were going to down this route then the shop floor workers would have to be inexperienced ( the reason why many of the mistakes were made ) and under pressure to meet targets and not even mentioning the war going on . Its near impossible to meet working conditions during this time . This is just my opinion but no other maker has taken the time and showed as much enthusiasm to try and reproduce the sewing practices used and reproduce a pair of jeans as close to the original garments 

I wouldn't , and not because they dont look like nice jeans ( they actually look awesome ) . I tried to go with something different when I bought the warehouse and no matter how much i tried to convince myself ( read the post when i first got the warehouse ) they just weren't conners . I dont know much about tcb and there production methods but with the conners ... all the hand folded seams really make a difference to me , I'm sure I couldn't tell the difference 9 out of 10 times between a hand folded seam and an ironed seam but knowing that it was done is enough for me . Like @Double 0 Soul the period correct sewing machines and the lengths Yoshiaki san goes to to keep them running ( there must be an entire room full of spare machines ) makes all the difference in the world when your goal is to purchase the best possible repro . Yoshiaki is quite a knowledgeable man when it comes to vintage denim and I've had a good few ( broken english ) text conversations with him and his passion really shines through when he is talking about his product and how much he strives for the perfect reproduction 

7 minutes ago, volvo240thebest said:

tell me more about this PLEASEEEEE

Used to be standard for the early contests here , pick a start date then everyone takes a pic of there unwashed jeans with a newspaper from the agreed starting date . Originally I think it was more to do with people thinking an extra few days in the jeans was cheating but I think it's cool just for nostalgia sake 

Cant help myself , bear in mind that these have been on order for a few months so before I got the news 

Are you guys all going to do a newspaper pic ? Used to love seeing these in the old contest threads , would be cool to see it done here 

7 minutes ago, Maynard Friedman said:

Sorry to hear that Ryan, but hopefully you’ll get another job soon and have a bit of spare wedge too.

EDIT: just seen your reply - the new Conners P45 

Ordered another ww2 and another 46 

Just now, unders said:

Sorry to hear buddy. 

How many pairs of CSF are you buying with your payout? 

Lol ....... I already have 2 on there way 

Well I just got served my walking papers this morning , signed for my redundancy package so me and Jack will be doing the misses head in for another bit 

Just now, Broark said:

I’ll be grabbing one for sure.

Was there ever any doubt

Lovely jacket , I'd be all over it if I didn't already have the off white McCoy's... think o e white jacket is enough 

All new trainers look shit imo 

The older Jordan's seemed to have a pretty nice leather , dont know much about the more recent pairs 

I've wanted a pair of Jordan's since I was a kid but ever got any , would still love some now but would never even consider paying the crazy prices the Chicago and banned colourways ( what I would want )  go for on the secondary market  

Edit : think my dream pair may be the Chicago ajko 

Had whippets when I was a kid , great dogs . Best of the bunch was a fawn coloured dog called sparky , such a fast runner and the most loyal dog I've had 

She is pretty smart , only had her since Sunday and she is already going to the door when it's time for a pee . Have to keep an eye on Jack though , he's trying to get her to chase remote control cars and everything 

The wife finally convinced me to get Jack a dog ... I blame lockdown 

We had always talked about a Daschund and jack thinks calling it a sausage dog is soo funny 

Hope the arms are cut a little better than the ranchman,  mine fits really weird 

Those blues 

Still looking to buy conners 32 to 34 ...... got any ?? 

didn't even notice 

I've found that as long as the package is marked as a gift and the total value including postage is under £40 they pass right through 

@fix_me go for it mate , there gonna be too big for me 

Lovely , always liked the look of go west 

Look forward to the fit pics