The Clerk

Yeah man,

I'm on it... Just don't hold your breathe... Any one who wants to bag themselves some extra thread when they buy their jeans would be well advised to do so.

As well as that I'm gonna find some generic stuff maybe from coats that I can try and match as well as possible.

Thanks for the support tho

I've read you thread fre$co (I've been lurking for some time) ... sorry if it seems I've stolen your plan. And yes I know that cotton is more authentic. But how many Japanese brands are there out there? Using how many variations in shade of thread? Sourcing all the variations from Japan is gonna be quite a task.

Does anyone know where i can get a pair of 1955 raw in a 30/34 ? I've searched the net with no luck. I'm in the uk. Thanks !

Have you tried Cinch? I know that they had some 55's left from last season

OK I'll give cotton a go but I've got a feeling that finding cotton that's strong enough is gonna be tricky. I was looking at polycore as that's what's used both by LVC and Ande Whall (and probably others). However, I know most of the Japanese brands use 100% cotton.

As I say these are all things I need to sort out before I can offer to hem anyone's jeans.... and this isn't my day job

Up for sale on ebay:

LVC type III 557 Slim fit trucker jacket. Size S .

£0.99 starting bid. Item no: 150347681233

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&item=150347681233

Also LVC type II 507 jacket. Size M

£0.99 starting bid. Item no 150347689697

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&item=150347689697

Thanks for looking

Ok sorry for the delay answering some of the questions - I've been holed up gobbling pain killers having been butchered by a dentist. I look quite a lot like a hamster.

So, how much was the machine? Not cheap, but not the thousands of £/$ that people have mentioned earlier in this thread. Hundreds rather than thousands.

Where did I get it? Well I could reveal my sources but then I'd be forced to kill you. To be honest it was so difficult to get all the bits to get it working I think you'll struggle to find another easily. (This is just of course in the UK, I couldn't say about elsewhere.)

Now, I also know that a lot of people are gonna want to get their jeans hemmed, myself included and it's about tie this service was available. That's the reason I got the chain stitcher in the first place.

Before I can happily go ahead and do this I still need to get the correct thread. The pictures I've posted so far have been using upholstery thread. Once I have so polycore thread I'll post some more pictures. And I'll try and get a good range of colours and shades to match as many brands as I can.

Hope all of this helps. I'll be starting a dedicated thread to this as soon as I've got some more to add. I feel a little like I've hijacked this one...

In the meantime please don't hesitate to ask any questions.

Well the whole reason for using a 43200G is that it does that for you. I've read Miz's thread with particular interest to the hemming aspect. The only bit I didn't quite get was how he unpicked and then tied off the stitch.

If you look at the picture below you'll see the inseam vears off at an angle where the folder has given the material a twist:

And this is a piece that I gave a quick soak. You can see the amount of roping on it:

And from the inside:

Back to the stitch lengths. Here you can see the difference from the outside. Orange fairly long, golden brown about as short as I can get it:

The stitch length is adjusted by moving a bolt on the left hand side of the machine backwards and forwards. You can see the bolt in this photo with the outer casing plate removed.- it's the black one not the steel one:

When we first tried to do this it wouldn't budge at all. Tony, who's the guy I got the chainstitcher from was worried that it would break and then the whole sewing machine would be redundant. Finding a replacement that had the ball bearing on the end would have been nearly impossible.

But it had to be moved so we stuck a load of wd40 on it, hit it with a hammed and it moved. A nerve racking moment I can tell you.

So as I said I've been making nice chainstitched loops out of a pair of Thai levis. Like this one:

This loop has two different stitch lengths. The orange at the bottom is quite a long stitch and the golden brown at the top is fairly short. About the sort of length of the stitching on my LVC 33's.

So I've been taking some pictures of the different stitch lengths of the hems I've been playing with - I've hemmed my way up both legs of a pair of Thai levis.

However they're gonna have to wait till tomorrow as I'm off to have me wisdom teeth out this afternoon

Oh, and yeah both it and I are in London.

Yeah it is working and I'm getting used to using it. I need to get a little more practice in and look at adjusting the stitch length too. I'm also looking into different threads to use. This all seams to take a little time.....

I'll post of some photos of the results.

Ok,

I've spent a long time over the past year or so looking for a Union Special to chainstitch jeans.

I managed to track one down after a little searching around. However getting it working or at least getting the parts to get it working proved a little more tricky.

Still I now have it and have it working so I figured it was time to share. Here's some initial photos of it

Wasn't someone looking for one of these recently?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rare-LVC-1st-Front-Pleated-Blouse-jacket-New-booklet_W0QQitemZ300311491872QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMen_s_Clothes?hash=item300311491872&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1685|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50

That was me, I saw the listing courtesy of Dr Heach, unfortunately far too big for me.

Thanks for the heads up tho Mr Black

Thank for the heads up Dr Heach,

Unfortunately I'm about a 38 chest, but it's good to know these come up every now and again. I'll keep my eyes peeled

Great tread man. Love it

If you do speak to someone at Levis, can you ask them re: 1879 1st pleated blouse - see if you can get a look??

The earliest illustration of the 506 that I have seen is 1899 (Lyn's book - reverse of an 1899 handbill).

Shame that not even a Japanese collector has an early example..

Thanks anyway Paul.

Hey guys,

Is this the jacket you're referring to?

I'm sure a found this picture from somewhere on this thread but when I looked again I couldn't find it. What is it? And does anyone know where I might be able to get one?

Thanks

Paul,

What is the LVC 200 and 300 range? Sorry if this seems a dumb question...

Nice Cotton Duck, they look great.

Far too much stacking going on with most of the fit picks I've seen on this forum, but those look great.

My brother has a pair of First first 1875's (or is it 73?) - I'll try and get some fit pics from hime next time I see him

Ok cool,

I'll let you know how I get on and hopefully be showing off in a couple of years when I've trashed em.

So what about denim since 06 season? Anyone got any pics?

Have LVC gone back to the nicer stuff?

I'd really like to pick up a pair of either 1901's or 66's (or both) but I'd really like to know that I'm gonna get that nice royal blue hue to them.

Ok so I know it's not as special as some of the jacket on here but I thought it might be worth sharing.

Orange tag jacket from the 80's... I think. I bought it about 10 years ago when it was still full of indigo.

Hi guys. I have been having trouble finding black selvage in a large enough quantity....but I have just received 50 odd yards of very nice 14oz pink line selvage, made in Japan. Slubby, but not to slubby...really nice gear. Basically this first run will be quite short as I cannot get this same denim again, but will be looking for more in the future. There will be no size returns due the lack of yardage on this lot, so previous customers will be good to go or if you are one million percent sure. making a sample now, so pictures will be ready in a couple days.

Ande, is the pink line denim shrink to fit or sanforized?