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silencejoe

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  1. Here you go jwsach. Sorry, the lighting sucks. I'll try and do better this weekend.

    I wanted those first buttons, the larger, darker wooden ones that were close in color to the original buttons from the repro (thanks silencejoe- sweet org pics from where?), but they were vintage and the place only had five of them (needed thirteen). These are the second choice, horn, really nice up close but not as contrasty from afar.

    Entertainment, yep, I traded with King Levi. He lives up the street from me. Lazy sot, couldn't even take his own pictures. I gave him an xl blue-black (which actually fits as a large) which is up on the bay now, if anyone's in the market.

    the org pic are from e-bay : : )

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170487672045&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

    Nice trade roy6 I'm looking for this jkt for a long time it is a very hard to find jkt and it looks fit on you ; )

    The 08 version are made by Goatskin so I guess the 05 version also the same....

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  2. great pair, great wash, but its a shame that lvc cut the legs of, and put the rest to the packages, stupid somehow, i think the customer shoul be able

    to cut em hisself... sorry for that beautiful prewashed denim... and i´m jealous about the cool bag;)

    I just did a repair of my pair and it looks fine ..... : )

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  3. Just got my LVC Knappave 1880'S Celebration Pack

    These Nevada Jean style work pants hve been cropped - almost shredded - below the knee.

    This pair was purchased from a vintage dealer in summer of 2001, soon after LS&CO. acquired

    the famous Nevada Jean for $46.532. Interestingly, this cut off pair was also found in Nevada-

    in a silver mine near the town of Tonopah, located about 200 miles from present Las Vegas.

    These waist overalls were made in LS&CO,'s San Francisco factorey in the 1880s, with denim

    purchased from Amoskeag Mill in Mancester, NH.

    And why were the legs cut off?

    Well, there are a few possible reasons. Sometimes when men's work pants got torn, the weares would

    just cut off the ripped portion and use the denim piece to patch another pair of pants. Often the

    denim would be used as a sweat rag, or - if the owner was a miner - it would be wrapped around the

    hands before using a pick or shovel, in order to protect the hands from blistering. It's possible

    this pair was worn even after being cut off, but it's more likely that the pants wer left behind

    to be "recycled". The original pair levs in a fireproof safe in the Levi Strauss & Co. Archives in SF, CA.

    LVC Knappave 1880'S Celebration Pack

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