Maynard Friedman

Agreed, I don’t think it works very well with ‘Genus’, if that is the intention.

From the outside, a lock stitch will look identical (as well as being stronger) and a chainstitched jacket cuff isn’t going to create roping like a hem on a pair of jeans anyway. Obviously it’s your choice but if that were me, I’d take the pragmatic approach and go to a local tailor. Good luck whatever you choose.

Any decent tailor could detach the cuffs, shorten the sleeves and reattach them. It’s a simple job and if the thread is matched, barely noticeable, if at all.

But that is counterbalanced by their rarity factor (usually firmly rooted in the pockets of dour-faced owners or stuffed into mattresses) which makes them worth £5.01

They’re not even proper mountains, just hills (you owe me £5 for saying that @Duke Mantee)

Button reinforcement on my Eternal Type II, not selvedge though. No similar reinforcement on my TCB 30s jacket.

The About Us section on the website states: “Today, while our production is based in Japan, every garment is still hand-finished in our UK workshop, ensuring the integrity and craftsmanship remain true.” I’m not sure exactly what the hand-finishing part entails.

That, and people who join specifically to sell or ask the value of an item, in a place that no-one visits!

I bet Harry ‘denim’ Styles wouldn’t make that schoolboy error

Denimbro these days 🫣 😪

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^ Just my opinion, but I don’t think so. I believe it simply depends on the setting of the individual operator’s hemming machine.

Didn’t Roy also make some fake Jack/Knife jeans that were far superior to their own ones?

Were Jack/Knife involved in similar shenanigans?