Maynard Friedman

and yes. the lower case thing is so lame. why even do that?

I blame Levi's for starting all that nonsense back in the 70s.

Always listen to your mother - mum knows best!

Whenever I read this thread it seems that I'm too late for past rnr and too early for future rnr. I just keep getting the lame present one...

thanks, didn't want to do anything detrimental to the long term results...

i wear them for work everyday and spend a fair bit of time on building/demolition sites so that's where the dust/dirt is from

cheers

If you wear your jeans on building sites why are you pansying about soaking them? Just put them inside out in a washing machine on 30 or 40. They're just jeans ffs!

Cheers Dr. I'm away from my laptop which has a link to that saved. I'll check it out didn't realise the 67 was on there

It's not

quick question for you guys. I recently got a pair of Julian Boots off of ebay - (very similar to these http://www.reveilleshop.com/shop/julian-the-reveille-boot/). should I put a shoe tree in them? there doesn't seem to be any harm in it, but I worry that to push it in I'm somehow damaging the top of the boot. in general do boots need shoe trees?

The trees will only damage your boots if they take root in the soles or if the branches start growing through the eyelets. Other than that you'll be fine.

The thing you must remember with trees is that their bark is worse than their bite.

Look on the label of your Roy contest jeans, what does it say?

"A jeanswearing contest" (or something similar - I don't have a pair for reference!).

Not posting the most pictures or being popular, just wearing them thar jeans.

Ithangyou...

Kiya, can you or anyone else here point me to some better pix of Buzz jeans than what is on HPA's site? Looking for model 1942 M43019N. Size 38 SC 66s and 47s are big on me but I think the waist on the size 36 would be too small. HPA says they can get in the size 37 Buzz jeans, but I'm not finding much of anything about them on the net.

Setterman,

Here's some BR jeans, but they only go up to a 36:

http://www.mrmuddandmrgold.com/en/brands/buzz-ricksons/buzz-ricksons-jeans.html

Thanks, but I want a new, unwashed one. Appreciate it though.

How about my new unworn m in navy?

goominim, I'll try to mail you pics and measurements of my grey m old style buzz tomorrow if you're interested.

1947s

heads up for london folk.

the three threads in shoreditch is having a closing down sale so there's 50-80% off everything. still a few lvc left, mainly 47s in smaller sizes but a handful of other sizes/styles still available.

this is in-store only, the website has gone. the shop will re-open as an edwin flagship store and may offer a hemming service with union specials.

peace

OK Robbie, but can you layer like Superman? The man of steel wears denim under a superhero outfit under a suit!

1922s for sale at half price at Hanon shop.

http://www.hanon-shop.com/levi-1922-501-jeans-rigid.html

Nope, the process of sanforization makes the cotton fibers more pliable and less resistant to snapping therefore prolonging holes/crotch blow-outs, etc. You take the same cotton fibers, dye them the same way, and produce two runs of denim leaving one as is (unsanforized) and one run through a sanforizing machine and the sanforized one will surely last longer.

I don't disbelieve you but I'd like to hear the science on that!

Surely if you wash a pair of unsanforized jeans before wearing, they are no less durable than a sanforized pair?

Definitely not, with the extra weight you'll barely be able to leave the ground.

This seems like a good thread for this question. I just rediscovered these shoes after moving, having forgotten them and left them in a garage for over a year with salt caked on. They look salvageable for use with jeans, and I think the distress might actually end up kind of cool if I can get them reconditioned a bit.

I'm looking for some advice as to how to salvage them. I think they might look OK if I clean and oil them, for instance, instead of trying to polish them, just not sure what to use.

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Just keep polishing those and they'll look fine. That style of shoes is meant to be polished and not oiled.

Cobblers,

I don't have experience with the 14oz XS-32 denim, only the standard 15oz of my SD-101. According to BiG charts, the shrinkage on the 14oz is slightly less. As far as stretching goes, my size 32 101s have stretched back to about a 33.5-34 waist from a post-soak of about 31.5 (33-33.5 raw). I'd imagine you can expect something similar with the 14oz. Overall, I don't find that they stretch/give as much as other denim of a comparable weight. Hope that helps.

I also have a raw pair of 001s. I sent back my 32s for a 31 as they come up considerably bigger than the 101s, but I don't think they're a true representation of the brand as far as sizing goes.

Kiya,

Why are sanforized jeans more durable/longer lasting than unsanforized ones?

I should've joined this competition. Really enjoying the thread.

Add it to her personal development plan and send her on a basic photography course!

Are you Tottenham in disguise?

I'm just commenting on the fit, don't give a hoot whether it's a collaboration or not. Also, owning Flat Heads myself, I know how much shrinkage they're capable of, particularly after a machine wash, hence the comments.

This is true, they look like they're the right size now and will probably fit like ladies/goth/heavy metallist jeans post-wash. But if that's what he after, he's nailed it.