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That seems right- one pocket and tag to the side would correspond to a Levi's between 1880 and 1900.

Does anyone have experience with Geniyus.com? I can't help but wonder, due to the low price, if the LVCs are authentic.

No, they are probably all fake. Don't buy them.

That's right, you're two months behind. Lot to make up for.

Nice haircut! What did you do with the leftover bits?

Just a few other notable moments I revisited while looking back through Dkatz's posts:

riff said

Click play and then scroll down- slowly, for dramatic effect.

Votes in from Christophe Loiron. Just the Cone representative left to hear from.

So.

Close.

Votes are now in from ringring, Carl Chiara & Ralph Tharpe. No winner yet.

I've had official votes from two of the judges, three to go. I'll attempt to apply more pressure this evening.

It should be noted that ringring was very prompt and the first one to turn in his ballot. I have sent him a smiley-face "I voted" sticker to wear on his lapel.

While we're waiting, twiddling our thumbs, I'd just like to announce that almostnice is the winner of the mini belt contest by unanimous decision of the judges (me and mikecch)! While everyone's belts are looking great after a year of wear, the wear and color of Markus' belt are outstanding. I hope mine looks this good some day! I've been in touch with him via email, and I'll post his prize once he claims it.

Nice! Markus well-deserves it.

Photo sets are on their way to the judges! Some are traveling, don't expect to get results til next week.

So what's the plan from here?

I'll put the final five's photos together in some sort of package and then send them off to the judges.

I'm surprised by the results- I thought for sure dkatz's thoroughly destroyed pair would be way out in front of the pack!

^Echoed.

My own personal awards for the contest. No prizes, except the glory:

MOST REALISTIC ARTIFICIALLY INDUCED KNEE FADES: almostnice.

MOST WELL-THOUGHT-OUT AND PERSEVERANT BACK POCKET FADES: rnrswitch (shutupshutupshutup)

MOST INTERESTING DOING-SHIT-ABOUT-TOWN POSTS WITH LEAST ATTITUDE: ThisSunday.

MOST KIND TO CHILDREN , MOST ARTISTIC & AND BEST WOODCRAFTSMENLYSHIP: TG76.

Talked to Roy today and he said to tell you all that he has come up with a firm prize for the winner: a unique ROY jacket, not exactly the same as any other jacket he has made or is currently making.

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Any ideas for the best way (with as minimal agitation as possible) to get the stench of feline and urine out of RoyXcone contest jeans?

No way! Did they really turn up, what, over two months late?

That's a rare item, a basically unworn RxC jean. The only one? Aside from rnrswitch's I mean.

those look great Daniel. I have a pair in my denim box, I hope they are small enough...

Just added the roundup of the new LVC season at loomstate.

A good range of dry denim for the fall, too, including the return of the 201. A lot of that XX stuff turns out to be bullshit.

Incidentally, heard elsewhere new boss of Levi's comes from Proctor and Gamble. Oh well...

Lovely blog entry, Paul. Good to see some very nice new items in the coming season. Did you notice if there was any larger presence of made in China items?

Talked to Cory, he'll try to get them in soon, but says they haven't gotten a lot of wear.

^weird. The really early models have very shallow pockets, but I've never noticed any past the 1915s to have particularly shallow pockets. My '47s seem to have decent pocket depth.

Does the dragon light up?

I am definitely gonna cry foul if I don't win.

New rule: you can vote FOR or AGAINST someone.

My three votes:

not Rnr

not Rnr

not Rnr

(Just joking, don't ask if this is for real. Except Rnr. You can ask, and it is.)

Sigh. Alright, dkatz and I talked it over and came up with a new ranked-choice triplicate-paperwork system of scaled voting. Here is a mock up of how the votes will be tabulated:

Jesus. Just vote for three and we'll see what happens.

^get them in before Paul, slacker.