Ironically, my formal intro to Roy denim is a direct result of @shredwin_206 's experience with Mr. Slaper. Right now I am the owner of seven pairs. Memorial Jeans, 2 x RT1002, CB-1, Duck-1, BNB1, and the Foreman pants, all in regular rotation.
My first pair of the Memorial Jeans with heavy repairs that might the actual pair that @shredwin_206 referred to. Having them in hand is the light bulb moment for me to start learning to appreciate denim in a whole new way, as opposed to the obsessive need to start every pair with unsanforized, raw, virgin products.
As for his experience with Roy, I think in this day and age everyone struggles to dissociate any misgivings from the artist from the ability to enjoy one's art, and there is no wrong way to react to those misgivings as he see fits.
