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Sorry to dig up an old topic, but I'm in the hammond area so i'm down if anyone else is

Hey hollows I sent you a PM about a few things

What are those SAMs hemmed to?

If you're talking to me, I think the length is 28 or 29, I'd have to double check it though

Gonna look into getting a pair of N&F when I get back to the states if I can sell my samurais since theyre way too big (didnt shrink ANYWHERE near what the guy at americaya said).

I'm 5'3", roughly 130-140 lbs. and currently wearing some Eternal 883's size 29. Any recommendations on a cut thats similar, maybe a mild amount more baggy below the knee?

heres fit pics for reference (no soak no wash)

http://s532.photobucket.com/albums/ee327/xmilkmanx/?action=view&current=IMAG0238.jpg

http://s532.photobucket.com/albums/ee327/xmilkmanx/?action=view&current=IMAG0236.jpg

and fit pics of the samurais (size 32) to give my idea of "way too baggy"

http://s532.photobucket.com/albums/ee327/xmilkmanx/jeans/?action=view&current=IMAG0233.jpg

http://s532.photobucket.com/albums/ee327/xmilkmanx/jeans/?action=view&current=IMAG0231.jpg#!oZZ4QQcurrentZZhttp%3A%2F%2Fs532.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee327%2Fxmilkmanx%2Fjeans%2F%3Faction%3Dview%26current%3DIMAG0235.jpg%26

man these last few pages are making me wonder if something similar to what happened with my samurais is going to happen when i finally get around to soaking or washing them. and that being the guy at americaya didnt know what he was talking about when he said they were "no shrink"

id love to get my hands on one of those friggen gorgeous key hooks too rocking the carabiner is getting old/ugly lol

oh and you are not your fucking khackis.

em.. yes sir

Sup guys, gonna post my edc when I get back to the states, didnt bring ANYTHING with me to japan for some reason haha.

Im looking for a new booksack/pack/messenger bag. Currently using a booq . . .vyper i think? made for the 17 inch macbook pro and its WAY TOO BIG for just everyday use, especially since i bought my dell Adamo

kinda lookin at the boa squeeze http://www.booqbags.com/Laptop-Backpacks/Boa-squeeze-macbook-backpack

any opinions/recommendations under $100?

Is it the same "cloth of excellence" they use on the 510XX?

not sure, how would i find this out?

no tab????

by tab do you mean the little piece of cloth that has the brand? like levis have on the back pocket?

yea its on the coin pocket

My 21oz denim shrank like crazy. One hot water wash and the waist went from 33 to 31 (on a tagged 33 Lot 10 510 21oz), so you should be ok. Plus the 21oz doesn't stretch out much either (this isn't a 21oz VX denim is it?, because the regular XX 21oz denim stays shrunk).

its the VX, yeah. s5000vx

Just got a pair yesterday to replace my samurais since theyre a bit too baggy and i dont have a way to really get the heat to em good.

really like the fit on these though

do those s5000s have black arcs?

yessir, sure do

unless you put them through a hot wash/hot dryer then you don't know how much they will shrink.

i think you got a typical japanese fit, and one size up from a typical sufu fit, which is why the salesman thought you should go for the size you did.

yeah put them in the macine and wash them at 60°C and then one more time in the tumble dryer. That should take care of more shrinkage

i soaked them for about 30 minutes at 48°C from the faucet plus maybe just under 2 liters of boiling water, then to the dryer for 20 minutes

but aiight, when i get back home in america ill really jack the heat up on them and let the dryer run full cycle before i make a final decision on selling or keeping. 48s the max temperature at the apartment im staying at here in japan so itll have to wait these last 3 weeks

I worry that they will stretch out even more and be bigger than they already are. i dunno. i guess theyd look alright with some outfits =/ gonna hold on to em til I get back to the states and see what my fiancee thinks about them.

those looks good on you and take note tehy will continue to shrink each time you wash them just like mine

you think? i dunno. . i like the cut but prefer them to be a bit tighter around my thighs. if i would have gotten the 30s i think it would have been much better. and personally i think they make me look a bit chubby since im so short

honestly if i could get $250 for them id go buy a pair true to size tomorrow. but I dont think they will sell any time soon if even at all because of my height and having them hemmed

sup guys

bought a pair of S5000VX 21oz a couple weeks back and i gotta say that i WOULD HAVE loved them, if they werent way to baggy on me (im a small guy)

originally i was gonna go with a 30 waist (about half inch bigger than my true waist) because i wanted a slightly baggy look, but the guy at americaya at the time kept insisting that I size up 2 sizes because they would shrink a ton. so i figured "eh he works here he knows whats up" and did it. get em home, soak em in some really hot water, toss em in the dryer for a bit, and what do you know, they havent tightened up hardly any.

So I'll probably try to sell them, i went back today and got a pair of eternals, i think 21oz is probably too hot for most of the year anyway (southern louisiana) but once these get broken in ill probably get a pair of boot cut sammies, sized down once.

sorry for the tl;dr heres the fit pics post soak