Max Power

Sorry to hear that. Thanks for sharing and thanks for the pictures.

would have repped, if I could.

^Yes, but the first notion of jeans in his "homeland" germany came with the american GI's in the late 40ies and 50ies. So almost a century later...

^@ Ooe*****

These pictures appear in the order I took them, so the descriptions on the signs should fit. The 1937 pair is noticable by the rivet in the crotch.

That's all, sorry, I didn't have any more ads or other stuff to show you. But keep in mind, that the musuem itself is pretty tiny.

Cheers!

So, here come the leftovers. I can't recall exactly, what sign belongs to which pair, as I've been there in June.

And, I beg your pardon for not being able to rotate the pictures.

The first two pics show nice "combs" on denim Jackets, but I don't recall the exact type.

Unknown pair.

Back of the 1880 replica

And, you were right, the dead stock pair dates back to the 60ies (hence the bartacks)

OK guys, I got a bunch of photos at home, especially some of the jeans, I'll see what I can do for you and put them on when I'm done working, this evening probably. Stay tuned ;-)

^I think I got more pics of the displayedads at home, can look it up this evening, if there's interest...

Probably you're right, I referred to what the signs in the museum said and didn't question it... At home I got pics of the signs, I can look it up, but it definitely said 50ies. Weren't the arcs on the 60s models "flatter" than on this pair?

What makes you doubt they're 1937's 501? The missing chinchback?

Anyway, I'm no expert, maybe some other guy here might clarify.

BTW, I'm a bit proud of that place, as I was born and raised not far from there...

Some advertsing:

Additionally, there's a short movie to be seen.

That's all folks, I hope you enjoyed the tour. Cheers!"

Lots of Tags:

Although it's no denim museum, there are some samples of washed and raw denim:

Horrible pic (there's an audioguide, too):

There's a nice replica of an 1880 jeans

(there's an ipod-Jeans from Levi's too, but it would ruin the impression to put it here)

There are also some worn in and dead stock items, from a private collection. A few samples:

501 xx Red selvage, dead stock from the 50s, still tagged:

1937 Big E 501 xx

Hi guys, here's cross-post from a thread I did this summer on mynudies.com. I'd like too share it here, as some might find it rather interesting (at least i hope so).

"Some informations and photos about Levi Strauss' birthplace and museum in Buttenheim/Germany (near Nürnberg). I went there today and would like to share my impressions with you guys:

First of all, the small town of Buttenheim is very proud of Levi Strauss:

There is a sign on the highway, that indicates the birth of Levi...

and, typical for franconia, there is a beer named after him

There is a small store near the museum. They stock mainly prewashed Jeans, some LVC repros from 1966 and 1947, but only bout 8 items in total. So, no need to drive many miles for the store, if you ask me...

The museum's located in the old family house (the blue one, of course )

The first part of the pretty small musuem (hence the small house) deals with the jewish history of Löb Strauss. He changed his name to Levi after emigrating. Then, the trademarks of his jeans are displayed.

A treasure chest of rivets:

...Today the shirts should be shipped. Any updates and post-soak pics, doc?

^^cool post beatle. unfortunately I can't listen to the sound here at work, but your for shure the best dressed employee there

^^nice pics, there, Farhad and - Z-!

^Thanks, glad you like it.

Man, 2500 bucks is insane, if they really do only 5 pairs they'll be a sought-after collectors item soon. Wasn't the gold label jeans from momotaro that expensive, too?

That was a super nice star, Tiro. I unfortunately missed the updates, as the thread on mynudies got pretty lame without any updates...

Now I'm curious to see who's the secret guy...

Great pairs, there!

max power your nudie rrds looks great wish mine looked that good. i sized up on my pair although years ago it was my first pair of dry denim.

Thank you very much :-D

^hehe, classic, b_f! Well done, mate...

It's stiff as hell. My notebook fits in perfectly (as it was made to its measurements), but I have a hard time putting it in. The fabric is so stiff, that it keeps straight when I lay the empty bag on the edge of a table and put some weight on the end of the bag (if you know what I'm trying to say).

It really doesn't seam to get creases without pure violence. And keep in mind, that it will be 34 oz post-soak, like Lennaert wrote me!

Yes, there's no fabric I know that feels like that, but I can't imagine wearing pants made out of it. The production and sewing is a challenge, too.

As I wanted to have some piece of it as collector's item, likeyou wrote, we came across the idea of a sturdy laptop bag...

Hehe, thanks. I love that hairy denim, too.

That's awesome blazingazn. I'm glad things worked out for you. I'm wearing my 24oz'ers right now. I really do love them. Made in the USA, baby! I'm super excited for them to start breaking in so I've been wearing them everyday and biking in them. Probably got over 50 miles in them already and two weeks wear. I've never posted denim pics before but I might with these. I'm so focused on these pair I'm selling my camo and citrus weft denims.

Anybody check out this link yet?

http://blackandtannedny.wordpress.com/2010/07/26/capsule-ny-naked-famous-denim/

32oz denim that stand up on their own?! CRAZY! But, I heard these were gonna be pretty expensive.

Momotaro collaboration?! I almost popped a boner in my 24 oz denim!

Lenaert from Benzak Denim Developpers made me a laptop bag out of that 32 oz (pre-soak!) denim. It's incredibly stiff, but super nice woven (on a carpet loom, as he wrote me)!

You gotta love this selvage line :-D

Is here anybody who knows about #17 in terms of stretching and fading? Are there any pics of faded pairs around here?

I was given the #41 sample a month ago and compared it with another sample of my 15,7 oz Momotaro. the #41 feels a bit thicker...