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About 13 months in, 7-8 months effective wear. 2 regular soaks, 2 regular washes, 3-4 times soaked in rain, 1 hurricane wash, 1 beach wash (kinda just jumped off a yatch to impress a chick)

Damn im a shitty photographer. The white balance is all off and they are more contrasty irl.

Rivets hammered down by me.

Roping is all black stained from my boots, not really showing up.

I cant really capture the leather color very well. Check out how low the toe profile is, pure sex.

They are too small for me so if anyone is interested in a fantasticly patina'd size 11d PM me.

aww well my hopes just got shot down like a lead zeppelin.

count me in!!!

You guys will love this- I was over at my buddies shop and found a pair of old chippewas under a pile of junk. They were completely trashed and he said he had no idea how long they were out there. I soaked them in water for about 10 mins, got about a pound of dirt and leaves off of them. Dried theem out, gave them a layer of shea butter, giving them the second coat right now, then a coat of mutton tallow and beeswax later today. No idea when they are from but the sole is a modern Vibram with taps so they have been to the cobler.

Pics soon, hope i found some really rare shit!!!

sorry "iirc"? if i recall correctly?

I know i would dump more money in japan if the yen was lower. thank god i wasnt into denim in the early 90s.

Ameyeright?

This is becomming a fantastic thread. haha Im with gnomes- wash every other day, we all go to africa to become subsistence gold miners, only wear your denim in highly corrosive enviroments, 3 sizes up with a double cinch back, and lets get a group buy going on to build a time machine and have our denim woven from 1800s railroad workers pubic hair for the weft, hair from donkeys in the dust bowl for the wrp.

When you happen to see that the YEN is slightly decreasing in value and you get really excited.

then realize you are a horrible person and dont care.

haha i know that just standing their looking at them feeling. We are all guilty of that at somepoint.

Youre right about the acid wash ahah thats the next step for sure.

Let me ask you guys something; who here was not into denim and then saw one of those super contrasty gross fades and was like "I gotta get in on this"?

Now take that same question and replace the mall fades with a beautiful vintage example.... They might be the rage now, but give it a few years and people will still be in love with te vintage levi look.

Gnome- Fuck your wife! Im not badmouthing her, seriously go fuck her good. If you re doing that really good she wont give a shit what you're into. hahaha i kid.... kinda....

Gn.

I sure hope that they are engineers!!!

edit- Gingers and proud. Maybe a ginger only contest?

Quoise- a soap wash should bring out a lot of the "hidden" fades, though like you said it shouldnt be as dramatic as we see on alot of Japanese brands.

The honeycombs however you will probably have to purposely try for. You seem to have a very wabi-sabi style what with the 3 washes in 6 months, which would be like eating a baby to many american heads, so if you are going for the vintage type fades I wouldnt be counting on the combs anytime soon with your washing regiment. We both seem to have a distaste for super high contrasty "mall" fades that everyone jacks each other off over around here. These seem to be the perfect denim for our type; not uselessly heavy, slow fades, not a super tight nut-hug fit and perhaps most important to me 100% American made through and through. America is still in the denim game baby! And imho blowing away 90% of the denim out there! How often do you see a denim that people are so fascinated by and discovering new things about week by week. That is special.

edit- I'll be posting up my post 4th wash 1st gen ducks here soon. I think youll like em.

Have a few items up for sale on ebay. I will be listing MANY other items from the same brands in the next few weeks so favorite me as a seller.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/addahn88/m.html?item=261154599798&ssPageName=STRK%3AMESELX%3AIT&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562

Let me know if you need any more pictures or information.

Thanks for looking!!

thanks alot guys!

Im just stupid and didnt see the fit descriptions....

Man you guys are fucking crazy! Horsehide belt, boots, wallet and jacket. Conditioned in mustang paste riding a stallion to the horse flavored ice cream shop.You notice on the way that some of the maccoroni on you kids art project fell off so you use horse based glue to put it back on. When you get home to the ranch you use your horsehair brush to clean your boots up before using your horsebone back scratcher.

ok that last one was reaching, and i should probably avoid typing "horsebone" in the future to avoid staying off any lists.

nice double cuff alex!

+2 rep for mom wearing overalls!

Youth-great collection, you are making me jealous and Bill blush. And did you say satchel???!!?! Pictures please!

Whenever I send off my boots or shoes to Takeshi-San for repairs, I usually ask for a re-welt, its kind of an upgrade. He always hand welts the welt to the insole.

Please excuse me if this is a stupid question because im not very knowlegeable in shoes (and i exclusively wear boots) but could you explain the above quote? I was under the impression tha you would have to rewelt every time you resole a goodyear? Im surre thats a noob question but ehhh.

Oh and also, i very, very strongly prefer slow faders so maybe im used to it, but im not seeing these as slow as people are saying. I got about 3 weeks of light wear and I got the start of wallet, crotch, right knee, roping and pocket knife fades. All super minor but they are still there.

Awesome. I love having othe people breaking these things in at the same time asme. These a definite sense of comradery (sorryfor spelling)

I was wearing these in a car for 29 hours and had alot of time to stare at them haha, I noticed that on a certain angle I saw some of the warp was sticking out vertically in a random pattern.

Im going out on a limb here and Im going to predict some decent vertical falling (from a fucking Cone weave!!!) going on down the line! Can anyone confirm for me or did I just spend way too long in a car.

Just look like a stylish, fat, old fool. Haha

But really I have passed a few things on, mostly to my nephew. Lets see a wallet and 2 belts.

I was gonna buy them, then i realized that I'm not really cool enough too keep up with the new cell bitch style thats rage over in japan.

bump it up

good eye freak (thats fun to say)

Not enough time to crawl through the thread so can someone give me a superquick breakdown of the cuts for century?

You have to take into account the cost of living in Japan, It has to be reflected in the products they produce otherwise they would go out of business. If you want a cheap belt buy one from China.

Cost is irrelevant if you like it. If you take care of a well made belt it should last you a lifetime. $250 spread over a 30 year period is negligable.

Pass it down to the grandkids.

Naw I'll buy them new, raw leather and let them enjoy the process like I did!