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I've started wearing my 05/98 555 Valencia Street 1937 201XXs again! I got these and 4 others like them in 2012. As yet unwashed, I did soak the legs recently to reduce their 38 length.

@Paul T Thanks. It sounds as if we will never find out the secret of the button codes, sadly. I seem to remember Peter at American Classics, Endell St talking about you or the book, back in the day! I bought so much LVC there that I would qualify for discount and Cinch let me rummage in their storeroom for Valencia St LVC once! I've still got it all, much still deadstock, too!

I've just got myself a pair of non-repro deadstock BNWT (stapled) 501 little es 66 cut which the care label says were manufactured in May 1975. The button code is 16. Does anybody know which factory this is? Unusually for this era there is selvedge in the inside of the coin pocket. The denim is similar to my 5/98 Valencia Street LVC 201's but the colour is duller. Here they now are between 2 pairs of Valencia Street 201s, 10/97 and 5/98.

I normally wear my size 30 1101 XXs to work which are less faded and smarter than my size 33 1108 XXs. On the way to work I thought they had loosened up a bit: then I realized that I was wearing my 1108XXs lol. 

I think I will have to resist getting these as I won't get enough opportunity to wear them. The cut looks wider than the normal 1101 cut and I would size down quite a lot to get a snug fit. I prefer the normal FC arcs too and have bought 10 pairs of FC and 4 FC jackets in the past 12 months. Still breaking in 2 x 1101 XXs, 1108s, and 21 oz. Also loving some faded IH 634 UHRs and have a couple more pairs of them and IH 25oz to resume wearing. Spoilt for choice

Anybody seen these? They look fantastic. Perhaps you should get a pair, Max, ASAP and see what they look like after a bit a nice Evo?  http://www.fullcount-online.com/category/C004/1101XXEX.html

On ‎12‎/‎05‎/‎2017 at 7:48 AM, alvin_cheong said:

@alvin_cheong and @Max Power . Hopefully these get you a better idea?

I am wearing them under my raw 1101XXs (also size 30) today, to soften them up. Denim over denim is also good for evo .  More pics hopefully some time over the weekend. Personally, I like the cycling shorts look of them, and don't like them loose, falling down or flapping around my knees. The next size up from 30 is 32 and judging from my size 33 1101XXs (my first FCs), they would be too loose for my taste. I will see how they go down in Germany towards the end of June, in Spain in early July and in Sardinia in September!

My one wash size 30 shorts have arrived and are quite a tight fit! The thighs are OK but the waistband is tight. I can do them up, though and I guess, given the propensity of the 13.7oz denim to stretch, I won't have my gut hanging over the waistband for too long - or at least, that is what I hope!

My last pair of 1101XXs had a belt loop that was not attached at the bottom. I was able to match the thread and repair it. There was batch of 1937 raw LVC 501s in the early 2000s which would spring random holes. I had to exchange 1 pair (for 1955s as American Classics had run out of 1937s) and have another pair made into shorts by the Manchester denim Dr.

On 19 April 2017 at 1:44 PM, jewellben said:

Just put my 1110 through a wash and they've started to come apart on the fly - only 3 months wear so not happy 

Pleased for you @Max Power a situation we all dread has been averted! Any news about your problem @jewellben ? Has Mervyn sorted it out? By the way it is the rigid Full Count pics which I like in the Pronto material though the Type 3 jacket looks nice. I don't buy distressed or treated denim. I am only buying once washed shorts as I am sure they are not available in rigid.

Just love this Pronto Full Count promotion: http://prontodenim.com/blog/new-arrival-fullcount-3/

Have any of you guys got the 1904 shorts? They're one washed and based on the 1101 in the 13.7 oz, so I've sized down to 30 to allow for the stretch. I'm waiting for mine to arrive.

My Type I and Type IIS are the XX denim.

On 12 April 2017 at 3:40 PM, Max Power said:

I had to share thes awesome Type II from the FC blog.

Standard 13.7 oz or XX 15.5 oz, Max? I've been breaking in raw Type I and  Type IIs since November, no washes yet but evo appearing! Lovely big pockets on these!

9 hours ago, Bill_e_jean said:

FC 1109, bought in 2012 and worn only during the summer months, several minor repairs and countless washes.

They look good!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On ‎23‎/‎03‎/‎2017 at 6:42 PM, mpukas said:

Let's see some pics of those, and share some other thoughts on them pls. Thnx.

I have put some new pics on the IH forum page:  http://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=6321.195

Mine are soft, comfortable, fit well, have faded nicely and look good. Once on, I am reluctant to take them off!

26 minutes ago, mpukas said:

daaayum. I just wanted to know what you like about the 634-UHR... 

Here they are on 30 December 2016. I think there may be other pics, but this is what came up in a search. 

2 hours ago, mpukas said:

Let's see some pics of those, and share some other thoughts on them pls. Thnx.

3 hours ago, 1fookntitefd said:

Pictures are worth a thousand words my friend. I would love to see how one stores 400 pairs of jeans at home.

I'm always worried about the effect of hot washes on the patches - I don't want them to shrivel. Was that a 60C wash?

The most I've done on my FC 1101XXs is 40C. Here are some pics of my 1st pair after 7 months intermittent wear, worn raw for a few months, mostly outdoors including doing some work in the fields and they have got covered in mud when I have slipped over, so I have let the mud dry and brushed it off with a stiff brush. They have had a number of machine washes.

And yes, I have about 400 pairs of jeans. About 1/2 of these are BNWT and are mainly LVCs, various sizes, various vintages bought between 1997 and 2013. I have never sold any. Who has ever found the perfect pair of jeans? My IH 634 UHRs after 3 years of continuous wear for a few months followed by intermittent wear come close.

On 20 March 2017 at 1:05 PM, beautiful_FrEaK said:

Of course, everyone can do what he/she wants with his jeans but if you want artificial fades it might be a better solution to buy pre-faded jeans. Full Count actually offers some pre-faded jeans.

But yeah, if you want to enhance your own wear pattern this could be a solution but as you see by the reaction this is kinda frowned upon around here.

I apologise for sharing experiences which are frowned upon by members of this group. Although my 10 pairs of Full Count constitute only about 2.5% of my jeans collection they, like about 97.5% of the remainder, were purchased new in raw state (hence my user name) and I have zero interest in buying pre-faded or secondhand jeans. 

OK. If you wanted to enhance wear/fade, you could of course brush them with a stiff brush or even sandpaper them - I used to sand down my Levis when I was 17 which produced some very nice fades but also wore them out rather more quickly than I would wish. I do sometimes brush my FCs down with a stiff brush, though.