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Damn! That’s even more of a quandary My next work jacket is a war model 506 with no flap, the only disadvantage will be the open pocket constantly filling up with wood shavings.. it’s the same with cuffs / turn ups.. they always collect sawdust. When I lived in the countryside.. i’d walk through meadows at this time of year and my cuffs would be full of seeds.. if it rained and my jeans got wet, they would germinate then die from lack of water.. I always fancied watering my turn ups and growing a mini, flowering meadow in the bottom of my jeans

Yep, you're right.. good spot! I don't mind the look of them.. but from a practical pov, pointy bits on workwear tend to catch and snag while you're working.. i'd be forever buttoning the pockets.. i have all on keeping my cuffs buttons fastened.

Can i just throw my hand on the table and say.. those Gardener 43s look great but that Typ2 looks incredibly uncomfortable with it's high collar and drop shoulders, the nipped waist is only going to push the jacket further up the body.. it'll feel like you're always having to pull it down to get the collar to sit on the neck, hence^^ worn with the top button open.. not to mention those square pocket flaps ..

Ikr! .. it's like the second summer of love.. we're living through a golden age people!.. i like to think we're a contributing factor. Nobody mention cash grab..

You've got that right.. the denim was still nice tho. If the 98 venture was an overwhelming success, they might not have returned to repro in 03 The denim landscape could have been oh so different.

Ha! .. no, all my tools live on my bench. I get a bit of damage to the opening of the front pockets from the tape measure clip but i nvr carry tools around in my pockets

Weird isn't it.. it came at a time of artistic licence in the SC timeline (1998-2003) after a period of strict reproduction when SC were being creative with their own interpretation of cuts / eras. Up to 98, it was strictly repro, 98-03 was the Interpretations.. followed by a return to repros in 2003 with their creativity focussed on their dying techniques and sugarcane blended fabrics rather than flight of fancy. In 1997 Sugarcane made an "anti-replica'" declaraion.. writing in the magazine "Jeans The Complete Edition" they announced their pursuit of originality.. it was known as their 'breaking away from replicas period'.. they noted that "we will only make jeans which reflect our own particular preference" The M11619 above was their interpretation of a 506.. ..and this M11400 ..was their interpretation of a 507

At least it hasn't got a hair on patch.. we wouldn't want to be splitting hairs would we?

M11619.. it's not very often you see these .. "Good!" some might say Especially this weird 'hidden button' detail.. which is the only reason for this post. ..and a closer look at the denim, my image on Pg1 isn't great

If you part the frayed denim fibres with your fingers then yes.. Copper rivets started life like this.. Here is a pair of vintage Levis i saved with the same button backs ..and another pair with an extreme example of the rust proofing which FWs were trying to emulate.. ..alas, they went a bit OTT and it looked more like enamel .. after the first wash, the hidden rivets turned pink.. i think it was a reaction with the washing detergent .. a few more months of grime build up ..starting to oxidise before i put them into storage ..and after a decade in storage

I've just been reading an article in the Guardian titled "Cringe! .. How Did Millennials Become So Uncool" The source of derision with zoomers mocking millennials is there choice of tight or worse still mum jeans It's baggy all the way for the cool kids.. if they see folks in mum jeans "pfft! millennials" That'll teach em for mocking our 2009 styles and inability to txt with both thumbs

There are some more photos here Edwin ..they've only been worn a couple of times since then^ so not much has changed other than summer lighting, a different camera and oxidation of the rivets

@Mr Black did some repairs for me recently.. i was really happy with his service. I always patch / darn my own jeans by hand but i'm never 100% happy with the results so when these FW-47s blew out in the crotch around a decade ago.. i put them on ice until i found an alternative to my shitty patch n' darn... This is much better! This M11026 needed the box stitching replacing over the pleats.. sadly neither of us had the forethought to photograph the 'before' .. i suspect that whoever bought this back in the 90s, it didn't fit so they unpicked the box stitching, it still didn't work so they put it into storage for 30yrs.. but before they listed it on Marcari, they stitched back over the pleats.. I quite liked their wonky, asymmetrical box stitch but what i didn't like was their choice of thread, although it was a good colour match to the 2 shades of copper thread used to construct the jacket.. the thickness / guage was too thin.. Mr B posted me some samples of what he had in stock, the colour match was good but the thickness still wasn't quite right.. after some weeks of searching, he eventually managed to source the correct thickness and colour of thread Sample thread above, existing, below ..finished result Thanks Martin! ..and here are a couple of my recent repairs.. I've hand darned a small hole in this 75yr old Champion sweatshirt Its just above the hip so out of sight I've sewed the arse seem of these CSF .. and darned a few small blowouts here and there .. i'm getting better lads

M11026 & Valencia 506XX