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Contest 012s at 1 year & 12 washes:

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Hand-darned a hole in my crotch last night!

Here's a couple of pictures of my contest 012s at 222 days of wear & 7 washes:

Small update on my contest 012s at 5 months & 5 washes:

Kapital / STORY mfg / Dalee's / Pure Blue Japan / Converse

Don't like how square the STORY shirt looks in this but I do love the colours!

On Reddit, Robocobo(cmboland on this forum) wrote a guide about white balance adjustment.  It looks really useful! (although I'm too lazy for it)

http://www.reddit.com/r/rawdenim/comments/2vm1ps/denim_white_balance_tutorial/

Vintage Barbour Beaufort

Iron Heart 526J

Iron Heart SH-65

Pure Blue Japan XX-012C

Red Wing 8113

Oni Olive secret denim.  The model seems to be slightly different depending on which shop you look at.  The shop I bought them from called them the 527OLZR.

STORY mfg / Dalee's / Pure Blue Japan / Kapital / Converse

They're PBJ 012s.  Not actually neppy at all!

I think he just loves to have smooth legs after wearing them!

Haha, I know you're joking but since I started wearing the PBJs, I do have a little hairless spot on each of my calves.

My small collection:

From top to bottom - Pure Blue Japan, Eternal, Red Cloud, Nudie, STORY mfg, Oni.

My Shore Shirt arrived!  The colours are incredible.

STORY jacket & shirt

TFH & TSG t shirts(it's pretty cold out)

PBJ jeans

Kapital socks

Converse shoes

Oh, nice, not often you see the AIs.  They look great!

My custom Quinn Selvedge Supply Eastern came in today!

Made out of handwoven denim from India.

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As far as I can tell, the "river denim" is almost identical to this:

 

http://merchantandmills.com/products/cloth/indian-handloom-denim/

 

Which, if so, is a lovely fabric - I got some a while back with the intention of making some jeans/shorts/a shirt but, being a sewing novice, found it tricky to work with. The weave is pretty loose (for denim), so had quite a bit of move and stretch to it. Lovely soft handle though; really slubby texture and streaky finish, and seemed to lose colour quite easily. Possibly of interest for people who don't like the fit of the 0 jean.

 

I'm on day 4 in my natural indigo 0 jeans and, so far, they're fantastic in every respect. The fit is great for me - the top block is pretty snug (too snug at first but quickly stretched out, and the rise helps) and the thigh is about as slim as I can go whilst still being comfortable, fabric and construction all seem to be spot on.

I've just had a shirt made out of this fabric by Quinn Selvedge Supply(aka NutuSufu on this forum).  Here's some comparison shots with my STORY River denim:

The River denim is a lot softer than the denim from Merchant and Mills.  The M&M denim is more rough and stiff, although it is softer than most raw denim.  The River is lighter in colour and waaaaaay streakier(the M&M is barely streaky at all).  The M&M is significantly slubbier than the River in both the warp and weft.  It also has way more flaws in it:

Both are really nice fabrics!  Part of me wishes I wasn't participating in the PBJ contest so I could wear them both at once.

I have a pair.  I have not seen much fading but the fit is great and the denim has a lot of texture. Very comfortable for a 20oz denim.  The Olive color is a nice change away from dark denim.  It matches up nicely with a denim jacket and lighter colored footwear that you don't want to stain.

Definitely loads of texture, Oni's secret denim is the neppiest denim I've ever seen.  That combo looks great - something I think I'll be wearing a lot once the PBJ contest ends.

Some pictures of my Olive Secret Denim:

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Couple of pictures from Saturday:

I also took some pictures of my pockets for the second mini-challenge.  Here they are!

Wearing lots of clothes, too lazy to list brands.

A small update on my contest 012s from their 71st day of wear: