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Fair enough and my apologies if you feel offended.

The blog author Vegtan archives many articles and surely very informative.

As said before, I have never heard of 40 euro sq.ft. That was the point.

105 euro that you linked is very good! Thanks for the website!

And as you said in point c), I am just a customer and I can only say the retail price from the customers point of view.

edit: Thanks to ALB, $66 is definitely competitive!

answer to the add-on:

No, I only asked to two as it was considered the only tanneries handle cordovan.

At the same time, I have talked to the owner of the F.E.W (leather jacket/products company at NewZealand) and he said the same about the cordovan.

I actually have not asked to Shinki and Horween about other tanneries.

^I'm with ALB.

Once I have also asked to Shinki and Horween (They were the only two cordovan suppliers AFAIK) and they both said over $100 sq.ft depending on the grade (Better cordovan costs x1.5).

http://vegtan.blogspot.com/2015/08/horween-part4.html

This blog is about the price of cordovan. (Sorry it's in Japanese)

The graph says 2 sq.ft costs $202 in Jun 2014 and I'm very sure the current price is higher.

So I am also very curious about which tannery sells at 40 euro.

Is it really retail price? Have you seen the leather itself?  Are there any pictures? Which maker uses that cordovan?

And as ALB said before, there are various interpretations about the word "cordovan".

This is my cordovan shoes.

1950s Town Shoes from Wolverine

It clearly says cordovan.

But people can easily says its not cordovan (both upper and outsole).

This is the ad from 1956 LIFE magazine.

Now and old, cordovan is not always the cordovan like Alden uses, even if horse leather is used.

Warehouse official lucky bag, you pay 10000yen, 30000yen, or 50000yen, then choose your tops size (S,M,L,XL) and bottoms size(28-36).

But some shops allowed bottoms size only S/M/L (maybe 28-30/31-33/34-36), so people might not like the fit and sell them through web auctions.

BTW the quality of luck bag is getting worse and uniform every year, 10+ years ago 10000yen bag occasionally included jacket: today in most cases 10000yen bag consist of 2 t-shirts and 1 trousers/jeans.

And of course, you cannot choose the specific products and the shops want to dispose the unsold/unpopular products; no wonder it's unlucky bag for someone

Below are just guessing:

As for frankenstein jeans, shops and customers (who pay full price) don't like the sample sale and inazuma festival where original jeans are sold at half price or so.

(eg; many complained that Samurai jeans sold their original jeans too much at a low price, today they do not join the inazuma festival.)

That's why warehouse started producing frankenstein jeans and selling them for popularizing purpose.

But I have no doubt about the quality, they are surely produced on the same line.

AFAIK, the pink selvedge denim is for sample-sale, inazuma-festival, and lucky-bag.

Maybe pink selvedge and yellow selvedge are woven at the same factory, but the pink selvedge denim is cheaper and so used for many other brands.

I just googled and found these:

https://deni-log.com/warehouse-1001xx-luckybagmodel-currentmodel-compare/

https://deni-log.com/warehouse-lot1000-1001xx-01/

https://deni-log.com/warehouse-lot1101-2019-luckybagmodel-review/

FYI, best way to identify when produced is to have a look at metal parts.

^very first parts (1995-1998).

The button is made of zinc, and rivets are copper.

^1998-2001.

The button is made of iron, and note that the rivet says "K.K." instead of "O.K.".

^2002-

button is iron, and rivets are iron with copper plating.

Button is white-ish rather than silver.

The label with big W is for Warehouse Osaka store in 1997 (not very sure), but also produced for the sample-sale jeans and lucky-bag jeans.

Recently warehouse produces sample jeans with old labels and variety of texture, but old metal parts are not used, afaik.

Hope this helps

I started wearing bootleggers golden spike coat

^DuckDigger 1990, the repro of Boss of the Road denim pants

I found this from warehouse official:

http://info.ware-house.co.jp/usedsample/35/

Yes I will wear them within a month (I am a bit busy currently).

Nice article (and your blog too)!

I am also a big fan of Denimba, and I finally bought Bridge 3rd when I went to DenimBridge exhibition in June.

more detail in my blog (as always, sorry about Japanese. At least one can enjoy pictures)

I bought them more than 10 years ago, but I don't wear them since I lost lots of weight.

Also old warehouse clothing fit like true vintage, and so they are too loose (and too long) to me even though I always wear size 14

Thanks!

Yeah, I love bull shippers embroidery!

These are western shirts with same embroidery (in brown and ecru color). so nice!

On 2017/3/22 at 1:20 AM, SuperJackle said:

Guys I need help with some info on a 1001xx 1000 with a genus red tab and a shorthorn paper patch. Just picked up a pair on the bay straight from Japan and I can't find much info on whether these are newer or pre-lawsuit. I'll try to get some pics up at lunch. 

Edit: photos added. Sorry if they're enormous, first time I've used the  ew photo upload  

 

Hi,

The jeans are sold at inazuma festival 2015 or lucky bag 2015, either way they are 2015 model.

The fabric seems to be not warehouse original (as the selvedge colour is not yellow), but something like 2nd grade or general purpose product.

Everything else is surely warehouse original.

I have just googled and found the same jeans (it is japanese blog):

http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/ko75shi_g/55336489.html

hope this helps.

I found this WAREHOUSE-JUNKYSTYLE DD-1003SXX

http://blog-jkstyle.jugem.jp/?eid=2073

http://item-jkstyle.shop-pro.jp/?pid=114539475

14.5oz denim with paint stitch on the back pocket

hmmmm, interesing but I can't afford 

edit: I just saw size 28 and 29 are sold. good news for me maybe

found 1001hxx at rakuten

http://item.rakuten.co.jp/hinoya/1001hxx/

looks like some rivet and button are hinoya original.

I found this blog about duck digger dd-1001xx 1947 model.

http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/crwcp745/14749309.html

http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/crwcp745/14749630.html

also many jeans & jackets with beautiful fading!

On 2017/1/12 at 1:39 AM, aho said:

Hinoya 1001XX...

Wow finally short horn buffalo patch is back!

I am curious about further details, at least patch seems to be typical deerskin which does not show good aging and so I do not like very much. 

Sad they abandoned cowhide patch

And fabric would be banner denim or strong yarn denim ... again

I already have 1001xx, 1001, 1105 and 1000(1000xx).

As you have said, I am full of these fabrics and want new fabric!

I miss those days when brands would put out one-off, humorous (but obviously copyright infringing) Levi's interpretations. Not that they don't do that now, it's just that the the brands are a lot more careful now.

yeah, i have the same feeling.

these jeans remind me the first time i wear repro jeans. it was lvc 1955 model and i was high school student.

i really loved them and worn more than 2 years, then i met warehouse, denime, fullcount.

the more i understand vintage levi and wear non-levi repros, the more i lost my interest towards lvc.

non-levi repro definitely infringe the right, but fabric, needle work, hardware, fading..., everything was vintage levi-ish except the picture on leather patch

sorry if you feel this post is negativism, but the thing is that if lvc make good repro, i buy them unconditionally.

though this has not happened more than 10 years.

I also miss the old days, and my preference is always warehouse or fullcount (denime changed a lot recently).