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I love flat head pioneer denim more than Oni's fabric so I definitely wouldn't mind paying extra $100. Plus like what beautiful_freak said, customized buttons and rivets... that's really something else. A perfect fabric, customized buttons and rivets with awesome leather patch and arcs design..... it's just hard to find jeans like this. I used to like super slubby and heavy jeans but I already grown out of that phase. The pioneer denim 14oz weight is just nice and perfect for all weathers and it's texture is pretty balance. It has just the right amount of slub to make pretty tateochi vertical fading, hairy but not too hairy and awesome leg twist! Some brands I noticed have major leg twist on one leg while the other leg twist is pretty minor, but the pioneer fabric twisted equally on both legs. Furthermore I'm a very picky guy when it comes to the faded indigo color of jeans. Among all brands my fav faded color so far can only be found among flat head jeans, pbj 14oz white weft jeans, TCB 60's, 3sixteen 100x...

PBJ xx013 14oz 11months 5 washes

On 8/14/2017 at 11:31 AM, somatoform said:

I'm sure that this has been asked and possibly answered, but I can't find the info.

Regarding the ultra suede arcs, if I remove the stitching does the ultra suede just fall off or is it glued on there. I really don't want them and Self Edge (which I know carries the non-suede arcs) has been out of my size for a while, so I might go 2nd.

have u check with rivet & hide?

10 hours ago, mrman said:

What happened to the patch? In some pics you can see it, in some it's missing

6 hours ago, Niro said:

Looks like he sewed it back on

yup I sewed it back on. I removed it prior to doing hot machine wash as it is bad for the leather.

9 months, 3 washes. 

270 days. I'm going to wash this jeans a third wash tomorrow. I think I should save up some money to buy a proper DSLR camera because taking photos with Iphone SE camera is very tedious especially when I'm trying to keep the color as accurate as possible. 

22 hours ago, Maynard Friedman said:

The other high-end sub-brand that Levi's currently has is its more modern Made & Crafted label.

I took a brief look at made & crafted label and it gave me an impression the overall quality still lower than LVC. sigh...

12 hours ago, dau said:

what do you mean "better"?

like newer and better fabric. During 1850-1966 period Levi's didn't bother abt reproduction and have been focusing on making new fabrics. Now LVC is set up to reproduce selvedge fabric and jeans of that period which is clearly more superior than the normal Levi's now. So I been wondering if they ever thought about making something new and more superior than LVC,

does levi's have a line that make better jeans than LVC? 

On 6/8/2017 at 5:18 AM, 1fookntitefd said:

TFH pioneer denim shrinks way more.

I have the SG 3105 and lost one inch in the waist after soaking/washing. I was told that the shrinkage for the 31xx is similar to the 21xx. I also have a pair of TFH 3002 which is the pioneer denim and lost over 2 inches of shrinkage in the waist and about half an inch throughout the whole leg. I don't know about 21xx denim but the 31xx also stretches a lot easier after wear than the pioneer denim.

May I ask how did you shrink the 3002? Is it machine wash at 60C?

what about the tumble, spin and washing time settings? I suspect they contribute to leather shrinkage as well

super tired of the current raw denim trend that associate quality with super heavy super slubby hairy neppy high contrast fast fading and it doesn't help when brands are releasing this kind of jeans non stop

do you think a 13oz unsanforized denim jacket is warm enough for autumn, winter and spring? Or should I get a 15oz unsanforized instead to play safe?

does anyone here know any other brands besides LVC uses magnadraft technology to replicate 66 texture?

13 hours ago, ryan123 said:

i bought mine at STYLE WORKS GINZA 東京都中央区銀座7-3-7 1F they also have tax free option unlike hinoya

On 5/18/2017 at 1:12 PM, spunkey said:

Either hinoya or americaya had resolute when I was there last August. I forget which shop they were in, but they're right next to each other on the same street.

Thank you all very much!

Hi all, I'm going Japan this September. Do you know anywhere in Tokyo I can buy resolute jeans? I have check the main website, all the shop seems to be outside of Tokyo 

tanuki retro jeans

how to determine a high quality selvedge fabric?

What qualities make a good denim fabric?

why the 1947 and 1967 are the most famous reproduction models?

2 hours ago, aho said:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BTQFaQeB9sb/

first class fades!

your jacket is cooler than hugh jackman wolverine jacket!

to be honest right, regarding the controversial japanese brands and international retailers issue..... is it possible for them to adopt a model similar to naked and famous? Naked and famous retailers pretty much sells the same price as tate+yoko so couldn't japanese brands do the same too?

For some mysterious reason, the 14oz fabric near the selvedge seams are more irregular, bumpy and spotty. Then the bumpiness and spottiness disappear at the middle and inseam area leaving behind the mini vertical slubby grains. Same characteristic goes for the other side and behind. The fabric is not as slubby as its 18oz siblings but it's a lot more bearable to wear daily in SEA country 

170 days, washed twice. Should I remove the arcs?