julian-wolf

Wrong thread—the last few posts had me confused I guess

Jumped the gun walking back to pick up my phone Great Lakes x2 / Cane’s / MOTO

‘51 601XX, as requested Next minor repair will be a patch around the top of the right outseam where the front leg panel is wearing through, I guess since the pocket backing is cut a good bit wider than the leg itself causing a little bulge that rubs on my bag

In other news… Picked up my absolute dream pair around a month ago, the M41059. I actually already had a pair, which I’d found years ago in the same size (33) as my first M41058, but it turned out that these run around a size smaller, and there was no chance they were going to be comfortable after shrinking. These new ones are tagged 35, and in great condition. Ignoring older MP-series wares like the above, this model has always been right at the top of the list of Cane’s I’d like to find.

Resurrecting this from the depths… This was a pair of (supposedly) M41030 that didn't quite match up—pink line denim, in stead of white, and a number of other details different from the standard M41030. Well, looking back through the thread, I'm seeing the S.C. & Co - T.Y. rivet shanks with the "25" in the middle, which just came up in the last page or so in the context of a pair I saw on Yahoo that looked like MP-series, but didn't have much on which to base an ID. @Maynard Friedman suggested that they were likely a 1990 production, with the 25 referencing the Toyo Enterprise 25th anniversary. Seemed very plausible. As it happens, these were made from a pretty similar looking pink-line denim to the pair above. Maybe @Graytrain's pair were a very early version, still using left over rivets from 2–3 years earlier, and possibly a transition late-MP / early-M denim?

For what it’s worth, I actually was just talking with Roy about those jeans (& that whole saga) a few months ago, and for his part he claims that it was never communicated to him that there was meant to be a full contest run of the jeans until it was already way too late to up production…given how poor the communication was on the DB end, as well, it’s easy for me to believe that all the miscommunication fell on Sansome (or whomever it was nominally organizing) from the start

I’d forgotten completely about the whole saga of finger-pointing surrounding the tour jeans…The amount of conspiracy-theorizing that surrounded the few months’ radio silence of one person on an already long-dead forum was seriously comical. Just to tie it all together, the tour jeans (that were so comprehensively theorized to have been stolen by Foxy) were a pair of the 1890s LeRoy’s repros that were meant to have been for the contest mentioned at the very top of 00’s post. I guess it all comes back around?

I’ll still be mostly wearing my S601XX and 601RB up until the contest—but, like the rest of you, not with much commitment. Recently I’ve really been enjoying Roy’s Foreman Pants, too, as well as the new black SC ‘47s. Who’s to say when there’ll be any real wear to show on any of them? Especially now that I’m working a mostly-desk job

Great Lakes / Tender Co. / Joe McCoy’s / Freenote / Duke / The Vanishing West / Frank’s

Think on it. They’re some of my favorite jeans I’ve worn, and in general I’d def. recommend them, but that asking price is quite a bit above MSRP (enough so that it would prob. be a dealbreaker for me, personally, even if they were in my size)

^ Good thought. For me, probably either the Roy Blackseed R01 Test Lot jeans or the The Flat Head S2004

I don’t remember those shrinking much in length. I can measure mine later but they’ve gotta still be at least like 35” after a few washes

So you’re still a 34 in Cane’s but going with a 37 in the contest jeans?

The Russell Vellies (sp?) are a great option for a zero-structure moc w/ a slimmer / more modern profile and a very low (but not zero) drop They feel more barefoot than my Birks, a lot of the time (Personally, I prefer at least a little structure, so they don’t get worn a ton—but they seem like great boots)

Really cool mid-'40s 11MW repro on Yahoo, pre-lawsuit

Jeez, I put in for a W35 without thinking much about it, but all this (over) analysis had me wondering if I should be going an extra size up

No, sounds like the WWII will have olive twill and the ‘42 will have lightweight denim. Not sure about the others but I’d guess variations on standard white drill. It’s all been detailed already earlier on in the thread, I’m sure

Great Lakes / Tender Co. / Rocky Mountain Featherbed / Union Special / Hollows / The Vanishing West / White’s

I think it was something like any thread that hasn’t had a new post in the past year

If the relevant exchange has been allowed to continue taking up server space, that is…

@nopal I don’t think I’ve actively listed any of this stuff anywhere, at least not in a while. Really that’s just a note that if someone were to make a reasonable offer I’d be unlikely to decline…

@aho Fair enough, hah Truth is I made the spreadsheet mostly for myself to help keep track of everything I have stashed away, and just left everything in for simplicity when copying it over to here

Finally took a good comprehensive inventory of jeans (+ a couple other pants) or Is there any way to just insert html / bbcode / whatever tables into posts here? This feels really unweildy or Apparently I have 3 pairs of M41030 that I haven't worn Brand Model Size Status Notes Ooe Yofukuten SOA03XX W36 L36 Rigid with tags Roy Foreman pants W33 Rigid with flasher Roy Foreman pants W33 Worn Roy R01 Test Lot W33 Heavily worn Blackseed denim; lots of repairs Roy R01 XUVS W34 Rigid with flasher Sakura's 1946 W34 Lightly worn No. 43; too small; for sale Sugar Cane MP-619 W33 Worn too small Sugar Cane M41027T W36 L35 Worn Sugar Cane M41030D W34 L36 Rigid Sugar Cane M41030U W34 L36 OW for sale Sugar Cane M41030W W34 L36 OW with tags & sticker Sugar Cane M41051 W32 L35 Rigid too small Sugar Cane M41057E W34 L36 Rigid with sticker Sugar Cane M41057E W34 L36 Worn hemmed short Sugar Cane M41058A W33 Heavily worn Sugar Cane M41058A W35 Worn Sugar Cane M41059B W35 L36 Rigid Sugar Cane M41059C W33 L36 Rigid too small; for sale Sugar Cane M41119C W34 L36 Worn dope knee repair Sugar Cane M41150A W33 L36 Lightly worn brown plant-dyed Sugar Cane M41200J W34 L36 Heavily worn very dope repairs Sugar Cane M41300M W34 L36 Rigid Sugar Cane SC40285 W33 L34 Worn brown plant-dyed Sugar Cane SC40285 W34 L34 OW gray plant-dyed; too small Sugar Cane SC40300A W34 L34 Worn Sugar Cane SC40302 W34 L34 Worn hemmed to shorts; kakishibu painted thighs Sugar Cane SC40345 W34 L34 OW bull denim gray overdyed Sugar Cane SC40381 W60 L34 OW display jeans Sugar Cane SC40401 W34 L34 Heavily worn Sugar Cane SC40501 W34 L36 Rigid unopened Sugar Cane SC41946 MiUSA W34 L32 Worn Sugar Cane SC41955 MiUSA W33 L34 OW with tags, flasher, & box; too small; for sale Sugar Cane SC42460 W34 L34 Lightly worn black 1947 TCB 50s black W34 Worn too small Tender Co. Type 122 4 Worn green corduroy pleat-back trousers Tender Co. Type 132 4 Worn Achille's Heel Tender Co. Type 133 3 Lightly worn Flowerpot canvas cross-cut trews; missing crotch rivet; too small The Flat Head S2004 W33 Heavily worn The Vanishing West 601RB W34 L32 Worn The Vanishing West 601XX 1951 W34 L34 Worn The Vanishing West S601XX W34 L32 Lightly worn olive twill pocket bags version Warehouse 1001XX 1000 W33 L32 Worn black, ca. 2010; too small Warehouse 1001XX DSB W34 L32 Heavily worn 1946 model

Deluxeware does a “3L (US M)” and a 4L (US L)”. Their standard XL fits similar to a true (but slim) US L, so depending on what you’re looking for those might be good options

Great Lakes / Tezo / Hollows / Tender / Frank’s