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1 hour ago, spacecadet said:

FYI, look out for water temperature on the Memorial jeans. I used extra hot to get max shrinkage and it took off all the red ink on the patch.

Damn, that sucks but thanks for letting us know!

1 hour ago, mpukas said:

thnx for the heads up on that. 

On that topic - does anyone know of a method to preserve the ink on leather patches to preserve it during washings? I've had some patches that loose the ink right away, and some that lasts much longer. I don think, however, that some leather treatments, like Obenauf's Leather Oil, can make the ink far less durable. Perhaps the oil somehow disolves the ink and makes it less permanent? 

I use Bick 4 leather conditioner on all of my patches and while i've only washed them once my KS1001s still have all the ink on the patch. I apply it every so often and apply a generous amount once the patch is dry after washing to help keep it supple. It definitely helps on jeans with thick leather patches.

23 minutes ago, mousemouse said:

Maybe its just servers getting full? I checked right now and I could still order all the sizes.

You can still click on the sizes but if you continue on to buy them it comes up with a page that says they're sold out.

According to my computer they went live at 11:58 and I got a pair of size 33s.

I have a screenshot but since Roy deleted the post he probably wouldn't want me to post it. Those arcs and red tab though... I'm assuming they're the experimental lot?

@Goosyphus I too am hoping for another slimmer fitting model. I recently picked up my first slimmer/tapered pair of jeans and since i'm a skinny guy the fit seems to suit me better but they lack the outstanding details that my straight fit Roys have and I really wish I would've picked up some RT1002s.