Denimseeker

Doc directed me here and I really appreciate the support and understanding from the community. I also think it will be a good idea to further explain the whole situation here so that you can make a good judgement. The ebook itself is a free, educational purpose only, half-public-half-private (due to pre-ordering, I only share to those who give me a heads up, I have no responsibility if you leak the sharing link to others, and btw Mr Konata is not one of my book recipients) pdf file with all the matters I have researched put inside. I value primary evidence a lot so I tend to put original documents and photos into the book as hard as possible (with every single item being quoted) to support my theories and illustrations. That being said, I have exposed myself to the risk of being sued due to copyright issues. This is one of the reasons why the book is released in such a manner. Of course, Mr Konata, or other owners of the related materials, have every right to take legal action if they still think it is a copyright violation. I respect his decision despite the frustration.

The attachment is the email I have received from Mr. Konata on 23 August, his email address and the items involved are being masked.

From the attachment, you can tell there are 6 items being claimed by Mr Konata. One of the items is a screen capture from the "One Piece of Rock" website, a page related to how the brand identifies and describes Levi's denim texture during WW2. I have explained this in my IG stories. You may check it out.

For the rest, since I cannot disclose what items are involved, I can only tell you what information would be lost if I simply delete the items from the ebook.

1. Evidence to support pocket flap was added to 506XX in the mid-1920s.

2. Evidence to support during the beginning of WW2, garment design restriction order L-181 (button number/pocket flap removal) was in effect before order MPR-208 (Adding "S" to garment lot. number).

3. Evidence to support approaches to the end of WW2, garment design restriction order L-181 was abolished before order MPR-208.

4. Evidence to support jacron paper patch was used together with the leather patch for 506XX.

5. Evidence to show the existence of 506XXE and its iconic T-back construction.

Among these 5 items, 14 photos are involved:

4 of them were extracted from a blog of a vintage clothing store in Japan.

8 of them were extracted from a USA auction house website.

2 of them were extracted from the forum "Denimbro", they were uploaded by a member I respect very much. I see him as my teacher in the Levi's research hobby.

None of the pictures has a watermark nor a copyright claim from a particular person/photo taker.

Considering the historical information involved in these 5 items, only items 4 & 5 can be replaced by other materials to tell the same story from my understanding.

I also see there are a lot of people struggling on whether they should continue to wear their CSF jeans. Despite the frustration and disappointment, I still think you should wear them as long as you feel comfortable. After all, they are still very nice jeans sewed by an experienced, passionate Japanese guy. Wearing a pair of CSF jeans in your wardrobe should not be viewed as a particular opinion or standpoint. Just my five cents.

Hello guys, It's my first post here. I am Denimseeker (ig: denim_seeker).

I have been collecting vintage jackets for a while, esp. denim jackets. Feeling that the denim world deserves a better guide for Levi's denim jackets so I tried my best to make one. The guide is much more complicated than those you see on other websites (i.e. Heddel's or Long John etc) so you might need some basic understanding to read it. This guide is open for comments and if you have any questions please don't hesitate to let me know. This guide is still a work in progress and would be wonderful if everybody in the denim world can contribute.

That being said, enjoy!

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/3/folders/11zX0fo4XFOI7kFYaFNbvE_BpDg3rJEeO

Thanks!