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I think you are in danger of overthinking things (I wouldn't worry about it bleeding through for example). If the fit is good just wear it and it'll break-in, even if it's a bit stiff at first. A soak will still leave it feeling stiff. If you need extra shrinkage for best fit beyond the one wash dimensions then try a machine wash to start with.

Unworn/unwashed pair in a size 36, in NP01 denim, popped up on mercari

Texas Tux does sound good, but Canadian Tux has the fun origin story involving Bing Crosby at a Vancouver Hotel and a literal denim tuxedo by Levi's

Yeah I noticed one of the stockists for the Cushman x Rebuilt 1937 Jeans was talking this up - (google translate from Junk House West) https://item.rakuten.co.jp/junkhousewest/003208/

Freewheelers 1922 506 / Andersen Andersen boatsman / Codina x Rite Stuff belt / Sugar Cane 1946 / Nicks

Haha yeah I feel like Freewheelers are good at finding vintage stuff that looks very Freewheelers-y if that makes sense, and then they have some original designs. Sometimes hard to tell which is which. I forget which jacket design but there was one where I assumed oh all those extra elaborations of stitching and pockets on top of pockets must be a FW exaggeration of period design... then saw the exact vintage piece on Fake Alpha or somewhere and was like ohhh

Chopper Builders looking good! Came across these 1950s vintage Carter's denim which I presume form most of the inspiration. They did bib overalls with the same layered front pockets and double knee as well.

Don't know. I have noticed quite a few stores that used to have Buyee as the pop-up recommended proxy service integrated on their websites have switched to Zenmarket now. Not sure the reason. Jeans are also up at Raze

Awesome. Nice to see the comparison between the different denims. I have a pair of the jeans on the way that I found on Mercari - I'm hoping they're the same denim as my S06 jacket (which I think is LF44) but I'm not sure.

This guy's blog has some decent images of some late 90s Joe McCoy stuff. The era Atsushi was involved with pre-Bootleggers/Freewheelers if I'm not mistaken.

Going through jeanspavilion it looks like the Bootleggers guys weren’t the only Deadheads on the repro scene back in the day 😆 710 (as in 710 Haight Ashbury) for the lot number was well played

I do enjoy how Ueki's on the red tab looks like it reads something else 😅

1990s version of the copper king jacket they reissued with the 1943 jeans https://www.fromjapan.co.jp/japan/en/special/order/confirm/https%3A%2F%2Fjp.mercari.com%2Fitem%2Fm90085840817/13_1/

I was looking at this Jett Rink storm rider repro recently but didn’t know anything about them. Looks good https://www.fromjapan.co.jp/japan/en/auction/yahoo/input/r1141693364/

Yeah I feel the same, the one on my FW 1946-47 is pretty frayed and curled up at this point but it's like another little ageing thing to enjoy. The SCSC 1946 one (and its vintage counterpart) look longer than I've seen on other repros. I still need the Vintage Denim Jacket book.