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All this talk about the 50s motivated me to pull my pair out of the closet and wear them this week. I was similarly having waist sizing issues when ordering my pair. I was using a worn-in and stretched-out TCB 60s in W36 as a point of reference, and according to the size charts for the 50s, I should have been a W40! I hesitated and settled on W38, but the size charts are indeed accurate - these jeans run small. The W38 work for me, but after a wash the top block is pretty snug. After a wear or two the whole top loosens up and you get another inch or two in the waist. They're comfortable but I would never need to wear a belt. For some reason I often forget that, and wear the jeans less often because they're snug when I first put them on after a break. Long story short, trust the size charts

Thanks for the warm welcome, all! I tried to photograph all the details of this pair. Does anyone know what the various numbers on the hang tag indicate? I'm referring to 7750 00, No. 70-00-5047 and Col. 93. It seems like the barcode is actually a combination of No. + Size + Col + 4.

Hi all - longtime reader, first-time poster. I figured this would be the best time as any to make an introduction post. I actually won the auction for the W36 pair, which fortunately had less activity than the other sizes. I have them on-hand now! It's pretty incredible handling a deadstock pair from this era. Kind of a blessing and a curse though - they've been in this state for so long, it's hard to justify taking the tags off and wearing them. For now, since I have a lot of other jeans, I'll keep them as-is and just be thankful that I have a piece of Japanese denim history. BTW - I took new measurements. Here they are, in raw non-wash state: Denime (Shins) 7750 00 No. 70-00-5047 Size 36 Col. 93 Waist: 37" / 94cm Front Rise: 12" / 30.5cm Back Rise: 15.75" / 40cm Upper Thigh: 13.5" / 34cm Thigh 4" (10cm) down: 12" / 30.5cm Knee: 9.75" / 25cm Leg Opening: 9" / 23cm Inseam: 37.5" / 95cm Very long inseam! As one might expect, these are almost identical to the measurements of a pair of raw Resolute 710s that I have, except with a wider leg opening. Happy to answer any questions about this pair or take photos if anyone was curious. Nice to meet you all!