ETERNAL 811 Contest 10/10/10 - 12/12/12

[mlyngard]

Yay! Picked up yesterday from the gentlemen at BiG

[Ammit]

Mine have arrived at school according to USPS. I go back tomorrow, so hopefully will be able to get tomorrow night and soak. If not, will have to get/soak them Wednesday.

[-Z-]

haha, they fucked up your pocket screenprints too!

[alimenator]

at least there is yellow stitching...

[ah_long]

haha, they fucked up your pocket screenprints too!

seriously.. why do they even bother.. my screenprints are almost non-existent

[soonami]

#92 here!

Screen printing is non-existent on mine, but no matter, they look great and I hope they shrink for enough for a nice slim straight fit. My actual waist is about 36-37, so my 36W are about true to size.

[po_boy_fuuma_hatesbargerz]

I want an 811 contest shirt.

Loopwheeled.

[Bodyslam]

Great news to hear people receiving their jeans! I haven't received a confirmation e-mail from gordon as of yet. Anyone else experiencing a similar situation? I'll probably wait til the end of the week to contact the g man.

We received a partial shipment of

the 811XXX jeans in a few sizes but still waiting for size 29. They should

be arriving any day now.

^quoted from an email from him

[GupNasty]

^ah, great to hear because I ordered a 29.

Thanks for the info and great to see this thread rolling again!

[ColdsnapBryan]

#86 here, mine fit so perfect after a soak. I did a real fast one, 20 mins in room temp water.

[alimenator]

^ there might be alot of shrinkage left in them, after reading previous posts, I decided to do two hot soaks

[TallyHo]

welcome, all you 2nd batchers! i'm especially excited to see soonami in this contest! looking forward to comparing results with your warehouse contest jeans...

this thread needs some photos, so here's a batch of iphone pics of things i've done since the contest started (sorry, none of the jeans themselves):

spent a weekend in austin, eating flagrant foods...

dark chocolate bacon root beer float from foreign & domestic:

(that's a cinnamon pork rind on top)

obligatory BBQ tour stops...

city market (luling, tx):

smitty's (lockhart, tx):

tilt-shifted (obviously). smitty's in the background. this is just their modest lumber stack for the smokers...

not even really sure what this means, but i back it:

forget the name of the place where this was taken. chain spot closer to austin. not on the level of smitty's & city market.

stopped in at this little cabela's:

photo probably captures about 30% of the store. completely ridiculous. i could do an entire post on this place alone.

back in la. buddy hooked up some epic seats for los lakers:

went to a mochi making party and enjoyed lots of fresh mochi with some japanese friends the day after christmas:

spent a long new year's weekend snowboarding/relaxing up at mammoth:

what's everyone else been up to?

[shekki]

so glad i went tts instead of sdo. i was actually afraid they were going to be too tight. but they stretched anD fit perfect. ill try to post pix when i get my comp back.

[chambo2008]

nothing great more pics in 5 days after the wash

[-Z-]

I love the texture of these jeans! Really excited to see mine after a wash this week.

[Ammit]

Just got mine from the student mail center. These things are probably the stiffest jeans I've felt out of the box out of all of my pair. Ordered a size 32, trust waist is 31.5. Measurements are all perfect according to BiG. Had them hemmed to 33 inches, hoping to wind up with 30 inseam(I'm short ) Going to give them an hour long soak in the hottest tap water I can get here, then see what to do from there.

Front presoak fit:

#95 checking in:

Will post post-soak fit once they're done soaking and drying.

[alimenator]

post soak

[chambo2008]

good fit you got their!!

[alimenator]

Thanks!

(10)

[cloudshift]

Are people seeing additional shrinkage on second soak? I've read a few comments in the thread that say yes, while others not so much. Curious.

Thanks!

[Ammit]

I think it really depends how hot the original soak was. Some people may have been able to get it all out in the first soak, while others need a second or even more too get all of it out.

[cloudshift]

Yeah, guess that makes sense. Thanks!

[Farhad]

Alex3000, Z, and ah_long are getting some nice fadez

[Ammit]

Just put them on damp for a little, my waist/underwear/hands and arms were all blue. My god do these things bleed when new.

[po_boy_fuuma_hatesbargerz]

Just put them on damp for a little, my waist/underwear/hands and arms were all blue. My god do these things bleed when new.

It's three months later and I'm still bleeding blue into the shower.

but that might be a glandular thing. (10)

[TallyHo]

nice pics, farhad! really captured the color and texture perfectly (mine look very similar). good thing you're bowing out for the roy contest...

looks like more great fits in the second batch!

[xchen]

I'll snap some update pics this weekend for the 3 month mark.

Farhad, those are looking great!

[rOeLez]

[ranonranonarat]

holy, some of you already have pocket rips. we should have asked for fully lined backpockets it seems! also, very fast fading rOeLez! already have such faded honeycombs and thinning denim in the crotch. madness you guys.

[vand23]

@rOeLez

honeycombs looks good, love it:)

update @ 3 months

sorry for bad quality pic:(