The Flat Head

[oh soul legit]

wow for $500 FH's, you'd think the backpocket design would be alot more appealing

[rjsavestheday]

Just one more day before those collabs come out, damn im pretty excited. I think i might have to take a trip to sf on monday.

you copping a pair, ronson?

[servealoha]

FH 4001S Black Pre-soak

Post Soak.

Opinions welcome.

[layt]

wow for $500 FH's, you'd think the backpocket design would be alot more appealing

^^^ agreed

imo these are pretty mehh for $500

[madapaka]

last i checked the price of jeans wasn't based on the arcs, just saying.

[layt]

true but i wouldn't drop $500 on a pair of jeans unless i loved every part of it

and even then i still wouldn't haha

[chubby]

yeah that $500 collabo is not cutting it for me either. I'd love to pick up some LHT jeans, but the details are pretty repulsive IMO.

I bet the material is fucking awesome though, wish it was offered in a regular flathead model.

[reallypeacedoff]

yeah that $500 collabo is not cutting it for me either. I'd love to pick up some LHT jeans, but the details are pretty repulsive IMO.

Please explain to me what you think is repulsive and why? I'm interested...

[chubby]

The back pocket arcs... just makes me ask, why bother?

The double exposed selvedge on the coin pocket is tacky, IMO (thats nit picky)

The single stitching around the front pockets, ugly.

The black hardware is pretty sad. Its just flat black. Compared to the hardware of companies like strike gold, or ltd ed samurais, which have pretty interesting materials and designs for rivets and buttons.

maybe I am wrong here but, its like they wanted to do something 'different' but were too scared to actually go all the way. so they add funny stitching, back pockets w/subtle difference in shape (that were apparently impossible to make), and call it a day. How about a J-leg? or a pull over top button (dress trouser style), or darts in the legs. AT LEAST a color pocket bag, or chambray pocket bags, or something. if your trying to do something 'different.' (not that I would necessarily buy jeans with that stuff, but it would get my attention/interest and respect)

Anyway, what makes this collabo is the fabric. I don't think anyone would be interested in a 3xxx RHT version with this design. Am I wrong?

Also, this is all just my opinion. I've got great respect for RR, and the effort that went into this. Just, idk.... i dont get it.

[moykky]

so they add...back pockets w/subtle difference in shape (that were apparently impossible to make)...

Once you have backpockets like that you'll see! Denim Junkies DJ-501XX has pockets like that and they're the nicest I've had on my arse...

[Paul T]

The back pocket arcs... just makes me ask, why bother?

The double exposed selvedge on the coin pocket is tacky, IMO (thats nit picky)

The single stitching around the front pockets, ugly.

The black hardware is pretty sad. Its just flat black. Compared to the hardware of companies like strike gold, or ltd ed samurais, which have pretty interesting materials and designs for rivets and buttons.

I think we must be looking at different jeans. Tacky coin pocket selvage?

THere are plenty of jeans around that scream for attention - gold or highly-'designed' hardware, brightly coloured selvage. I applaud ringring for the subtlety of this design - details like those curved pockets are indeed very difficult to sew, but they evoke fascinating references, including the earliest precedents for jeans - precedents which those content with endless revisions of the 50s 5-pocket format are unlikely to appreciate.

I count myself lucky to have picked up endless new information from ringring, on tehcnical advances in spinning warp threads, or the early history of Sea Island cotton. These jeans are in essence a three-dimensional embodiment of that knowledge and heritage. If you're one of the 140 people who can appreciate it, lucky you

[oh soul legit]

last i checked the price of jeans wasn't based on the arcs, just saying.

i have to agree with layt on that one, for $500 i have to love every component of the jeans and that design is just a plain triangle, half a grand on jeans is already pushin it.

[chubby]

If you're one of the 140 people who can appreciate it, lucky you

I hear ya. Someone asked me what I thought, and I answered.I don't like them, have gotten a lot of +rep from people thinking the same thing but haven't voiced it.

Whatever though! I feel bad for voicing my opinion, I even got negged by Kiya for doing so. But, I have tons of respect for these guys, RR too, incredible contributor to the forum and denim in general, infinitely moreso than I ever will be. If you're one of the 140 who picks these up, I'm excited for the updates.

[crosswound]

i was looking at the SEXFHXRR10 then i read it was $500. no longer interested the next pair of flatheads i'm buying is still going to be the f310 sized up 1 most likely.

[iGIT]

you copping a pair, ronson?

I would love to get a pair if i had the money!

[mikecch]

It's all relative chubby, a medico gets paid a similar amount of money for 10 minutes work and a couple of row of stitches inside or outside you.

This RR collab. is definitely worth the asking price - whether you can afford it or not is another issue, don't confuse the two.

[mikerroneous]

Got these hemmed to 37 inches.

[oh soul legit]

i like the thigh measurements and leg opening for the F380's however the presoak waist is the lowest waist size i wanna go. would a cold soak keep the jeans within pre soak measurements? I dont want the waist to shrink too much

[jbphoto23]

you could always do a semi hot soak and just try and stretch the waist after while still damp...cause half the point of a soak is to get all the shrinkage out..

[Maynard Friedman]

i like the thigh measurements and leg opening for the F380's however the presoak waist is the lowest waist size i wanna go. would a cold soak keep the jeans within pre soak measurements? I dont want the waist to shrink too much

I have F350s and gave them an initial machine wash at 60C. They shrank quite a bit all round but within a couple of days the waist was back to it's raw size.

[ah_long]

I'm wondering if anyone is interested in a brand new pair of F350 Sz 29 x 36

http://www.superfuture.com/supertalk/showthread.php?t=244289

[ah_long]

this year's inazuma festival special edition

a special leather patch, back pocket design, a tab, white stitching oustide, yellow stiching inside....the indigo is so dark it almost appears as black

3005 cut

[Medine]

need fit pics

[ah_long]

it's the same cut as a 3005...

the indigo is so dark.. I thought it was black for a bit.. I even compared it to black denim.. it's just really dark..

I'm contemplating about selling it

[thomass]

my bsps came in the mail today!

SE05BSP

what do you guys think?

[reallypeacedoff]

my bsps came in the mail today!

what do you guys think?

This is post soak? Perfect fit if so. And with every wear, they will only get better. Since the 811XXX contest started, I have definitely missed wearing my BSP's.

[ke1]

Perfect fit indeed... Oh what it must feel like to be tall.

[jigsaw]

damn those 3005inz were really nice....need to cop my size

[d is for dru]

Currently wearing Dior MIJ's and they're just too tight, I think I want to try out the 1001 model, is this the fit I'm looking for if I want a semi-baggy-er look? I'm a 28 wih the Dior's am I sizing down or up with the FH's? Or staying with my 28's?

[chambo2008]

a dior 28 is proberly a 30 at least measure the jeans (big style) and depending on where they are tight check the 1001 size chart and account for shrinkige 2 inch's in the wasit and 0.5 everywhere else