The Flat Head

[mpukas]

17 hours ago, 1fookntitefd said:

I really want a pair of flat head jeans but it looks like only Franklin and Poe stockpiles in the US. How come there aren’t any other retailers who carry any jeans?

Iron Shop Provisions in LA. Private and Co in Canada. Rivet and Hide in UK. Redcast Heritage in Spain. 

What model are you looking for? 

[1fookntitefd]

9 hours ago, mpukas said:

Iron Shop Provisions in LA. Private and Co in Canada. Rivet and Hide in UK. Redcast Heritage in Spain. 

What model are you looking for? 

Was thinking about the 3004 but only if I can go TTS so am unsure on sizing. Now I’m more interested in whatever Self Edge is coming out with so I’m planning to just wait.

[Cold Summer]

Thanks guys. I'll have some more cool stuff for you soon!

[blooming]

We visited The Flat Head store in Harajuku (Jinguemae) in Tokyo a couple of weeks ago. I got a tee and a black/yellow checked flannel work shirt. The store clerk was incredibly friendly and enthusiastic and helped me with sizing. Highly recommend that shop any time you're in the area.

Edited October 2 by blooming
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[vlad_III]

4 hours ago, blooming said:

Visited The Flat Head store in Harajuku (Jinguemae) when in Tokyo a couple of weeks ago. Got a tee and a black/yellow checked flannel workshirt. The store clerk was incredibly friend and enthusiatic and helped me out with sizing. Highly recommend that shop any time you're in the area/

Really nice people in there but the sizes stop at US Medium. Couldn’t get anything there and it hurt. Really nice T-Shirts and flannels. Unfortunate

[blooming]

Yeah, they run fairly small for tops. 40 or 42 seems to be the biggest size they had for most items.

Edited March 6 by blooming

[Cold Summer]

I almost never saw anything over size 42 when I lived in Japan. It was pretty much just overseas retailers ordering bigger sizes than that.

However, since TFH reorganized a few years ago, everything seems to run a size bigger than before, so a 42 is more like a 44 in the "old" Flat Head. Still, I think this just highlights the size disparity in western vs. Japanese body types. Almost everybody I knew when I worked there wore a size 38, only one or two people as large as a 40.

[CSL]

Can anyone tell me if Flat Head shirts shrink in the wash. It's the heavy flannel models I'm asking about.

[Maynard Friedman]

Hi @CSL, my experience with a FH heavy flannel shirt is that it did shrink a bit over time after washing at 40°C, without using a tumble drier. I may have washed it at 60°C once.

[el padre]

5005:

[Cold Summer]

Virtually all TFH shirts are one-washed so they shouldn't shrink unless you absolutely blast them with a tumble dry. I've owned quite a few TFH shirts and never noticed any of them to shrink at all with a cold wash and hang drying.

Wonderful fades on those 5005s @el padre, you don't see those a lot around here but the 5000 series denim fades quite nicely.

[CSL]

Thanks Maynard, & Cold Summer for the advice. 

Edited March 8 by CSL

[dennnnnnnnn]

3009, a year old with a couple washes, noticed the other day there were 2 perfect lines going across the bottom of the whiskers. basically the pocket bags end right there and have a little bump that created a line and crease.

 

 

 

Edited March 30 by dennnnnnnnn

[Cold Summer]

Lovely fades on those! Yes, if a pair fits slim in the thighs sometimes you'll get a fade from the pocket bags, I had that happen on some of my very slim fitting pairs from "the early years" of denim nerdery.

I'm still trucking along in my 3005s, which are approaching eight months of real wear time. Once it really gets hot I'll probably wash and shelve these for a bit in favor of my Warehouse 1001xx, which are the best "hot weather" jeans I've worn, though I suspect they'll only make it another 2-3 months of wear before the knees and/or rear end wear through.

3005s aren't awful for summer once broken in, though. Hopefully I'll have managed some noteworthy fades in this pair by then.

[itsbenhere]

I like Flat Head

[Geeman]

Say TFH 3 times and he appears...

[Maynard Friedman]

He likes TFH and he cannot lie

[itsbenhere]

Lol.

It is funny how excited I am after all these years for my THC tee coming in. After some weight gain and hitting the gym it's crazy I haven't had one that fit in a long time. Not sure how I feel about some of the new styles coming out and the fit changes over the last few years but always gotta love a new THC tee! The lighter 7 oz loopwheeled tees are super nice too.

My red native check still 100% my fav shirt of all time though

[itsbenhere]

Kills me that I'm not getting fades like I used to though. With a real job not sure how I'm gonna get any good wear into jeans 😕 idk how any of you guys ever did it lol. Still wearing my D105s (2014 model!) that I've had for like 6 years but they probably only look like year old jeans that were worn every day.

[Cold Summer]

I'm fortunate to have a job where I can dress however I want, and work from home 99% of the time, so I guess that helps. The last time I had a job where I had to wear "business casual" was ten years ago, and it was miserable, in that regard.

I think heavyweight tees like Flat Head THC are perfect for places like California with a nice climate, but here in the sticky southeast US, I've found that heavy duty tees almost never feel comfortable to wear. It's funny to think back to summer 2013 when I was working at TFH and wearing thick tees every day in the warehouse, it wasn't too comfortable, hah. I like wearing a lightweight tee with an unbuttoned short sleeve (often from TFH!) on top. If I get hot, it's easy to remove a layer and cool down.

Perhaps the real reason Ben has returned is that he was unhappy I was in the lead for the prestigious title of  "most posts in the TFH thread"?

[mlwdp]

On 2/28/2024 at 6:10 PM, 1fookntitefd said:

I really want a pair of flat head jeans but it looks like only Franklin and Poe stockpiles in the US. How come there aren’t any other retailers who carry any jeans?

Guilty Party in ATL sells flat head.

[itsbenhere]

3 hours ago, Cold Summer said:

I'm fortunate to have a job where I can dress however I want, and work from home 99% of the time, so I guess that helps. The last time I had a job where I had to wear "business casual" was ten years ago, and it was miserable, in that regard.

I think heavyweight tees like Flat Head THC are perfect for places like California with a nice climate, but here in the sticky southeast US, I've found that heavy duty tees almost never feel comfortable to wear. It's funny to think back to summer 2013 when I was working at TFH and wearing thick tees every day in the warehouse, it wasn't too comfortable, hah. I like wearing a lightweight tee with an unbuttoned short sleeve (often from TFH!) on top. If I get hot, it's easy to remove a layer and cool down.

Perhaps the real reason Ben has returned is that he was unhappy I was in the lead for the prestigious title of  "most posts in the TFH thread"?

I'll never beat you since you have the title of "former FH employee"

Have you tried the lighter weight (I think TKT? who the hell knows) tees? Those feel way lighter than the THC with the same nice collar, although I'd prefer the collar have that contrast stitching. I think they're actually loopwheeled too for what it's worth. They feel very light and airy

[itsbenhere]

Just came in and may be the best I've had a flat head t fit. 42, one size up from all my old ones. Now I want some more... jeans are RJB D105-14FW, boots are RMC Buco engineers which I'll post in the shoes that look better with age thread

 

 

 

Edited June 4 by itsbenhere

[Cold Summer]

Great stuff Ben! Fades look great and I agree, that size 42 tee fits you just right.

I handled a lot of TFH tees back in the day, THC always felt heaviest but some of the others like the Black Mint tees also felt pretty hefty. I did have some much lighter weight TFH tees but they weren't part of the main recurring lines of T-shirts.

I still haven't been to Guilty Party since they started carrying Flat Head, I'll probably stop by once they get another shipment. Still kind of surreal that I can take a short drive to a store that carries Flat Head, never thought I'd see the day.

[julian-wolf]

For anyone a couple of sizes smaller than me who's in the market—these are some of my absolute all time favorite jeans, and for a great price

https://jp.mercari.com/en/item/m17271039283

[Cold Summer]

Those look good. Inseam is really short, which is fine by me since I already have three discontinued deadstock TFH pairs waiting to be worn someday.

[Cold Summer]

A TFH item I'd love to find someday is a pair of SKB-30D boots in my size (10/28.0cm). It's a roughout deerskin engineer boot, when I worked there a lot of guys had these and they looked great. Unfortunately it's been a long time since they've made those and I doubt they're coming back. If any of you happen to see a pair for sale in my size, do let me know.

[kiya]

1 hour ago, Cold Summer said:

A TFH item I'd love to find someday is a pair of SKB-30D boots in my size (10/28.0cm). It's a roughout deerskin engineer boot, when I worked there a lot of guys had these and they looked great. Unfortunately it's been a long time since they've made those and I doubt they're coming back. If any of you happen to see a pair for sale in my size, do let me know.

Similar ones are coming back made of a chrome-tanned suede cowhide in both black and indigo, the main difference is the new ones have a 2021 Vibram sole and they removed the instep strap.  We're getting them in both black and tan in January.

[Cold Summer]

Sounds cool Kiya, I'll keep an eye out. The roughout deerskin on the above boots is pretty cool, but it probably doesn't look or age much differently from cowhide.

[youngofthesoonest]

I picked up the FN-D111. I really like the wider fit of these jeans and how they don’t run super small esp compared to flat head jeans a few years back. 
 

The denim is closer to the deep indigo color of the pioneer denim. It crocks a lot more than the jeans I’ve worn the last few years. I’ve only worn them a week but I’ll be washing them soon.