The Flat Head

[youngofthesoonest]

Yeah it’s the same denim. I think it’ll look really nice in jacket form. The denim ages on the faster side with good contrast. I washed my jeans a lot and it still shows a lot of contrast. 

[.API.]

On 10/29/2024 at 2:42 PM, Cold Summer said:

I really regret popularizing the terminology of calling it the "Pioneer" denim way back when. Before <10 years ago everyone called it "3XXX", which I found to be an eyesore and disliked (Plus, how do you even say that? "three ex-ex-ex"?) Long ago on TFH's site (and other retailer sites in Japan), the 3000-series jeans were called the "Pioneer" series, to differentiate from the "Frontier" series consisting of the F310, F380, and a couple more obscure models like the F370 and F350. But it's not even a good descriptor since both the "Pioneer" and "Frontier" lines actually used the same denim, and TFH stopped using Pioneer/Frontier terminology a long time ago, AND many TFH jeans that didn't even start with the "3" used that denim, too. Nowadays, I just call the 14.5 oz their usual/signature denim, for whatever that's worth.

Kind of an off-topic rant, but something that's been on my mind lately.

speaking of old Fxxx and pioneer v. frontier... from the dark ages and at one point having a pair of both F380 and F350 (which were still the best patterned pair i've worn). was doing a little closet cleaning and found this pair in an old bin... wish i would have had some foresight about 17 years ago and bought about 4 more pairs of these...

dig that pocket shape

[Cold Summer]

Beautiful jeans @.API., love it! I always really liked the offset pocket shape, too. The F350 should be the same cut as the 3005. I don't see many F350s show up on Japanese secondhand sites like Yahoo Auctions Japan, Mercari, etc. but unworn 3005s in common waist sizes often come up for sale pretty cheap. And various retailers outside Japan like Franklin And Poe stock the current production 3005.

I like my 3005s a lot but my 3003xx is my favorite, I think it's the best-fitting pair of jeans I've ever worn.