Self Edge x Dry Bones x Superfuture x Styleforum = SEXDBXSXS12

[DFreshLeish]

Getting my black tab stitched on tomorrow, will post pics after. I can't wait to wear these damn things, but I'm waiting for a hem and new wallet. I'm in for the contest Jan 1st tho!

I don't remember if it was addressed earlier or not, but will this become the contest thread or will there be a new one?

Randomkoreandude: nice fit. You go out in gtown a lot? I've been known to frequent M street

[randomkoreandude]

haha yeah i go fairly often. shopping sucks for men but my gf loves it.

hit me up if your ever in town. we can grab a drink and have a sexdbxsxs12 fest

[mssneaker]

What kind of shrinkage are people getting in the inseam? Mine shrunk barely and inch. Hot soak for an hour, hang dry.

[iGIT]

Was the water not hot enough? barely an inch of shrinkage sounds wrong.

[mssneaker]

Water was as hot as I could get it...another user on Styleforum reports an inch but that was with a lukewarm soak.

I don't know what gives with mine.

[randomkoreandude]

you could just try again ... this early in the game it wont hurt at all and you wont lose much indigo if you dont agitate the water.

did you regularly check the temp to make sure it was really hot? i didnt measure mine to see how much shrank but i feel like it was more than an inch

[DFreshLeish]

What kind of shrinkage are people getting in the inseam? Mine shrunk barely and inch. Hot soak for an hour, hang dry.

Same thing for me, not much shrinking at all.

[randomkoreandude]

hmmm i guess i should measure mine and ill report back later. i noticed shrinkage in waist and top block but didnt even bother checking to see if inseam shrunk and just assumed it did.

[corporalclegg]

No offense to jimmyc or the guy from styleforum, but neither of the patches were really doing it for me, so I decided to make my own.

[kiya]

That is too good.

[corporalclegg]

Thanks a lot Kiya, dont know if this belongs in here, and mods feel free to move it, but I decided since ill be wearing these for a year, I would make a wallet that sort of went along with them. I don't like the way double thick pocket bags feel on slim jeans, so I cut off the bottoms, sewed them up, and made a wallet to use for the next year. The bear is like a "made in california" tag, so I use it on most of my stuff

[DFreshLeish]

No offense to jimmyc or the guy from styleforum, but neither of the patches were really doing it for me, so I decided to make my own.

That thing is too sick, nice idea.

Just got my tab stitched:

[lucaas]

finally got a chance to post in here.

i went TTS, 31.

pre-soak,

excuse my rotate-fail photo. i try my best with self timer and without any photoshop.

gonna soak this tomorrow morning.

[edmond]

post soak? those lookes like pre soak

[lucaas]

@demonito

my mistake. it's pre-soak.

[jdmcnary]

I don't like the way double thick pocket bags feel on slim jeans, so I cut off the bottoms, sewed them up, and made a wallet to use for the next year.

due to the slim fit you can see the exact outline of the pocket bags at the bottom where they are extra thick when I wear mine. I'm planning on doing my first ever sewing project and cutting the bottoms off the bags as well.

[iRX]

Uhhhhh... what just happened.... The Superfuture patch cracked...

Also.. I got them hemmed to 35.5" and did a hot soak for 1 hr. They're now 33".

Guess I just googled and leather hardens up when in hot water?

And the fight to get the buttons in was pretty rough. I did the permament marker thing too, but it's just that you can barely move the denim around the button holes to make it easy.

Will get fit pic as soon as I find someone to take a picture.

Update: Careful with the buttons. When I took my pants off, one of the buttons came off.

[elclintor]

^^^ wow, thats a bummer..

[SwedeAlex]

^^ Poor quality patch...the denim looks awesome though!

[reallypeacedoff]

^^ Poor quality patch...the denim looks awesome though!

I surely doubt it has anything to do with the quality of the patch. Looks more like the water was too hot (anything over 60C will wreck the patch). Looking at how the patch has shrivelled up, looks to me like you used boiling water?

[reallypeacedoff]

Oh and corporalclegg took both of his patches off to make room for his sweet homemade Cali inspired one, maybe you could buy it off him?

[kiya]

^^ Poor quality patch...the denim looks awesome though!

Trust me, it's not the patch that was the issue.

Try taking your wallet and soaking it in extremely hot water and tell me how that turns out once it dries.

[vamks]

I say slap on Obenaufs right after the soak. I always oil my patches and I never have a problem, even after a super hot soak.

[fre-co]

That happened to my SC okinawa (snake) patch when I put them in the wash at 90 degrees. No oil in the world will bring it back to life.

[morse9443]

soaking in water that's too hot shrinky dinks your patch. Not sure the exact temp at which it happens. I've done it too. Cut it off with a razor and move on.

[mikecch]

Trust me, it's not the patch that was the issue.

Try taking your wallet and soaking it in extremely hot water and tell me how that turns out once it dries.

My wallet will be largely unaffected, hahahaha!

All jokes aside though, I agree with Kiya, with slightly thinner patches made of relatively unfinished, stiff leather - it's almost guaranteed the leather will shrink and crack in hot water.

I'm not sure there is an exact temperature, as the type of leather, tannage, thickness, oil content and detergent involvement, etc all play a part.

I would suggest oiling the leather and sealing it with a wax compound before anyone chucks their jeans with new, unfinished leather patches into a hot wash.

Oh, btw, for snake skin patches I would recommend using predominantly wax compounds instead of oil.

[Maynard Friedman]

My wallet will be largely unaffected, hahahaha!

All jokes aside though, I agree with Kiya, with slightly thinner patches made of relatively unfinished, stiff leather - it's almost guaranteed the leather will shrink and crack in hot water.

I'm not sure there is an exact temperature, as the type of leather, tannage, thickness, oil content and detergent involvement, etc all play a part.

I would suggest oiling the leather and sealing it with a wax compound before anyone chucks their jeans with new, unfinished leather patches into a hot wash.

Oh, btw, for snake skin patches I would recommend using predominantly wax compounds instead of oil.

Or perhaps snake oil purchased from a travelling medicine show!

[mikecch]

Ultimate snake-oil:

[lucaas]

contest start january 1st, but it's all good to wear it from now?

am i right?

[iRX]

Trust me, it's not the patch that was the issue.

Try taking your wallet and soaking it in extremely hot water and tell me how that turns out once it dries.

Yeah, water was extremely hot since the tap wasn't doing it's best I had to heat up some water. It's all good though, I just removed it and am moving along.

The only thing that really is bothering me right now is the 2nd button from the top and how it came off. I used pliers and squeezed it back together, but I'm just not sure if it'll happen again.