The Flat Head 3001

[keyko]

Pretty expensive. HKD 4500 tag price which is roughly over 500 bucks.

Alien vs Predator, Freddie vs Jason, Nudie vs A.P.C.

[greentea]

Quote:

Pretty expensive. HKD 4500 tag price which is roughly over 500 bucks.

--- Original message by keyko on Jun 11, 2006 01:49 AM

Hye Keyko do you go that shop in HK Take5 they have these samurai jeans collaborations.

[digital_denim]

well, expensive is all relative. I think they're 450 in Japan....so 500 ain't so bad.

[keyko]

They have plenty of Samurais there but I was't gonna but any this time. They do have some obscure models which I did not see neither here nor @ Rakuten.

Alien vs Predator, Freddie vs Jason, Nudie vs A.P.C.

[keyko]

Quote:

well, expensive is all relative. I think they're 450 in Japan....so 500 ain't so bad.

--- Original message by digital_denim on Jun 11, 2006 09:00 AM

their yen price tag was like 46,000 which is 400 USD but 4500 HKD is like 570 USD or so

Alien vs Predator, Freddie vs Jason, Nudie vs A.P.C.

[sycamore no more]

I did a search and I found this thread on the 3001's http://www.superfuture.com/supertalk/showthread.php?t=11207&highlight=flathead+3001 but I don't think anybody in there has posted soaking before and after pictures.

An abundant amount of people on here got this jean now since the Self Edge party so I thought this would be a good idea. (Though me and sidneylo got it the day before. )

I've worn it yesterday and all day today and after all the information I have gotten from people at the party, I've decided to give it a cold soak for about 5 hours.

Its 2 hours into the soak right now, and going to pull it out in another 3.

Size 30x36

waist: 15

inseam: 37

leg opening:7 1/2

thigh: 11 1/2

front rise: 10

back rise: 14

Cold water running.

Asian bucket and 2 1 gallon tropicana orange juice jugs.

Denim bubbles!

I will post the after-soak measurements and the fit of it after its done, this will be edited in a few hours.

EDIT:

Once I took them out I pressed them up against my bathtub wall and went up and down with my hand to try and squeeze out the excess water. Once I took it off the wall the wall was stained with indigo, I tried to wash it off with water but it wouldn't come off.

They are going to be drying until tomorrow morning and once I get up from sleeping I will wear them dry.

Updates soon to come!

[Tarmac]

flat heads are so popular! But to me they seem like any other japanese repro, with unremarkable smooth plain stiff denim, and I also don't dig the arctuate at all. What did you like about them?

[stuntastic]

Yer denim farted...

I like the fit on the Flat Heads. They somewhat remind me of the Levis A-Type 505s. Different, but somehow remindme of them.

[sidneylo]

Holla at the Flat Heads.

I will soak mine, 29x36, on Monday morning. Most likely a warm/warmer soak for 3 hours.

Good shit so far syc.

[tays]

Flatheads looking sick syc! Nice meeting you at the party, keep us posted on your progress with these!

[horriblyjollyjinx]

who told you to do a cold soak? warm or hot is the way to do it.

I'd like to hear what the inseam is after a warm soak.

[sycamore no more]

Haptronic said he cold soaked his in a hotel room for 4-5 hours, and everyone knows he's G O D.

[sycamore no more]

I woke up at around 10 this morning and put them on.

BEFORE PRE-SOAK

Size 30x36

waist: 15

inseam: 37

leg opening:7 1/2

thigh: 11 1/2

front rise: 10

back rise: 14

AFTER PRE-SOAK

Size 30x36

waist: 15

inseam: 34

leg opening: 7

thigh: 11

front rise: 9 1/2

back rise: 13

It was really hard to buttom them even though I measured it and it was still the same waist it was before. So I put a towel on my bed lied down and pulled them all the way up, it took about 10 minutes.

I'm really amazed at what the soak had done to the inseam, 3 inches off? Now I don't need to get these hemmed. These jeans are sanforized and didn't get much shrinking up top.

[tweeds]

sycamore...great info. i'm going to move this over to the original flat head thread, for consistency's sake.

[sbbbjm]

i think someone was saying that your 'supposed to' remove the little ribbon edge/forked tongue so it looks like a levi's arcuate. i wonder if the forked tongue is actually sewed on as a separate piece as opposed to being a continuation of the right side of the arcuate, because if you just took off the tongue the rest of the arcuate might unravel off too.

anywho, i saved this bookmark from the other thread about what flatheads can look like once worn in. i really like the bright blue-ness. apparently its a different cut but same denim. i'd get some but i have some sd-103's coming in, damn

http://www.rockcandy.jp/f_jeans_folder/f_jeans_3005_yu_gazo/f_jeans_3005_used_top.html

[Dick Danger]

If you don't like the stitch, remove it, it doesn't bother me so I wouldn't.

[stuntastic]

People at the Self Edge party last night were able to peep a pair of worn out Flat Heads first hand. The verticle fading on these is amazing.

Thats a shit load of shrink Jermy. I found a new brand, that I feel that I will be extremely loyal to, once more comes in. Shit.

[stuntastic]

Fuckin lovin em.

[coleslawyum]

Flat Head has some of the best repro stuff around. The quality of their craftmanship is very consistent. Some people may find them kind of generic, but they have a huge product line and their tops are very cool. Probably my favorite repro brand.

[marnkick]

ahhhh im superbummed that the inseam doesnt shrink to tag size. i wanted these for so long but had no conformation of the inseam length. soooo jealous!

[sidneylo]

ahhhh im superbummed that the inseam doesnt shrink to tag size. i wanted these for so long but had no conformation of the inseam length. soooo jealous!

Yeah, I'm worred about that 3 inch loss on the inseam. In a few hours, when it's daylight PST, I'm going to do a warm soak for 2 hours and see where it leads me.

*Cross fingers*

[sidneylo]

Large pictures follow.

Pre-soak

29 x 36 (actual waist x inseam is 30 x 37)

Soak

[stuntastic]

Oh shit. You just reminded me to soak my Samurais Sidney...

[sidneylo]

Oh shit. You just reminded me to soak my Samurais Sidney...

Post peeectures. How long you think I should soak 'em for? Hmmm....

[stuntastic]

Im going for 3-5 hours.

Damn you Lo Sidney, you leave on my birthday. Im hurt. Right here... <PAIN3

[sidneylo]

Im going for 3-5 hours.

Damn you Lo Sidney, you leave on my birthday. Im hurt. Right here... <PAIN3

14th? Shall we celebrate with a bike ride around Self Edge the day before?

[sidneylo]

Ok, 2 hour warm soak. Almost 2" off the inseam, but too wet to measure anything else. It's drying quickly via sunlight, with flipping every 20 minutes. I'm going to blow dry the legs lightly because they're not getting any sun action.

[stuntastic]

Im the 13th. Word from the Breath Mint is that you leave that day as well... TSH...

[sidneylo]

Im the 13th. Word from the Breath Mint is that you leave that day as well... TSH...

She's a tard. I leave on the 14th.

Watch out, your inseam is going to shrink like crazy at a 3-5 hour soak if it's anything like the zipper fly (and I'm assuming you got the button fly/baggier cut.)

[sycamore no more]

The waist on mines has stretched a fair amount, I'm going to warm soak them for 2 hours and see where it makes me end up. Death by denim? Dun dun dun...