Pure Blue Jeans XX-005

[jasonfoote303]

those are looking good lidsjoker! well, except for the crotch... but that can be repaired. good whiskers forming on the front and the honeycombs are looking damn fine! my opinion is wash them. one thing that i've consistently heard is that leaving dirt and grime in the fibers can cause premature tearing or holes to appear.

i'm washing mine this weekend. i've been wearing them hard every day for a month. i like Ryu's technique so thats what i'm doing. plus my 005's have stretched out so much i can actually pull them down without unbuttoning them! this is from barely being able to get them on in the store.

best of luck!

[anthonyoj]

lidsjoker - did you go true to size or size down on those?

[Aries]

lidsjoker, give them a wash. As many have mentioned, you can wash good quality denim monthly if you wear them often and you will still get great fading.

[.max]

From the other thread...

And some bonus shots.

[who8mahrice]

10 months or so.

[lidsjoker]

thanx for the post...i sized down

[lidsjoker]

i decided to wash...i'lll put up sum b4 and afta pics soon

[who8mahrice]

PBJ XX-005s, got these exactly a year ago. About 11 months of wear. 3 washes + lots of soaks. They're at Atsui Tokyo to get some more repairs done on them. Will wear them until the end of March and then on to the SuFu/DB/SE.

[Jujuland]

Just a little over one year

[Stylish Pilot]

nice. got any more pics?

[jeannoob]

hey guys, i just got my pair of PBJs xx-005 raws in size 28. friend went to new york and he grabbed me a pair while he was there. this is my very first pair of jap raws, i've only owned a pair of APC new standards, so excuse the noobiness. btw, the jeans are flawless in quality, the denim is wonderful and so is the craftsmanship put into it, although you all would probably know that. im super excited on how these will turn out...

anyways, i put the jeans in the tub for a soak to shrink it down. i took it out after an hour in warm/hot water (hot, but warm enough to leave your hand in the water). after trying them on, there was still some space in the waist and I measured the waist BiG style and they were 29" (waist was 30.5" unsoaked). Im true to size 28 and i was just wondering if another soak with hot water (hottest the tap will go) would shrink the jeans down to 28.

thanks

[ipkus.]

hot soak let it dry.

hot soak again.

[jeannoob]

thanks, just did

jeans went to 28.5", its perfect though. everything else shrunk as it should cept for hem which is still 7.5, but i like the looks of it now. took me 20 minutes to get the buttons done cause it was so stiff.

pics along the way...!

[jeannoob]

fresh out of the bag.

before soak.

comparison between my APC New Standards.

fit pics!! really looking forward to how these turn out

[soulsoi]

you soaked em right?

opps my bad for not reading your other posts.

anyways. theyre looking good. youll start loving them when they show fading

[Zigzigah]

how many kind of XX-005 there are ?

in the first posts i saw that :

and on the last page :

and on rakuten:

so I'm wondering my self if there are several versions, with blue or brown design on the leather patch and with a leaf or without ...

I also need a help for the size I should choose, I wear 27 in APC NS, 28 in Nudie Slim Jim Dry Japan, 29 in Nudie Slim Jim Dry Black Coated and 30 in Levi's 511.

I don't want to soak them, just to wear them raw

I don't know which size I had to choose ... I assume 29 will be right but they won't have a soak and they will stretch ...

that's why I need some help !

[guitarinet]

The PBJ's with the leaf are the newer ones. I dont believe they make any with the blue tabs anymore

[avonalliv8]

there is absolutely no difference in those jeans. they put the leaf on because they are not legally allowed to include tabs anymore when imported. it probably took you longer to compile those pictures for the post than it wouldve taken you to search the thread for that information.

[Zigzigah]

and why the leather patch isn't the same ?

[avonalliv8]

different batches, different patches

[avonalliv8]

oh and you should soak them or even wash them first. these jeans shrink and stretch out quite a bit.

i did an hour-long soak when i got my 005s. after 4-5 months, there was a ridiculous amount of cracking on the backs of the knees due to all of the starch. sort of ruined the jeans for me.

[earlmale]

cracking as in holes? from combs?

[avonalliv8]

yes, check some of the combs out in the evo thread. i got a lot of tears on the back of the jeans... wish i had washed more.

all things considered, though i love the slub of the pbj denim, they never felt as well built as my samurais or FHs

[earlmale]

29. skinny legs = true to size

[.jacob]

I just bought these 1 wash jeans at BiG a few days ago and Gordon assured me they would stretch. I've worn them for two days and I'm not sure. The waist has stretched but the crotch is still terrible. There's no room for the bits and they're not comfortable.

Here are pictures after 2 days:

Other than the crotch the fit is pretty decent. Will these stretch?

[avonalliv8]

yes, 005s stretch a lot

[lenn]

jesus christ sag the damn jeans

let dem bawls breath

yes they'll stretch

[Stylish Pilot]

jesus christ sag the damn jeans

let dem bawls breath

yes they'll stretch

year seriously, pull them down.

[rnrswitch]

You should also cuff them again so that the calf area is not bunched up so much. From those pics they look like bootcuts.

[.jacob]

I'm sagging but this is still pretty brutal. I'll wear 'em like this for a week and see if it's any better. I can't believe how short the fly is on these; I think that's causing the discomfort.