ooe yofukuten & co. denim contest

[Flash]

some more pics

 

 

 

 

[Broark]

The color on those is perfect.

Damn.

[--simon--]

Weekend vacation in a Medieval cruck framed hall house. 

 

 

 

 

If you look carefully you can see one of the whiskers on the left leg has blown out, it seems to be spreading fast and needs a repair!

 

 

 

 

[aho]

Going to be a tough one to decide but simon you may have taken the cake!

[aho]

A bit over one month to go? March 1st fast approaches my friends!

 

Some quick indoor light pictures as I wanted to post something fast, of course they're much bluer in real life...

brighter light (closer to real color)

 

Down to the wire everyone!

Edited January 25, 2014 by aho

[aho]

Gonna be a good month everyone...Although I won't be attending Inspiration LA anymore, I have a HK trip booked for the end of the month that will cap of this contest for me.

 

In the meantime, the back yoke is giving way:

knee is starting to fray as well

 

No more washes until the end of the month for me, making this the longest amount of time not washed (2 months) since my first 4 months in the contest. I like the color where they are now and will try to get some contrast out of it!

[Maynard Friedman]

They look good aho but please don't be scared of a needle and thread!

[aho]

^They're for sure in need of some TLNT (tender loving needle and thread)...

[aho]

^Damn good pair Flash, guess I'm still playing catch up to everyone...As far as pictures, have you tried uploading the same images to Flickr?

[Flash]

Guess I'll give it a try , and the worst part is I pay for photobucket

[aho]

Hope you don't mind, I uploaded this for reference (saved image from photobucket, uploaded to flickr)

Flash's beautiful pair:

Edited February 1, 2014 by aho

[Flash]

flickr account created . thanks aho , the pics look 1000 times better

 

Untitled by ryan_darragh, on Flickr

 

Untitled by ryan_darragh, on Flickr

 

Untitled by ryan_darragh, on Flickr

 

Untitled by ryan_darragh, on Flickr

 

Untitled by ryan_darragh, on Flickr

 

Untitled by ryan_darragh, on Flickr

[redragon]

Very brief update for Month 17, will save up the picture bomb for the end of the competition. 

 

 

 

Cheers!

Edited February 2, 2014 by redragon

[bod]

Very nice red

[Somar]

Hey Flash, how do you wash your jeans? Do you soak them (bathtub/bucket style) or do you use the washing machine?

[Flash]

i like to hand wash in the tub but if i dont have the time i just machine wash , 

[ThinFinn]

^ any info on the count of the washes so far flash?

all pairs are great looking so far...gonna be a tough one to decide

[Flash]

No clue mate , maybe 10 ??

[slugabed]

after 20th machine wash..

 

planning to have like 3 more washes till the end of Feb.

till then, i will limit to a cropped pic of my pair.

 

p.s. still pretty dark compared to other pairs, since i only wear them on the weekends.

[setterman]

Gonna be a good month everyone...Although I won't be attending Inspiration LA anymore, I have a HK trip booked for the end of the month that will cap of this contest for me.

 

In the meantime, the back yoke is giving way:

 

The fading looks nice, but the stitching falling apart like that would be completely unacceptable to me.  Have you been in contact with Ooe about it?  We've both spent enough time in jeans stitched together with 100% cotton thread to know that that level of damage isn't normal.  

[aho]

@setterman, the faulting stitching is in no way attributable to Ooe's construction or materials. The 91 fabric shrinks a ton, and I effectively gained 2 waist sizes so I'm basically wearing the jeans with the top two unbuttoned, with only my belt holding them up. They still fit great in the legs and seat, however the force I've applied in trying to "stretch" the waist out after every wash killed the yoke. If I could do it again I'd size up accordingly but what can I say, I'm dedicated to this pair!

[aho]

Looking forward to the photo dump and pairs coming out of the wood works...Wondering about all of those sleeper pairs!

[Somar]

@flash: Do you also have fit pics? I skimmed through a lot of pages in this thread but I couldn't find any.

[Flash]

Should be a few in here , posted these a few months ago

Untitled by ryan_darragh, on Flickr

Untitled by ryan_darragh, on Flickr

[bradl]

That makes the case for me that washing your jeans can still yield great results.

[Broark]

I want a pair of Ooe Yofukuten jeans so badly.

Seems like they're on a hiatus at the moment no?

I can't wait until all the results of this contest are posted.

[bradl]

I want a pair of Ooe Yofukuten jeans so badly.

Seems like they're on a hiatus at the moment no?

I can't wait until all the results of this contest are posted.

Either way, not going to be getting them for a very extended period of time.

[Broark]

I think it's worth the wait having flipped through this tread.

[slugabed]

its been about a year since i ordered my last pair, and they have not been produced yet.

i might ring a bell or two, since i want to make some changes/adjustments to my pair.

 

i hope getting this pair some time in march, where ooe said they would be ready by new years...

[Somar]

Thanks Flash! Like that fit a lot