ooe yofukuten & co. denim contest

[jyoni]

I've had so many cancellations of projects due to clients having *no money* that I've had to pick up a union gig on production-pace wall systems.

The ooe's have been under some severely brutal conditions recently and I really have to say that these two put out some fantastic product. This is workwear. Cotton threading that fails all over the place constantly can kiss my ass, for real. Ooe is doing something right with their thread vendors.

[jyoni]

I want to smash that soup right now, aho...

[aho]

jyoni, glad to hear you're beating these things with real work! I have no doubt your pair will be one of the greatest; I'm looking forward to updates!

[--simon--]

7 month update: showing some nice evo now, some of the cotton threads are failing in the high wear areas. Ive just fixed the seam between the legs again.

I spend way too much time with my hands in my pockets I think?

Fixed the pocket stitching.

[redragon]

^

Very nice repair job.

Progress coming along nicely.

@aho

making me drool more and more....

[rayw44]

Snapped a quick fit pic while my fiance was shopping.

[Ignaurus]

Been moving (up three flights of stairs) since last Friday. Pretty cookie-cutter type of place, but got it's bigger than the last and was a great deal.

Lots of golf courses here in coastal Carolina and this complex happens to sit next to one. My balcony is exactly where most golfer's tee shots land on this particular hole. I spent this morning watching some guy hit that tree a couple times with his second and third shots, just getting frustrated as hell. Good entertainment. Not much time in the jeans lately, still just too damn snug.

[Ignaurus]

And I meant to to put this up a couple weeks back. Just taken with my cell so the colors aren't totally there, but a comparison of the swatch of fabric and the knee of my pair.

[Flash]

mate .....

great work

[Ignaurus]

Thanks Flash. I do feel like the the difference in color isn't quite as drastic in real life though.

[aho]

threw my pair in the wash...not sure how many at this point!

[jyoni]

I've been cold-soaking daily, coldest possible tap water. I don't know what will yield! Gotta do it though. There's nothing sexy or magical about stale sweat soaks after a couple days. ***well maybe there is but not in my world, not here

Edited April 21, 2013 by jyoni

[--simon--]

The sun has arrived in the UK at last!

[aho]

post wash

color is hard to capture...

[Maynard Friedman]

Nice vintage look aho, I especially like the puckering on the yoke.

[--simon--]

post wash

color is hard to capture...

Colour captured perfectly I'd say, that 91 denim is really looking good now.

[redragon]

Random shots after another hand-wash.

Think I will go 1 wash/month cycle from now on.

[aho]

Figured I'd post pics with better lighting/capture the truer color more:

and probably the best representation:

[Max Power]

Very nice updates! And I have to concur, it's a nice vintage look that evolves.

[rayw44]

For not being much of a baseball fan, I go to a lot of baseball games. I was in Philly over the weekend visiting family, and ended up with very nice seats at the Phillies game. Citizens Bank Park is very nice, much better than the old Veterans Stadium, but I am still partial to PNC Park in Pittsburgh.

I jumped the gun on my cheesesteak selection and grabbed one from a random vendor stall only to find out later that there is a Tony Luke's right in the stadium.

One thing the Phillies do very well is the hot dog launch. For those who haven't been to a major league park in the last few years, during an inning break (typically somewhere around the 3-5 innings) most teams bring out some form of hot dog launching device and shoot hot dogs out of a pneumatic cannon into the stands. People go crazy for it.

The Phillies do it pretty well. I've never seen an atv mounted hot dog cannon before, and the one the Philly Phanatic uses was incredibly powerful. He was launching these to the farthest rows in the upper deck from second base. Plus, they use a team of people to keep the cannon locked and loaded. It's genuinely impressive even though it's incredibly dumb.

It also finally turned to Spring in Pittsburgh. This is from the Mellon Green which I walk through each day on my way to work.

I don't have a picture, but the Occupy Pittsburgh movement was squatting in this park from 10/11 to 2/12, and after they were evicted the park was a wreck. It is now back to what it used to be, but it remained closed until the beginning of this year because of all the damage.

Edited April 26, 2013 by rayw44

[Ignaurus]

Nice Ray. Made a trip to Citizen's Bank a few years ago and had a Brian McCann home run ball literally slip through my fingers out in right (I'm a Braves fan, it was a bummer)

[jyoni]

Aho, are those abrasions? I have to check for any of those on mine. Curious to see how/if they blow.

[Flash]

was trying to hold off washing until june but im gonna have to wash them now , we were visiting this little girl( on the left ) at the breeders and got covered in drool by his 2 massive dog de bordeaux's ( soon to be the newest member of our family , she is a 5 week old french bulldog pup , we have yet to name her )

ill update with evo pics as soon as the ooe's are dry

[SLAB]

we'll definitely need to see some evo pictures of that frenchie as well ;-)

[aho]

jyoni, if it's the picture I'm thinking of, the holes are actually from the folded part of my cuffs! all natural wear, nothing I'm too concerned of!

[SLAB]

just gave them their 5th machine wash; 8 month mark; they are a lot lighter already than my S9202XX which have about 10 months of wear.

 

SAM_0225 by SLAB13, on Flickr

 

SAM_0226 by SLAB13, on Flickr

 

Skulls wallet trying to break out of the pocket bag

 

SAM_0228 by SLAB13, on Flickr

 

patch lost some more ink; will try to oil it

 

SAM_0229 by SLAB13, on Flickr

[Flash]

They look great slab

Just a few pics of mine after the wash

Realy wish i had a better camera

[redragon]

 

Quick update @ 8 month mark

(Sorry for the weird angle)

 

 

 

 

Still trying to keep the denim dark, slow but sure..... 

[rayw44]

Wow Slab! Your pair has definitely made it to the point where this denim starts to really break in. Well done so far.

[aho]

Past the halfway mark...lookin good everyone! Btw anyone else unable to post after the sufu upgrade?

EDIT: had to clear my cache...

Edited May 3, 2013 by aho