Heavyweight Denim Championships 2013 - 2015 - Official Thread

[Max Power]

Pt. III

Edited October 6, 2013 by Max Power

[louisbosco]

wow flo, those are some lovely beach and sunset pictures. always loved sunset photos and are those mushrooms magical? you know..

[Zenshiro]

Is it me or does it looks slimmer as compared to the previous pictures?

Is it the cuff?

Edited October 6, 2013 by Zenshiro

[Megatron1505]

Megatron1505, HC-IH-01, MBB Samples, 25oz, been a while.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[beatle]

Pt. III

 Mushroom envy !! I miss hunting / nothing really in Wiltshire..

[UkeNo]

Great to see you guys yesterday Gav.
A nice change to actually talk face to face.

The Best of Britannia was a good event too. Well worth visiting again if it's on next year.
Fingers crossed I'll be able to buy one of those cheap sports cars next time

As promised I'll update some MBB pic ASAP.

 

Edit: some ephemera from yesterday, including a Harris tweed sample in unusual blues for a tweed.

Edited October 6, 2013 by UkeNo

[okisan]

HC-SF-21 Checking in for challenge number 3.

 

As it was a long weekend here in Sydney my wife and our 14mth old daughter went on a short road trip to visit some family who live a little ways south.

 

Their house is located just off the coast in Austinmer, and backs onto a vast expanse of bushland. Just north of where we stayed is a fairly large national park so heading back into Sydney we took the scenic route. We didn't really get much of a chance to get out & look around (travelling with a youngster can be tricky) but the drive through the park was pretty beautiful, and from certain points you can actually see the Sydney skyline off in the distance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

spot the cat?

 

storytime

 

 

view from the balcony

 

 

our luggage - some awesome vintage leather bags we picked up a long time ago in Argentina

 

heading through the national park

 

not a massive trip by any stretch, and not great shots either, but is good to get out of town if only for a small amount of time.

 

[everyinchofgod]

Finally took some long overdue update pics today. Unfortunately these aren't fading as quickly as I'd hoped (2-3 days per week doesn't create much in the way of dramatic fades, who knew ). Nonetheless:

These will actually be seeing some rare physical work over the next week or so, after which they'll see another wash, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I may see some results.

[FLDenim211]

Dude, those luggage bags Okisan.

[okisan]

the amount of leather goods up for grabs in south america is staggering.

[elim]

 

[fullquote]

 

Awesome pictures, dude! Having a 15 months old son myself I can image the fun you three had!

[louisbosco]

okisan. damn, i've done that route before from melb to syd and then brizzie. must have been a long drive. but fun overall i reckon. 

[okisan]

it's not actually that far in distance but it's all narrow lanes and windy roads, hair-pin bends etc so it can be quite tiring. but the roads that wind up over the hills are just awesome. my favourite is Macquarie Pass further towards Bowral, as you just ascend very quickly into fog & cloud and lush forest and then descend just as quick - unless you get caught behind a truck and in that case you're screwed for a while.

[Noodle36]

You have a beautiful family Okisan!

 

I broke down this weekend and soaked my MBB's.  A day of leaf blowing with 2 stroke fumes made them smell like a small engine repair shop.  On top of that was parfume du man sweat.   Took some pics before a hot water soak (dropper full of woolite, full water with slight agitation for 2 minutes).

 

Pics prior to soak

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then the post soak inside out stand by themselves pic

 

 

I tried editing the first pic to show the contrast but ended up making the denim seem lighter than it really is.  Got frustrated and quit.  Sorry about the quality of pics.  Down in our laundry room, florescent lighting and iPhone camera.

[louisbosco]

it's not actually that far in distance but it's all narrow lanes and windy roads, hair-pin bends etc so it can be quite tiring. but the roads that wind up over the hills are just awesome. my favourite is Macquarie Pass further towards Bowral, as you just ascend very quickly into fog & cloud and lush forest and then descend just as quick - unless you get caught behind a truck and in that case you're screwed for a while.

 

 

oh definitely, behind a trailer and such. there was one uphill straight stretch from syd to brizzie and i got caught behind not one but 3 and had to make the decision to overtake it.

[Slowitchu]

My friend scared me that my beer was only at 3.5% ABV. Result: spilled beer all over my jeans.

 

[Max Power]

^A common problem in Sweden. Isn't real beer only available at systembolaget?

[masamune]

Just recovered from chicken pox. Didn't wear this pair for quite some time.

Anyway, just want to share the fit after several months. 

 

ByBeatle Vol 1

3 months effective wears ( I might be wrong on this since i kinda lost the count when recovering from chicken pox)

 

 

 

[SwedeAlex]

^A common problem in Sweden. Isn't real beer only available at systembolaget?

 

Yes! Systembolaget got monopoly on all things alcohol here...

[FLDenim211]

Fall finally came to Florida, it dropped down to 63F (17C) today! Yay fall, I want it to keep getting colder and colder here.  It will be a good 2 seasons for my jeans if it is actually cooler here.

[Slowitchu]

I wish I had 17C here, we're soon down to -17C

[FLDenim211]

You can always layer up, you can only strip so far before the police get involved.  That's the optimistic way of looking at cold weather that I believe in.

[fanya]

xpost from IH forums

 

~6month update

fresh off a soak

MBB 32x36

HC-IH-38


















 

 

[Bobbo]

Damn Fanya, those fuckers look good.

[Regain]

6 months, really?! Damn, that's some insane progress for just 6 months wear.

[FLDenim211]

I don't understand how you did it, but holy shit that is impressive.

[bradl]

Holy!!! What do you do for a living?

[Slowitchu]

I was about to write that the MBBs seem to fade slowly, until I saw this. They look awesome!

[everyinchofgod]

Sweet Jesus, fanya. WT F'ing F!!!

[okisan]

I wish I had 17C here, we're soon down to -17C

at 6pm this evening here in sydney it was 37c.