Denim World Championship - SuFu Division

[Iron Horse]

Happy New Year all! Took the chance to go to the top of Alishan, a well-known mountain here in Taiwan, to see the first sunrise of 2016.

 

 

 

 

The town of Fenqihu:

 

 

Forest Railway:

 

 

Temple-style post office:

 

 

Mr. Freedom isn't the only one who can do a little Elvis:

 

 

Edited January 2, 2016 by Iron Horse

[spitfiredealer]

What jacket you wearing? cheers

[Iron Horse]

What jacket you wearing? cheers

 

 

Pherrows' ranch coat, last year's design (the new one is a bit different). 

[chicote]

waiting on some film to develop before my next real update... but here is a bit of how my sugar canes are progressing so far:

 

[spitfiredealer]

Pherrows' ranch coat, last year's design (the new one is a bit different). 

 

Cheers 

[Max Power]

Here's my 800 after another wash and some days of wear. It's been exactly one year since I got them, but as the DWC started in spring and they were lost a while they should have 6-7 months of wear in them now. And about 5 washes.

[DhaDha]

great roping on those max!

 

happy new year everyone!

 

here's my red cloud 25 oz at exactly 7 months (210 wears). i gave them another soak here and the denim's really starting to shine.

 

 

 

 

 

details

 

pooling

 

 

very regular weave

 

 

honeycombs

 

 

 

deerskin patch ages nicely

 

[DhaDha]

cont. 

 

i don't really put anything in my pack pockets (or fronts), but the arcs start to wear off now. 

 

 

 

here's hoping the chain stitches do not unravel any further

 

 

hardwares starting to acquire patina and/or rusting

 

 

 

hidden rivets starting to rust

 

 

buttons back starting to show some brass

 

 

additional home repairs. chain stitch started to break in a few places, and pack pocket will need stitch reinforcement soon

 

 

 

looking forward to the rest of the competition. with 2/3 of the way to go, if i could continue to wear them down they are sure to look nice by the end of it. 

[DhaDha]

i haven't posted photographs of what i have been through in a while. it will be too heavy a post string to started from where i left off so i'll just post december stuff. Nothing much really. things were more interesting in the few months i haven't posted anything, with me hosting 2 photo exhibition at local art venues here in Bangkok and went on a few work-related field trips (power plants inspections again) in Thailand. 

 

but here's december. photo from various places in Thailand (i really haven't left the country in a long while). 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 4, 2016 by DhaDha

[chicote]

That loom fault on the right leg is very cool. So are the combs, so is the color the thighs are getting to. These are looking great so far DhaDha!

 

edit: and holy smokes those pictures! Beautiful.. makes me miss Thailand very much. What's going on in the first one? My instinct is to say it is a burn site, like the Karen use, for waste plant material.. but not sure?

Edited January 4, 2016 by chicote

[DhaDha]

Thanks chicote!

 

the first pic was a charcoal making site in a small village north of thailand. i don't know what exactly was going on but presumably they were clearing some space for charcoal kiln (they were making them from bamboo). 

Edited January 4, 2016 by DhaDha

[KevMcAlley]

Those look incredible, DhaDha. 

[Blue Nemo]

@DhaDha - that rivet of yours evolved spectacular, this one single detail is awesome! and i really would like to see another picture after the next wash :-)

 

@Chicote - just love that SC fabric, recognize it out of a 1000, need to get me another one soon

[KrisB]

January 2016

 

I finally made time to get some photos. These jeans fade so much slower than any other raw denim that I've owned, but I will say that it's made me appreciate more subtle fades opposed to super high contrast stuff.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[KrisB]

The Jacket 

 

 

 

 

featuring my morning crocs

Edited January 8, 2016 by KrisB

[KrisB]

The shirt-jacket

 

 

 

 

[spitfiredealer]

mate those 634sB  are some of the best faded over dyed i have seen. Great work

[karanimal]

KrisB...jesus man. That jacket is friggen killer. I need to move somewhere colder for the last half of the contest to catch up! The IHs are looking dope as hell. Strong posts today mate. 

[Max Power]

The 634 SB is so badass. Perfect pair, makes me crave another one.

[louisbosco]

DAY 3

 

visited Hachioji in my contest pair, bought some stuff. sadly haraki-san wasn't there, he would only be there about 5/6pm and i had to drive back earlier to tokyo afraid the traffic would be congested..

 

[KrisB]

@spitfiredealer

Thanks , Those are the beatle buster sbg's, but honestly i think max has the coolest pair of 634-sb's ive seen on the internet.

@Karanimal

Thanks man, I don't think you have anyrhing to worry about, from what i've seen your gear is coming along great.

Edited January 10, 2016 by KrisB

[FLDenim211]

I dropped my Old Blue's off a while ago to Russel of Circle-A-Brand to do some minor repairs.  I am excited to have them back this week, I will wash them and then post some pictures.

[cmboland]

No chance of winning this contest but im still participating!

 

10 months 8 washes

[cmboland]

New FHxNFxTY

[d-rew12]

Not much has changed since my last update but I washed them (4th wash) so got bored and snapped a couple pics. And I was wrong last time, they're just about 6 months now, I started a bit later than I originally thought. They also shrunk a tiny bit in length again, and now I pretty much can't wear them cuffed  . Oh well.

 

Before:

 

After:

[louisbosco]

great job there guys. almost a year to the half way mark...

[Max Power]

Blue Nemo should post his Denimes. Saw them yesterday and they are among my favorite faded jeans ever. Washed out, looking very vintage 60s/70s. Not sure wether they get much Attention as the contest often favor strong contrast, but they are super nice.

Edited January 13, 2016 by Max Power

[greathoudini]

Not a lot of progress but I had a late start   I hope I can catch up with you guys

Fit pics:

 

 

 

Outside pics:

 

 

Inside:

 

 

[karanimal]

 

Not a lot of progress but I had a late start   I hope I can catch up with you guys

Fit pics:

 

 

These are gonna look fucking good. Still got over a year so plenty of time 

 

Blue Nemo should post his Denimes. Saw them yesterday and they are among my favorite faded jeans ever. Washed out, looking very vintage 60s/70s. Not sure wether they get much Attention as the contest often favor strong contrast, but they are super nice.

 

I want to see these! 

 

I've run into an issue. For the past two weeks I've been back lifting and trying to get back my to my deadlift PR from 4 years ago. Well...two weeks of deads (not even squatting because f that) i can't fit into my flat heads, well i can but the hips and ass are so tight now that when i step the whiskers feel like they are going to tear into my hips...it also has this weird look where the hips are so tight now and it pulls the denim over my ass and makes me look like i have a square butt....

 

Hopefully they will stretch out a bit and i can get a tad leaner or I'll be forced make a decision on what to do in the coming weeks for training. 

[setterman]

Question I've been meaning to ask, can winners forgo their prize and have the cash value donated on their behalf to a non-profit charity instead?