Denim World Championship - SuFu Division

[louisbosco]

sydney. the longest drive i've personally done. 1400kms or so. i only got into sydney about 2130 having left adelaide at 7am. the drive was amazing though. with great twisty bits and an entirely straight and empty piece of tarmac for about 170kms. Sydney's not too shabby, very hectic and busy with high rise buildings everywhere. sadly, over the past few times i've ever been in sydney, it's been such a coincidence that i'm never there longer than 2 days. at least this time i've managed to drive over the sydney harbour bridge. i've stopped by canberra on the way back to perth from melbourne airport as well.

 

[The_Old_Penfold]

After a very long absence...

Heavyweight division, Oni 527ZR

Apologies for the shitty images, I'll get something better up before the contest ends.

[karanimal]

17 hours ago, louisbosco said:

sydney. the longest drive i've personally done. 1400kms or so. i only got into sydney about 2130 having left adelaide at 7am. the drive was amazing though. with great twisty bits and an entirely straight and empty piece of tarmac for about 170kms. Sydney's not too shabby, very hectic and busy with high rise buildings everywhere. sadly, over the past few times i've ever been in sydney, it's been such a coincidence that i'm never there longer than 2 days. at least this time i've managed to drive over the sydney harbour bridge. i've stopped by canberra on the way back to perth from melbourne airport as well.

 

WE SHOULD HAVE MET UP!!!!! DAMMIT!

[louisbosco]

1 hour ago, karanimal said:

WE SHOULD HAVE MET UP!!!!! DAMMIT!

ahh if i had known. i think i mentioned it over the IH forum and here in the denim stores in australia. i did meet up with dylan and graeme from IH forum in adelaide and melbourne respectively. 

[JDelage]

 Thanks @louisbosco for the great pics! Interesting Med' Europe feel to some of the buildings.

Edited February 27, 2017 by JDelage

[louisbosco]

39 minutes ago, JDelage said:

 Thanks @louisbosco for the great pics! Interesting Med' Europe feel to some of the buildings.

no worries mate. (i can't explain this right without citing mabo v queensland and the doctine of terra nulilus) but the british were here back in the early 1800s. so it's pretty common to see british influences on building design which would've stemmed from medieval europe. there's a lot of protection with heritage buildings and the use of them.. i guess it's a good measure to protect these amazing structures from the masses of new and upcoming developments.

[BionicEye]

[swiss-jeansfreak]

On 4.3.2017 at 11:46 AM, BionicEye said:

Awesome denim evolution seen here Bionic Eye!!!

 

 

[Max Power]

So...the 2 years seem nearing their end. @Megatron1505 are their any rules and dates how to end the contest? Or is it happening on the dwc forum?

[Megatron1505]

The last few months of the DWC are finally here, and it’s great to see that we still have quite a few regular contributors showing off their well-worn denim and boots. These long contests are a real test of a wearers endurance and, just as with the previous contests, it’s understandable that quite a few contestants have dropped away. For those who have stuck out the long road it is time to start thinking about how we are going complete the DWC.
 
The DWC will officially end of May 1st 2017, after this date the following will happen.
 
-          Remaining contestants will have 2 weeks (until May 15th) to post their final submission pictures. Due to some finding the DWC forum a little difficult to use we will accept submissions on both Superfuture, and the Iron Heart forum also. All final submissions must contain the following information.
·         User name
·         Jeans/ jacket/ boots worn (Brand/ model)
·         Period of wear (2 years? 1.5 years?)
·         Weight class entered (jeans only)
 
-          From May 15th we will take 4 weeks to collate all the entries, verify participation, and get submissions ready for the judges to view. This will be complete by approximately May 30th.
 
-          The judges will then have four weeks to advise the DWC of their choice of winners from each category.
 
-          In case of a tie in any category the DWC will have the final decision on the winner.
 
-          Winners will be announced on or around July 1st.
 
Finally, it is a sad reality of the denim business that sometimes retailers go out of business, this has, unfortunately, affected some prize sponsorship of the DWC in certain categories. We will endeavour to ensure that remaining prizes are shared as fairly as possible, but where no prize is available from a sponsor we will attempt to find an alternative.
 
Thank you for sharing your amazing denim journey with us. It has, as always, been a genuine pleasure.

[pudaspriest]

nice, looking forward to seeing everyone's final pictures! My pair is on it's way back from being repaired, the pockets had detached on both sides and my crotch was finally starting to go. Looking forward to putting in some good wear the last 6 weeks. 

[swiss-jeansfreak]

Thanks for your infos Mega

I also can't wait to see the results.

My 25 oz IH MBB judge jeans is in pretty rough condition after 990 wear days

Edited March 11, 2017 by swiss-jeansfreak
misstyping

[swiss-jeansfreak]

23 hours ago, swiss-jeansfreak said:

Thanks for your infos Mega

I also can't wait to see the results.

My 25 oz IH MBB judge jeans are in pretty rough condition after 990 wear days

 

[d-rew12]

My work finally started forcing me to wear brown pants when in the field (pretty much all the time), so this is about the end of DWC for me (i'd probably only get another 15-20 wears max by May 1st so not much). My parents also sold their house, so these are the last pics I'll take with the wood/deck background. A good closing to the DWC for me (since all update photos were taken in the same spot)! Shit ton of pics incoming...

17.5ish months, 10 washes Samurai 0500xx mid-weight category 15-17oz (I don't actually remember the categories but I think it was this one)

Before:

After:

Bunch of randoms:

 

 

[d-rew12]

Part 2:

[swiss-jeansfreak]

Fantastic updates d-rew12

[d-rew12]

^Thank you!! 

[nizzel55]

IH666UHR

2017-02-24 - 189 days (7 soaks, 1 machine washe. )

2017-03-10 - 197 days (7 soaks, 1 machine washe. )

2017-03-14 - 201 days (7 soaks, 1 machine washe. )

 

IH666SII

2017-03-12 - 443 days (2 soaks, 9 machine washe. ) Leather patch photo turned out a bit "yellow" I see now. 

2017-03-15 - 443 days (2 soaks, 9 machine washe. )

Edited March 16, 2017 by nizzel55

[Iron Horse]

Something tells me I'm not winning this thing.

[louisbosco]

10 hours ago, Iron Horse said:

Something tells me I'm not winning this thing.

me too

[swiss-jeansfreak]

It's always so impressing to see the awesome denim evo updates from nizzel55

[BrownMetallic]

'Thought I'd play catch up on the last quarter leg of the contest, but the NYC weather just won't let me see it my WEY.

Here's some crappy iPhone porn of my EW-0110 before the final wash.  I know it's wishful thinking to expect that,  in a short span of 1.5mos,  I can bank enough ataris to skew the [sad] outcome  

 

 

Edited March 18, 2017 by BrownMetallic
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[nizzel55]

Sorry for repeating myself a bit.

Just thought this is fun to see.

 

2017-03-15 444 days (2 soak 9 machine washes) vs 6 days (1 soak)

 

Edited March 16, 2017 by nizzel55

[Iron Horse]

A final update I suppose on where my Sugar Cane 1947s sit today; a small hole blew in the crotch a couple weeks back, and my phone has torn and marked the coin pocket some. Fried the patch a bit when I first got it, too. This is about as wide as I'd like to go; from here on out I'll likely stick to cuts closer to the WH 1001 or the Freewheelers 1951. That said, I'll still be wearing these!

 

Edited March 18, 2017 by Iron Horse

[joe_poww]

BrownMetallic I'm sure it's been said before but that patch work looks really great.

[pudaspriest]

Just got the jeans back from Indigo Proof after sending them out for some much needed repairs, would have liked to wait till the end of the contest but they had become unwearable for work. The belt loop I hang my keys from was just about to disintegrate, the pocket openings on both sides had started to come apart so I couldn’t use my pockets and the crotch had seen better days! Some pics of the repairs —

[nizzel55]

Sorry for the photo spam.

 

These will probably only get moderate wear the rest of the DWC. They have entered a stage where they need quite a lot of maintenance IE repairs. 

Even my wife commented on them today. "Those jeans do not look that good anymore now".

I love them though. Hard to take pictures that make them justice.

 

2017-03-19 448 days (2 soak 9 machine washes)

 

 

Edited March 20, 2017 by nizzel55

[nizzel55]

Inside out 

I usually wash them outside out and with folded cuffs. Not much roping action going on.

[joe_poww]

Samurai update

 

Darning done be Detroit Denim and myself.

Indigo left from underneath arcs 

Spoiler

 

 

[joe_poww]

Cousins 

IH-634s and Samurai S710XX