TCB

[volvo240thebest]

People who picked up the ranchman, how you liking it? Has it stretched out much?

hi Bradl, I have both the chambray and denim version and love them. neither will stretch and the way the shirt is designed (eg high on armpits) doen't make it a good candidate for a shirt that you could wear loads between washes.

I wear a 42 (same size of my other TCB tops and my TTS sizing) but could possibly fit better a 44. My advice for this is size up.

the fabrics and contructions are both top shelf. The denim crinkles and puckers like crazy the more you wash it.

here's how the chambray version fits on me:

 

for reference

height 178 cm/5′10″

weight 90 kg/200 lbs

bare chest measurement: 41 inches

size: 42

 

peep the high bottom button, some people are bothered by it, I am not and it works great when tucking in.

Edited September 27, 2016 by volvo240thebest

[bradl]

Hmmm I remember it didn't work the greatest for me when it first came out, but wanted to check to see if it suits me now. The high lower button wouldn't bother me as I tuck all my shirts for work, my main concern is having good range of motion. But judging by your pictures a 42 should work fairly decent.

[pudaspriest]

I got a 42 as well, worked out great for me. It is a bit slimmer than I normally wear but it is not tight anywhere and I don't even mind the bottom button anymore. I wear it to work a lot and don't find that I have any issues with range of motion. 

fit 

[kicks79]

Nice fade on those jeans

[tigerstrom]

I just took delivery of a size 42 denim ranchman. I have a size 38 which I got when we did the group order but it really doesn't fit (took a couple of months to realise that haha). The 42 is so much better!

[nycsurfer530]

^glad to hear it, the ranchman denim shirt is probably my favorite shirt i own. Now we need fit pics! haha

Edited September 29, 2016 by nycsurfer530

[tigerstrom]

Yeah it's a great shirt, especially the denim version. The chambray is nice but I prefer this one!

[volvo240thebest]

I prefer the chambray, and should probably size up at least on the denim version, but some fading labor has been already done so I'll keep it. funny how the chambray feels looser..

[mlwdp]

I've noticed a fair amount of stretching in my denim Ranchman.

[nycsurfer530]

here's a little update on my 50s jeans. 

 

[tigerstrom]

Here's a pic of my new ranchman in size 42! I like the more loose fit on this one. I can wear it like this or tucked in without any problems.

[Bobbo]

Great fit mate. Sleeves look a bit long but everything else is topnotch.

 

Edit: What jeans are you wearing? The contest Ooes?

Edited October 2, 2016 by Bobbo

[tigerstrom]

Yeah the sleeves are a bit long but overall the fit is much better! The jeans are the ooes

[Hendsch]

Was just walking around Silver Lake here in LA and saw a dude with a full TCB tux (western shirt, 60's) was gonna stop the guy but did not want to be creepy 

 

In other news, I just got some 60's jeans that should be here any day now!

[goodrain]

pretty impressive that you could tell they were TCB 60s

[Hendsch]

Been looking at them a ton while deciding if I wanted them.

[Jeef1]

I was walking around Silver lake yesterday in the TCB western shirt and Freewheelers 1947s... where were you? We were at Dinosaur Coffee and walking around Sunset...

Edited October 9, 2016 by Jeef1

[Hendsch]

I was up by intelligentsia on Sanborn with a big black lab.

[Jeef1]

Yeah that was me! I would have chatted about TCB. You should check out the Freewheelers 1947 and 1951 jeans, too. Longer inseam and higher rise than the TCB 50s and 60s, which is important to me.

[Hendsch]

Darn! Wrong about the pants. Anyway, if I see you again I'll stop you and we can nerd out!

[heavydoom]

tcb brown duck 50's jacket now live on the tcb webshop!!!!   i think this jacket is a limited time offering until the end of december of this year.  the largest size is 40. 

 

go jays go!!!!!!!!!!!

[kbuzz]

Yeah that was me! I would have chatted about TCB. You should check out the Freewheelers 1947 and 1951 jeans, too. Longer inseam and higher rise than the TCB 50s and 60s, which is important to me.

Do you where we can get measurements on the FWS

[Jeef1]

Mirror Ball, Genco, McFly all sell them and have measurements. Poncho and Lefty too I believe.

[volvo240thebest]

just took delivery, to quote my own words, of the tcb x classic works duck cloth 50's jkt and it slays!

quick fit pic, sorry for the mess!

 

the 50's jacket fit had been revised a bit since my prototype denim one it seems. I am pleased to see that the duck jacket is much shorter. much better! It's a smidgen tighter than the denim but i think it will stretch. really well made, nice clean even straight stitching. the jacket doens't sport the full chainstitch construction of the denim version, probably Hajime reckoned a different construction worked better for the fabric. this means the stitching won't disintegrate with hard wear, dunno how this will shrink and pucker, probably not just as much as the denim version.  the duck cloth fabric is absolutely fantastic  but it feels a bit light in weight for a jacket of this type, this is the only criticism I have so far.

more photos when time permits!

[goodrain]

That's a very flattering fit!

[heavydoom]

i google translated what hajime said about this duck version of the tcb50 jacket :

 

 

This item will be Brown Duck ver of most of the long-selling 50'sJK in TCB. Fabric is the fabric of 13oz of woven yarn unevenness of Zimbabwe cotton high density based on the familiar duck material of vintage in the foremen vest or carpenter or chore. TCB is produced on the basis of the paper patch of Levi's 507XX of vintage owned (2nd Type). Since it has to modify the silhouette-class even in modern front pocket I have put a stitch in the 2-needle sewing machine, stitch, such as rice balls on the corner. And since it moved to flap sewing without turning off the yarn from the pocket sewing stitch Contains up under flap. Kang stop of the front pocket, the thickness of the vintage to our customers, we have the same position and adjust the width. Rolled seam of quite difficult armhole Among the manufacturing process also is due to vintage sewing machine. Band, cuffs sewing at once without earth sewing back chain stitch, by the Special Union to Obisaki.

Edited October 18, 2016 by heavydoom

[mlwdp]

Anyone have faded denim ranchmans?

[volvo240thebest]

not yet I'd say! i am wearing mine regularly but I wash it every three days of wear max. I sweat like Pavarotti.

[heavydoom]

received the tcb50 duck jacket.  size 40.  a perfect fit for me.  sleeves are on point.  length of the jacket as well.  it came with a leather patch.  i thought it would be a paper one.  the duck material is very light.  perfect for the spring and perfect as a layering piece underneath a winter jacket. 

[mlwdp]

I'm leery about dealing with anything that is duck based on experience with a Carhartt jacket. I'll wait until the washed results come in.