W. H. Ranch Dungarees

[shredwin_206]

I never knew the jack knife story so not too sure 

[Double 0 Soul]

I can’t remember the details @Maynard Friedman .. wasn’t it something like .. Jack Knife was owned by somebody cool (his name escapes me) who made nice jeans and such.. then he handed it over to some grifters who ripped folks off, then to complicate matters further, there was a second imposter Jack Knife company based in the far east copying the brand? 
 

I knew this shit when I paid more attention to the denim0sphere, alas.. 

Edited July 18, 2025 by Double 0 Soul

[Maynard Friedman]

Didn’t Roy also make some fake Jack/Knife jeans that were far superior to their own ones?

[Double 0 Soul]

Don’t remember that^

Mike Hoddis.. just come to me.

[Broark]

39 minutes ago, Maynard Friedman said:

Were Jack/Knife involved in similar shenanigans?

Kind of, mostly lead by one bad actor.
I've been sitting on all the details for a couple of years now, been meaning to type it all up. Hoping I can get to posting it in the next week or two.

[Double 0 Soul]

Just for my own piece of mind.. am I anywhere close @Broark ? 

[Broark]

7 minutes ago, Double 0 Soul said:

Just for my own piece of mind.. am I anywhere close @Broark ? 

No, but @Maynard Friedman is!

[MJF9]

28 minutes ago, Broark said:

Kind of, mostly lead by one bad actor.
I've been sitting on all the details for a couple of years now, been meaning to type it all up. Hoping I can get to posting it in the next week or two.

Gives us loads of time to get the 🍿 in!

[Double 0 Soul]

For something I used to live and breathe.. I’ve disappointed myself with my inability to retain infos from 10-15yrs ago..

I blame baby brain, in 15yrs time @Broark .. Slash Overalls will just be a distant hazy memory.

Didn’t the guy who owned JK also have some connection to Rising Sun .. or is this some other half remembered memory?

[Broark]

@Double 0 Soul No, I don't know of any connections between Rising Sun and J/K.

[Double 0 Soul]

20 minutes ago, Broark said:

No, but @Maynard Friedman is!

He made a fkin Powerpoint .. that’s why!

Ive filled my brain up with bike infos and it’s pushed out a lot of the denim infos 

Edited July 18, 2025 by Double 0 Soul

[ATWM]

1 hour ago, Double 0 Soul said:

He made a fkin Powerpoint .. that’s why!

Ive filled my brain up with bike infos and it’s pushed out a lot of the denim infos 

I could see myself being in a similar situation some years down the road. Definitely short term memory of these last few years is compromised due to child/lack of sleep. 

Edited July 18, 2025 by ATWM

[Cold Summer]

I don't know if this is a hot take or not, but out of all the one/two-person brands I know of, I'd take Ande Whall, especially from before the earthquake or whatever destroyed his original workshop and he made jeans with hidden rivets and stuff. Ande's jeans were affordable and not $700, he actually made and delivered what you ordered, didn't sue you for putting pictures of his jeans in a book, had a unique design of his own instead of trying to be 1000% accurate repro of this one deadstock pair made for two weeks in May 1943, and was totally in control of his own thing instead of having a single retailer in charge of distribution that would hype his pants to the moon and back. That's a combination of factors that to me at least, is hard to beat. The denim community really did lose a real one with Ande.

[youngofthesoonest]

I worry that all I'll be able to remember when I'm 90 are the weights of fabrics 

[Double 0 Soul]

I sometimes search the internet for denim infos and find exactly what I’m looking for in posts on Denimbro which I’ve written 

[Hopethisoneisnttaken]

1 hour ago, Cold Summer said:

I don't know if this is a hot take or not, but out of all the one/two-person brands I know of, I'd take Ande Whall, especially from before the earthquake or whatever destroyed his original workshop and he made jeans with hidden rivets and stuff. Ande's jeans were affordable and not $700, he actually made and delivered what you ordered, didn't sue you for putting pictures of his jeans in a book, had a unique design of his own instead of trying to be 1000% accurate repro of this one deadstock pair made for two weeks in May 1943, and was totally in control of his own thing instead of having a single retailer in charge of distribution that would hype his pants to the moon and back. That's a combination of factors that to me at least, is hard to beat. The denim community really did lose a real one with Ande.

Viapiana is (was) kind of the same I think. In concept at least. Very high level product, custom orders, resealable timelines etc etc. 

[Cold Summer]

I'm less familiar with Viapiana's work, but based on what I've seen, his stuff seems quite nice as well. I tend to think of him as more of a bespoke maker which I suppose seems like a slightly different category to me, but I've heard that recently he's stopped doing custom orders, which changes the game a bit.

[shredwin_206]

[shredwin_206]

[shredwin_206]

NOS pair I got from Bandit. This is made with broken twill.

[shredwin_206]

farmer friend Jordan’s WH Ranch Dungarees after a few months working on the farm.