The Pocket Thread

[spunkey]

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Edited August 16 by spunkey

[spunkey]

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Edited August 16 by spunkey

[ShootThePier]

Very cool on the measurements.

We need IH and TFH in the mix.

[Cucoo]

What good is a coin pocket where you can't reach the whole way down... have to do a handstand to get your coins out :D

[andewhall]

I don't like when jeans dudes cut the front pocket facing to short, I know it's vintage thing, but damn that poking out pocketing thing is annoying as hell.

[Maynard Friedman]

I own a gazillion pairs of jeans, manufactured by everyone from Aardvark Apparel to ZZ Top Shop and the best pockets IMHO are made by yer man above.

Great posts spunkey, bravo!

Edited October 16, 2016 by Maynard Friedman

[ALB]

Ha! I love the approach spunkey. That and the front fly length mentioned over in reflections are really great fodder to the list of why "I like me some japanese jawns". Little details to geek over. 

[oomslokop]

excellent spunkey

[spunkey]

What good is a coin pocket where you can't reach the whole way down... have to do a handstand to get your coins out :D

Yeah I have to use 2 fingers, one to scrunch up the fabric so the other can reach the coins.

[Foxy2]

I don't like when jeans dudes cut the front pocket facing to short, I know it's vintage thing, but damn that poking out pocketing thing is annoying as hell.

Agree! Totally un-professional in my eyes...

I noticed that on bigger sizes of Strike Gold's - appears to be "lazy" grading: the leg panels are graded and the pocket entry grows, but the pocket bag and denim packet facing and coin pocket stays constant.

Some companies don't grade every size - the difference between 2 sizes (like a W32 and W33) is a different side seam allowance. Effective and cheap...

[Foxy2]

Here are examples for the 3 different front pocket entry construction:

Plain, Clean & Simple

Denim front panel and pocket bag fabric joined and top stitched - certain brands have specific ways to trim the seam allowance and, occasionally, internal seam tape is used to further support the pocket entry.

Taped

An additional operation sees a separate tape backing the top stitching. Most commonly, the tape is cut from the same fabric as the pocket fabric - cut on the bias in order to Smoothly follow a curved pocket entry.

And, lastly:

Pocket Entry Facing

A separate pattern panel needs to be cut from denim, joined to the front pant panel and top stitched. The pocket bag is joined to the facing.

This probably buys quite some time when wearing through the pocket entry...

It is certainly more material and labor intensive compared to the above solutions.

Also, I might be throwing up some pictures of different pocket bag fabrics from my collection...

Edited October 16, 2016 by Foxy2

[iamsuperflush]

I think Samurai's pocket bag fabric is the best I've experienced. They find the perfect balance between subtlety and cool concept, and the feel of the jacquard fabric is perfectly soft, yet thick. The depth of Samurai pockets is a little shallow though.

[BlackPig]

Samurai coin pockets are difficult to access when wearing a belt. Noticed this problem on the 3 pair l own.

[Ignaurus]

I have let out an audible "Ohhh" on more than one occasion upon wearing my Okinawa's for the first time in a while and using the front pockets (love the lined back pockets also.)

[mondo]

Okinawas have my favourite pockets, followed by Hawaiis. Apart from anything else, they're more durable than others for me -- I wore Okis and Samurai sv5000x equally over two years, and the Oki bags are still good as new while the Sams blew out after 15 months.

[Foxy2]

my favorite pocket bag at the moment...

[Foxy2]

SugarCane SC40300...




inside-out




 

Edited October 22, 2016 by Foxy2

[Foxy2]

here are the Mister Freedom limited edition ones...Okiniwa edition...





Uncle Sam edition...






...left and right pocket bags are using the reverse fabric side.

[Foxy2]

My favorite FullCount - 1100-10






the Signet colaboration isn't bad ether...

[Foxy2]

here are some non-standard pocket bags from SDA...

the X's-36 and D1673 came with a thick jaquard pocket bag fabric...

the D1538XX-B came in printed camouflage and with taping of the pocket entry...

...they are printed on both fabric sides.

Edited October 22, 2016 by Foxy2

[Foxy2]

the Champloo jeans come with embroidered pocket bags and taped pocket entry...

[Foxy2]

here are 2 pairs using natrual indigo dyed denim...







a feature rarely seen is the backing of the back pocket rivets...

[Foxy2]

here is the regular printed pocket fabric used by TFH...





a selection of RJB's...







...pretty standard affair as well.

[Foxy2]

When it comes to their D105 LTD's they pull out a few stops in the workmanship department...






...the pocket bag fabric is standard, though.

[Broark]

Nice photo drop Foxy!

I'll try and get around to my favorites, one of them being Roy because of how substantial the fabric is.

Also like the Ooe pocket bags, very easy access too which is a nice change.

[Aries]

Foxy just dropped the mic.

[mikecch]

All hail Pocket Lord Foxy.

[oomslokop]

Foxy just dropped the mic.

 

and his daks!

[mikecch]

SugarCane SC40300...

 

 

Mine after a couple years wear...haven't worn these for ages:

[aho]

This is the damn denim nerdiest thread in quite some time...Good work all!