Happy Jeans - Tcb 20s contest thread

[bartlebyyphonics]

usual as usual

some lifework

a strange monstrous clash of architecture as stylistic barrage framing the sensorial barrage of kid's party...

19th century neo-gothic, sub-modernist office ceiling squares, transitory cosmic bouncy castle...

food-work: some nordic baking experiments: cinnamon & butter buns (aka diabetes on a plate!) 

lines, textures, etc.

 

[beautiful_FrEaK]

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[volvo240thebest]

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[Maynard Friedman]

Does **** ***** have this *** ****** ********? Are they going to do a ***** and **** a ***** and ****** on ***?! Hilarious 

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Updated for clarity!

[bartlebyyphonics]

well no more of my arse for you all, just my buns

(my baking banality ended up having its own prophetic angle)

a dark day

 

 

 

[Topgearskin]

On 09/01/2018 at 11:18 PM, aho said:

Those may be lighter than mine now! Can't wait to see where they end up by contest end. Really enjoy this looser fit of mine now that all the shrinkage is out of the way. They're perfect with vans, but I haven't been wearing boots lately as it doesn't seem to line up as well (at least with my White's; loose jeans with clunky bulbous boots). Engineer boots ala Volvo would be ideal though

I'm really interested in the extent of shrinking over the course of your washes. The last contest I was in (d33 on denimbro) we all experienced shrinkage over many washes, with the length of my D33 losing about 4" 

ive still got a lot of scope for losing leg length, just interested if they're still shrinking after many washes

[MileHighEvertonian]

some wall st. banker-style 20s today

still fuzzy / still only initial hot soak + machine wash & dry back in early November

[mandel9000]

2 hours ago, Topgearskin said:

I'm really interested in the extent of shrinking over the course of your washes

I've been measuring meticulously after every wash except the third one, when I was going on vacation and didn't have time. Here are my numbers for a size 30, 79 cm leg. 

Wash: Pre / 1st / 2nd / 4th
Waist: 15.75" (40cm) / 14.75" (37,5cm) / 14.5" (37cm) / 14.5" (37cm)
Inseam: 33" (84cm) / 30.5" (78cm) / 30.25" (77cm) / 29.5" (75cm) --- WHOAH!

I have all the other measurements too, but they're in the +/- 1" range, nothing extraordinary, and most didn't change this time. 

I was just thinking a couple of days ago that I should have gone with either 1" longer or 1" shorter inseam since I found it neither here nor there after the previous wash; too long to wear without a turn-up, too short with one. I'll have to see tomorrow when I put them on but they're probably (even) more to my liking now.

Note that the washer and dryer that I have access to are of the industrial kind, they probably go a little harder than the regular home appliances that most people use. 

Edited January 15, 2018 by mandel9000

[erk]

I’ve been concerned about this fabled inseam shrinkage. I don’t really want to give any extra up so I think I’m gonna stick to cold hand washes from here on out 

[not too tight]

I was just about to ask about all this shrinking business. I have mine double cuff pretty wide but only have washed them once with a light machine dry so was curious how much more shrinkage to expect. I wanted to keep the hem by Inoue if at all possible but I feel like Id enjoy them more if they were shorter. Obviously roping will be better if I decide to hem them before I wash them next but I still trying to hold off on that aspect as well but they are getting there for sure.

 

Im going to need to darn and repair these in the future I can tell by the wear especially since I already have some threads ripping. 

[Foxy2]

here are some more food pics from our xmas/new year's Scotland trip - for our last dinner before heading back home we opted for the Chef's table.

a quick look at tonight's menu...

it started with a surprise from the kitchen:

followed by the soupcon...

...followed by the lamb and a nice wine pairing...

moving on to the trout...

as the main I opted for the hake...

...others chose the duck.

another kitchen surprise - a pre-dessert...

my choice of dessert was the parfait...

as for the other's choice of cheese I was only able to get a glimpse of the accompanying crackers, but not the cheese...

[bartlebyyphonics]

14 hours ago, mandel9000 said:

I've been measuring meticulously after every wash except the third one, when I was going on vacation and didn't have time. Here are my numbers for a size 30, 79 cm leg. 

Wash: Pre / 1st / 2nd / 4th
Waist: 15.75" (40cm) / 14.75" (37,5cm) / 14.5" (37cm) / 14.5" (37cm)
Inseam: 33" (84cm) / 30.5" (78cm) / 30.25" (77cm) / 29.5" (75cm) --- WHOAH!

I have all the other measurements too, but they're in the +/- 1" range, nothing extraordinary, and most didn't change this time. 

I was just thinking a couple of days ago that I should have gone with either 1" longer or 1" shorter inseam since I found it neither here nor there after the previous wash; too long to wear without a turn-up, too short with one. I'll have to see tomorrow when I put them on but they're probably (even) more to my liking now.

Note that the washer and dryer that I have access to are of the industrial kind, they probably go a little harder than the regular home appliances that most people use. 

mmm that last measurement is pretty harsh: 4cm off your desired 79 inseam?

need to do measurements of mine since second wash: have been non-numerical since first wash...

but my problem, or lack of rigour, is that post second wash my cuffs just dont want to line up or size-match: will have to get the iron out for first time in my life...

 

[mandel9000]

1 hour ago, bartlebyyphonics said:

mmm that last measurement is pretty harsh: 4cm off your desired 79 inseam?

True, but I'm fine with it as I'm partial to the high water look. Works very well in the snow. And lately I have also discovered that my inseam sweet spot is either longer or shorter than 79cm depending on how I wear it.  

[Paul T]

Nice cuffs and nosh, folks.

Foxy, did you get a chance to check out the Three Chimneys?

No real evo here. Just waiting on a lawsuit from my friends in SF.

[Foxy2]

3 hours ago, Paul T said:

Nice cuffs and nosh, folks.

Foxy, did you get a chance to check out the Three Chimneys?

...

Yup - Chef's table in February 2017...

[srudy]

Back from a trip to Mexico and I loved wearing the 20s at night.  They were the perfect weight.  

 

 

[garden gnomes in space]

6 hours ago, Paul T said:

Nice cuffs and nosh, folks.

Foxy, did you get a chance to check out the Three Chimneys?

No real evo here. Just waiting on a lawsuit from my friends in SF.

I work a few blocks away from corporate.  Need me to expedite things for you?  

[Topgearskin]

22 hours ago, mandel9000 said:

I've been measuring meticulously after every wash except the third one, when I was going on vacation and didn't have time. Here are my numbers for a size 30, 79 cm leg. 

Wash: Pre / 1st / 2nd / 4th
Waist: 15.75" (40cm) / 14.75" (37,5cm) / 14.5" (37cm) / 14.5" (37cm)
Inseam: 33" (84cm) / 30.5" (78cm) / 30.25" (77cm) / 29.5" (75cm) --- WHOAH!

I have all the other measurements too, but they're in the +/- 1" range, nothing extraordinary, and most didn't change this time. 

I was just thinking a couple of days ago that I should have gone with either 1" longer or 1" shorter inseam since I found it neither here nor there after the previous wash; too long to wear without a turn-up, too short with one. I'll have to see tomorrow when I put them on but they're probably (even) more to my liking now.

Note that the washer and dryer that I have access to are of the industrial kind, they probably go a little harder than the regular home appliances that most people use. 

Thank you for your measurements! I had a feeling I'd see a bit of a rise. I've got a lot of scope as I'm double cuffed at this stage. It appears that they're as shrinky as my Big Bro which went up a good ten cm

[MileHighEvertonian]

Awkward waywt (gitman vintage chambray flannel, contest 20s, chippewas, disturbing stain on the horrorshow of a carpet in my office):

 

[volvo240thebest]

lato B with extra fingers for good measure (chi vuole intendere intenda)

on the most interesting matter of inseam length, it turns out my pair now is at the requested inseam length. The higher front rise however makes it feel longer, if I wear the pants high/with suspenders it looks exactly how I wanted:

most of the time I wear a belt and don't ride them as high as today, though, so I have to add one extra folded cuff. I'm tempted to nuke them in a laundromat next time and see if I can force the inseam length enough to get rid of the extra cuff for good. The cut itself IMO really calls for one single, lazy, "I don't give a damn" kind of cuff as on the pic above.

 

 

[nycsurfer530]

Over the weekend I went backpacking for a few days in Northern California/Oregon. Didn’t wear my 20s as my camping backpack puts a lot of weight on the waist where the suspenders buttons are but I figure I’d post the pics from the trip anyway. Did a lot of hiking and hot spring swimming and had to climb over a rock slide to continue on our way. Photos are a mix of iPhone and fujifilm xt20

[erk]

We got a really serious snow here in Raleigh yesterday. Any snowfall over 1" here can pretty much shutdown the city. So businesses are closed and people who can are "working from home." People like to make fun of the south for this, but I think its pretty amazing. Its caused by a lack of snow plows basically. Why spend the money on having a bunch of snowplows that only need to be used once or twice a year ( if even that ). So we only have enough plows to plow the main roads. The other issue you have is the melting by day - freezing by night pattern that we have here. Secondary roads are pretty treacherous even for experienced drivers. Needless to say the wife and I are at home with the pooch today. 

Snow days require a good bit of noodling on the 6 strings.  

[erk]

viral snowpocalypse pic from 2013 in Raleigh 

[Topgearskin]

Nice guitars Erk!! I recently sold my jazzmaster as I couldn't get on with it, but they're a beautiful looking guitar

[erk]

3 hours ago, Topgearskin said:

Nice guitars Erk!! I recently sold my jazzmaster as I couldn't get on with it, but they're a beautiful looking guitar

Thanks. I really like both of them. the JM was my go to for a few years. Just got the SG over the summer and thats been wear I'm at since then. Love the SG p90 combo. 

[MasonAlexander]

Day 20 in a row in the jeans for me. I was planning to go as long as I possibly could without washing (with the exception of the intial washing and soaking routine) but they got so wet in the snow today that I figured I might as well give them a wash.

2nd visit to the doctor to get our “soon to be born but currently inside of my girlfriend” baby checked up on and all is well so that is very exciting and a huge relief.

Spent the better part of the day playing in the snow with the dogs, playing in the snow with the tractor, or playing in the snow with my nieces. After being in Vancouver for so long, its feeling kind of strange to be living on the East Coast again where it is snowing all of the time

 

 

[Paul T]

@MasonAlexander, lovely photos. Very exciting time getting those blurry ultrasound pix. Plus proper tractor action means you and karl are probably the ones ones using these jeans for their main design purpose.

@erk what case do you have for your Jazzmaster? I've carried mine around in a chunky flightcase for a couple of decades, which now seems ridiculous when it' spends it time leaning against a wall in the corner of my bedroom. Thinking of a regular tolex case but Jazzmaster ones seem hugely expensive (I have a tolex strat case in which it tantalisingly almost fits, but is rubbing against the edges).

Edited January 19, 2018 by Paul T

[erk]

4 hours ago, Paul T said:

@erk what case do you have for your Jazzmaster? I've carried mine around in a chunky flightcase for a couple of decades, which now seems ridiculous when it' spends it time leaning against a wall in the corner of my bedroom. Thinking of a regular tolex case but Jazzmaster ones seem hugely expensive (I have a tolex strat case in which it tantalisingly almost fits, but is rubbing against the edges).

Paul, the guitar is an american reissue so it came with a G&G case. My cat urinated in that case one night while I was playing the guitar. So I had to find another one and I really liked the G&G case so I just got another one from musicians friend. I think it was $150. Mine is a brown one - as it is a '62 reissue - they make black ones minus the chrome fender logo for those post-65 jazzies. 

yours is a vintage one though right? doesn't it deserve a proper G&G case? 

edit : just did some google searching - apparently finding a G&G case in the UK is difficult. will sweetwater send you one? https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/099-6111-306

Edited January 19, 2018 by erk

[Paul T]

Mine is 63, so I guess it's Tolex. Yes, G&G are super-expensive over here.

I hope in future months this thread will feature the respray of my Jazzmaster and my P1800. While the classifieds will feature just about everything else I own to raise the funds.

 

Did you really dump the old case? lol.

My moggy shat on my limited edition bootleg Velvets box set. And ripped off the cloth binding of Joy Division's Substance. How I miss the silly old sod.

Edited January 19, 2018 by Paul T

[erk]

1 hour ago, Paul T said:

Mine is 63, so I guess it's Tolex. Yes, G&G are super-expensive over here.

I hope in future months this thread will feature the respray of my Jazzmaster and my P1800. While the classifieds will feature just about everything else I own to raise the funds.

 

Did you really dump the old case? lol.

My moggy shat on my limited edition bootleg Velvets box set. And ripped off the cloth binding of Joy Division's Substance. How I miss the silly old sod.

oh wow. lets see some pics! 

well, I still have the case. its in my attic. The smell of cat pee was replaced by all the enzyme cleaner and cat pee remover smells I sprayed all over it in an attempt to get rid of it - along with a big ol stain. I was afraid to put the guitar back in it ever again for fear of stinking up the actual instrument. If you want I can send it to you for free if you want to pay shipping.   ( its been a few years since the incident so I don't what the olfactory situation is anymore. could be smell free)

Edited January 19, 2018 by erk