GBG001 contest - Indigo Veins x Göteborg Manufaktur x Denimbase

[Thanks_M8]

Guess I'll have to fix that soon.

[beautiful_FrEaK]

I have the feeling this denim breaks down quicker than other denims I have handled. 

[vIGGiou riou]

yeah, I have similar experience... will need some repair soon...

[heyson]

Spam

 

[heyson]

Washed em shortly after my last pics. Sorry for posting so much but eh... got a lot of extra time to do such things lately. staying distracted

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Still some work to do...

 

And the jeans

 

Edited April 2, 2020 by beautiful_FrEaK

[Bobbo]

On 4/1/2020 at 11:07 AM, beautiful_FrEaK said:

I have the feeling this denim breaks down quicker than other denims I have handled. 

This is intriguing for future projects. What's breaking down? Except the seams.

[beautiful_FrEaK]

The denim itself. I feel the warp yarns simply wear down quicker than other jeans. I mean not fading, just the yarns breaking.
The denim on the roping wears through and also on the knees there is some warp yarns breaking, resulting in some nep-looking effect.
I think my pair has between 3-4 months of real wear so not erally much.

[Thanks_M8]

Same here, warp seems to break, weft seems to hold up a little longer. 

[heyson]

all dry 

 

[vIGGiou riou]

always I am interesting of the knee fading. never I had it on my pairs.... how to do ?

[Maynard Friedman]

Have some children and play with them. Simple!

[Thanks_M8]

Yardwork, cycling, working on your bike, stuff like that.

[heyson]

Yeah all of that, and I worked on the ground quite a bit, before I got layed off lol

[vIGGiou riou]

kids became adults ... :o) and even during knee gardening result is not sufficient ... most fading I have on thighs (cleaning my hands) and bat (sitting in car/in front of computer) for biking I use biking trousers ... so, for me works only time of wears ...... 

Edited April 3, 2020 by vIGGiou riou

[Thanks_M8]

Talking knee fades..

Also got a bunch of paint splatters on them building this thing here

[Thanks_M8]

Gave 'em a wash. Patched the worn to the weft area on the butt from the inside. Probably keep the other holes for now, hoping they don't get that much bigger, maybe they'll help with airflow come summer.

Edited April 11, 2020 by Thanks_M8

[MJF9]

@Thanks_M8 cracking job on them. How are the pocket bags doing? 

[Thanks_M8]

^ thanks lots!  Right front pocket patched 2 times, cause that's where I keep my phone. Pocket entries also fixed, as the pocketfabric broke and ripped off. 

Glad my granny taught me how to sew

[MJF9]

Ha that skill is coming in handy! Recall the pocket bags looked good... if you have time for pics, would be interested to see the evo.

[Maynard Friedman]

Does this contest end in August? I’m not sure @Thanks_M8’s pair will arrive there in one piece - they’re taking a real hammering!

[Thanks_M8]

Thanks maynard haven't had this happen since my first pair of raw jeans, but then again, I haven't worn just one pair for that time since my first pair

btw. Pocketpics, first three are right, where I keep my phone, last two are left. 

[MJF9]

They may need divine intervention to make it through the next 4 months! 

[Bobbo]

Wowza, you're really putting them to the test mate. I don't even have any broken threads yet on my sample pair.

Looks like I never wrote down the length of the contest in the entry post. But I do recall we said 18 months. So 10 months left I guess? 

[Thanks_M8]

Come summer I'll switch to shorts, so I can at least try to compete until the end 

[Maynard Friedman]

@Bobbo - maybe it’s worth editing the first post in the thread with the finish date to make it clear to everyone?

[Bobbo]

Yeah @Maynard Friedman Just did that and added the list of participants. Let me know if I have missed some of you guys!

What are you guys doing while working from home/being in lockdown (if you are)? Find myself drinking way too much coffee, flipping records and going for walks in the woods.

Btw, Café brasileiro is one of the oldest coffee spots in Fukuoka. Not very good though.

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Some more broken warp yarns...or could be an acid burn?!

@Thanks_M8 they look great dude!

 

Using the Easter weekend for further renovation and wearing the GBG001 

[tigerstrom]

Impressive evolution on many of the pairs!

Here's my pair! I wear them a couple of days a week so not much evo yet but they getting there

 

 

 

Edited April 11, 2020 by tigerstrom

[tigerstrom]

I have a couple areas with broken warp yarns exactly as @beautiful_FrEaK.