Happy jeans: TCBxSufu S40s WW2 contest thread

[Yot]

Little updates

 

[el padre]

6 minutes ago, Yot said:

Little updates

They're fantastic.

We are just the one year into this contest, is that right? I've not fallen asleep for a year or something?

[shredwin_206]

@Yot with the perfect vintage fades 

[adastrus]

Update on pair #90. I’ve missed maybe 3 or 4 days of wear since the start of the contest. Phone camera can’t quite capture the right shade of blue (it’s darker than the photos suggest), but you get the idea. 

They’ve accompanied me through a fair bit of camping, hiking and fishing from Oregon to Alaska to Utah and back, and we’ve spent a lot of time on the floor playing with and wrangling my young daughter. Considering I work from home, they’ve been through quite a bit and have been seemingly slow to fade, but I guess I always forget just how dark they were to begin with. I’ve washed em maybe 10 to 15 times, and they’re about due for a crotch reinforcement. I keep both a US half dollar coin and a 500 yen coin in the coin pocket and I like the subtle way that partnership is showing up.

Some great looking pairs as of late! Hard to believe it’s only/already been nearly a year since we started!

[81611]

First time wearing the contests since May. Forgot how comfortable they were/are.  
 

Better pics when my photographer returns from vacation 

Edited August 16, 2021 by 81611
Forgot to say something

[bartlebyyphonics]

great updates from all, some absolutely astonishing...

less an update than a certification of resuming as observer-participant [not competitor]

as summer draws to an end I return to the saddle...

fit pic [no progress]

 

and visit to lambeth palace / garden museum to see flower arrangement of constance spry [who as well as being florist to the great and good co-invented coronation chicken...]

 

to stay on theme-topic, her wartime cookbook: 

 

other notable highlights: gardeners clogs [go on J.Lofgren, make a version!], blinging garden gnomes, Alan Titchmarsh's Uniqlo jumper on loan, and a striking cat-scarecrow ...

 

Edited August 17, 2021 by bartlebyyphonics

[BionicEye]

lots of repairs done 

 

 

 

Edited August 17, 2021 by BionicEye

[Minet88]

Little updates

 

 

[Foxy2]

Back into my pair after some time off…

 

will try to take proper pics, soon.

[Yot]

After wash, and my yoke..... :|

[Jared_Lee]

Some rainy day bicycle work. I roached my drivetrain riding through the snow sludge during the winter and it was time to replace it. I used some spare parts first just get clear that the drivetrain was the crunchy issue, not a bottom bracket or wheel hub.

First picture is the spare parts setup ugly as sin.

Second is a little creativity getting the 1/8" master link to work with the old 3/32" chain. Not an ideal fix, but slip an extra plate on the 1/8" link and snug goes the snap clip.

Replace the rear cog and clean the hub.

Replace the sprocket and clean up the filth around it.

Degrease and grime the chainring bolts.

Measure the chain out for the new drivetrain and break the link to fit.

Good as new 46/16 drivetrain for decent top-end fixed, but manageable for up and over the bridges every day.

Might be time now to switch back to some aluminum toe clips.

[Jared_Lee]

And one with jeans from the Hawk's Nest last weekend.

[Yot]

After repair

[discwork]

Some really impressive fades in this thread!

This is my pair after 300 or so wears. It's hard to capture the true color, but the jeans are definitely more "blue" all over than before. They're also due for a crotch repair, so I'll try to get some detail pics up soon.

[Thanks_M8]

[Esakafurusan]

Little update here

[heyson]

haven’t worn these in months because i’m too lazy to attempt fixing the small hole in the left knee, and don’t want it to get any larger  

[claes]

Fit pic from a pretty recent trip to Kullaberg in southern Sweden, one of my favorite places around these parts. It has been a busy summer as me and my girlfriend had a son in June and I finished my master studies just last week when I defended my thesis I even wore the S40s when our son was delivered so they are extra special to me now!

[Thanks_M8]

^congrats to both mate! 

[srudy]

Update on #46-been wearing more sporadically but I’m liking how they are looking. No tears or holes yet-going strong. Roping looking good, whiskers on the hips for sure. Countless washes, no dryer only line dry. 

[CSL]

Still too hot for jeans here but I did a hand wash on the 40s today which i think brightened them up a bit. 

 

[bartlebyyphonics]

very nice all!

laundry day brings beef jerky and more granular baby fades...

[LazyS]

[Hopethisoneisnttaken]

The back pocket needed some mending. 

Edited September 7, 2021 by Hopethisoneisnttaken

[mondo]

5 hours ago, bartlebyyphonics said:

very nice all!

laundry day brings beef jerky and more granular baby fades...

Mine fell off altogether – possibly because I bought a washing machine where I can actually set the temperature to 60ºC rather than just "hot"... I must get around to taking pics, we're just in a lockdown situation here that has dragged on for months and it's one more thing fallen by the wayside. The jeans themselves are looking rather good.

[aho]

This thread is exactly what I love about denim...Great progress everyone!

[el padre]

1 year!

Not had much wear the past couple of months actually. Getting a bit thin in the crotch and I am being lazy about the mending 

[scooby]

@el padre looking great

[aho]

Having not worn denim in probably over a year, I'm effectively completely out of the running contest wise. That said, it's good to be back in a place where I can wear denim comfortably again from both a fit and temperature standpoint. Just remembering how much I love the high rise on these!

 

Maybe I'll catch up in a few more years, but great job so far everyone!

[efujobu1]

Yep. I dig the high rise as well