Happy jeans: TCBxSufu S40s WW2 contest thread

[YossarianRaw]

53 minutes ago, volvo240thebest said:

@Uncle Karl looking super smart on the prototype S40s.

168cm 78kg | He is wearing S40 one washed in 34 | His size for 50’s Jeans is 34 as well

 

That's a banderassmile.gif for me right there. Great fit.

Also really glad I didn't go for size 33 since I'm Karl's height but 83kg... On a good day

[volvo240thebest]

I've emailed @mandel9000 ! She's going to log in and join the contest! Power to the women

[mandel9000]

2 hours ago, volvo240thebest said:

Birgitte from Oslo aka @mandel9000

I'm back from my internet and social media hiatus, and I'm in!

@volvo240thebest sent the nicest e-mail to let me know about this contest, and I must admit it was an easy sell since I love both the 40s cut and TCB denim. Glad to be here again! 

[volvo240thebest]

5 minutes ago, YossarianRaw said:

That's a banderassmile.gif for me right there. Great fit.

Also really glad I didn't go for size 33 since I'm Karl's height but 83kg... On a good day

yeah, a much better fit pic compared to the ones on the website, if you ask me.

[volvo240thebest]

Just now, mandel9000 said:

I'm back from my internet and social media hiatus, and I'm in!

@volvo240thebest sent the nicest e-mail to let me know about this contest, and I must admit it was an easy sell since I love both the 40s cut and TCB denim. Glad to be here again! 

good to see friendly faces (or avatars?) coming back to the good ole sufu. It feels like the golden era of sufu is back.

 

 

 

[JDelage]

15 minutes ago, mandel9000 said:

I'm back from my internet and social media hiatus, and I'm in!

@volvo240thebest sent the nicest e-mail to let me know about this contest, and I must admit it was an easy sell since I love both the 40s cut and TCB denim. Glad to be here again! 

Very cool. 

[tigerstrom]

Glad that you joined @mandel9000  Welcome back!

Edited June 22, 2020 by tigerstrom
Added stuff

[Duke Mantee]

@volvo240thebest do you know what washing process TCB uses to go from rigid to one wash? 

[Duke Mantee]

On 6/20/2020 at 5:11 PM, ecsong187 said:

I wanted the right inseam and since I hate cuffs

That’s authentic - cuffs were outlawed during the war because of rationing/shortages

[tigerstrom]

https://tcbjeans.myshopify.com/blogs/ニュース/inside-a-denim-washing-favtory-is-one-wash-bad-for-good-fades

Here you go @Duke Mantee 

Edit: I see now that they don't mention any temperatures and so on.. But it's a nice article anyway

Edited June 22, 2020 by tigerstrom
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[Duke Mantee]

26 minutes ago, tigerstrom said:

https://tcbjeans.myshopify.com/blogs/ニュース/inside-a-denim-washing-favtory-is-one-wash-bad-for-good-fades

Here you go @Duke Mantee 

Edit: I see now that they don't mention any temperatures and so on.. But it's a nice article anyway

Thank you

[Maynard Friedman]

It does mention cold water wash though, so implies there may be a little more shrinkage left in them.

[jigsaw]

On 6/20/2020 at 2:22 PM, volvo240thebest said:

they can ship to Indonesia via Fedex, they will update the website too. Tropical super high contrast fades welcome

everything is sorted out nicely, thanks Volvo and thanks Ryo for the Light Speed responds and solutions, superb service both of you

Edited June 22, 2020 by jigsaw

[volvo240thebest]

28 minutes ago, jigsaw said:

everything is sorted out nicely, thanks Volvo and thanks Ryo for the Light Speed responds and solutions, superb service both of you

should I add you to the list?

[volvo240thebest]

3 hours ago, Duke Mantee said:

@volvo240thebest do you know what washing process TCB uses to go from rigid to one wash? 

Link was already posted. I can add that I am now wearing a one wash pair of 50s, I just gave them tehir maiden wash after three weeks of wear, they didn't shrink any further, just back to original dimensions and stretched back a wee bit after a couple hours wear, or even less.

[Duke Mantee]

2 minutes ago, volvo240thebest said:

Link was already posted. I can add that I am now wearing a one wash pair of 50s, I just gave them tehir maiden wash after three weeks of wear, they didn't shrink any further, just back to original dimensions and stretched back a wee bit after a couple hours wear, or even less.

Cheers!

I’m not particularly bothered with regards the pair I bought - it was more a general understanding of TCB methods. I’ll probably just sit in the bath like a real 1980’s twenty-something (twenty-eleven)

[volvo240thebest]

4 minutes ago, Duke Mantee said:

Cheers!

I’m not particularly bothered with regards the pair I bought - it was more a general understanding of TCB methods. I’ll probably just sit in the bath like a real 1980’s twenty-something (twenty-eleven)

I prefer to not do that. Only time I've done it knees shrank in a weird way, the thub wasn't long enough to stay with my legs straight. I just toss the jeans in a bucket of the hottest water from the tap, then after 30 mins straight in the washing machine for a 40s cycle with little or none detergent

[Graytrain]

5 hours ago, Maynard Friedman said:

I think that may have been @salaami

YES Salaami!! Cheap would be cool too. 

[maharu]

5 hours ago, volvo240thebest said:

where are you from?

Sweden, and already on the list 

[aho]

@setterman any interest?  Let's get the whole band back together!

[mondo]

trying to decide if this happening requires any more antipodean participation... I have a hat made from WWII telo mimetico on order – perhaps it's a sign

[Duke Mantee]

1 hour ago, volvo240thebest said:

I prefer to not do that. Only time I've done it knees shrank in a weird way, the thub wasn't long enough to stay with my legs straight. I just toss the jeans in a bucket of the hottest water from the tap, then after 30 mins straight in the washing machine for a 40s cycle with little or none detergent

It was just a little bit of Angus humour (I’m more than old enough to remember the Levi’s shrink to fit campaign)  - fekin sure I’m not sitting in a bath for that amount of time, I’ll end up nearly clean.

I just wash at 40C over a 2 hour cycle - no spin (sometimes I experiment with shirts and wabash where I’ve went up to 95C

Edited June 22, 2020 by Duke Mantee

[Ar_thor]

Quick question re sizing. It might have been answered before.

How do TCB measure the waist? Back/front aligned, 360 around or across without aligning?

[Collin]

2 minutes ago, Ar_thor said:

Quick question re sizing. It might have been answered before.

How do TCB measure the waist? Back/front aligned, 360 around or across without aligning?

See this post : https://tcbjeans.myshopify.com/pages/how-we-measure

 

[tigerstrom]

Ryu also told me that the measurements on the chart is based on the pattern so it is comparable to around. 

[volvo240thebest]

Just now, tigerstrom said:

Ryu also told me that the measurements on the chart is based on the pattern so it is comparable to around. 

all tcb measurements are made on pattern, same method as per 50s 60s etc etc, just to further clarify re this

[volvo240thebest]

40 minutes ago, aho said:

@setterman any interest?  Let's get the whole band back together!

oh I'd love to see Michael making a comeback! I still follow him on instagram and chat from time to time. He seems to be much into the tiki cocktail hobby. I am going to send him a message now.
Denim is a healthier hobby, those cocktails are a sugar bomb

[mandel9000]

Pre-order done 

I didn't get an option to enter a comment in the process (to say that I'm in the contest and to state what length I'd like), but I used the contact form to add that info - hope he gets it. Looks like I'll be going a bit slimmer than most of you, hopefully something like this: 

 

[Ar_thor]

^Cheers! Guess I'll just have to wait for my 50s to dry and see if I go for the same size or one down.

[volvo240thebest]

give me your post wash inseam length and I'll make sure Ryo takes note of it.
That's some serious fit inspo!