Word of Mouth - Sufu Contest (The INITIAL & LAST Picture Thread)

[UkeNo]

#191  Lot.611 

[srudy]

Ok, checking in! #208 411S

Edited January 22 by srudy

[frank]

Finally gave these a piping hot wash and machine dry, the puckering/roping is crazy and the leather seems to have held up well enough. I did rub a little Obenauf's on it which I haven't done to patches in almost 20 years. Plus, I got two belt loops with selvedge which was a nice little surprise.

[UkeNo]

#191 Lot.611 Pre soak fit. 

Featuring the first pair of Vans slip ons I’ve had in 20 years
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With cuff as idea of length after shrinkage. 

 

Pocket ID

Aiming to preserve the patch. Trying to keep it out of the hot 30min soak

Bonus: Current fit for reference: Freewheelers 47’s

Edited January 22 by UkeNo
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[frank]

Pardon the hasty work-restroom photo, I'll get some with better lighting later. Fit is what I was looking for, slimmer than I thought it'd be though. Hopefully the waist stretches back out 0.5-1 inch for comfort.

[Mtvare]

My 311s arrived the day after I left the country for a few days so I didn't get them till Tuesday.

Soaked and then washed at 30 degrees on Wednesday. Raw fit in first pic, post-wash in second (obviously).

Fit is slightly slimmer than I anticipated in the leg but not too slim (I hope - thighs might get bigger again once I get over my patellar tendinitis). And I bought them to be a slim pair anyway. I think the waist will be spot on. If it stretches further than I'd like it won't matter too much cos I also went for a shortish inseam. Long term I see these as jeans for the summer.

 

 

[MJF9]

So the first 5150s I posted were a little less than chart, so Simo wanted to replace them... hence take 2

The new pair arrived last Friday - given the anticipation, I forgot the date stamp pic... so here's the delivery confirmation date and time instead 😉

Top job by Simo who's a top bloke... lovely denim, really well sewn... much slimmer than my usual which will take some adjusting... I do lots of leg weights to protect my knees... so the reasonably svelt top block and waist are snug for me... hindsight being a wonderful thing, I should have gone 1-2 sizes bigger (anyone wants a swap, hit me up )

Raw fit pics

1st wash was cold machine, hang dry; wore for a few hours.  Then I rolled the dice... 30C wash, stretched the waistband while wet (which gave me 1cm) then hung dry...

Meanwhile we went for pizza... alas, featuring FW WW2 denim

Final pics are after a 3 mile walk earlier... pleased to hear there's more stretch to come too as I'm going to need it

Edited January 26 by MJF9

[bartlebyyphonics]

the pizza has landed…

& pre-soak fit (big bois)

 

plus raw deet-lets…

 

and a nice damp str8 out the machine fit check

(washed 1hr at 40c, spun not machine dried)

 

and post wash mini-deets… (so long patch it was nice knowing you… and hello dearest crinkles, hairiness n roping…)

 

Edited Monday at 03:02 PM by bartlebyyphonics

[theguywhoknewthatguy]

Finally back after traveling for the past two weeks. In my excitement to start wearing these I immediately threw them in the wash and completely forgot the raw checkin pic. Sorry!! I lost a bit of weight since ordering so I went for maximum shrinkage with the hot wash and dryer. They shrank up considerably but this also meant I lost most of my inseam as well. Might have to go uncuffed with these. Excited to start wearing them

Measurements comparisons (biggest discrepancy is the front rise)

                     Chart  | Raw   | Wash & Dry
Waist             18.5   | 18.5   | 16.5
Front Rise   ~13.58 | 12.75 | 11.5 
Back Rise    ~17.72 | 17.5  | 16
Upper Thigh ~14     | 14.25 | 13.25
Knee (14”)   ~10.82 |   11    | 10
Inseam              -     |   32    | 28.5
Hem              ~9.94  |   10    | 9

Crappy laundry room fit pic to start. Better pics with better lighting to come