Vintage Denim?

[scooby]

 

[aho]

^haha I swiped the same screenshot, glad to know I'm not the only denim creeper 😂

[aho]

Commentary etc. can be ignored, but wow at the 30:33min mark

[aho]

https://www.instagram.com/p/DLKl7waz9Wa/?img_index=2

[beautiful_FrEaK]

@Dr_Heech for you  I posted a link to the pictures earlier but here is a video.

 

[Dr_Heech]

Thanks for that @beautiful_FrEaK Love a Levi's buckleback!

[Dr_Heech]

Nothing to get excited about but am watching these Nos Levis 1501 0117 double lock-stitch redlines in a size 35 x 38 on greedbay. The reason l'm watching them, being l'm always trying to 'revaluate' my own pair, which are almost identical but made in 1978.

The reason for sharing though is that I've always wondered when the switch between the wash tag stating 8% shrinkage and 10% shrinkage, and l can conclude that it seems from the 1981 model 501 onwards, the 10% label was the norm. Obviously there are anomalies etc but this is not in anyway conclusive as levis labels don't always match garments plus the newer, wider looms that Cone had in to replace the older ones were switched around the early 80s. So maybe that's significant? Fyi These were made at one of the 3 San Fran factories in June of 1980.

Anyway enough ramblings. Some photos..

 

 

[Edit] Scrap that! Found a 1980 made one with 10% shrinkage label. So l'm guessing the change started (throughout all of the factories?) in 1980 and then implemented when the 1981 flasher was introduced. 

Edited August 9 by Dr_Heech
To clarify

[Dr_Heech]

Always thought the 1501 0117,  2501 0117, 3501 0117 and 4501 0117 stamped on the two horse patch on a pair of Levis 501's was a mid 1970s thing until maybe very early 1980s, but found this pair in a vintage store online and they are clearly a late 1960s pair, got the V stitch and Big E, so had to share.

 

 

The 1 and 2 prefixes were there to indicate longer than standard leg lengths, 1 indicating 38" leg length and 2 indicating 40" leg length.

The 3 was used as a prefix to pairs with a waist size of 44 or above  regardless of leg length (?) and the 4 prefix l've seen only on those massive display pairs of 501's in a size 76x45. 

Edited Tuesday at 03:30 PM by Dr_Heech
To clarify