samurai denim contest [pics]

[Chicken]

if any of you can beat the holy grail 811s, i am sold.

[watchman]

if any of you can beat the holy grail 811s, i am sold.

that's the reason i'm excited to see how that guys pair turns out haha.

[Thorns]

i have a question about samurai denim - given the quick fade of the sammies, is there a chance these will be like the japanese version of nudies, fading fast, blowing holes out, etc?

just a thought, because i have seen plenty of holes.

There are parts of mine that are absolutely white already and I was a little worried about the denim tearing a hole as well, but when you feel the denim its still thick. Its like the indigo moves on its own without abrasion.

[BrokenGlass]

damnit, I'm not wearing mine enough. they're tight around my junk, kind of pinch when I sit, anyone else having this problem? Maybe it's just because I sized down

[Dick Danger]

These are in the washer now.

Not the best pics, I hope to have at least a little bit of sunshine this weekend for the post wash pics.

[ang_kangkong]

Nice fading going on.

The cover on the snap of your RM is starting to bust through. Might want to go to a tailor to see if there's anything they can do.

[Dick Danger]

I'm going to use the material I cut off when I hemmed and see if I can patch it up myself.

[heBAY]

I knew Emaze was a fellow NYC'er...match the kicks with the shirt...only thing is he's missing the patented NYC cuff lol (IMHO something that I need to do as soon as my feet slip into a pair of something).

Diggin' the fit...a few mini-questions...you didn't size up huh? And your first soak was cold...did you go through with a second hot soak? They look like they stretched back out to nicely.

[khaltire]

can;t wait to see the pics dick.. gonna be nice

[Dick Danger]

Well they went through their second wash. The pics sucked. This one though I thought was interesting. When I did the hem I saved the denim I cut from the legs. I cut the small patch from that denim. Kinda interesting to see how the color has changed in just a few months.

[tnf1029]

I stoped by BIG yesterday for S0500xx. On the leather patch, it shows Lot# 10 (a guy in BIG confirm that it is Texas S0500XX. My question is why Lot# are different from what you guys are wearing (Lot#9). Are they the same denim? Do they use the same technology (maximize tension to get maximum Atari)? Why no serial number? Since this is a limited edition and i saw most of you guys here have serial number after lot number.

I assume that S0500XX fading faster than APC or Nudies, right?

[GoodHustle]

I stoped by BIG yesterday for S0500xx. On the leather patch, it shows Lot# 10 (a guy in BIG confirm that it is Texas S0500XX. My question is why Lot# are different from what you guys are wearing (Lot#9). Are they the same denim? Do they use the same technology (maximize tension to get maximum Atari)? Why no serial number? Since this is a limited edition and i saw most of you guys here have serial number after lot number.

I assume that S0500XX fading faster than APC or Nudies, right?

Everything is the same. The lot number changes every year. Lot #10 = Samurai's 10th production year.

[tweeds]

Dick - the difference in colour is quite dramatic!

[ayn]

I will be posting pics of digital_denim's sammies once I get time to post-process them... a preview pic here, sammies #2 in SF with Alcatraz...

[maydenchina]

do all sammies fade like this?

And do they still sell the pair you guys are wearing???

these look SICK KKK

[tnf1029]

do all sammies fade like this?

And do they still sell the pair you guys are wearing???

these look SICK KKK

They are S0500XX. they do sell these jeans. I think you still can get those from japan with the same lot number (Lot# 9). Still don't know why there is no serial number in Lot#10 since this model is a limited edition.

GoodHustle, thanks for information.

[Dick Danger]

The 30 people is the contest got custom serial numbers.

[386]

The S0500XX isn't a limited edition only. It was in 2006 with the original 09 run with the upside down "A" on the red tab. It was then put into another production run without the serial numbers as well a special run for the contest with a 0-30 numeral serial. The 10 run is just another production run.

Samurai chooses to stop producing models whenever they feel the need to, so in essence all Samurai are "limited editions" but the S0500XX has had multiple runs and will most likely continue to see this because of the extreme popularity and awesomeness of the dungaree.

[ayn]

digital_denim's jeans at 4 months:

[HEWSINATOR]

Was it ever figured out how the winner will be the one with the best jeans not the best photographer friend? I remember bringing this up a while ago, and I ask as I know that I am not capable of taking pics like the ones above.

Just wondering?

[Dex_star]

cant people exaggerate their contrast with photoshop anyway?

im sure no one will actually cheat... but... uhh... i guess i have no point really

[toufu]

cant people exaggerate their contrast with photoshop anyway?

im sure no one will actually cheat... but... uhh... i guess i have no point really

yeah, it has been discussed

someone (i forgot who) showed what could be done in just a few min. of photoshop

[ayn]

I adjusted the curves and levels to highlight the wear, but definitely did not do anything to exaggerate.

I would gladly photograph all 30 pairs at the end, with the exact same studio lighting setup, front and back, closeups of front and ass area, to get a fair comparison.

[adsurgo]

i like that idea.

[Dex_star]

i hope u dont think i was accusing u ayn

i was just stating something i thought was possible

anyway, yea i think it would be a good idea to have all 30 pairs photogrphed by ayn or samurai themselves... it would make everything even

[Hedior]

man u almost ruinned ur samurai . shouldnt have washed it that soon shortly after wearing it.

the whiskers and honeycomb aint grown up that good.

cheers

[edmond]

as i can see from photos pf sammies here most of them have the stiches on arcuates ripped and some os the stiches on the front pockets are dimemebered too how come?

[emaze]

I knew Emaze was a fellow NYC'er...match the kicks with the shirt...only thing is he's missing the patented NYC cuff lol (IMHO something that I need to do as soon as my feet slip into a pair of something).

Diggin' the fit...a few mini-questions...you didn't size up huh? And your first soak was cold...did you go through with a second hot soak? They look like they stretched back out to nicely.

I did do a cold soak at first then followed up with a hot soak and just did another hot soak last week.... I stayed true to size (30)

[ericdw]

what are the benefits of cold soaking before hot soaking? to get some starch off?

[poly800rock]

so who hasn't washed their jeans from the competition yet? i still havent washed mine.