samurai denim contest [pics]

[edmond]

and yeah guys whered you get those fabric glue?

[Tommyhibbs]

I think I picked it up at Walmart. The stuff I have is called liquid stitch.

[beatle]

I also used fabric glue to put a piece of denim behind the hole from my wallet that I'm thinking about sewing in. I like how the patch jobs give the jeans one more little personal aspect. Nice work beatle.

thanks..it feels very personal to do these small repairs by hand and on your own..

I was thinking of letting my neighbor do it - she's got a sewing machine - but once you've spend so much time with a pair of Jeans - and they've been treating you so well - it feels kind of strange to let "strangers" do the job...weird...I know

[edmond]

thanks mate!

[Panda-san]

Its a sugarcane belt.

The bottom left corner of my left back pocket is coming unstitched and starting to come up. I also used fabric glue to put a piece of denim behind the hole from my wallet that I'm thinking about sewing in. I like how the patch jobs give the jeans one more little personal aspect. Nice work beatle.

Is that the brown or the tan model?

[jo3 b]

10 bucks says edmond rips a hole in his jeans to do a stellar beatle like patch job.

[edmond]

nah i wont do that... i take care of my jeans sorry

[Thorns]

Some minor repairs and cosmetics today.

After looking at my front pockets like this:

I realized I missed the stitching that used to be there... so I put it back on both pockets:

Also almost all the thread around the button hole was gone and that could spell disaster for jeans if it rips through, so I rewove around the button hole:

Finally my back right pocket fell off /ripped off again last night and I sewed it back on for the umpteenth time:

[chantheman]

that tab is crazy...nice work

[Superstar]

less than two months to go... the underdogs needs to start licking balls now if they want a chance...

[john11f]

this contest is not for the most trashed pair right? i would go for polishmike's.....

[john11f]

sorry, tommyhibbs' i mean...but you gotta put more wear from now till november...

[beatle]

Neat work , Thorns....it's tough , right ? But those stitches will make it all the way !!

[sneakeraddict]

Good point.

Beautifully faded is very very different to 'most trashed' IMO.

The best pair is the one where the guy is in upstate new york next to a railway sleeper or something, cant remember his name.

[Thorns]

I'm stuck on making a decision. I really oughta wash my jeans again, but they've started to turn a really cool dirty color (sorta like how apcs look dirty). Should I be sanitary?

[beatle]

No......................................................................................................................

[polishmike]

Do they smell? If yes than wash them. (Unless you're married than shit like clean pants doesn't really matter anymore)

[Tommyhibbs]

sorry, tommyhibbs' i mean...but you gotta put more wear from now till november...

Honestly I'm not really too concerned with winning the competition. I just think its kind of cool that we can all share our experiences wearing the same pair of jeans.

Oh and my belt is just a raw leather sugarcane belt that I got a couple months after the contest started.

[HEWSINATOR]

Tommy, I think the jeans look great, and as noted above, trashed does not equal best.

Looks like you have reasonable wear and a pair of jeans that will last after the comp too.

[LaiShin]

I'm stuck on making a decision. I really oughta wash my jeans again, but they've started to turn a really cool dirty color (sorta like how apcs look dirty). Should I be sanitary?

definitely not, if you like it as it is. The contest doesn't take into account the hygiene level.

[azn8oi]

I just came back after a 33 day vacation in China, Japan, and Korea.

My pants smell like jalapenos and they were damp/moist/wet whatever you will, EVERYDAY. Raws in a humid environment probably have better progress than those in a dry environment-- see tommyhibbs (is your part of texas humid?), polyrock, and CHEEP as some examples... sweat sweat sweat. At night, I can't even take my damn pants off without a struggle.

I'll post some pictures when I get a chance to sort through them. That, and my sammies are going to Disneyland in 1 hour. Hihi familytime.

[beatle]

Hmm - I smell yammeeee pics...

[cheep]

i heard a rumor that my pics from last month will be ready for public consumption soon.

[beatle]

Man - I forgot that you are actually IN the contest ////....Well - I am gonna be here and I don't trust in rumors....I need to see them already....

LOL

Sid - it's about time .....

[Tommyhibbs]

I just came back after a 33 day vacation in China, Japan, and Korea.

My pants smell like jalapenos and they were damp/moist/wet whatever you will, EVERYDAY. Raws in a humid environment probably have better progress than those in a dry environment-- see tommyhibbs (is your part of texas humid?), polyrock, and CHEEP as some examples... sweat sweat sweat. At night, I can't even take my damn pants off without a struggle.

I'll post some pictures when I get a chance to sort through them. That, and my sammies are going to Disneyland in 1 hour. Hihi familytime.

Yeah its pretty humid here. I just checked the weather and today were looking at about 77 percent humidity.

[poly800rock]

i just did a lot of repairs on mine yesterday. back pocket and hem, front pocket bags. will take pics later

[theswarm]

sorry for poor picture quality will take some better ones soon.

[Chicken]

hey guys, got an email from the legend himself this morning. thought i'd share it with you guys:

サムライジーンズのレポートサイト拝見させて頂きました！

まず外国に日本のレプリカジーンズ、

しかも日本でもさほどメジャーではないサムライジーンズを買って穿いてる方々が居られるということに驚きました。

外国でもエビスジーンズやフルカウント、ドゥニームなどが

人気を集めてるとどこかで聞いた事がありますが

自分の感覚では日本のように「色落ちを楽しむ」という概念はないだろうなと思ってました。

実際、エビスジーンズなんかはヒップホップ系のファッションを好む層に人気があってオーバーサイズをダボダボ穿いているのを雑誌で見たことがあります。

でも居られたんですね僕を含め日本のジーンズファンと同じような感覚の持ち主が。

これは凄く嬉しいことです。

しかもみなさん良い色落ちに仕上げちゃってて尚更驚きました。

こっちも気合入れて更新しないとだめですね（笑）

ではでは。

i checked out the samurai thread!

i was surprised to find that there were people outside of japan who wore japanese repro jeans, especially a brand like samurai which isn't even the most well-known brand over here.

i've heard of people abroad who wore evisus, full counts and denimes before.

but i wasn't expecting people to even have a notion of enjoying color fades like we do here in japan.

until now, only things i've seen were hip hop type people wearing oversize evisus in magazines.

but it brings great joy to me to find out there were people out there with same type of enthusiasm as denim fans including me do here in japan.

and on top of this, i was even more surprised to see people were getting beautiful fades on their jeans.

now i have to really work on updating my jeans, too. (laughing)

well that's it for now.

[beatle]

Nice stuff ...it's great to hear that people in Japan think highly of the project and the people who do this...

What Jeans is he working on right now ??

[Chicken]

samurai so500xx, just like you guys. but he admitted he's been having some motivation issues with this one. i think one of his belt loops tore right off in the beginning, putting a damper to his enthusiasm for this pair.