What kind of denim is this?

[blm14]

They came with a tag about being unwashed and washing before hemming which makes me think they're unsanforized. They look raw but are kind of on the soft/supple side. Are they overdyed? Do tell!

[386]

broken twill

edit: I was very wrong.

[blm14]

are you sure? It has that diagonal pattern you see in ring x ring. I thought broken twill was more like this:

Anyways I was talking more about the dying method, was wondering more about the kind of dye and process rather than the weave.

[SanLC]

Anyways I was talking more about the dying method, was wondering more about the kind of dye and process rather than the weave.

Its kind of hard to tell that just from pics, but it looks like a left-hand twill and they're not overdyed.

[Dogfarm]

Thats left hand twill.

It is not overdyed, otherwise both warp and weft would have dye on them.

There is no way to tell what dyeing process was used from pictures.

[truestorytravis]

Dogarm, I thought that twill weave produced diagonal lines in the fabric, lines which you don't see in that example.

[Bijan]

Looks lighter weight, too. The diagonal lines are there, just not as visible as they would be in heavier a heavier weight denim.

[truestorytravis]

i gotcha. i had to screw up my vision to see them. weird. do you know if this is different from the normal 3x1 twill weave or are the lines just harder to see because the individual threads have a smaller diameter than a heavier denim?

[blm14]

They're a pair of diesels I picked up on ebay. If you look at the pocket image you can see that the dye is crocking already, and the tag about shrinkage made me wonder if they were even sanforized. I will probably give them a cold soak before going to the tailor (the inseam on a tagged 34 inseam is like 38 almost)

[tweeds]

are you sure? It has that diagonal pattern you see in ring x ring. I thought broken twill was more like this

ring x ring denim can be woven in RHT, LHT and broken twill, ben. it just describes generically a ring-spun warp and weft weave.