The Steam Locomotive

[itsbenhere]

So trippy seeing things from years ago... also whats up with that yakuza thing...

[Iron Horse]

Another brand that never really took off and is now gone for good. 

 

Is it? Just checking their site now and it seems they're accepting orders:

 

http://www.j-e-a-n-s.net/overseas/00031.html

[xchen]

maybe since it's been 6 years Kiya might be willing to tell some of the crazy stories about why he dropped this brand. i remember being intrigued about the yakuza stuff too.

[oomslokop]

where/what's the yakuza thing?

[Punch]

I know English badly, and the majority will not understand Russian. Therefore, I will answer questions. Jeans are bought through ZenMarket, the Japanese intermediary, in j-e-a-n-s.net shop. I will load other photos tomorrow.

[Maynard Friedman]

Heres your reply @oomslokop, sorry it’s a couple of years late!

On 12/19/2016 at 1:58 PM, oomslokop said:

where/what's the yakuza thing?

 

On 4/17/2019 at 3:32 PM, Maynard Friedman said:

Very nice spiraltoy, they look excellent. Self Edge used to sell Steam Locomotive about 9 jeans ago but had some kind of distribution issues I think, so dropped them. If I remember correctly, some people thought the fit on that model was a little unusual so they weren’t hugely popular. I’m pretty sure Slab had a pair.

 

On 4/17/2019 at 10:56 PM, kiya said:

If by "distribution issues" you mean they stole $20,000 USD from us and still owe us many years later.. haha..

At least now I can laugh about it, i spent years day dreaming about beating the living shit out of those guys.

 

[Punch]

[Punch]

The frontal seam from a krotch to the valve seemed to me very shaky.

[Punch]

От шва Лобного кротча до клапана мне показались очень шаткий. 

Edited May 3, 2019 by Punch

[Punch]

Higher than denim in the status of RAW, but the internal seam is already shortened on 4 cm, at my request. It is possible to assume that initially it was 95 cm.

[Punch]

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Nice! The D62XXX was always on my list many years ago. But I never bought them as he sizing was hard to figure out. Do you have full measurements of them after they have been washed/soaked?

[Punch]

Salute, Tilman!:)
Of course, I will lay out measurements. Did them by the BiG method.
Do not forget that on crude to me the shop shortened inseam on 4 cm.
THE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE D62XXX W34 L36
Measurements to/after shrinkage
W/2 ____ 45.0/42.5 cm
FR ____ 31.5/29.5 cm
RR ____ 42.5/39.5 cm
Hip ____ 59.0/57.5 cm
At ____ 34.0/33.0 cm
Kn ____ 25.0/23.5 cm
Hem ___ 23.0/22.0 cm
Ins ___ 90.5/85.5 cm
Outs __ 119.0/113.5 cm

[Punch]

Probably, it was possible to go on the size down. But it repro-fit. He will not sit in a most up-to-date way

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Boris, it's you?  Thanks a lot for the measurements. Aside from the waist they sound good to me. Although I guess the waist will also stretch back easily?

[Maynard Friedman]

Are Steam Locomotive jeans still easily available?

[Punch]

For me the concept "are easily available" comes to an end outside local department store.:) I noted above that I bought jeans at the second hand, ZenMarket. They waited two weeks for details for money transfer from j-e-a-n-s.net shop.
Not everything is simple, but it is one of hunting components.;)

[Maynard Friedman]

Thanks Punch, to me that means ‘No’! Easily available, as far as I’m concerned means buying directly from an online shop and not resorting to a proxy or online auction or other complexity.

Not that I’m after a pair although yours look very nice.

Edited May 3, 2019 by Maynard Friedman

[beautiful_FrEaK]

You can only get them at jeans.net or another site of them blue-jean.jp
They seem to sharre the same stock so they are surely connected. I love the storefront of blue jeas. They are somewhere in the middle of nowhere but next to them is a Real McCoys and RockCandy. Also the headquarters of TSL are there.

Although I think it's all gone by now and als the RMC shop is not there anymore.

https://www.google.de/maps/place/（有）ワイズエンタープライズ/@35.5292893,134.8472676,3a,75y,102.22h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1smP0i2FeJOETsTnouF_S0Rg!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DmP0i2FeJOETsTnouF_S0Rg%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dsearch.TACTILE.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D360%26h%3D120%26yaw%3D102.22109%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x5fffc395156fbacf:0xd7663b83ce74ba65!8m2!3d35.5292854!4d134.8473958

Edited May 3, 2019 by beautiful_FrEaK

[Maynard Friedman]

Where is that? It looks like a warehouse in the middle of nowhere!

[beautiful_FrEaK]

It's near Toyooka. And the "nearest" better known cities are Himeji and Kyoto

[Spiraltoy]

3 hours ago, beautiful_FrEaK said:

Although I guess the waist will also stretch back easily?

Yes, it’s a stretchy denim for sure!

[501XX4EVER]

I'm loving those arcs...