The Steam Locomotive

[JacoBlue]

Here are my brand new TSL WWII model pre soak. looks like no other... waist is fine just all the rest looks funny.

Okay this is what they look like after a soak.

Im sure they could have been tighter. They are a 32 and maybe i would have fitted in a 30 but im gonna rock these anyway, unless someone gives me a trade for eternals 811 or something.

They are true to a 1944 WWII model wich means they got a big hipbulge. Worn high its not a problem i think.

Right now im wearing a pair of LVC and i will probably switch to these sometime this summer.

I will post some more pictures by then.

The denim is just so awsome on these just right amount of hairyness and slub.

you can see the streakyness of the denim though its raw and you can almost feel the japanese touch on the denim.

[Curious_George]

Those don't look bad at all in the hips post soak.

[fur]

good to see someone trying out something new.Would love to see some detail shots if you ever got the chance.

[JacoBlue]

okay heres some detail pictures

hope you will enjoy

the patch shrunk alot becouse i made a little to hot "hotsoak"

sorry about all the pictures but this thread needs to get going with something.

[edmond]

theyre perfect!

[JacoBlue]

Thank you!

That means alot coming from a real veteran!

i think you have your own pair aswell? or am i wrong?

[edmond]

im no veteran i just know a good pair and fit when i see one...

yeah ive got the same pair as you are !

[JacoBlue]

Sweet! thanks Ed.

i was thinking i needed a slimmer pair but i really like the full fit of these.

just thinking these will probably take a while to fade, theyre loose around my thighs and hip.

These will hold their color through out washes so im thinking of washing quite alot.

[superslim_zac]

the steam locomotive tour jeans.

just finished two days of construction in them. My time is up, and they are moving on to Japan. Awesome jeans.

[JacoBlue]

what do you think about white painted arcs?

i mean i got the "Do it yourself" kit with the jeans...

[JacoBlue]

I love the tour jeans!

nice fit on you zac! sweet with baggy when you are skatboarding.

cant wait to see them in the end of the tour!

[edmond]

what do you think about white painted arcs?

i mean i got the "Do it yourself" kit with the jeans...

hmm not whitte id go for red or dark grey

[JacoBlue]

the red arcs looks really nice.

and dark gray is more subtle then red or white.

black is nice to.

What kind of paint should i use? spraypaint or acrylic?

[edmond]

acrylic based paint textile usually

[cabl3]

right on Zac, rockin the locomotives!

[JacoBlue]

posting some pictures of my jacket here aswell. ( crossP from jacket thread)

tripple X denim is sweet

[fur]

for the people that actually own a pair of these...im wondering,how slubby are they?we talking zero denim slubby,pbj slubby?

[blm14]

I'd say closer to eternal 811. It's not three-dimensional like a samurai - the denim "lays flat" so to say...

[blm14]

Found a dude who chronicles his fades from a pair of D51XX in japan. This page is the end result - they came out really nice IMO

http://yories.fiw-web.net/d51_05.html

[baldy]

hmm the denim reminds me a lot of 45rpm

[edmond]

no this denim reminds me of a subtle samurai denim.. uneven and rough same time refined

[Vanquish Gold]

It is pretty stubborn right? (to fade)

[kiya]

no this denim reminds me of a subtle samurai denim.. uneven and rough same time refined

Yup, exactly.

[Maynard Friedman]

no this denim reminds me of a subtle samurai denim.. uneven and rough same time refined

Sounds like someone's wine-tasting notes to me!

[beautiful_FrEaK]

someone care to share what the main difference between the XX and XXX denim is?

and some more evolution pics would be nice if they're available

[LFC4ever]

Only thing I can find is that the XXX seems to be 14 oz denim and the XX is 14.5 oz.......

[LC_Miey]

^^ and Ive read somewhere that the XXX is produced to replicate vintage jeans as close as possible..

"[D51 XXX 』

Aims to more than vintage XX, XXX yarn created from the original use.

Warp tension due to the limit loose, strong sense of surface roughness. "

[dawei69]

i reckon the xxx is probably worth the extra 2000-3000 yen.... doesnt make "that" much difference to be honest, since you are already spending 25000 yen or so...

[beautiful_FrEaK]

yeah the difference isn't that big. But I just want to know why I should spend it

And to be honest, I would have expected it to be the other way around, being the XXX heavier than the XX

[beautiful_FrEaK]

a report of two guys wearing TSL

http://translate.google.de/translate?hl=de&sl=ja&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fyories.fiw-web.net%2Fd51_01.html

I've already translated the page with google translator. at the bottom of the page you can switch to all 8 updates