The Flat Head 3001 World Tour

[-Z-]

Hey sorry for the lack of updates this past week...well our time in general. It has been a really busy month for us, and while I may be a hardcore denim in the summer guy, my wife insists on dresses most of the time. my wife just hopped on a plane to Boston and the jeans are getting ready for their final pics / ship off to tigerformula and hopefully he will breathe some life back into them!

Hope we didn't dissappoint too much, I wanted more updates / cool shit but to be honest we were not terribly active during august, and we posted pretty much everything we did! Haha.

Cheers guys, it was something great to be a part of and ill have one more post here soon for you all...

[jbphoto23]

Z all your updates were great man, may not have been a ton of them, but it's quality over quantity for sure!

[almostnice]

seconded.just great how you handled the sizing issue,but did we expected anything less?

[beatle]

yes, and don't forget to buy her a pair...

[ThinFinn]

thx for your nice updates. always enjoyed your posts, pics and other things....well done, even if you didn't wear them ...

[-Z-]

well, here is what I did today, figured i'd throw this up to placate everybody. i'll post up my last day with the wife in just a sec.

out to the Minneapolis riverfront today, the old Main St. side. had a beer, watched dozens of mopes on Segways riding around, took in some great scenery, then it got hot. turned out to be 90 degrees, so we sweated our asses off, wasn't so much fun!

I was in a B+W mood today, haven't done any monochrome stuff since winter but decided that was the way to go with washed out mid-day shots.

aaaaand the first one is color, haha. saw this sticker in the window of the Soap Factory. a local artist joint here in MPLS. which houses real cool exhibits in what used to be the National Purity Soap Company.

and i broke a rule of photography, my arm and fingers are still in the shot. my polarizer wouldn't remove the reflection, and i'm too lazy to edit it out at this point.

you've all seen this location before. but i've actually never been down by the river where all of the tailraces exit from under the old mill, a bunch of twisted steel and blown out stone from structures that were destroyed when the mill blew up.

some of these support structures were twisted like shoestrings, pretty awesome power if you ask me.

this is looking up through the levels of ruins toward the street level above. the North Star Blanket company sign on the right side.

tailrace outlet that leads back to the Mississippi...

Not sure if we have cormorants in Minnesota, but if we do, well here they are. with a crane as well.

Minneapolis from under the stone arch bridge.

Went to Tuggs Tavern, one of my favorite spots. had happy hour as well so we threw back a 6 pack of Nordeast for only $14

minimalist abstract lawn chair art, lol

and back to the car over the stone arch bridge, looking down river at the NSP power plant and 35W bridge

[-Z-]

well, last post including the wife. i'll throw up a packaging / farewell post on monday for everybody. get PUMPED for tigerformula to take the reigns!

Great fucking installations Ranon, love modern sculpture / mixed media visual art. couldn't rep but it looks like a heck of a fun day

lunch today at the Cheeky Monkey Deli, on my list of places around town to try so we decided to do so. great sandwiches.

I had a Cubano and a tall boy

got home this evening after some shopping (nothing of note here) and had an icy glass of corralejo, tasted good.

rooftop garden beginning to show a lot of progress!

grilled out for dinner, fantastic weather in the 70's tonight!

and went out to the "backyard" to capture some of the last light.

[tigerformula]

Oh hai

Came yesterday. Unfortunately, my dslr is in the shop getting the shutter box replaced, so I have to use a crap point and shoot. Please bare with me.

Maybe gonna get this repaired.

[tigerformula]

Upcoming for the FH's:

SELA visit this weekend if I can get out there.

Tallest Man on Earth w/ Sean Carey next Tuesday @ the Music Box

[aho]

wow, the jeans look like fiyahhh...Good fit as well!

[tigerformula]

Oh and for those who wanted measurements on the jeans:

Waist: 16

Rise:10

Thigh: 11

Knee: 8.25

Hem: 8

I'm considering doing a soak because the waist is a tad large and the knee bags are big. Is anyone object to that?

[ThinFinn]

perfect fit there tiger...

[Medine]

GODDAMN the jeans look good!! and that fit may be the best one yet

[tigerformula]

Update updates updates!

Some pics from the show last night. Had to shoot with my friend's crappy rebel xs.

[Dr_Funke]

great fit!

Tallest Man on Earth is terrific as well! thanks for the awesome pics.

[-Z-]

MORE PICS PLEASE!!!!!

need to see where these jeans are going / what they're doing!

[Medine]

Once both the jeans, photos, and notes come back to Self Edge i'm planning on throwing a proper party at the store and doing a showing of the jeans and accompanying elements.

Any of the out of state/country people involved in this World Tour that wore the jeans for thirty days can come to San Francisco for the weekend of the party and we'll take care of your accomodations at one of SF's best rock star hotels.

Are you still planning on throwing a party for these??

[Flash]

what ever happened to the other pair of flathead tour jeans ?(5003 or 3003 i think)

[kiya]

Are you still planning on throwing a party for these??

When they die, hopefully.

Except i can't put up everybody anymore, i wrote that when there were 12 people involved, now it's way past 20! haha..

Regardless, we throw a decent party and will make it worth your while.

[tigerformula]

Sorry bout the lack of updates, been busy and with three AP classes this year its just school->water polo->homework->sleep during the week. Have been partying in these jeans on the weekends though. Planning on going to the Eagle Rock Music Festival this Saturday then hitting up SELA on Sunday. Gonna throw up some picks of the jeans post soak. In this heat they've been drenched in sweat nearly everyday, so I did a quick 20 min soak. Jeans will probably go out to the next person early next week.

[Lendo]

When they die, hopefully.

Except i can't put up everybody anymore, i wrote that when there were 12 people involved, now it's way past 20! haha..

Regardless, we throw a decent party and will make it worth your while.

with enough advance notice, i WILL attend this shindig.

[Medine]

Yes! It would be awesome to have a funeral for these hahha.

I figured you wouldnt put us up anymore, but as long as you throw a bomb ass party I will be there!

[aho]

^Been meaning to make it out that way for a while now...hopefully sometime next summer? Let's keep this tour going!

[Medine]

Hell yea it would be nice to see some familiar faces there! btw aho, i might need to buy those selima glasses off you and put some Rx lenses in them

[beatle]

no updates ???

[BAerts]

When they die, hopefully.

Except i can't put up everybody anymore, i wrote that when there were 12 people involved, now it's way past 20! haha..

Regardless, we throw a decent party and will make it worth your while.

Seriously, if someone can make a pair of '47 501s last for 13 yrs, I think we can keep these Flatheads going just as long. I'm not sure these things will ever die... :-) Looking forward to getting them soon.....that may be the next time I see them, at this rate.

[Lendo]

Would love to see an updated evo of these through the history of the tour.

[salaami]

honestly speaking if these get repairs from SE when they really need it these jawns might last longer than we will. theres really no reason why they cant at least last 5 more years...we've already had a party for the jeans that's lasted about two years already, it's just that we all attended individually...a world party!

theres not one person whose worn these jeans that doesn't look like they are the original sole wearer! this is the chameleon fade

[tigerformula]

Last update.

I went to SELA last weekend, and met Johan. Told him I was participating in the tour, and tried to take some pics of these against some new F310s but my camera ran out of battery . I managed to get a pic on my phone, but it isn't great quality and I'll try to get it up later.

Wore these a bunch in the rainy weather here at the beginning of last week, and got some sundubu jjigae, perfect for a rainy day.

YOUNG DONG LOL

[tigerformula]

Really enjoyed being part of the tour, just wish I could have gotten them in the summer so I could post more updates. Got tons of compliments on these and people asking me where i got them. Thanks!

Pics of the jeans before they go out to BAerts.

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