Full Count Denim Thread

[garden gnomes in space]

Thanks Gnomes,

I may have to sell one of my 'spare' pairs of SD-101s or my FH1005 to get a pair of 0105XXs...

i say go for it.  I love the 0105 cut so much,  

[Tender]

I bought Full Count 0105C from BIG. I really love them.

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[setterman]

Curse you guys' 0105 love, and the weak yen!  And-japan has a pair of standard 0105s for me I'm going to order in a couple days. Any thing I should be aware of in the order process? Anyone getting hit with customs?  How fast is the shipping?    

[exaptavist]

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Edited October 9, 2015 by hoggreaser

[Flash]

Just remember to ask them to declare the jeans as a gift and you should be fine

[Bill_e_jean]

i highly recommend And-japan. I ordered a pair of 1108XX in march and received them within five days. i´m from germany.

the next order will be placed very soon! 

[garden gnomes in space]

i havent had to pay shit as far as customs go, and I have ordered 3 pairs from and.    #Merica!

Edited August 22, 2013 by garden gnomes in space

[aho]

Nice pickup setter, was going for a pair myself with -and- until that BiG sale came up...Now that my WH are either lost or stolen, I'm thinking of getting that 0105...

 

Now if only they'd release it in the Wild Cotton (non WWII issue)...

 

EDIT: per their response on facebook, apparently they ARE releasing a Wild Cotton pair...that settles it...

 

Edited August 23, 2013 by aho

[PeterParker]

Good to see some FC love these days.

 

I'm fortunate enough to now own three pairs of Fullcount, all in different denim: their flagship denim, the BiG contest denim, and the 15th anniversary 1108 green-cast denim (all three pairs for a total of $340!)

 

I haven't handled the contest denim yet, but the flagship and 15th anniversary denim are unlike any other that I have seen or felt.  The softness of hand and weight are stunning.  Both denim feel lighter than their weight suggest.  Shame that I won't be breaking in any of these pairs any time soon, but fortunately the evolution of each of these fabrics has been well documented.

 

Of all the Japanese houses, I like the details of Fullcount the most.  The curved back pockets, waistband/patch stitching, arcuates, and red tab really set them apart (Warehouse too, when you can get arcs + tab but that's much less common).

 

With the low strength of the JPY, it's a wonder why this thread isn't blowing up.  At $240 shipped worldwide, and $130 for the BiG 0105C, now is as good as ever to experience Fullcount!

[Flash]

i was looking at a pair of 15th 1108's on yahoo auctions but didnt have money spare , beautiful denim 

 

id love to see some pic's of your pair

[PeterParker]

I'm overseas away from most of my denim collection, so I can't snap any pictures of them.  However, this blog shows the evolution of the denim over a year at monthly intervals:

 

http://strike3.blog100.fc2.com/blog-entry-59.html

 

Here's the end result:

 

Also some other great examples of worn-in FC's on the same blog.

Edited August 23, 2013 by PeterParker

[Flash]

thanks for the link mate , lots of nice denim

[garden gnomes in space]

i had my first run in ever with someone on the street wearing Full Counts today.  I was very surprised to see the arcs.  Turns out he copped from Take5.  

[Foxy2]

Some new tees - the blue ones are indigo dyed and the grey one is certainly using their fuzzy Zimbabwe cotton...

Also got a new shirt - Linen/Modal...

[Sugar Mountain]

Very nice pick-ups Foxy. Did you order through Take5?

 

Peter Parker: couldn't agree more about the details and quality of Fullcount's flagship denim. Now that my denim wear is reduced to salary man status, I have this point every day when I get out of my suit and into my 1101 and go "Ahhhh"! Truly a pleasure to wear.

[Foxy2]

Actually only 1 of tees - Take5 had a bit of a problem getting orders processed from FullCount.

It had been said here that there was a disagreement over regional exclusivity and that Take5 will stop stocking/distributing FullCount.

The shirt I had to get from Rakuten as it was immediately sold out on FullCount's web store.

[Sugar Mountain]

Yeah, I was in Take5 today and there is very little Fullcount stock left now. Sad state of affairs. 

[Max Power]

Roping on my 1653 LTD. My favorite roping and leg twist effect out of all my pairs.

Edited August 27, 2013 by Max Power

[bradl]

Some serious roping going on there. Never had anything that intense.

[Flash]

have you been wearing them much max ?

[Max Power]

No, barely. I bought them used and find the cut simply too slim and lowrise. But I love the fabric.

[setterman]

Dug my old 0105Cs out recently, I'd forgotten how great that denim is, and how dark it stayed even with a ton of washes. And that 1653 was about the worst fucking cut they coulda chosen to use up the last of that contest denim. Shoulda asked the people who were in the contest what they wanted... I'd have gladly bought another pair of 0105s made of it.

Good news, my 0105s from and-japan are in Indianapolis, and should be in NWPA tomorrow.

[Flash]

nice one setterman , make sure and post lots of pics

[Paul T]

Been wearing my LVC 1890s for most of the summer. But took advantage of the last of the summer sunshine to wash my FC. HEre's a few quick n dirty shots. (Literally... didn't get all the dirt out).

 

Comparison shot at the end is with LVC 47 and 55, both of them two or three washes. THis was the 1108's first machine wash.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Looking great! How do you like them now? Were your "first" Japanese pair after a longer LVC wearing-period, right?

[Paul T]

My last few jeans have been SDA 103XX, the Edwin Lees and now these.

 

They're great jeans - they capture the graininess of 60s Levi's denim really well, and they fade nice and slowly, without the exaggeratied slubiness of a lot of Japanese denim. But they're definitely easier to fade than my SDA.

 

The fabric is some of my favourite, alongside the 50s Cone. Lots of subtle design touches, most especially the back pockets, which are splayed slightly, with a concave top edge, beautiful. I'm guessing it's a rayon red tab, either way it wears in more nicely than LVC's nylon. I like the cotton arc stitching, but it wears in a bit too quickly.

 

For some reason you get the broken threads in the honeycombs that are common on LVC. This pair of FC has more broken threads courtesy of my changing the battery on my old VOlvo. I need to get the crotch repaired before I can wear them again  - I want to put all my more worn pairs, including the LVCs and Lee, back on regular rotation, before I start a new pair.

[setterman]

New jeans arrived today.   Little smaller than I was expecting raw (glad I didn't go with a size 35!), but that's good.  

 

  

 

 

[setterman]

Had a chance to measure jeans, slightly different measurements than what is on BIG's website for a size 36. Half inch less at waist and thigh, quarter inch more front rise, 38" inseam. Not sure if FC altered the pattern at some point.

[garden gnomes in space]

probably just manufacturing differences.  

[beautiful_FrEaK]

exactly. and what I always say "BiG always measures the waist bigger than it really is (or than I measure it). Every pair I own and compared with their sizing charts"