Full Count Denim Thread

[garden gnomes in space]

ive said it before, my 0105xx are my favorite cut/denim combo to date.  absolute perfection in my opinion, everything a  jean should be.  

[BrownMetallic]

@Flash_ was going to purchase a pair, so i checked out the 1108XX raw & O/W @BiG.

can't trust my memory completely, but i found the denim [on both raw & O/W] to have similar if not exact hand as on the contest pair.

'asked Gordon about it,  he said aside from the selvedge line, they're basically the same Zim cotton denim ... no real significant difference

 

of course the [shade] of the indigo won't be exact ... but, even denim of same prod'n model differs slightly by lot, anyway ... eg, Samurai prod'n 500XX, 5000VX, 710XX, etc.

 

so, i'll wait til they become available in 15oz "wild cotton" ... w/c, from what i gather, are Zims, as well  ... just different ["tea" cotton] strain ... of course, i'm not 100% on this cuz i have not been closely following this thread lately 

 

 

edit:

i'll swing by BiG later this week for hemming__ if i get a chance i'll take a side by side photo of the 1108C vs 1108XX just for comparison.

Edited October 14, 2013 by BrownMetallic

[Flash]

Nice one BM , id love to have BIG on my doorstep

Funny gordon saying its the same denim , I inquired about the 0105 contest jeans when they were on sale and explained to Gordon that I already had the 15.5xx denim and he told me that they were different denim . Are you still wearing the contest jeans ? You had some really nice contrast on yours

[BrownMetallic]

yeah, man,  i still wear 'em ... & will keep wearing until i can no longer squeeze in. 

they're on ongoing "cameo" appearance slot in my rotation.

SD1 for a good clean, slim fit .... but now, 4yrs+ after,  i wish i TTSed so i can enjoy them longer. 

 

yeah, nowadays, i'm future-sizing to counter age & gravity 

 

edit: 

i'll double check w/Gordon w/rgds to the 1108C vs XX denim.  maybe, he din't have the XX in stock yet when you asked him.

Edited October 14, 2013 by BrownMetallic

[Maynard Friedman]

Does Full Count use Scovill rivets?

[Flash]

No mate , universal rivets

like your thinking BM , future sizing

[Maynard Friedman]

Thanks Flash, my 0105SFS have Scovill - is that because they're an older model?

[Maynard Friedman]

Duplicate post

Edited October 14, 2013 by Maynard Friedman

[Flash]

Must be mate , cant remember what my 0105fs used

[Maynard Friedman]

Thanks for your advice on these Flash, my first Full Counts and even though I own a lot of good denim, I'm really impressed with these, both cut and fabric-wise, especially considering the price I got them for (less than the advertised one!). I'd been led to expect great things from Full Count and these do not disappoint at all. Now I just need to get rid of the kanji!

[Rightyow77]

 

yeah, nowadays, i'm future-sizing to counter age & gravity  

 

 

 As apposed to Superfuture-sizing which would equate to, borderline male castration. 

[devilish]

Just broke down and ordered a pair of the 1108xx from Okayama.

[Sugar Mountain]

^Good man. You won't be disappointed with Fullcount. 

 

I need to work through my 1101 and then my Warehouse before treating myself to the XX denim but I'll get there.

[setterman]

 As apposed to Superfuture-sizing which would equate to, borderline male castration. 

 

Over the past year or two, it seems like people at sufu (at least those that still post) are moving away from the nut crunching, sized down two, skinny tapered fit.  Seems like people are less afraid of washing their jeans too.  Both are steps in the right direction!    

[beautiful_FrEaK]

That is exactly what I was thinking too

2007 until 2010, that was the prime of downsizing.

Like Michael said, nowadays you see a lot more TTS and also more frequent washing.

[Rightyow77]

Over the past year or two, it seems like people at sufu (at least those that still post) are moving away from the nut crunching, sized down two, skinny tapered fit.  Seems like people are less afraid of washing their jeans too.  Both are steps in the right direction!    

You make a good point. However, I feel that age and demographic determine how people whear their denim and furthermore, influences to some extent the attitudes surrounding fit, denim and its function etc. At a glance it would appear as though younger, and generally speaking new-comers that gravitate towards brands like NF, or the like still hold on to this idea. An ideal fit in such a niche, from what I can tell, translates to some variation of my previous jest. 

 

I just read a lot of variations of post like, "I want a slim jean that looks like this (picture of a slimish dude wearing fitted jawnz). Often, and I know this is not always the case, you have guys that simply have no sense of what works with their body type i.e. big dudes wearing really fitted pants or tiny guys wearing traditional work wear in a size too large or an unflattering cut.

[cmo]

For any London based folk I see Son of a Stag has got some Fullcounts in stock.... Pic on their Instagram.

1110, 1108 & 1109 is all I know at the minute..

Edited October 15, 2013 by cmo

[Maynard Friedman]

^ they have ONI and Warehouse too now and I believe Samurai will follow shortly.

[Flash]

Done another wash , Not much change from the last update but thought I may as well post some pics

Edited October 16, 2013 by Flash

[Sugar Mountain]

Those look really nice Flash. Have you washed these quite frequently?

 

I've washed my 1101 twice now and worn them for a little over four months. Got pretty sticky in the Hong Kong summer! Not enough evo for my old camera to capture but in the right light they are coming along.

[Flash]

Cant really remember how many mate , at a guess id say washed 6 times in the 8ish months ive worn them

[telgip]

Hi - anyone here got experience of sizing with the Fullcount Type 1 jacket? Their website says they do a one wash up to size 40 ... Would this run true to size?

http://www.fullcount-online.com/category/C003/2107.html

[Sugar Mountain]

Telgip - I don't have experience with the Type I jacket but I have tried on the 13.75oz Type II. The sizing between the two as provided on the Fullcount website looks very similar. In the Type II, I took a size 38 and the fit was spot-on. For reference, I wear size 40 Flat Head Shirts and 42 Flat Head tees (so generally garments with 39-40" chest and 17-18" shoulders). 

 

Hope that helps.

[telgip]

Thanks Sugar Mountain that's great.

[aho]

setter, any updates on your 0105's if you've been wearing them?

[setterman]

haven't been able to get good fit pictures of them.  they've been splitting time with a couple other pairs of jeans, so no wear to speak of yet.  

[aho]

in case anyone wanted the K&F Model it's up on the online shop now:

http://www.fullcount-online.com/item/0501K_F.html

[slugabed]

who does want a pair of K&F model?

all the details are copied from other pairs and nothing is unique whatsoever.

whoever called koichi is a so-called Know-it-all, pretty notorious one...

dont know why tsujita is friends with this guy at all...

[Sugar Mountain]

Fighting talk!

[cmo]

Anybody know if the 1101's are cut similar to the Samurai 710's.... From measurement charts they don't look too different.

Any help appreciated!!