does anyone know anything about silverstone groundalls

[ATWM]

4 hours ago, Double 0 Soul said:

^^What are you doing you weirdo! .. don't soak them folded, open them up, scrunch them around and agitate them a bit.

Disclaimer.. i have zero evidence to support one soaking method over the other but i vehemently stand by my method! 

Oh of course - I do that. They didn’t just stay there the whole time like this. They were just in here like while I did shit around the house - come back, agitate, fold them differently (small tub) and then they go in the wash afterwards. 

[Double 0 Soul]

Phew!

[ATWM]

I’m a firm believer in agitation’s role in the shrinking process. 

[ATWM]

Apologies for the double photo post, but figured I would follow up here.

I’m not really one for reviews, especially on a brand new pair - but since there aren’t any other impressions here I’ll note a few.

First - this was the first time I did two washes before wearing. First one was a steaming, and agitated (eh, @Double 0 Soul) soak for about an hour, then chucked them in the warm wash and pulled them before the spin cycle. They dried up nice and crispy but still had some room in the waist, which was fine - I did buy what I thought would be a size up, and that seemed pretty true. But, I wanted to see if I could maybe get anything else out so I did a hot aggressive wash (pulled before spin again), and the waist did tighten up a bit more. They’re still an oversized pair on me, belt needed, but again that’s what I went for. I’ve mostly avoided marbling - the rough plan for these is not to let them hit water again for a good long while, esp as they will only be worn sporadically. Conclusion on sizing and fit is that they’re just about in line with the sugar canes and Freewheelers of the world. 

Compared to the WMJ I’m used to right now this denim is more substantial - which makes sense as it’s listed as closer to 15 oz washed. I actually kinda like the arcs, though I’m not sure I would if they were stitched. The pockets give the impression of being slightly on the narrower side, esp the coin pocket. Back pockets too, but still hold a wallet fine. I forget what I hemmed them to - I think 33” pre soak, but it should have been more. Ah well.

There’s a sort of black enamel coating on the laurel wreath fly buttons which is a bit unique, curious to see how that ages over time. Chainstitch runoff at the waist is a nice touch - no other crazy run offs or dangly strings, everything else is pretty proper and clean more like Freewheelers I’d say. Maybe I’ll get some time for more detail photos later but in general, I approve!

[beautiful_FrEaK]

@ATWM you gonna get them hemmed or keep that cuff? They sure look big but not too big. Also a quite crunchy looking denim based on the picture. How loud are the red painted arcs IRL?

[ATWM]

11 minutes ago, beautiful_FrEaK said:

@ATWM you gonna get them hemmed or keep that cuff? They sure look big but not too big. Also a quite crunchy looking denim based on the picture. How loud are the red painted arcs IRL?

I just never sweat the cuffs too much, so I probably will never get them hemmed. Not motivated enough to do the whole mail order and pay thing, which is what I'd need to do here.

I did have Bears hem them but not much, somehow made a mistake with my request, because the length did shrink up as expected. Denim I guess feels something like FullCount's 15.5 denim but just not quite as dense. The arcs, I don't really find them loud, the red feels relatively subdued and I feel they'll wear down pretty easily, but YMMV. Barely more noticeable than traditional arcs in real wearing, at least to me.