The Evolution of Jeans: Pictures, Scones and Tea

[j0el2]

SDA 101 I believe? Forgot the model number.

4 years of wear and machine washing/drying.

 

 

 

Edited January 25, 2020 by j0el2

[Maynard Friedman]

They look fantastic @j0el2, you should x-post them in the SDA thread.

[vgadjo]

X-post from Samurai thread.

S710bkh Evo.

 

[Cold Summer]

Flat Head 7002W, 365 days of wear, ~9 washes. See a whole lot more pictures on my blog.

[Saputrarikiii]

Indonesian denim brand Oldblue Denim.

Lot Beast 21/23oz

1 years 4 months

3rd soak and 3rd handwash.

Edited March 16, 2020 by Saputrarikiii

[jstavrin]

SC1966 worn on and off for years and washed a ton. I have a brand new pair for sale, so DM me if these look good to you.

[tg76]

Patches on patches on patches on some well worn Andewhalls and worn a little less pair different denim on each pair first pair started off as office pair then became the out in the field pair..

[tg76]

And some good old APCs 

[lance]

Beautiful evo and repairs, tg76, a blast from the past!

[tg76]

Thanks, those are all my partners jeans. It took me a while to get him out of Levi’s and into these but now he’s thrashing them all in high rotation. 
my jeans these days are black and black homemade and wrangler all my more interesting ones are just hanging out waiting for me to love them again .. apart from these circleAbrand ones which are one of my favourite things

[heyson]

2 hours ago, tg76 said:

Patches on patches on patches on some well worn Andewhalls and worn a little less pair different denim on each pair first pair started off as office pair then became the out in the field pair..

What model are these?

[tg76]

both Cobras

newer pair is special roll #4

older pair cant remember but  they are about 6 years old i think

[edmond]

miss u tg

[edmond]

[Duke Mantee]

Here’s a little series of Freewheelers Lot601XX - I’ll add them as separate posts so as not to Broark the thread 

Sorry I don’t have the hi-res versions anymore. Some unilateral decision making scuppered that. However, the colours are fairly representative as are the contrasts

1947 Lot 1 #1012001 - i.e. they are non-wash from 2010

Edited March 28, 2020 by Duke Mantee

[Duke Mantee]

1947 Lot 2 #1412001 - i.e. they are non-wash from 2014 (#1412002 were one wash)

[Duke Mantee]

1939 (one wash only) from 2103 ... I’ll get the item number in a mo’ ... it’s #1322013

 

Edited June 3, 2020 by Duke Mantee

[Duke Mantee]

1951 #1412003-S (one wash only and a short leg ) - from 2014

Edited March 28, 2020 by Duke Mantee

[Duke Mantee]

This is a better pic that shows the difference between a newly arrived 1951 (one wash) v. a 1951 worn for about 6-8 weeks and machine washed at 40°C

[Flash]

Great posts mate , freewheelers offer some really nice denims but the original 47 denim is one of my all time favourites 

[Duke Mantee]

... and a wee bonus comparison of a bootleggers ‘51 v a ‘non-wash’ ‘47. Pretty much the same denim as the FW Lot 1 ‘47 ... but with the added bonus of pissing off Levi

[Duke Mantee]

Under the tags ...

(note 2 colours of thread on the arcs)

Edited March 28, 2020 by Duke Mantee

[Broark]

Nice to see all the denims compared, it can be hard to spot differences between them when seeing online photos of them new/unworn. 
Still thinking about getting a pair of the 46's. Just saw a lightly used pair of the 1939's on Yahoo in a size 30, not too often that you see those.

[Duke Mantee]

@Broark To be honest, and I’ve said this to others, the denim is pretty much the same across the range. It evolved from the bootleggers version when they went back to examining the yarns of original items. They tweak it now and then but the biggest difference is usually the dyeing process. So bottom line is you need to see them side by side.

The 1939’s are a rare as hen’s teeth, I’ve never seen any for sale (used or new) in a few years. 

Edited March 28, 2020 by Duke Mantee

[MJF9]

@Duke Mantee top stuff... great to see these pics over on this side of the inter-web whatever the res...

[Duke Mantee]

1 hour ago, MJF9 said:

@Duke Mantee top stuff... great to see these pics over on this side of the inter-web whatever the res...

Thanks buddy

[edmond]

muller and bros ww2 worn for 10!months multi wash 

[mondo]

^ when people talk about "vintage style" fades, this is what they mean!

[edmond]

Well thats the nee sufu vintage fades the old

sufu

now all these indonesian thai filipinos doing them the young ones

[SuperJackle]

4 minutes ago, SuperJackle said:

Thought I would post the progress on a pair of 5000XX that I’ve been wearing off and on for a few years. I really brought these into rotation this past October, and they’ve essentially been my around the house and yard work jeans all winter. I had these tapered at railcar a few years ago and they did a fantastic job. This is the later denim which I think was Pima cotton.