Samurai Jeans

[gimmegimme]

just tried the damp 710s on and they dont fit... wonderful

money down the drain, i reckon i would need to buy a 35" waist in the 710 to get a fitting waist after a soak..

If they're painful to do up...they'll stretch (within reason). If they're still too big...hot wash & dry. Don't give up yet!

[witts]

i had sized up anyway, i knew they would shrink. Just the 33 i bought was smaller than expected and theyve shrank quite considerably.

I doubt theyll stretch enough, i couldnt do the top button up.

[gimmegimme]

i had sized up anyway, i knew they would shrink. Just the 33 i bought was smaller than expected and theyve shrank quite considerably.

I doubt theyll stretch enough, i couldnt do the top button up.

I've never been able to do up the top button after soaking...try wearing them for a while around the house. Who was it that said if your Sams weren't painful at first then they were too big?

[islandboi8204]

i had sized up anyway, i knew they would shrink. Just the 33 i bought was smaller than expected and theyve shrank quite considerably.

I doubt theyll stretch enough, i couldnt do the top button up.

i thought you were a size 32 in the diors meaning a true 34? keep trying to stretch them... but next time you wash them they'll shrink some more...

[itsmedeka]

smh.. just stick something in the waist during soak and stretch them out. i got my 16.5 pre-soak waist to stretch to a 17 post-soak in the 3 hours they were in the tub. fvck waiting weeks and weeks to stretch these bad boys out while suffering the whole time.

witts you and i share the same size in dior and this is the method i used, i think if you do the same you'll be quite happy with the results.

32 in dior = 34 true waist

my advice.. resoak to get all the shrinkage out of the way and stick something in the waist that is slightly longer/bigger than it allows and let it streeetch out !

[witts]

i did think of that, maybe a long peice of wood? Was unsure what stress it would put the button under seen as though the top one popped off under very little pressure and would it really stretch them out that much?

[29mark25]

[Edit: my noob question answered elsewhere ]

[fre-co]

cross post from the belts thread....

Just picked up one of the samurai belts from BiG last week. They are made by KC's for samurai and are serious monsters.

[29mark25]

New to Sams but heard that they're filled with indigo that can be pretty stubborn. Did a bit of DIY today in my 710s and was kneeling on some drawer wood for a couple of minutes and when I got up they'd bled indigo thickly all over the laminate! Ruined the drawer. Knees have already turned bright blue. Is it usual to for them to leech so much?

[btw, they've only ever been soaked twice - 2.5months old - but intend to wash them fairly regularly having just read the Samurai contest thread where the 'best' results seemed to be with an almost monthly wash.]

[n0torious]

Samurais have pretty strong indigo but that doesn't mean they won't interact with powerful chemicals! And I wholeheartedly agree you're better off with a monthly wash. Tightens up the fabric, keeps the fit right.

[Casper]

^ Word I started doing monthly after 3 months in 'cause the 510's were already sized up and would stretch to an even more ungodly ammount. Though I want to try mr. samurai's washing method with my current pair (wash every 3 months except summers wash monthly).

fre$co - how much was the belt?

Bored and waiting for class so S0210XJ almost 2 months update.

Color's a bit off on the first one because of all the glare from the window but you get the jist.

[n0torious]

Ugh those Jins are gorgeous man. You people are making it hard for me, I'm at least a year away from getting more Sams and every day I come here I see something good. Oh well, what I'm saving for is worth it.

[Atzec]

nice jins!

here are my s710´s at 2 months, as well:

[apocalypse later]

How much do people size down on the S0110XJ? I'm a 32 in Regular Ralf and a 32 in Skull 5507. The RR fits pretty regular on the slightly slim side and the 5507 fit me slightly slim too. Hardly fitted in the thighs, but still slim.

[fre-co]

Belt was a rather hefty $225. A lot to spend on a belt I know but I was in BiG on my birthday....

[Casper]

Apoc. Ltr - I didn't size down... I went up lol. Maybe I should start buying jeans true to size? But the 210's are slightly slimmer than the 110's so you might wanna stick true or sz down.

fre$co - $225 isn't bad at all mate. I mean look at all the tarts that spend $350 on fabric gucci belts. Its not even leather. Its a piece of cotton with a little loop at the end. Happy birthday btw haha

[n0torious]

I love the bright blue that starts to peek through Sams as you wear them in.

[29mark25]

^Yup, your first green light that says "progress!".

Interesting to hear about the 3-month (except Summer) method... might think about that.

[BlueOctoberFan]

How much do people size down on the S0110XJ? I'm a 32 in Regular Ralf and a 32 in Skull 5507. The RR fits pretty regular on the slightly slim side and the 5507 fit me slightly slim too. Hardly fitted in the thighs, but still slim.

I wouldn't size down at all. They're a really tight weave, and I haven't noticed much stretching going on with mine. For reference, I got a 38 and after a heated dry the waist shrank down to a 35.

[Dick Danger]

Who was it that said if your Sams weren't painful at first then they were too big?

someone that should be wearing spanx

[deadpan]

I wouldn't size down at all. They're a really tight weave, and I haven't noticed much stretching going on with mine. For reference, I got a 38 and after a heated dry the waist shrank down to a 35.

Maybe it's the Lot, or the tag size, but I had exactly the opposite experience with Jins. I had to Soak twice before finally resorting to a machine wash to get my tag 33 down to a 33. They instantly stretched to comfortable (about 34 in the waist), and could really do with a hot wash again. I've personally found the Jins really stretchy which is weird as I tried on a one wash at Gordon's and size 33 were super super tight. In my personal experience, I would happily size down one on the Jins. But like I said, the new lot# coming out may be different entirely in raw size to mine. I agree with Beatle etc. though that sam LHT is lurvely beyond compare...

[fndmybetterhalf]

finally received my 0500xx after roughly 3 weeks of my brother not shipping it out...fit pics will soon follow...

presoak measurements:

waist - slightly under 32"

f rise - 11"

thigh from crotch: 12"

hem - 8.3"

pretty snug on the waist presoak...worries me alittle...hopefully after soak with hanger in waist, they shouldnt be too bad...heard these stretch quite a bit also, can someone confirm?

edit: why the fuck are the button holes so small!?

[Sea]

they'll [button holes] stretch out real quick

can't wait to see fit pics

[fndmybetterhalf]

seriously, thought my thumb was gonna explode when i tried to button

[witts]

seriously, thought my thumb was gonna explode when i tried to button

truth.. i pulled on the button holes to stretch

[FrugalPlayer]

seriously, thought my thumb was gonna explode when i tried to button

my thumb sorta did explode during the first week breakin in my s5000's. split right open on the side of the nail.

[landstander]

someone mentioned it before but try sticking something a little bit bigger than the buttons through the hole before trying to button them up (i used a prismacolor marker)

it works really well.

[fndmybetterhalf]

def take that into consideration. this is my third pair of samurais (other two sold cuz of sizing issues) and its the first time i've had the button holes be this small. luckily, the denim feels beyond amazing so its ok

[Knugget]

I wouldn't stick anything through the button holes. They stretch out eventually. I'm actually afraid of my button holes becomming too big.. but it might be the way I take off my pants.

[Ant]

The first few pages of this thread made Samurai sound real good but they seem to have alot of problems with them.

After all the problems would you lot still recommend them?