Samurai Jeans

[Scaught]

Picture of my 710s' combs at around 6 months. 2 soaks just for shrinkage purposes. Hopefully I can get some better pictures up soon.

[jaspar]

no! the 21oz doesnt stretch that much thats why i tell people to size up on these they keep on shrinking every wash

Re: 21oz, conventional wisdom seems to be size up one, owing to their shrinking from tagged size. But does that presume that your typical sufuul sizes down 1 for Samurai? So if I wear tts, I should size up 2? I know not that much, but how much have wearers found they stretch?

[chantheman]

i think your thinking too much into it. just get one size up and you should be fine

[lowrider]

I think I'm finally going to hem my Sammy, especially since I've found my own chainstitching maching:

[ipark]

LOL this is amazing....i gotta get me one of these!

[mr.invincible]

i always recommend some agitation i.e. wash with samurais to get more shrinkage out of the way than with just a soak

agreed. soaks doesnt do bull shit for me. I just throw every new pair into the washer and dryer and boom, shrinkage.

that equinox ad is pissing me off.

[mad_dye]

lowrider, you must be kidding right ?

That machine does the wrong chainstitch. It sews a 101, but you'd actually want a 401 chainstitch on your hem.

[enojy]

who's getting the S5000GX-T's?

http://e2nd.net/br-sj/sj-411-01-f/sj-s5000gx-t.htm

[beatle]

dear lord - those look tasty...can anyone who's Japanese is god enough figure out what's the deal with those miniature jeans ?

[beatle]

figured it out..when u purchase these - you also get a "lottery ticket" to win the kids jeans..sweet

[-Z-]

are they indigo x persimmon? I think that's what i'm reading there...

[enojy]

damn exchange rate... $321 USD :-(

yeah, looks like the weft is persimmon dyed. it mentioned tannin somewhere in there.

[chantheman]

damn exchange rate... $321 USD :-(

damn shame

[ronvilla]

i am about to order a pair from 2nd. i am requesting hemming on my pair and in my email i stated that i wanted the inseam hemmed by 3.81 cm or (1.5 inches), in japanese/english translation of course. Did I request this correctly? thanks for the info in advance.

[beatle]

Keep in mind that you can get them through sharp - no proxy fees for Samurais since he has a partner store...this way you won´t have to worry about all the stuff like chainstitching and shipping - Hide-san always sorts these things out for his customers...

[coleslawyum]

Thanks for the info beats.

Looks like Samurai is going to do some limited editions of dye + indigo mixes. Here is a video of Nogami-san explaining it himself.

So the first release is earth, then its going to be water, fire, wind and heaven. I'm curious to see what they came up with.

[beatle]

thanks for the video...I love when they shout Hai

[beatle]

that brownish mudd dyed yarn looks so interesting

makes sense for earth...so maybe water will be greenish / green tea dyed..interesting concept anyways

[enojy]

I'm on the brink of talking myself into snagging a pair come March when they come out... Check this out... I just sold the SExDB jeans for $175, and my sweet ladyfriend wants to contribute $150 towards the valentine's day present of my choice... Ai yi yi... That's the price of admission right there!

Need a new pair of jeans to rotate, and I know Samurais are good for it. I've been wearing my 710s for about a year and 4 months now, and they are just now starting to get great.

[halberdklown]

^ you sure shes not just saying "here's $150 for the valentines present of your choice! (get me something better than you did before)"

[enojy]

Oh no no! I just bought her a very pretty ring for the first time in our 6 years together, and she is very happy about it :-) That, and I bought her a pair of TFH's last year and she has been wanting to return the favor.

[sense.]

fit pic of my 710xx. started wearing them about a month ago.

for reference i'm 5'11", 190 lb. size 36.

[kit99bar]

Beatle you are a saint.

Could I get more information on how to contact sharp? Going to pull a trigger on a pair of s0500s.

Keep in mind that you can get them through sharp - no proxy fees for Samurais since he has a partner store...this way you won´t have to worry about all the stuff like chainstitching and shipping - Hide-san always sorts these things out for his customers...

[halberdklown]

^ [email protected] email em in english

[beatle]

Thanks for ur kind words...I only happened to remember that Samurai and Red Moon and I think some more brands are w/o proxy fee..

[beautiful_FrEaK]

but Hide seems to be pretty busy. haven't got an answer from him since yesterday and normally he answer in no time

[beatle]

I believe Friday is like Sunday in Germany...so he probably spends time with his family...

[beautiful_FrEaK]

ah I see. he deserves his free time

[enojy]

skipping those S5000GX-T's... a little too rich for my blood, and couldn't really come up with an appropriate size. Ordered some boring 0500s instead. Alright! New jeans!

[beatle]

0500 is always a good choice