Samurai Jeans

[Fincarelli]

@Chan, I really really like those 0500s a lot, totally in the prime of their life, great character. (Must spread)

[beautiful_FrEaK]

so Chan, I'm following you

The obligatory post soak fit. After they fully dried over night. I wore them 2 hours and then took the fit pics.

The jeans make me to read the Samurai S0500XX Contest thread again

edit:

measurements

waist: 34" (no surprise, I wore them while soaking)

front rise: 11"

back rise: 15"

thigh: 12,75"

knee: 9,25"

leg opening: 8,5"

inseam: 36,5"

[Megatron1505]

The fit is perfect b_F.

[chantheman]

looking good

[ThinFinn]

here's a little teaser pic of my freshly washed s0500xx (with 4 /5 buttons )...

[Megatron1505]

Very cool Rafa, at least you're missing the least important button...just call it part of the ageing process, ha ha.

[jaythejet]

it's not released yet. it will come out end of march

all right thanks for the info. are the AI editions worth all that money?

[coleslawyum]

I think it really depends on you. If these are your most favorite jeans, and they give you an orgasm every time you put them on, then its priceless.

Samurai calls the new AI, "武田信玄の猛々しさをデニムパンツで具現化"

Which basically means the "Denim Embodiment Of Takeda Shingen's Powerful Spirit." But I think the details are pretty impressive. Organic everything, except for the hardware. It has a beautiful hand and gorgeous color.

I think its worth it, but I'm not ready to spend $600 on some denim pants yet.

[jaythejet]

haha "orgasm every time you put them on." how do these AIs compare to previous ones? same detail and everything?

[Guest nooblet333]

Haha thinfinn nice, I'm starting to get pissed of my last bottom button too, it always/randomly gets unbuttoned, then have to redo everything again =(

[Alex3000]

Shouldn't have sized down then.

[vitasoy]

^not entirely due to sizing down, mine gets unbuttoned because the stitching fell apart, i had to fix it up

[ThinFinn]

here are the post wash pics...colors are true on the closer pics and on the last one!

samurai s0500xx 4months, 2nd wash:

[beautiful_FrEaK]

I think it really depends on you. If these are your most favorite jeans, and they give you an orgasm every time you put them on, then its priceless.

Samurai calls the new AI, "武田信玄の猛々しさをデニムパンツで具現化"

Which basically means the "Denim Embodiment Of Takeda Shingen's Powerful Spirit." But I think the details are pretty impressive. Organic everything, except for the hardware. It has a beautiful hand and gorgeous color.

I think its worth it, but I'm not ready to spend $600 on some denim pants yet.

couldn't have said it better.

most of the time it depends if you are willing to spend that much money and can appreciate the item.

a 20$ jeans would also do its job for you. but I think everyone here wants to experience more. that's why we already pay premium prices for jeans, for which the majority would call us crazy.

I don't think it's really "worth" that amount (because it's so damn expensive) but if you want exactly that pair of jeans, with all that features, there's not much you can do about it

And I want that pair with natural indigo and all that bells&whistles

And

[Guest nooblet333]

Shouldn't have sized down then.

Nope actaully it's really loose now =P

[beautiful_FrEaK]

The spinning mill where Samurai's yarn is produced

Here you can see how irregular and uneven the yarn for the Zero (VX) denim is:

[commodorewheeler]

I think it really depends on you. If these are your most favorite jeans, and they give you an orgasm every time you put them on, then its priceless.

Samurai calls the new AI, "武田信玄の猛々しさをデニムパンツで具現化"

Which basically means the "Denim Embodiment Of Takeda Shingen's Powerful Spirit." But I think the details are pretty impressive. Organic everything, except for the hardware. It has a beautiful hand and gorgeous color.

I think its worth it, but I'm not ready to spend $600 on some denim pants yet.

They're even more expensive than that. At current exchange rates, they're over $750 USD.

haha "orgasm every time you put them on." how do these AIs compare to previous ones? same detail and everything?

Detail seems to be similar to the S5000AI-10SP, except that the weft is not dyed on the new AI model. The selvage ID, leather patch, fly buttons, and pocket bags are different as well.

I don't think anyone other than Samurai employees can do a firsthand comparison yet, since they don't come out for another month.

[lance]

^ nice post, bF. I'd like to make the new Ai my first Samurai purchase but the details make them look streaky - just the pics or are they Oni Shoialike?

[commodorewheeler]

^ nice post, bF. I'd like to make the new Ai my first Samurai purchase but the details make them look streaky - just the pics or are they Oni Shoialike?

If the denim is woven like the S5000AI-10SP, it will be more like the Oni Shoai denim than the rest of Samurai's denim.

[coleslawyum]

Yes, similar to the Oni AI, but darker color. Peach organic cotton pocket bags is a nice touch. Yep, price is ¥63000, so its going to be over $700 to bring into the states.:eek:

[lance]

Thanks commodorewheeler and coleslawyum - not a big fan of streaky but I do like the selvage - but not US750 worth!

[beautiful_FrEaK]

^ nice post, bF. I'd like to make the new Ai my first Samurai purchase but the details make them look streaky - just the pics or are they Oni Shoialike?

Dunno if I would buy that model as my first Samurai (but if money is not the key...)

Otherwise there are many other different models with which I would start. S5000VX for example

I only know the details that are freely available

[chantheman]

if you arent really feelin the shoai-ness of the denim, its not worth the price tag and you are better off getting something more classic from samurai for half the cost.

[lance]

^ Thanks for the advice everyone- I'm not feelin the streaky but I do favor Ai denim given the choice. I'll keep lookin.

[blm14]

If you want some nice AI denims check out 45rpm

[lance]

haha, thanks blm14, I'll have to try them:)

[BlueOctoberFan]

I figured that I'd put up some pics of my 24oz-L Samurai's which are at about 3 months. They were washing around 1.5 months on account of an unfortunately incident with coffee and spoiled milk...

I wish I'd been able to wear them a bit harder, but mono is severely restricting to the physical activity... Color looks pretty accurate.

[Guest denimefreak21oz]

So if the jeans are looser in thigh you'll get alot more whisker or when it's tight?

wtf..is all a bout whiskers...u fail to plan dude,n plz consolidate ur post.saiz down 3...only s5000vx..will do nice fit.but still sufering i think.other model..better u got casterated.n became n trump.

[Flash]

f**k sake mate dont start this again

[Slght]

Long time lurker. First post ...

Went to the Umeda store back in January, and I have to say the guys there are awesome. Love the old jap racers. Snagged up some 710. Love the fit after a long hot soak. Now I only need to get them hemmed ...