Samurai Jeans

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~3'' inches of shrinkage?

hmm...thanks for the info

[beautiful_FrEaK]

yep 3" when you start with the full / unhemmed inseam. as shrinkage is a percental thing, if you hem the inseam / start with a smaller inseam you will experience slightly less than 3" of shrinkage

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order placed....now i gotta wait til theyre hemmed and arrive....HATE THIS PART

[ranonranonarat]

wowww congrats zubin.

i always liked the S0500XX cut and regret selling mine away. damn.

[beautiful_FrEaK]

it's never too late for a new one, you know

[ranonranonarat]

i wished it wasnt. hehh... you samurai freak.

[16steps]

damn, hit up big last night with some q's (probably around midnight est) and he responded back with the quickness.

Placed my order last night and theyve been hemmed and ready to ship today...thats some fast ass service

[kit99bar]

I'm happy it worked out for you Zubin! BiG ftw!

[Crovax]

My first Samurai pair is arriving this week (S0500XX) and I feel like a little kid again (except we didn't have UPS tracking when I was a little kid, makes it worse).

I was planning to do a couple cycles of Obenauf's LP on the patch, then soak it in hot (~40C) water for an hour inside out (maybe with a tablespoon of salt in the tub). I was going to roll it up in a towel to dry it a bit, then wear the wet jeans while watching TV crosslegged till they dried.

I figured this would be good to set the creases for the combs and the whiskers.

What do you guys think? Would this make them bulge too much? Should I just hang dry them all the way? Also will the Obenauf's be enough to protect the patch through the hot water soak?

EDIT: I should also say that I really want to get the shrinkage out without losing indigo. That's why I'm not agitating or putting them in the dryer. I'd love to get as close as possible to max shrinkage with just one (or two if necessary) hot soaks.

[cuddlestheshee]

..or you could just soak and wear em.

[coleslawyum]

You're not going to lose any indigo by soaking them. Machine wash and dry, you might lose some. Don't worry about them, they are tough and will stay dark for a very long time.

I had my pair of 0500 (left) for about 3 years. Machine washed 3 times and dried once. Still dark as hell.

[Guest nooblet333]

dang did you wear those often though?

[coleslawyum]

Nah, maybe twice a week. I rotate my jeans a lot so they don't get so stinky.

[beautiful_FrEaK]

@Crovax : with your described method you won't get the max shrinkage out. two soaks are better if you don't want to agitate them. but still: only a machine wash will give you desired shrinkage.

the treatment with Obenauf's LP is a good idea. twice should be enough. I don't consider ~40°C as hot, the leather patch won't suffer at that temperature.

on the topic of wear them crosslegged when still wet: that will give you definately knee bags. better wait till they are dry as fuck. combs and creases will set in nevertheless and look more natural.

I waited till my S0500XX were dry and still got nice creases.

@coleslayum: always nice to see pics from you do you use Kaminari soap for washing?

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Samurai S5000BK Size 34 Lot.12 (SDO)

pre soak (excuse the grandma-socks)

post soak

Measurements pre and post soak. Soaked once with light agitation by hand. Hottest tap water, maybe one hour in. Never had a pair of Samurai shrink that much!

waist: 34,5 / 32

front rise: 11,5 / 11

back rise: 14,75 / 14,25

thigh: 13 / 12

knee: 9,875 / 9,25

leg opening: 9,25 / 8,75

inseam: 38,5 / 35,75

Never was that much into black denim but ah_long changed my mind

The contrast between the copper rivets and the black denim is so freaking nice.

And a bonus pic. Some guys refered to "squid jizz"

damn BF, siiick fit on these

any updated shots or have i just skipped over them? Browsing through this thread, you must have at least a dozen sammies!

[beautiful_FrEaK]

thx!

yeah the fit is really nice. I think they fit a tad better than my S5000VX.

I just wore them occasionally when I was in the mood for black denim. So no fades (and that might never happen as those take more time than indigo ones)

Another fit pic of them:

I've got 10 pairs now but had 14 (sold some because of sizing mistakes)

[benzak]

the shrinkage is insane on those sammies b_f, but the end result is perfect

[beautiful_FrEaK]

thanks Benzak! yeah I was quite shocked to experience such a huge shrinkage from a single soak. So the black Zero denim defintaley behaves different to its 17oz indigo counterpart.

how are your 710 coming along?

[benzak]

they are doing great! but I just got a pair of PBJxPronto which I'm breaking in atm so a little less time for my 710

[Fincarelli]

the shrinkage is insane on those sammies b_f, but the end result is perfect

If you think the shrinking is great, you will be really impressed with the stretch!

[kryta]

s710 size 30

thoughts? think i can get more shrinkage out?

[4444cfed]

Took some pictures of my 710's so I thought I'd share...

[XXXL]

oh my..........

^info please!

[chambo2008]

s710 size 30

thoughts? think i can get more shrinkage out?

how many soaks did you do? i think they look fine as is for your build.

[kryta]

lol like 3 hot soaks and one machine wash and dry

[beautiful_FrEaK]

that should be enough. they might shrink a bit more but very little.

fit is fine so just start to wear 'em

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Here's the bag that comes with the S001JP-H

Looks nice and definitely more useful than the little pouch that came with the S500JX-LR and the little bag that will come with the S510AI-OGSP

[mikecch]

^ Nice b_F, that's definitely one of the best presents from Samurai!

That bag alone would probably fetch a good fistful of dollars.

The second round of Samurai x 2nd just announced on 2nd's webshop!

It's 2nd's 15th anniversary, and Samurai's 13th.

s0500xx, 15oz Zero denim.

[beautiful_FrEaK]

fuck...another pair I have to buy?!...screw me...

edit: from my understanding it's 15oz Texas Cotton denim used on the S5000 cut.

special pocket bags and leather patch but not too crazy....

not sure I "need" that one

[mikecch]

^ In a few years you can open up b_F's Samurai museum, or become their European distributor