Samurai Jeans

[drew_breeze]

Samurai s5000GX-M water element. 15months 1 wash

[arsenalth14]

Hi guys. Want to buy the Samurai 710. Wondering about the size. I have a LVC 501 1966 in measured size 33,8 inches. And it's still little too big. I always wear it with a belt. Should I take size 33 on this one or 34? I'm guessing size 33?

[swiss-jeansfreak]

drew_breeze great pic!!!

[Vicarious]

So I took the plunge a few days ago on a pair of 710xx, lot 14 from rhd in Adelaide. My first pair on unsanforized denim. I love the feel, I love the smell, I love the weight, I love the fit, although I think I could have sized down one. I went tts. I'll get them hemmed soon, I just can't bring myself to take them off my legs. This fit is after one warm soak, and a hot one to get rid of whatever shrinkage was left.

I think I'll have some good times with these jeans.

Apologies for my brother's room.

Edited April 19, 2012 by Vicarious

[S-Town]

Vicarious, people obsess over thinking they should've or could've sized down. But in my opinion, that is a nice fitting pair of jeans right there.

[jbanger]

@vicarius, good fit, great shop

Edited April 19, 2012 by jbanger

[Vicarious]

s-town, thanks. Definitely a bit more relaxed than my other pants, but I'm quickly getting used to it.

jbanger, thanks as well. RHD is amazing. I could spend my whole day in there.

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Vicarious, people obsess over thinking they should've or could've sized down. But in my opinion, that is a nice fitting pair of jeans right there.

right..I really hate when the first question is "how much do I have t o size down"

@Vicarious: the fit is fine. of course you could have taken a smaller size...but you will probably machine wash them at one point and then they will shrink again so more.

[melbatoast]

I just got a pair of s510xx 19oz today!! super excited!!

I tried them on and the waist is right about a perfect fit pre-soak (it could be a half inch bigger or smaller and i would be fine). will they stretch back after i soak them? i've read that the waist isn't a huge deal, and will pretty much always stretch...hoping thats true!!

[drew_breeze]

thanks @swiss-jeansfreak.

[beautiful_FrEaK]

^^ that's true

[Vicarious]

bf, thanks for the advice. I'm only becoming happier with the fit, and getting validation on it from sufu's resident samurai fiend is nice as well!

[spidereye]

from the 2 inches in the inseam shrinkage? doesn't everybody say samurais continue to shrink as a warning when sizing? Try another hot soak spider

@Shinobi& flash...I did hot soak only from hip to down...and got the same figure with post soak.I think thats all the shrinkage for this denim.And waist is stretch to 38 now ,prove that i gaining weight again.

[swiss-jeansfreak]

thanks @swiss-jeansfreak.

You're welcome

Your pic with this special kind of shiny light is what I'm calling the raw denim spirit shining through this pants!

^^^^^^And Vicarious:

I would wait with hemming until after 2nd or 3th wash.

BTW the Fit pics look excellent, no sizing down for my taste.

And I like the cuffed style, so would be fine for me without any hemming

Edited April 21, 2012 by swiss-jeansfreak

[An Oxymoron]

s-town, thanks. Definitely a bit more relaxed than my other pants, but I'm quickly getting used to it.

jbanger, thanks as well. RHD is amazing. I could spend my whole day in there.

I've just started to embrace the more relaxed Levis 501 fit lately. I used to be a skinny jeans guy, but no longer. I think you've got a great fit going there.

[Foxy2]

a visual comparison of denim - S110XJ Lot.10 vs. Lot.12

Lot.12 on top of Lot.10 - Lot.10 is worn in for about half a year and has different shade of blue - the back side of the twill in Lot.10 appears have a more pronounced "slubbiness"

Edited April 21, 2012 by Foxy2

[beautiful_FrEaK]

thanks for the pics Kaj!

yeah I also have the feeling that Lot.12 was a year with very smooth and less textured denim. Noticed that on my 15oz Texas Cotton and 17oz VX denim as well (compared to my other Lot#),

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Damn...I'm so way behind Florian

[hkl16]

are any of you guys in the half sizes? my waist is exactly 29.5 inches but i'm stuck between the size 29 and 30 in the 710xx.

[Flash]

I'm the same mate (29.5 waist) and I got my 710' in a 30 but could have easily went with a 29

It all depends on the fit you want

[swiss-jeansfreak]

^^^Nice work and promising fadings in them Beautiful-freak. I always love slow faders. Let's see them again in 2 years from now

^^^^And congrats to this great comparision pics Foxy2

[HufPuff]

excited that I can be a part of this thread now. sams have been on my list for a while...

pre soak

post soak

virtually no change in the slimness of the leg. only thing that changed post soak was the waist and inseam (jeans are a whole lot shorter).

two tagged sizes down from true waist; was going to go 3 but the leg measurements were identical so there was no point just having a smaller waist size.

Dope fit. what cut is it? 710s?

[goki]

yeah, 710. went with the 30 and in less than a week they've more than stretched to fit me.. makes me think I could've worked the 29's

[S-Town]

^

No way man. Those fit perfect! You'd potentially anger the denim gods if you had gone with the 29.

[HufPuff]

goki- what is your true waist size? Im 29 waist and looking for the same fit as yours, how should i size?

[Flash]

Sorry for the sale bump Decided to let my usa's go ( I have had the cinch back removed by a local dressmaker )

http://supertalk.superfuture.com/index.php?/topic/135893-ft-samurai-x-big-usa-w-29/

That's a nice fit goki IMO a hem would make them perfect but that's just my opinion

[Flash]

Sorry double post

iPad is useless for Sufu can't even pm

Edited April 22, 2012 by Flash

[goki]

goki- what is your true waist size? Im 29 waist and looking for the same fit as yours, how should i size?

I'm 6'1 and about 155, and my true waist is about 32-32.5 (I wear my jeans lower than right on my waist though). I have really slim muscular legs though so that helps let me size down; the waist in these was absolutely no problem. couldn't even button them up pre-soak and now a week later they're more than comfortable, and I still have plenty of room in the thigh let alone the rest of the leg.

thanks flash yeah they're unhemmed just because I wasn't sure how to size but these'll definitely get shortened a little along the way. until then I'm stuck rocking a double cuff..

[averydabeast]

Sorry double post

iPad is useless for Sufu can't even pm

at the bottom of the page touch the full version button.

[Flash]

I'm using the full version mate , when I try to pm I can only see a fraction of the pm window

@ goki

Be sure to post fome fit pics after the hem , I'm sure they will look great