Samurai Jeans

[louisbosco]

hey louis, how old is that pair? looks great.

i've had them for about 1 and a half years already with about 1 year of wear.

Edited June 4, 2012 by louisbosco

[Warakia]

I wish they'd release a pair of heavier 003jp's, atleast 17oz but preferably 19..

[beautiful_FrEaK]

The S003JP-A uses 17oz denim

http://www.e2nd.net/br-sj/sj-411-02-f/sj-s003jp-a.htm

[Warakia]

Â¥32k+ is quite expensive though, even for Samurai. Anyway we'll see what they have when I hit up the store next month.

[saintkeat]

It might be so but the fabric is pretty incredible, construction is unbelievable. Paper denim always comes at a premium and given that these are 17oz pre soak, I'd say the price is justified.

[Warakia]

What are some characteristics that one can expect with paper denim then? Not familiar with what makes them so special.

[saintkeat]

First of all they're very slubby. The yarns have a waxy texture to it from the paper fibres which I find contributes to the crocking effect. There's tremendous vertical fading that is quite stunning to look at under decent lighting with reasonable wear, if I had to describe it its quite like different shades of indigo streaking down the length of your jeans, almost like an indigo rain. I'm expecting this pair to be slightly less contrasty than the usual Samurai fare.

[beautiful_FrEaK]

looksl ike Samurai listened to your wishes

S003JP17oz-L!!!

17oz LHT denim.

[Warakia]

Cheers for the info Saintkeat and hell yeah, 17oz 003jp's.

[saintkeat]

Man that edition is going to be very nice and soft!

[beautiful_FrEaK]

From the description, yes. Using long staple cotton, left hand twill denim. But the texture has a nice rough feel to it. Slubby and with a good potential for vertical falling.

Just look at the thighs, there you can get the best feel of the texture

[shinobi2000]

i thought slim cuts weren't as popular in japan. I'm surprised that they've chosen this, their slimmest cut to come out with new versions

[beautiful_FrEaK]

From what I heard the typical denim lover (like us) is 30-50 years old in Japan and I can see why those wear more classical cuts. But maybe they want to open new (domestic) markets and the trend for younger people is: slimmer = better.

Overall, if you look at the last 14 released jeans, 2 of them were the S003-cut. So it's not that dramatic.

If you compare with other brands, the trend for those Japanese brands is also going to slimmer cuts. Take IH (Beatle Buster, 666 and the upcoming 555), Fullcount recently made a slim/skinny cut 1109 (if I remember the numbers correctly), Denime brings out some slim cuts too, recently.

[Cold Summer]

There's also PBJ's 11s, which are very popular, plus the fairly slim 007 and 005 cuts, and BiG's 010. And Flat Head's put out a few more variations on the 3001 cut, like the 20 oz. version.

Most Japanese guys are skinny, I'm surprised that slim cuts aren't more popular here. Historical authenticity doesn't seem worth it if it won't fit well (and particularly when a lot of the Japanese repro brands probably far exceed original Levis, etc. in denim and construction quality.)

[Quoise1203]

pic heavy post coming up.

here are some pics of my s5000vx sz 32 worn from beginning of Feb through mid april all day every day, and then nights and weekends since. Initially I did two 1 hour hot soaks before wearing along with two 30 minute tumble dries. I gave them their first cold machine wash about two weeks ago. I have big thighs so they fit pretty slim in the top, but if I bought these again I might try a 31 so I could avoid doing the machine dries

These pics were taken today, so two weeks since the first wash.

I love the rusted backs on the buttons. I have a samurai type III jacket as well and the buttons on the arm holes are rusted over as well.

This is probably my favorite piece of wear on these jeans.

[Flash]

Just washed my 710's i thought is take a pic

Edited June 7, 2012 by Flash

[beautiful_FrEaK]

I soaked my pair but the difference is not enough to post them again yet

love your pic!

Edited June 7, 2012 by beautiful_FrEaK

[Flash]

Thanks mate , cant seem to resize my pic (photobucket seems to have a mind of its own)

[redragon]

flash

Dang! very nice whiskering!

[drew_breeze]

Samurai s5000-gxm water edition VS Samurai 510s

[trevorplease]

is there more info available on those 003jps?

[HUNCHBAK]

S5000VX, 1 initial soak, 1 wash after 6 months, another wash a month after that. Kinda gave up on them because they felt a bit too stretched out...

SAMURAI S5000VX -front by REP96st, on Flickr

SAMURAI S5000VX -back by REP96st, on Flickr

[Marge.]

i'm letting go of a pair of size 29 black knights, since i've moved onto my ironhearts for a while and don't feel the need to keep them in my dresser any longer. worn and soaked once with plenty of life left in them. letting you guys know before i put the pair up in the marketplace, so hopefully a real samurai-head can grab this one. looking to let the beauty go for $250 shipped

PM for pictures, if interested

Edited June 10, 2012 by Marge.

[Max Power]

Last update before my holidays and the next wash. 710 XX, worn sinc december

[HUNCHBAK]

Last update before my holidays and the next wash. 710 XX, worn sinc december

That's in the rotation right now... Here's hoping mines looks just as good as yours!

[saintkeat]

Nice job Flo! I think I might have to wash mine again soon. Denim seems to be breaking down quite a bit but not as contrasty as that.

[Max Power]

Thank you. I'm still unsure wether to do a machine or handwash, but I will use them as weekend jeans from then on. Got a 888 coming.

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Wore my S0510XX66-RR again

while I got this...

[BrownMetallic]

Thank you. I'm still unsure wether to do a machine or handwash, but I will use them as weekend jeans from then on. Got a 888 coming.

...

tnx for cutting us, lesser [denim] beings, a bit of slack to catch up

[mike3519]

Last update before my holidays and the next wash. 710 XX, worn sinc december

these are the bomb!! love the color on em