Samurai Jeans

[bradl]

Nice pickup! Took everything in me to now pull the trigger on those ones.

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Anyone else noticed the 15th anniversary red tab is smaller than the standard red tab? At least on my S5000VX25oz it is.

 

And if BiG would use the 25oz denim for one of their Hawk issues, I bet they would sell like hot cakes. And it wouldn’t be unwearable IMO. The denim isn’t that stiff and the 710 isn’t that slim when sized right. The MBB works too like we see in the HWDC2

[Zenshiro]

anyone can comment on the shrinking and stretch of the 5k 25oz?

[501XX4EVER]

Nice pickup! Took everything in me to now pull the trigger on those ones.

 

I hear that, it's taking all my will power not to go for a pair of the S526VX-L. :rolleyes:

[501XX4EVER]

 

s510xx19

 

You just have to have cuffs with the 510 cut, legally, as well as morally.

[CJ23]

Does anyone know if 2nd has free shipping to the US on Samurais ? I can only find their Rakuten store. I have searched and searched for the official site. But it says free shipping in the item description on Rakuten

[beautiful_FrEaK]

propably only free domestic shipping.

never saw free shipping from 2ND before. that's their official site by BTW: www.e2nd.net

 

If you want to buy Samurai jeans and you want to save on shipping costs, buy from www.kaizoku-pirates.com and get 40% off on the shipping costs (and if you want something he doesn't show on his site, just write Yuichi an email!)

[futurebass]

Glad i bought my samurais through yuichi, got to me in 4 days (Japan to LA). He also marked my pants down as a gift and at a lower price so I wasn't charged with duties.

[CJ23]

Hey, thanks BF. I will give them a try.

propably only free domestic shipping.

never saw free shipping from 2ND before. that's their official site by BTW: www.e2nd.net

 

If you want to buy Samurai jeans and you want to save on shipping costs, buy from www.kaizoku-pirates.com and get 40% off on the shipping costs (and if you want something he doesn't show on his site, just write Yuichi an email!)

[1fookntitefd]

X-Post from HDC thread.

Beautiful jeans!!! Even though I just purchased a brand new pair of strike gold recently I am super tempted to buy a pair of these!!! Does anyone know where I can buy a pair and how I should size??? How does the fit on the naniwa special compare with the 710 or s5000?

[Robert Langdon]

@1fookntitefd

http://item.rakuten.co.jp/aikidou/20130018/

[Max Power]

^^Thank you. All other questions have been aswered 1-2 pages back.

[FALERBRAND]

I just received a pair of 15th anniversary 710s. I sized a 31, which ended up running a bit bigger than I originally anticipated. They shrank ok after two hot soaks for 20 minutes a piece. Wondering if I can still get any more shrinkage out of them? I will post pictures asap.

Edited October 16, 2013 by FALERBRAND

[bradl]

Yeah you will, just put them in the wash. 

[drew_breeze]

21/23oz s5000s. 10 months old. post wash and going to get dropped off at selfedge sf this week for some major repairs

 

[Robert Langdon]

2014 contest? Anyone?

[beautiful_FrEaK]

with which jeans? what motto? how big? sponsored or not?

[louisbosco]

ok.. contest over.. drew wins.. damn. 

[Robert Langdon]

with which jeans? what motto? how big? sponsored or not?

which jeans? S0500xx

what motto? Not sure what this means

how big? 50-100?

sponsored or not?

Sponsored sounds good but I wouldn't know how to go about getting the backing. Honestly I thought it'd be a good time to get something going since the anniversary jeans are on the outs. I'm down to get something started though.

[FALERBRAND]

Well a comp sounds cool in theory...mainly because I just got a pair of 710's  ...but hey I have already worn them for one day so I am guessing that makes me automatically disqualified ha! will post pre and post soak measurements asap.

[beautiful_FrEaK]

^^ well if you wanna go through the fun of organizing a contest, go on

Mobilizing 50-100 contestants with a standard pair of Samurai jeans will be hard though.

[Robert Langdon]

@beautiful_freak

Whoa. 58 pages of contest hype, 15 months in, a sponsor and still no contest jeans? I guess I'm a little behind. Whoops. I guess I was inspired by the aikidou jeans I just copped. What ever happened to that contest?

[beautiful_FrEaK]

That’s what I was thinking. New jeans, relative new to the „raw denim scene“ (I’m just assuming here and no offence!) leads quickly to the wish for something cool&unique and contest can be fun

 

But as you see, the last attempt to organize a contest with Samurai was a failure. We had a lot of interest but you get many people screaming: “I’m in†and in the next second they are out again. It’s a fucking hassle to get the guys together (don’t get me started on choosing sizes…)

Then we even had a lot of special features in the making but in the end we were let down by Samurai (IMO).

 

And before this 5^th anniversary contest, there was the attempt to create a LHT Samurai contest (which got out of hand with all the polls for details, creating a “Frankenstein jeans†in the end. IMO of course) but again, Samurai wanted to use the denim for different projects.

[BrownMetallic]

 spoke too soon ... these just dropped @BiG ... kinda into LHT, lately 

 

S526VX-L 15th Left Hand Twill 17oz

 

on the flip-side, i seem to whore on new denim concepts [eg, dyed wefts, different weave techniques, etc.] in-between .... different strokes for different folks, i guess.

 

with the acquisition of the Champloo & quite recently SG 3105 [gray weft on LHT],  i am done for a long while  ...  ie, once i get my hands on RMC lot 003  

 

Edited October 17, 2013 by BrownMetallic

[bradl]

That’s what I was thinking. New jeans, relative new to the „raw denim scene“ (I’m just assuming here and no offence!) leads quickly to the wish for something cool&unique and contest can be fun

 

But as you see, the last attempt to organize a contest with Samurai was a failure. We had a lot of interest but you get many people screaming: “I’m in†and in the next second they are out again. It’s a fucking hassle to get the guys together (don’t get me started on choosing sizes…)

Then we even had a lot of special features in the making but in the end we were let down by Samurai (IMO).

 

And before this 5^th anniversary contest, there was the attempt to create a LHT Samurai contest (which got out of hand with all the polls for details, creating a “Frankenstein jeans†in the end. IMO of course) but again, Samurai wanted to use the denim for different projects.

 

What happened on Samurais end? All this must have happened before my time here. Would love a custom pair of Sams, but I totally agree it would be more hassle than it's worth on both ends.

 

BUT if it does somehow come to fruition I would 100% be in.

[louisbosco]

That’s what I was thinking. New jeans, relative new to the „raw denim scene“ (I’m just assuming here and no offence!) leads quickly to the wish for something cool&unique and contest can be fun

 

But as you see, the last attempt to organize a contest with Samurai was a failure. We had a lot of interest but you get many people screaming: “I’m in†and in the next second they are out again. It’s a fucking hassle to get the guys together (don’t get me started on choosing sizes…)

Then we even had a lot of special features in the making but in the end we were let down by Samurai (IMO).

 

And before this 5^th anniversary contest, there was the attempt to create a LHT Samurai contest (which got out of hand with all the polls for details, creating a “Frankenstein jeans†in the end. IMO of course) but again, Samurai wanted to use the denim for different projects.

 

 

you know i'm 100% in and no next second out kinda thing. it's samurai jeans man. come on!

[BionicEye]

im down for a samuari contest

got a unsoaked 710 15 anniversary denim overhere
bought it from the friendly people at americaya on my trip in japan
 

[Max Power]

I have to agree with what b_f wrote (we were talking a lot about the contest and, if I recall right, the idea to choose the 0500 had sth. to do with my next planned purchase ).

 

In short: Organizing a contest can be very difficult. As long as you don't have a store that has a real close connection to the manufacturer and knows how the company works, it's nearly impossible to get a special model. And when you have no special model, you will end up with dozens of people that change their minds after a while - as they don't pass on a special item if they drop out.

 

Then there's the problem, that unless you have guys from the same region, some guys will pay loads more than if they sourced the jeans locally (taxes, currency). But if you have a sponsor, you need them to buy there. And: No sponsor - no price = less contestants and commitment.

 

The only option would be, to do a open-for-all-models contest, but that's already running in the HDC (with price)  and in the Evolution of jeans thread (without price).

 

Sorry, that's our experience.

 

(In other words: -if somebody that isn't me organizes a contest where we use a 710 with 16 oz Geisha denim with green selvage and numbered patches, that we get for 300$, I'm totally in!)

Edited October 18, 2013 by Max Power

[beautiful_FrEaK]

fuck your "green selvage" wish! You are really obsessed with it

 

Add an off-set belt-loop, two-tone arcuates (like on the 2ND-coolab), nice pocket bags and half-lined back pockets for me please (crotch rivet wouldn't be that bad either)

[exaptavist]

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Edited October 8, 2015 by hoggreaser