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To the dude talking about shirts, BiG seems to have just received a bunch of new Samurai shirts. No pictures are up though.

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On my vacation I got access to green grass and sunlight so I couldn’t resist taking some progress pictures. The jeans are the S5000vx 25oz 15th anniversary after little more than six months and one wash.

 

 

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like this faded so much…..

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I don't want to sound like a penis or anything but why would anyone know how long you wore your denim? It's just a pair of jeans you wear it and you beat it. I think asking how long you wear something is just irrelevant.

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Right. Just about to enter the Realm of Raw with a pair of 710xx, possibly 15th anniversary edition size/availability allowing. I've read most of this thread and have taken a lot of helpful info re: size and fit to confirm my choice of the 710s. I do however have a size/fit question from an angle I haven't seen covered... Namely, I tried a pair on at S.O.A.S on a recent trip to London. The size I chose was pretty much bang on, perhaps a tiny, tiny bit tight. My question then is, if they are a perfect fit in the shop brand new, will they be the right size to buy bearing in mind soaking/shrinking and subsequent stretching?

Ps two things I really, really don't want are saggy arse or hip flare...

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If it fits good in store, after a bit the denim will stretch back out to what it originally was, then yes.

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If it fits good in store, after a bit the denim will stretch back out to what it originally was, then yes.

Damn, still getting the hang of this. Cheers for that - after reading so many posts I started second guessing myself.

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I don't want to sound like a penis or anything but why would anyone know how long you wore your denim? It's just a pair of jeans you wear it and you beat it. I think asking how long you wear something is just irrelevant.

 

Because how long you've been wearing your jeans is directly related to how they fade and change over time.  Because if there's a hole in the crotch and you've been wearing them for four months rather than twelve it gives you a dramatically different picture about the quality of the denim.  Because it gives people interested in buying the same jeans a better idea of how they can expect the jeans to fade.  And so on.

 

Occasionally people with this attitude show up here - "It's just a stupid pair of jeans, who cares" - and while I understand why people who don't particularly care about jeans would think this way, won't people who spend hundreds of bucks on their pants be interested in nitty-gritty details?  The whole reason why people are buying stuff like Samurai in the first place is because they think all these little parts of the hobby are fun.  If you don't care about that sort of thing, then fine, but why bother with expensive hobbyist-oriented brands like Samurai in the first place?  At the very least you shouldn't act surprised when people ask if you did a hot soak or cold soak, or comment on the patina of copper rivets or whatever. 

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Google translate says he wants to know how long.

I just thought it was some street talk about a cake and a llama, bro!

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Long time lurker, first time poster, I'm interested in purchasing a pair of the s710xx and after reviewing this thread was hoping for some suggestions o sizing.  I think I need either a 33 or a 34 as I have pairs of 3sixteens (SL-130 size 33, st-100 size 34, 30bsp size 33) and Flathead 1001's (size 34) that I love the fit on and all measure right around 17.5 in the waist and 12.5 in the thigh.  I was hoping someone with more experience with Samurai's could give me their sizing opinions.    

Also, I have read and reread the BIG descriptions for the regular and 15 year 710 models and have no idea what the difference is, any idea?  

Thanks in advance!

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Right. Just about to enter the Realm of Raw with a pair of 710xx, possibly 15th anniversary edition size/availability allowing. I've read most of this thread and have taken a lot of helpful info re: size and fit to confirm my choice of the 710s. I do however have a size/fit question from an angle I haven't seen covered... Namely, I tried a pair on at S.O.A.S on a recent trip to London. The size I chose was pretty much bang on, perhaps a tiny, tiny bit tight. My question then is, if they are a perfect fit in the shop brand new, will they be the right size to buy bearing in mind soaking/shrinking and subsequent stretching?

Ps two things I really, really don't want are saggy arse or hip flare...

I don't have any experience with samurai, but really be careful with unsanforized denim in general. If it hardly shrinks at all, then you shouldn't worry, but I believe that the 710xx denim shrinks about as much as you would expect unsanforized denim to. In that case, especially if it's already a tad tight before a soak, you might want to get a size up. Definitely voice your concerns to the shop owner and I'm sure he'll help. Unsanforized denim is a big gamble and can be expensive if you mess up, but by having the opportunity to try stuff on you eliminate so much of the guesswork. Take advantage of that.

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Right. Just about to enter the Realm of Raw with a pair of 710xx, possibly 15th anniversary edition size/availability allowing. I've read most of this thread and have taken a lot of helpful info re: size and fit to confirm my choice of the 710s. I do however have a size/fit question from an angle I haven't seen covered... Namely, I tried a pair on at S.O.A.S on a recent trip to London. The size I chose was pretty much bang on, perhaps a tiny, tiny bit tight. My question then is, if they are a perfect fit in the shop brand new, will they be the right size to buy bearing in mind soaking/shrinking and subsequent stretching?

Ps two things I really, really don't want are saggy arse or hip flare...

I have a pair of 710's, and I can tell you that my size 33's now measure about 35.5" in the waist, so no worries about the denim stretching in the waist. You won't get as much stretch in the thighs though, so just be careful there.

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