Sugar Cane Denim

[tigerstrom]

I have the same size in ooe contest pair as you. My 33s in sc47 is really tight in the waist after 2 days of wear. I think it's a great cut, one of my favorites actually. I was afraid that they would end up to loose for my taste. I will try to post a picture later today!

[Sugar Mountain]

The waist on your Canes will stretch out for sure - just needs some time (and maybe some festive overindulgence). Pleased that the cut is working out for you.

[JDelage]

Just got my first pair of SC, a set of Okinawa, one wash, courtesy of Self Edge. I love the cut, which is very comfy on my big thighs. Can't say the 50% sugarcane feels any different from other denims for now.

[tigerstrom]

Picture of my 47s

[mlwdp]

Picture of my 47s

I'm getting ready to machine wash mine for the first time (one wash) and pondering a line dry but the weather has been in the 20-50s and I'm concerned about freezing denim. Where are you located ? Are you able to line dry yours outside? Edited December 17, 2016 by mlwdp

[tigerstrom]

I'm located in Sweden but I haven't line dried them outside. I dried them in the tumble dryer!

[Iron Horse]

Inseam really is short on the post-wash raw version; my one-wash 47s have an 82 cm inseam. Good thing I like double cuffs I suppose.

[tigerstrom]

I wanted Naoki to hem them to 32" after wash but I think he misunderstood so they are 30-31".

[Bobbo]

Perfect length on them imo. Looks good with a single turn up.

[serotonin flood]

What size are those?

[tigerstrom]

Size 33^

[Ignaurus]

I wanted to get some detailed pictures of of my Okinawa's today but the weather was awful. I was admiring the smaller details after a recent wash and wanted to share but perhaps another time. 

 

 

Gonna have to fix that patch soon enough. I'm amazed that it looks as good as it does considering how many washer/dryer trips they've seen. You can see the mangled belt loop where I always put my key hook (rather than my belt) and if you look close enough you see the fade where my keys went into the back pocket. 

 

And a closer shot of the fabric on the thigh.

Edited January 3, 2017 by Ignaurus

[noobedloser]

Some blue starting to peek or of my 509SE

[JDelage]

The Okinawa pocket bags are cool looking but they feel like sandpaper. Hopefully they'll get softer over time and with washes.

[Ignaurus]

They definitely should! Bought mine OW and I don't remember them ever feeling too rough but that was a long time ago.

[ReverendGlasseye]

@JDelage They do! However, for me, there is an appeal to the studdy feeling of the sashiko pocket bags.

[Sugar Mountain]

Gave my '47s a wash last week as they were a little grungy. Didn't take a lot of photos but here are two just to keep the thread alive and show that, with patience, this denim yields eventually to reveal something special. 15-16 months on these. Both shots taken indoors, one in direct light, the other not.

 

[mlwdp]

Believe it or not but this is the first time I've ever machine washed my denim.  I usually just hand wash and hang dry due to the humidity where I live.

 

What do ya'll recommend regarding machine washing and machine drying the 1947s?

 

This is the washing machine

 

This is the dryer 

 

 

As you can tell, im nervous as hell when washing this in the machine.

 

Help lol

 

[Fooleo]

I have an older version of that same machine, and usually wash my 1953 jacket (same denim) in a small load (by itself or with other jeans) in cold on the light setting (under colors on your machine) and then hang dry rather than tumble. If you do wish to tumble dry probably best to keep on the low heat setting and either do the timed dry and check on it periodically or say fuck it and do "optimum dry" 

[mlwdp]

5 minutes ago, Fooleo said:

I have an older version of that same machine, and usually wash my 1953 jacket (same denim) in a small load (by itself or with other jeans) in cold on the light setting (under colors on your machine) and then hang dry rather than tumble. If you do wish to tumble dry probably best to keep on the low heat setting and either do the timed dry and check on it periodically or say fuck it and do "optimum dry" 

Would it be beneficial to wash my pair inside out?

[Fooleo]

certainly doesn't hurt! Usually wash mine that way

 

[tigerstrom]

Always wash your jeans inside out is my opinion. 

[oomslokop]

choose the washing option with the most water (though that can be difficult with these eco-friendly new models). better for the jeans to swim in water than be tumbling around inside the drum just slightly wet, which in my experience can cause unwanted marks/creases even when washed inside out.

[tigerstrom]

I was looking at pictures of Sugarcanes yesterday while drinking a couple of beers and ordered a pair of Okinawas. I didn't plan to buy more jeans for a while but it felt just right at that moment haha! 

[noobedloser]

@mlwdp i wouldn't machine dry at all, only machine wash. Ive noticed that some of my jeans that have been machine dried have shrunken further after a wash making them unwearable or more difficult to stretch out. I am sticking to hang drying because of that

[P_K]

My sugar cane hawaii, years of on off wear.

[lance]

Nice work, P_K

 

[noobedloser]

I am about to give my 509se a hot soak and wanted to mention that I really like the pocket bags on these jeans.

[Iron Horse]

1947s fresh off another wash:

 

[Sugar Mountain]

Looking great (as they did in person too).