Skull Jeans by An Alchemist

[tyson31]

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yup, should have mentioned that. thanks edmond you funny fucker you.

[edmond]

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yup, should have mentioned that. thanks edmond you funny fucker you.

hehhehe hey tyson you got pm on those stuff you selling

[SLAB]

thanks for the advice guys!

[hamham3001]

im not sure if this is in the thread or not.. but i see the measurements from skull's official's site and selfedge's site to be very different... eg. the thigh measurements of a pair of 5507 for w33 is 30cm, where for selfedge 12.5 inch( 32 cm)...

who's should i go with?? caus if i go w/ selfedge's measurement, 5010 seems to fit better, where if i go w/ skull's measurements, 5507 is a better choice... sooooo confusing.. (wait... is selfedge's measurements on a pair of RAW ??)

[enojy]

im not sure if this is in the thread or not.. but i see the measurements from skull's official's site and selfedge's site to be very different... eg. the thigh measurements of a pair of 5507 for w33 is 30cm, where for selfedge 12.5 inch( 32 cm)...

who's should i go with?? caus if i go w/ selfedge's measurement, 5010 seems to fit better, where if i go w/ skull's measurements, 5507 is a better choice... sooooo confusing.. (wait... is selfedge's measurements on a pair of RAW ??)

skull's method of measuring thigh is kinda strange, too tired to explain it right now but it's on their website. it is NOT straight across the leg from the yoke. i'd use the self edge measurements as a guide if i were you.

[apocalypse later]

So I've been wearing my Skull 5507s on and off for about six months (rotated quite a bit with my Imperials and PBJs). I'd say they have about 2-3 months of good wear in them. I'm getting a good wallet fade and pretty defined fades on the legs, along with a few lap creases losing indigo and slight stacking fades too. But no honeycombs. Honestly, they're so faint it's almost ridiculous.

Any idea why they just aren't getting honeycombs?

[Cameland]

If they are sharply creased, they should fade. Honeycombs usually take the longest to fade and need long periods between washes IMO. There are exceptions to this though. Have you got pics?

[toufu]

damn....these break in reallllly fast......

o yeah....i got the sjc 6x6 and the threads are giving away =[

back yoke and back pocket rivet threads have disintegrated....

forget 12 months...i may be done in 3 months!

[apocalypse later]

If they are sharply creased, they should fade. Honeycombs usually take the longest to fade and need long periods between washes IMO. There are exceptions to this though. Have you got pics?

That's the thing--I bought the jeans off the marketplace awhile back. They were worn for two weeks, I believe. They were rather soft, though, but the creases on the lap came in really well pretty fast. The honeycombs aren't really creased at all compared to my Nudies or my Imperials.

[tyson31]

thanks for the advice guys!

call BIG for the sam. belt. wearing mine today.

[Klangspiel]

This should probably be in marketplace but I think I might better

luck posting here:

Looking to buy a pair of used 5507XX 6x6 indigo (one wash) in size 32.

[Buzz]

How much shrinkage (and subsequent stretch) can one expect form the S5000xx raws?

[Mr Calvin Oscar]

a preview of more pictures to come... 199 days of wear.

[Leonard Leroy]

Christ on the cross, get on those pictures, I wanna see.

[SLAB]

djeezes Mr Calvin; those Skulls look amazing! Can't wait to see more pics

[jayrock]

sweet pic

that's inspiring

gotta wear my skulls more harderer

[heyniceperro]

I was inspired by this thread and got a pair of 5010xx 6x6 Raw. Sized up one from my APC size (28) to a 29. I also wear a 30 in levis. I thought I had researched the sizing pretty thoroughly.

Now that I have my skulls, I can't even button up ANY of the buttons! :confused:

They look awesome though... sad day for me.

[Chicken]

^ that sounds way too tight. can you send them back for another pair?

[heyniceperro]

I wish I could, but I asked fabfour to hem them for me before sending them out.

I'll probably have to just sell them.

[Dex_star]

i was in the same exact situacion!

skin tight... couldnt button anything... shinichi offered me the option of exchanging them but i decided to tough it out and stretch... they fit really well now, but i dont reccomend it... the calves got a little too tight in the end and now they faded too muc in that area for my liking...

ask for an exchange

edit: just saw ur response... that sucks

[heyniceperro]

How long did it take you to stretch them out? I might tough it out too, haha.

[jayrock]

granted, I was able to button mine up already BUT...

I put them through a cold soak and wore them until they were dry, and they stretched quite a bit

[Dex_star]

How long did it take you to stretch them out? I might tough it out too, haha.

i soaked them and wore them wet... it took a few hours to button them up all the way...

then about a week to stretch them out comfortably enough to wear publicly (estimate, this was a year ago)

i wouldnt do it again, its up to u tho

[heyniceperro]

woo, i just got the second button on! 2/5 the way there!

too bad i can't even reach the first button, because its so stiff

[Chicken]

^ i think you're spelling out disaster here.

(check out kixslf's skulls for reference.)

if you started out being able to button most of the buttons, it would have been a different story.

my recommendation is to supermarket it and get a new one.

[enojy]

agreed, if you couldn't button them at all at first, that is simply too small for this particular jean. the 6x6 is tough texas denim that really doesn't stretch all that much, and stays stiff for a long time. in combination with the 100% cotton thread, you're asking for trouble with a stretch of that magnitude! in the 5010xx contest, we've already had at least one person rip the stitching in their fly doing this.

[heyniceperro]

Going to try to sell them then... thanks for the advice.

[Tyro1]

My 6x6 one washes stretched a bit actually...

[mrpenguin354]

So I have about 4 months of wear on my Skull 5010xx. They're still pretty dark since I wash them every month, but on the plus side I haven't had any serious thread problems. Recently, one of the corners came lose on my pocket (wallet got snagged) and I thought it was a good opportunity to take some close up pics of the part of our jeans we rarely get to see.

Before the rip.

From the inside. Notice the hidden rivet and the tinytinytiny remnant of the red tab

Honeycombs, no photoediting, just direct sunlight

I'll post non-closeups when things get interesting.

[heyniceperro]

I tried the skulls on again tonight, and I actually managed to get the top button in there after about 10 minutes. I guess I just wasn't trying hard enough this afternoon?