Full Count 2009 Contest Redux

[salaami]

wifey snapped some pics before we went to my family reunion yesterday. i made sure the baby was in em' for almostnice... it's now 9 months/31 washes(aquaman status).good lookin out ya'll....and i'm not commenting on miss kitty cause' its ramadaan....i should've posted these in the reg FC thread, but like i said before i don't know how to post, my lil sis does it for me, so if she sees ''full count'' she's going to post the pics there. i'll try to get some detail/macro pics by lendo(the momotaro mustache maniac) when i see him next.

[JayFourEyes]

Great pics everyone. Here I go.

Taken 2 months ago, for the daddy club.

[beatle]

sweet**********

[beautiful_FrEaK]

great fades on the button fly!

[grouse_allergy]

how come button fly fades are so prominent on some jeans? do they have huge buttons or something?

[joelz]

The donut buttons are pretty pronounced (and by that I mean they stick out a fair bit) - I think they are goign to be pretty standard in this contest...

Everyone's jeans are looking great! Mine just hit this amazing shade of blue - they really are fantastic jeans

[Mr HaGa]

EDIT: ^joelz beat me to the answer...

They have donut buttons, gives more of an edge that digs into the denim of the buttonfly:

By the way, I'm really enjoying the diverse field of contestants here! Been a while since we had an update from Klue and his bunch though. I wonder if their jeans are still whole...

[setterman]

how come button fly fades are so prominent on some jeans? do they have huge buttons or something?

Fit. On the 1108s and sized down 0105s you'll probably see a lot of button fades. On the more relaxed fit jeans, like my own, you'll see 'em, but no where near as pronounced.

[salaami]

i'm perplexed by this button-fade as well. my fly is faded as hell but no button-fade. it must be the buttons, cause my 1108 is TTS. it has something to do with the way the jean is made, and how the jean wraps around the pelvis. it's still a mystery to me.

EDIT:

after further review my jeans do exhibit the 'button-fade' but if you notice in the pics i posted saturday night there is a small spot of white about 2-3 inches under my shirt-line.(i'll post a detail pic in a few hours so ya'll can see). what happened is the pelvic area is stretched/pulled so that what would be a circular shaped fade has been pulled to the edge of the fly fabric( where miki-san uses the really thin yellow-thread) and somehow the button slants outward and causes the fabric to catch more friction there(on the button edge). the white you can see from the pic is where warp and yellow thread are worn away, and the weft shows through. my NON-contest 1108 uses the regular FC buttons. i'm starting the think it has more to do with the ergonomics, and less to do with the style/shape of buttons...

[setterman]

Compared the donut buttons on my 0105Cs to those on my '44 LVC 501s, and I noticed the Full Counts are a little concave, while the Levis are flat or bulge out very slightly. Like Mr HaGa said, they've got an edge and I think that little up turn in the button makes the edge a little more effective in creating fades.

[morse9443]

how come button fly fades are so prominent on some jeans? do they have huge buttons or something?

It's all about the size of your package:cool:

[tvshooter]

ah, quick update. had my gf snap this for me tonite. the flash went off so the exposure is a bit off.. but ya'll get the idea. hopefully i can get better pics up in a week or so.

[tvshooter]

this was without the flash, but it's a bit blurry. same shit basically.

[Mr HaGa]

^Even if the exposure is a little off, those look better than any other pair I've seen in the contest so far. Maybe Pwing's. Anyway, very nice man...

[pwing]

thanks mr. haga, but those look dope. the knee fades are tight. must spread rep before giving it to tvshooter...

[Mr HaGa]

A little preview before the 6 month update crossposted from waywt. Hopfully the weather will be nice tomorrow to take lots of pics and wash and hangdry outside...

[salaami]

virginia is for faders,outstaning TV yours shit on mine

[tvshooter]

thanks dudes. love the new slogan. but in no way are mine even close to yours. i'm washin them as i write. Gordon is sendin me some stuff to do repairs. he is the man. i will post pic's before and after. Haga, dude, yours are killing it and you're almost a month behind me. will rep when i can.

[Mr HaGa]

Fuck. I'm off today and had a whole special day planned shooting pics of and washing my fullcounts and two other pairs of jeans, but it's raining buckets. If I can't hang them up outside they'll take 2 days to dry... I might have to postpone till sunday.

[joelz]

So somehow after 6 months of wearing/washing these my inseam finally shrank up to (what I think) is the ideal length. Looking forward to it, I'm getting some crazy denim falling action here too

[Mr HaGa]

It stopped raining for an hour or so so I said fuck it and started washing them. This is them before the 4th wash at 6 months. They're covered in drywalldust and other filth. They should brighten up nicely after the wash...

With the washer in my building leaving tons of limescale on my clothes and Mrs HaGa getting pissed at the stains I leave in the tub after washing my jeans, I decided to give Salaami's method a try.

5 Gallon bucket

Add soap

Dunk it

Shake it

Soak it

Repeat with new water till the jeans rinse clear...

Post wash pics in a couple days...

[pomata]

FCs look very good mr.Haga.I must spread...

[salaami]

tahini(cucumber sauce) is on of my favorites, naturally. seems you've mastered the method of my madness

[tvshooter]

damn what u do with all that tahini Haga? hummus factory at yer house? lol. FC's are just getting better every time you post. top pic is more the natural color but in different light, these change. so, it's hard to get accurate pics sometimes.

[tvshooter]

pic after i did that wash the other night.

they look even better after wearin them for a day. some more pic's at high noon today. i cuffed in honor of all you FC cuff cats.

[salaami]

train tracks comin through lovely, i told ya a wash won't hurt em! you haga and p-wing are front runners so far imho.

i've been studying these black FC and i noticed that the pocket-bags are(were) holding up very well. no holes or anything after 10 months. mine aren't a true test since i hardly ever carry anything in my pockets. thats what the leather pouch is for. i went to put some change in my pocket(which i never hardly do)this morning, and RIIIIIIIIIP! the top of the pocket ripped open. it ain't faulty craftsmanship, a shitty-made jean would've ripped a long time ago. @this point anything that goes kaputz on these is whatever, as they've taken more than their fair share of abuse, and keep on tickin'. like i said, i don't use front pockets, so fuck it.

[BrownMetallic]

a far cry from most, but what the hell. thought i'd do my 1st fit post. never mind the Miharas__ 'know they're not SuFu kosher. just dint want to bother going up the apt to change.

*** 4.5 mos :: no wash :: soaks x3

[Flash]

how did tou size your 1108 tvshooter

[Mr HaGa]

I like lots of pics in this thread! Here are mine... I love the way these feel right after a wash, but I don't care for how they look. Anyway.

Post wash

in the shade

in the sun

Neither is very accurate colourwise. I'm not happy with these pics so I might take some more later and repost...

Fit

some detail shots

The repairs I had to do in the 2nd month, with crappy thin thread from a wallgreens sewing kit. Gotta get schooled by Salaam on this stuff, I gotta redo parts cause it's coming undone...

[tvshooter]

i went true to size. (32) but i'm closer to a 33/34 these days. . .

details . . .