Sprogs, nippers, bambinos: pint-sized denim

[Hendsch]

@fre-co it will be a few years until my son can wear these but I’ll take you up on your offer if they are still available.

[fre-co]

How old is your son?

[Hendsch]

7 months old
 

Edited January 7, 2021 by Hendsch

[mondo]

Heh... I was thinking about this topic recently... in the time I've been on SuFu, I've gone from being single to producing a now-13-y.o. son who is about to overtake me in height (6'2") and looks better—and has put more wear—in his 32x32 LVC 54z than I ever did. Pretty decent evo, dad...

[fre-co]

That is a cute baby! Let me know your address for shipping and I’ll get a shipping estimate. 
my boys wore these samurais from about age 2-3 (big cuffs and my older boy is a giant) up to age 4-5 (my younger is quite small for his age). 

[Flash]

Jack's adding this to his wardrobe , kids soo much cooler than me 

 

[Flash]

Got a visit from the postman today 

 

 

 

 

 

Sized up about 5 years for maximum comfort

 

 

Little man has style though ....

 

There was something else in the package that I'm really excited to show and tell you guys all about , been working on it for close to a year and finally have something physical to show . Still need a bit of time before I'm ready but hopefully I'll be able to show something in a few days 

Edited March 25, 2021 by Flash

[H...crimper]

49 minutes ago, Flash said:

Got a visit from the postman today 

 

 

 

 

 

Sized up about 5 years for maximum comfort

 

 

Little man has style though ....

 

There was something else in the package that I'm really excited to show and tell you guys all about , been working on it for close to a year and finally have something physical to show . Still need a bit of time before I'm ready but hopefully I'll be able to show something in a few days 

Some one must have loved that jacket to be so faded, or must have been handed down a lot.

[Flash]

Ok so about 9 months or so ago I lost my job , I've been a welder more or less from I left school and never really liked it .... just kind of fell into it and never left but lockdown and whatnot got me thinking and eventually I decided to try something different . People who know me know that I'm pretty passionate about vintage and collect kids stuff for my little man Jack so I decided to use that to try and start my own kids brand 

 

Took me a bit to find a manufacturer but after a bit of trial and error I contacted Shingo-san of denimbase ( he is awesome ) and he was able to use his connections to find a factory in kojima to take on the project 

So on to the good stuff 

The Nippers N01 is a reproduction of a mid 50's 503zxx ( the children's version of the 501zxx ) . The denim is a 13.5oz Memphis cotton denim woven in Shinya mills 

 

And some fit pics with my main man Jack 

 

These are the sample pair so there is a few changes to be made in the production models 1 being to add a little length to the inseam and the other , the leather patch will be printed in red ( this one was just burnt out and always intended to be changed ) 

Really excited to start this so hopefully I'll be seeing some Nippers on superdenim shortly 

 

[Duke Mantee]

Glorious - needs it’s own thread

Edited March 26, 2021 by Duke Mantee

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Definitely needs its own thread!

[Maynard Friedman]

Fantastic Flash, I look forward to seeing more of this although my kids are probably too old to benefit from the ‘mate rate’ discounts I’d have been asking you for! 

Good luck with the new career.

[JDelage]

Congratulations! I agree this brand needs its own thread.

[fre-co]

@Flash that is too cool! Make sure to include the bigger nippers in your size run, please. 

[Mr Black]

Woah. That’s so many levels of awesome.
 

fantastic work Flash!!
 

[MJF9]

@Flash Awesome!  Very best wishes for the venture mate... looking forward to seeing more  

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Gimme me some time before I buy a pair
And Jack wins the internet today

[MJF9]

^ here here... spot on fit on your boy Jack there

[Double 0 Soul]

21 minutes ago, fre-co said:

@Flash that is too cool! Make sure to include the bigger nippers in your size run, please. 

34" waist 32" leg?

Yeah, they're all kinds of cool!

[fre-co]

1 minute ago, Double 0 Soul said:

34" waist 32" leg?

Yeah, they're all kinds of cool!

Haha. I meant my 11-year old though. 

[Maynard Friedman]

Yes! Big sizes for the big kids of Sufu. We‘ll be getting our gear VAT free!

[unders]

Fantastic. Eagerly awaiting more details.

Good to see Jack taking the modelling seriously!

[Flash]

Thanks lads I'm really excited but definitely scared at the same time .

As far as sizing goes in this run there will be 3-4 , 5-6 , 7-8 , this doesnt mean all that much without measurements so as soon as the pattern is completed for 5-6 and 7-8 I'll be updating with more info , Shingo-san will be doing a japan only preorder for me ... wasnt planning to do a preorder myself but once the measurements are available if people want to reserve a pair they are more than welcome to leave a small deposit .

Looking into having some t shirts made aswell so hopefully I'll have something to show there soon 

[Geeman]

My lads definitely gonna be a regular customer @Flash

[Newman]

Let us know when we can order, got a 4 month old son. So looking for his first denim to wear at the 1 year mark

[olmecasteve]

@Flash That is too freaking cool!

I'm expecting my first born later this year. Found out its gonna be a boy! 

Most definitely will pick a pair up for when he's old enough to wear them!

Cheers to fantastic work!!!!

[claes]

Awesome stuff @Flash! Great looking jeans and and I really like the logo. We're expecting our first kid in a couple of months so here's another likely customer for your new project Best of luck!

[Double 0 Soul]

Get your deposits slapped down now lads, @Flash isn't going to *Ranch you

*Ranch = A verb meaning to screw over your denim buddies

[Flash]

Not much going on today , weathers a bit weird .... snowing one minute and sun splitting the trees the next so I took some pics of some 503zxx 

Ok so starting at the top .

They feature a card patch without "every garment guaranteed" so that puts them post 62 and since the middle belt loop moved back to the centre just after 63 , these must have been made sometime in 1963 

Middle .

So these have a leather patch with off centre belt loop , that means they have to be post 54 but before the change to card patch in around 57 . So these were made anytime between 1954 - 57

Bottom 

These are the earliest pair I own , the centre belt loop and the leather patch put them somewhere between 1953-54 .

 

I'd love to find out more about the single sided tab 503zxx ( that I'd love to own .... ) , zippers weren't used on mens Levi's until 1954 so that date can be disregarded because the single sided red tab was phased out in 51/52 , so the 503zxx could have been introduced as far back as 1947 ??? Not even sure where to start in terms of research but I'd love to find out 

Anyway... more pics 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

........ take all dates with a pinch of salt 

Edited April 5, 2021 by Flash

[Dr_Heech]

@Flash

Just an FYI..

The centre back belt loop was moved to the offset position in 1958 then was returned to centre position 1966.

The cardstock patch wasn't introduced until 1959 at the earliest, and the words Every garment guaranteed were removed from the patch in late 1961.