denime xx type & 66xx type 2 year contest

[salaami]

more pics for my sponsors: thanks for the support. i appreciate your appreciation...what up sweden!

this is a pic of the jeans hanging on an old plow deep in my neighbor's back yard. the neighbor is are wifey's aunt, so she didn't mind. i'm from the hood, but now i live in the next adjacent county (chesterfield), so suddenly i live 2 doors down from a horse farm. i love horses...i gotta go over there and get some shots.

tracks in very dim natural light, note the side of calf fades. there's a nice sized hole there, but its no vis from this angle

this pic is about a month before the coinpocket repair, lets say 5 months in. right side, you can see how there is a fade line starting from the side of the thigh going up the back of the thigh. belt is starting to brown up nicely after about 2 months. i'm too black to get a tan anywhere else! oh yeah, theres traintracks/hip fade. coming in ok too...

love cotton thread or hate it, it seems from all the grail pics meader posted in the denime thread lately that the crotches/thread quality of those long-worn jeans still looked good despite the long, hard wear. some needed extensive repair, some not so much. i'm back on my ''buy em loose, or repair often'' band wagon. repairs are cheap , or even free if you DIY. i remember these same complaints at the beginning of the WH 660 contest, and gordon said that for these type of jeans(all cotton repros) 3 or more crotch repairs are to be expected if you really decide to rock em' for the long haul.

[ThinFinn]

You have given out too much Reputation in the last 24 hours, try again later.

definitely try it later again salaam...great!

[Atzec]

more pics for my sponsors: thanks for the support. i appreciate your appreciation...

i appreciate your participation!

[beautiful_FrEaK]

which camera did you buy,Tillmann?

nothing special. just this one:

[salaami]

i appreciate your participation!

well, officially i'm not even participating, i've sent t5 several e-mails trying to see if my registration was accepted, or whatever. here's the latest one, sent

2 weeks ago( april 15): quoted from self

'' hey guys this is salaam from the US. i've been having trouble registering on the t5 site, so that i can post updates on my 66xx types. i've worn them everyday since i've had them, and they are coming along quite well. i've posted pics this week on superfuture in the contest thread so all you dudes can check them out...i'm now at 6 months, 20+ washes with lye soap. can you help me register so i can qualify for the final judging? thanks, peace.''

as usual, no reply. but when i e-mailed about sending $300 for the jeans i always got an almost immediate response. i'm not mad, since there's more than a year to go, but i'd hate to get to the 2 year mark and not even be fucking eligible for judging.

for all of those who have registered (officially) can i send one of you the IMG codes for my pics, and you post them on the t5 website?

[Atzec]

send them to me. i´ll post them.

[beautiful_FrEaK]

I've just noticed another thread-explosion on my pair.

will post a pic later after I got home from work.

I might repair them when I'm in the mood to do so. Right now I'm annoyed.

Should have went with size 36 or should lose weight again...

[salaami]

where did said breakdown happen?

[beautiful_FrEaK]

the part at the fly where the buttons are located

[almostnice]

if its the same seam like on my pair-that is easy to repair.

i also discovered the same damage as dr.house posted on last page.

this is the first pair where the inner seam wears faster than the outer.

not that i worry much,it could be a lot worse like on Atzecs pair.

denim is great,thread is wack!

[beautiful_FrEaK]

so, some close-ups including the damaged threads and a close-up of the leather patch

[pomata]

it happened to me in the same spot.

funny how the skulls all break on the right pocket and denimes on the button fly...

[Atzec]

repaired my whole button fly 3 months ago.

@bF: repair and wear! i just do the necessary repairs and rock them till they either fall apart or it´s 09/01/2011 (481 days to go).

edit: waywt...

[tvshooter]

wassup. . .been awhile since i posted pic's. my DSLR has been schitzo since i dropped it. :eek: so my bud snapped a few for me. i've been splittin time between these and a pair of SUFU 660's i got off the supermarket. i gotta say. . . the 660's are amazing! i'm not gonna lie, i'm not that into this contest. i love the jeans tho, but i feel like i'm baby-ing them compared to the 660's. all this talk of bad threads/no more XX denim has me. . .just takin it easy with em. sorry if that's not in-line with the the theme of the contest. i'm glad it's a two year deal i guess. . .don't have to force anything.

pic's after cutting the grass. . .

[salaami]

i got some big-rig axle grease on the ole' denime from working the dock, i gotta unchock the trucks and move the jackstands and one of them swiped my leg. so i rubbed in some kirks castille, and soaked them in the bucket full of soapy water for a day and a half, then washed as usual. all the black grease came out, and now my before shiny denime buttons have a white, oxidized patina to them( like warehouse buttons for all who own a pair). i love it. now i will always presoak and see what happens...

[meader]

tvshooter, what boots are those? Looks fakkin' beautiful. And great rugged anecdotes from you salaami, just like the the denim we all hold dear. Bless this contest!

[tvshooter]

hey bro- they're redwing GT's. nothing special. thanks tho! @salaam- just sent them off today to get a chainstitch. been stackin em for past couple of months but i look goofy as shit. so off they went. . .

i'll update when they get back.

[salaami]

something tells me we might be the only 2 dudes in VA rocking denime, but i know there has to be some lurker out there who knows nothing about sufu but loves killer japanese denim.

it seems that your pair will be the 'VA contrast pair', and mine will be the 'VA vintage-fade pair'...so we're hitting them from both angles! very strategic work mr. shooter

meader gives his blessing to this contest. we are now official. bless sweden!

[Atzec]

salaami´s contest-thread:

http://www.take5jeans.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?p=12381#12381

[salaami]

wow dude, you even dug up old pics i'd forgotten about. this means a lot my man. who says all sufu heads are assholes?

[Atzec]

another update-

8 months / 7 washes, perfect light:

[almostnice]

absolutely great Atzec!

in 16 months you will most likely end up with a completely handstitched pair.

[pomata]

man your pair is dope. can't rep

[dr.house]

^same here, looking great. To me every wash becomes an event, they're looking so much nicer each time. Maybe I just wash them frequently and stop wearing them...lol. Seriously, the 66xx are superb. A real collectors item.

[beautiful_FrEaK]

look at that bright red on the leather patch...it pierces my eye

[pomata]

here are mine after the 8th wash. total lack of combs! but who fucking cares I love this denim, really. kinda daddy's fading goin' on...

[Atzec]

^i like daddy fades.

look at that bright red on the leather patch...it pierces my eye

i don´t know why it looks that bright. i didn´t play with the contrast, the pics came straight outta the cam. just resized.

[beautiful_FrEaK]

oh, please don't think I wanted to accuse you of playing with the contrast.

I'll have to repair my fly ASAP to catch up with you guys.

besides my DJs, the Denime are my most faded pair which I erally wear. And that's a shame

[kino]

sorry for being mia for a few months now in the denime thread >< I haven't been wearing the contest jeans lately and so I don't have much to report. I did take a photo of the jeans just now. Really embarrassing progress compared to others here....

[MHP]

Freshly washed Denime 66xx (first wash after 4,5 months):