Hardware anyone? (Buttons, rivets, and zippers oh my.)

[edmond]

joe mccoy

[edmond]

1st generation samurai

[rnrswitch]

Yeah, I definitely like the old samurai hardware. The SC47s you have seem to have corroded more than mine. Mine are about 4-5 years old and have been washed many times and still don't have any signs of rusting.

[edmond]

samurai x del bombers collab 19oz

[edmond]

mine were like first gen sc 47's stocked up i think..

yeah samurai buttons were something else before looks generic ones to me

[rnrswitch]

You should post your 21 oz sammies contest jeans. How does the hardware look now?

[edmond]

oh its still with take5.. ill post it when it comes back.. from i remember they still look the same as before a little corrosion here and there but nothing great

[salaami]

ole' eddie representin'! show us more! i just learned that Ykk makes universal rivets, and that the ''ring part/female part/washer'' is called the burr, and the male part is the called the rivet. the diameter of the base of the rivet. is measured in units called 'ligne'.(1/12 of an imperial inch)

i love the del bombers fly with the varied buttons.

[akuma no uta]

need to post up some shots of my samurais, i hammered my rivets down since the kept cutting my hands. also my back left pocket hidden rivet is exposed, so itd be nice to have a shot of that haha

[salaami]

dude, i tried to reply to your PM but the computer was on some bullshit. you said something about a repair request?

[akuma no uta]

yeah nearly my whole left back pocket is coming off and i need like a patch over that exposed rivet, inside of legs have huge wholes up by my ass, my redmoon has punched through the bottom of my right back pocket, and i dont feel like paying denim doctors 125 bucks to fix everything that needs fixed haha

[salaami]

we need to see some pics of these jeans(whatever they may be), cause apparently you've been putting in some serious work. i do all repairs with regular ole' needle and thread, so i don't know if i could do all that work...denim doctors might be the best option. lets see em, then you can get even more opinions...

[akuma no uta]

i was trying to wait for a year before posting pics but i will today

[salaami]

post a pic of the buttons here so mofos won't bitch and moan about us trashing up this great thread...

[rnrswitch]

Yeah, stop trashing up this thread and post some pics of that exposed hidden rivet.

On another note. I really like zipper flies (it might just be because they are out of the norm), but I don't like that they have the potential to become completely useless. A set of buttons can live on through rust/grime/corrosion of sorts, but once rust and grime get on the teeth of a zipper, then it's over. I haven't had this happen yet, but I would like to hear from people who have zipper flies that have rusted shut or broken in general.

I wonder how vintage zip fly levis have lasted over time.

[Mr HaGa]

Switch, can't rep at the moment but great idea for a thread. I'm a sucker for hardware too. I don't really consider them enough when shopping for a new pair... But I had fun taking these pics, I'd never though my crappy 5 year old camera had such decent macro...

These DJ-501xx were my first real pair of Japanese stf denim. I loved the buttons and rivets when I first got them. I still think they're cool, if over the top...

Top button (sun)

Fly button, DJ's logo

Front pocket rivet (outseam)

Back

Rivet, plain and simple for a change

Back, DJ uses some kind of washer between rivet and pocketbag

Hidden rivet, Universal

More to come later...

[Mr HaGa]

S710BK190z

top button, same as switch posted earlier I think

I like the back better:

rivet:

Backside

Hidden rivet

[pomata]

The only zipper fly jeans I own are LVC 67 505 and the zipper broke after 6 months or so...

anyway, GREAT thread!

x-post from the Ooe yofukuten tour thread:

comparison between Ooe yofukuten world tour jeans and LVC s501xx (wwII model), the 'donut' buttons...

Ooe Yofukuten:

Levis:

Ooe:

Levis:

[Akira]

Are those PBJ buttons painted black? They look pretty nice.

Also, does your camera have a macro function. If so this will allow you to focus on small items.

I think they're anodized rather than painted but I could be wrong

And that is with the macro function lol my camera just decided it wasn't going to focus right a few months ago and it's been annoying ever since

[rnrswitch]

HaGa, the rear side of those 710bk buttons looks nice. It also looks like the "burr" as salaami pointed out of the rivets is bleeding some rust color on your white pockets.

Pomata: I like the 44 repro donut buttons. The Ooe does a good job of reproducing the levis.

[akuma no uta]

exposed hidden back rivet

hammered down front rivets

inside of button hole turning yellow from rust?

sorry pics are so big im retarded when it comes to pictures

[rnrswitch]

I love big pics. All the more detail. I would post massive pics if I knew it didn't piss people off.

That exposed hidden rivet is gangsta. What sammies are those?

[akuma no uta]

610s, been wearing for about 10 months

[Mr HaGa]

Even though they're WWII model hardwear, I love donut buttons on any cut.

My contest fullcounts' victory button:

Fly button

rivet

back

hidden rivet

[Mr HaGa]

Denime Kyoto Model, I don't know much about these except that it's a 66 based cut sold exclusively in the Denime store in Kyoto. The denim is pretty light in color. Anyway, mostly standard Denime hardware I think... Basic.

No hidden rivets because it's a 66 model.

Finally, 45rpm Sorahiko. Very straightforward, no bells & whistles...

button

back

rivet

back/hidden rivet

That's all I gots.

[coleslawyum]

1st generation samurai

Hey Ed, are those the RR 510 repros or an actual dead stock pair? How's the denim like? Been looking at these for awhile.

[edmond]

im not sure actually the lot number is a 0 and i got it 2 years ago fro yahoo auctions

[coleslawyum]

im not sure actually the lot number is a 0 and i got it 2 years ago fro yahoo auctions

Thanks, Ed. Its probably a dead stock pair. Very nice!

Figure I'll contribute some pics as well.

[aho]

SExDBxS09 Contest jeans...

[Lendo]

RRL:

top button

rivet

rivet backside

Take 5 x Momotaro:

top button

fly button

rivet