2010 Samurai 17oz. LHT - The Poll Thread (Now with Joe McCoy's poll!)

[dawei69]

there is something wrong with the options.... pockets #5 and #6 doesnt exist.... and some smartasses even voted for #5 and #6....

[evilgeniusdan]

there is something wrong with the options.... pockets #5 and #6 doesnt exist.... and some dumb ass even voted for #5....

does it matter?

no. Just vote for what you want..

[Pi-tol]

I think we losing sight of what this project was suppose to be; The original idea was a Levi based model with Jin details i.e.: LHT denim, cinch back, and back pocket & design. So why the hell have we lost track of this original idea! When you look at the poll for the voting I see many names of people who said they weren't going to participate because the cut wasn't 710 or that there was already a Samurai 0500 contest. Shit just cracks me up, we freaking letting the ones who aren't even going to purchase these jeans screw the ones who were looking forward to a sick pair of custom Samurai's. My 2¢ take it, or leave it

[Freshdave]

Pi$tol - I'm not too familiar w/ the Jin model. What would be your choices for this jean?

I have a pair of USA's from BiG that I love/hate. They're great in almost every way but I got the wrong size and had to take them out (ugly) so they've never fit that well.

So, to me, this pair is a way for me to get something interesting from a shop that I like. The timing is perfect too because my current pair will be hitting the 2yr mark around when these will probably be done.

[who8mahrice]

I didn't fully keep up with the last thread, but did look through this one quickly...

When's the slated start date for this? Safe to assume that it'll be after the DB contest ends, yea? (March 31st)

[aho]

damn I goofed on that....Just to be clear there is NO pocket # 5 or 6..apologies for the miscount! But just vote for what you want anyways, shouldn't be too much of a problem...

who8, aiming for a June/July release date or earlier if Samurai could pull out all the pairs before then!

EDIT: Also, seeing as how close poll #2 is, if it ends up being the same we will add up the similar pocket votes (ex: #4 and #9) and take whatever way it leans if that makes any sense (for example #4 out of the previous listed two if it had more votes than #9)...Are these agreeable terms?

[undcvrsm]

Voted for 9. But do #4 and #9 pockets come with external rivets as shown in the pic?

Speaking of rivets I thought we are going to vote for that too, is it gonna be the next round?

[aho]

Yup exposed rivets on #4 and 9....And you are correct, the rivet votes will be in the next and final round (even though I could've fit it in this one if I didn't think there was a #5 and 6 oops!)

[marvelous1200]

Ok, i'm just going to air out my dream pocket. Pocket 2 w/o the white label, rivets #2, pocket 3's arc but in black, and the patch from pocket 4... in the end though I voted for pocket #4. wish we could have mixed and matched like this but damn what a clusterfuck of voting that would have been.

[Atzec]

EDIT: Also, seeing as how close poll #2 is, if it ends up being the same we will add up the similar pocket votes (ex: #4 and #9) and take whatever way it leans if that makes any sense (for example #4 out of the previous listed two if it had more votes than #9)...Are these agreeable terms?

^agreed. really hope #4/9 is gonna make it.

[kino]

goo backpocket #3!

[ThinFinn]

really interesting thread and i might join this one :-)

voted: pocket #9 for the win!

[lance]

There are an equal number of votes for non Wrangler pockets as there are for Wrangler pockets. A runoff vote for pocket nos. 2, 4, 8 and 9 would be representative of the voters. It seems this would be fair to all.

[itschrisb]

pulling for pocket two but id be happy with any of them as long as it was yellow stitching. Wish double stitching was an option.

[davidschlott]

I like the exposed rivets but the leather isn't really my thing

[Lozinski]

I've noticed a few double voters in the poll.

What iz diss?

[geneticdrifter]

i like pocket four.

i like pocket 2 better than pocket 9, tho.

runoffs good.

@Pi$tol, i think that was aho's original idea. if we were just gonna make his jeans why even entertain options. why make the thread at all. are we to presume this a masterfully orchestrated scheme by aho to get his dream jeans...? i think not.

Props for aho either way tho.

for making this available to us and/or being an evil genius out to get custom made jeans.

PEACE

[boddington]

why no love for pocket 1?

[soonami]

Since there will likely not be a majority voting for any one pocket, I think that I might be a good idea to have a 2 or 3-way run-off vote so that most people will get what they would like. Especially since about half the people want Wrangler style pockets (4 & 9) and half want Levi's style (1, 3, 7,8).

Now, a partisan comment:

What I don't understand about the wrangler people is that if you don't want the leather patch, why not just remove the stitching holding the patch on so that we can get our Wrangler-style pockets? Or else we'll just end up with another Levi's repro contest...

[marvelous1200]

^seconded, it's so easy to just un-stitch the patch. shouldn't even be an issue.

[aho]

damn, I didn't even think of that....4 and 9 will most likely be combined in the end it seems...sorry everyone lol

[geneticdrifter]

Since there will likely not be a majority voting for any one pocket, I think that I might be a good idea to have a 2 or 3-way run-off vote so that most people will get what they would like. Especially since about half the people want Wrangler style pockets (4 & 9) and half want Levi's style (1, 3, 7,8).

Now, a partisan comment:

What I don't understand about the wrangler people is that if you don't want the leather patch, why not just remove the stitching holding the patch on so that we can get our Wrangler-style pockets? Or else we'll just end up with another Levi's repro contest...

+rep (rahc net)

[amardeep]

voted for 4. if you don't want some part of it you can just take it off by hand, it's not going to fuck up your jeans beyond having a few holes that will be taken care of by washing time...

i.e. you get #9 from #4, you get #1 from everything else

don't dig the exposed rivets but i guess if anything, one could just stitch a thin layer of cloth/denim over them easily? hopefully it easy

[undcvrsm]

Come to think of it, a Wrangler style pocket (with leather) with Lee arc and Levis tab is pretty awesome, and it looks like this is what we are gonna get

[Atzec]

^yeah looks like pocket #4 is gonna win. hope you all are wise and won´t vote for rivet #1, cause those will rip you´re gonna sit on, when exposed.

[Pi-tol]

Rivet #2 would be the best choice.

[Skeese]

I would have been in on this if the majority wanted backpocket #3 with existing arcs (or with standard yellow samurai arcuates which would've been a nod to vintage Lee 101B jeans that had Levi's arcuates from 1938 to mid 1940s).... with rivet #2, personally i think it would have tributed to the idea of using LHT denim perfectly...

[marvelous1200]

Rivet #2 FTW!

[itschrisb]

Rivet #2 FTW!

Agreed, 3 is to plain and 1 is dangerous haha.

Are we doing a second round on backpocket votes?

[greeneggs4spam]

I say we just call it as pocket #4 wins (note I didn't even vote for 4/9), and move on to voting for rivets, pocket bags, and patch design. I think it's pretty clear pocket 4 will win if we do a re-vote, especially now that people realize that they can remove the patch in about 30 seconds with a seam ripper.