Roy. (expurgated edition)

[lance]

thanks for posting your r4 rawasdenim, been lookin forward to seeing them

[RawAsDenim]

I know these things shrank a lot, I soaked them in fairly hot water for an hour

[LC_Miey]

fit is good rawasdenim, i'd leave the inseam as it is for the moment if i were you... let the fit settle in first

[cmo]

Much shrinkage in the waist?

[tropicalbird]

Either the back rise is too short or you got a gaping hole

[bbcapone]

Whoo-Hoo! Copped the last pair of 34s!

Thanks to whoever helped me out at the San Fran one!

Will post fit pics when I get.

[RawAsDenim]

Much shrinkage in the waist?

Either the back rise is too short or you got a gaping hole

Good amount (I wanna say 1.5~1.7" but I didn't measure =/) but not as drastic as the inseam, as for the back rise, its gotten better the denim was super super stiff after drying so it looked like that for the first hour or so wearing them

[cmo]

I'm starting to panic now that the w34 narrows will shrink too much in the waist. Hopefully they are pretty stretchy and head back out to near raw measurement after a bit of wear.... Fingers crossed!

[cool_hand]

I know these things shrank a lot, I soaked them in fairly hot water for an hour

are they the narrow or straight leg?

[RawAsDenim]

are they the narrow or straight leg?

RS = Straight/RN= Narrow

[stingray1381]

Either the back rise is too short or you got a gaping hole

My RN3s did the same thing. After a soak and wearing them for an hour or so it went away.

[cool_hand]

RS = Straight/RN= Narrow

they look slim after the wash for a straight leg - I have ordered a pair in 34's - see what they're like when they arrive - don't think they should be to hard to sell if I don't like them.

[tigerpac]

Soaked a RN04 36 in lukewarm water for 30 minutes yesterday and they shrank up a good amount but nothing crazy. Agreed on inseam shrinking most. Waist probably lost over an inch.

They ended up being a good snug fit for someone who normally wears a 34 Sanforized. (6'1'' 220lbs)

Taking in for some hemming! Will post some pics once they're ready to go.

[ranonranonarat]

i dont know but you might want to give them another hotsoak with agitation just in case they shrink up more. unless you are planning to wash them cold from now on...

[tigerpac]

yeah was just planning to tub wash with lukewarm water when the time came. Maybe re-soaking the waist in hot water if they stretched out after a couple of wears.

Thanks for the advice!

[mally]

Thanks for posting the fit pics rawasdenim, I think they look really good. Exactly what I wanted to see as i wait impatiently for my pair to fly their sweet way over to the UK.

[cmo]

Soaked a RN04 36 in lukewarm water for 30 minutes yesterday and they shrank up a good amount but nothing crazy. Agreed on inseam shrinking most. Waist probably lost over an inch.

They ended up being a good snug fit for someone who normally wears a 34 Sanforized. (6'1'' 220lbs)

Taking in for some hemming! Will post some pics once they're ready to go.

This is sounding even worse for my order now... I don't need my w34's to shrink to a w32... Anyone want to trade! I too am in the UK enduring the wait.

[grooveholmes]

The website stated about 1.5 shrink and then a 1" stretch. You can always wear em after the soak while they're damp if you don't want them to shrink too tight.

[lance]

received the RS04 today - beautiful, stiff, dense denim, measurements right on, ROY's rep for attention to detail well deserved. love the belt loops and lined pockets. compared them to a raw pair of 47s - stiffer/heavier/denser. great pair of jeans. and kiya, USPS Priority a great way to ship - ordered Sat afternoon, received Mon afternoon, cali to fl. lookin forward to wearing these jeans.

[cmo]

Yeah looks like that's what I'll have to do. I'll stop speculating until they arrive. I am trusting Kiya's advice!!

[keenks]

if someone lookin for a duck pants size 33

i got one

http://supertalk.superfuture.com/index.php?/topic/134788-roy-duck-pants-3333/

sad to let this go, but a financial problem appeared

[cool_hand]

This is sounding even worse for my order now... I don't need my w34's to shrink to a w32... Anyone want to trade! I too am in the UK enduring the wait.

[cool_hand]

I'm in exactly the same boat. Followed the sizing advice on self edge! If it's correct they should be fine. I also ordered 34s! I guess it's just wait and see now!

Edited March 26, 2012 by cool_hand

[tigerpac]

I'm in exactly the same boat. Followed the sizing advice on self edge! If it's correct they should be fine. I also ordered 34s! I guess it's just wait and see now!

Sorry to be the bearer of bad sizing news! If they stretch an inch like advertised you might be ok.

[cmo]

Yeah anyone out there want to give me and cool_hand a bit of confidence!!

[cool_hand]

Tigerpac is wearing the narrows - I ordered the straight. I have a pair of canes that shrank down to 33 on first wash and iwas like WTF! But then they gave after a few wears and wouldn't want them any other way. I say bring it on.

Edited March 26, 2012 by cool_hand

[tigerpac]

Tigerpac is wearing the narrows - I ordered the straight. I have a pair of canes that shrank down to 33 on first wash and iwas like WTF! But then they gave after a few wears and wouldn't want them any other way. I say bring it on.

To confirm, yes, I did get the narrows.

[cool_hand]

If I was wearing narrows I would probably need a 36

[Highvoltage]

I'm curious, I know the new Rx04 denim is different than the Rx03. The descriptions of both jeans touch on thenfactnthatnthis is the first loom-state denim from Cone in 60 years. Was the 03 denim made to Roy's spec, or was it an off the shelf fabric? I'm just wondering if the denim in the new release is more significant than in the RS03s that I am wearing.

[Quoise1203]

Kiya's response to this question in the Selfedge thread:

BPC,

The run that was done in December (the 03 model) was done of a fabric that was a test run, it wasn't designed ground up by Roy. It was a very small run of fabric that was piggybacked onto another run that was being made in the factory, we didn't have full control of what the outcome was. The new run is 100% designed by Roy and Bud (of Cone Mills) and is a production run of denim, five times the number of yards and it's own run from beginning to end.