Roy. (expurgated edition)

[theotherchrislewis]

Ok, so before I go into any details, i'd like to make it clear that i do love these jeans and this is not a hate-post, think of it as more of an observation.

Whilst having a denim-porn moment (comparing the finer details on my different pairs), I noticed a flaw on my pair of ROYs - one belt loop doesn't tuck under the waistband like the others do. Guess it shows that a 'one-man artisan operation' doesn't necessarily equal 'absolute perfection' and that ROY is actually human, just like the rest of us.

[theotherchrislewis]

Ok, so before I go into any details, i'd like to make it clear that i do love these jeans and this is not a hate-post, think of it as more of an observation.

Whilst having a denim-porn moment (comparing the finer details on my different pairs), I noticed a flaw on my pair of ROYs - one belt loop doesn't tuck under the waistband like the others do. Guess it shows that a 'one-man artisan operation' doesn't necessarily equal 'absolute perfection' and that ROY is actually human, just like the rest of us.

[theotherchrislewis]

Ok, so before I go into any details, i'd like to make it clear that i do love these jeans and this is not a hate-post, think of it as more of an observation.

Whilst having a denim-porn moment (comparing the finer details on my different pairs), I noticed a flaw on my pair of ROYs - one belt loop doesn't tuck under the waistband like the others do. Guess it shows that a 'one-man artisan operation' doesn't necessarily equal 'absolute perfection' and that ROY is actually human, just like the rest of us.

[theotherchrislewis]

Ok, so before I go into any details, i'd like to make it clear that i do love these jeans and this is not a hate-post, think of it as more of an observation.

Whilst having a denim-porn moment (comparing the finer details on my different pairs), I noticed a flaw on my pair of ROYs - one belt loop doesn't tuck under the waistband like the others do. Guess it shows that a 'one-man artisan operation' doesn't necessarily equal 'absolute perfection' and that ROY is actually human, just like the rest of us.

[dkatz]

Life in a post-Royxcone contest world

new RN1 on me, year-old OG on pops

Edited January 5, 2012 by dkatz

[ranonranonarat]

huhhh when did you get those RN1's daniel?

[kimi]

if anyone is looking to get rid of their unhemmed size 32 rs3's please drop me a line, i went with the size 33's and they are just a little too big for me post hot soak.

cheers

[shoreman]

Roy Ducks and Black 'N Blues, size 30 for sale:

http://supertalk.superfuture.com/index.php?/topic/131671-roy-duck-black-n-blue-size-30/

[grooveholmes]

RN03s. 33 waist, hemmed to a 32 inseam. Haven't soaked these yet. Loomstate denim is... hairy and wonderful.

... That's what she said.

[xchen]

nice vest....

[dkatz]

wow those are the narrows?

[grooveholmes]

Yup. I'm interested to see what happens once they hit the water.

[boomtime8]

My narrows def shrunk more than other jeans I've had in the past length wise...I gave them 2 hot soaks before wear and have been rocking them with a 1'' single cuff since Jan 1st. Gonna give them one more hot soak to get all the shrink out then its hemming time.

[thirdhand]

...I noticed a flaw on my pair of ROYs - one belt loop doesn't tuck under the waistband like the others do. Guess it shows that a 'one-man artisan operation' doesn't necessarily equal 'absolute perfection' and that ROY is actually human, just like the rest of us.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_Jenny

Looks like you're wearing money right there ;]

[Dr_Heech]

Thought I'd share with you guys what my Roy OG's have been doing this past 6 weeks. Not having my smartphone with me anymore makes it difficult to get any regular evo pics, but I managed to take these with my GF's DSLR when I was at work this weekend.

(For those that haven't followed the RxC contest thread, I work at a golf club )

On one of the two courses we have two lakes. The water source(s) come from deep bore-holes connected to an underground spring below the cotswold limestone.

Rebuilding a wall across the fifth fairway, the new stone comes from where the newest lake was dug out - all of it tooled by hand and mixed in with the existing original wall-stone. These walls are only three-quarter size of regular field walls - the bloody golfers complain they're too high already! (Brings a warm feeling to my heart )

(1 of 2)

Edited January 15, 2012 by Dr_Heech

[Dr_Heech]

(2 of 2)

Been wearing thse since august underneath water-proof trousers (not allowed jeans at work ), so roughly 6 months wear and several machine washes.

Here they are next to the contest pair -

Thanks to Mikecch for passing them on !

.

[robbie]

beautiful stuff man, I knew I stole the denim under work pants from someone, but I couldn't remember who.

[Maynard Friedman]

OK Robbie, but can you layer like Superman? The man of steel wears denim under a superhero outfit under a suit!

[itylerstewart]

RS3 at about 1 week SZ. 33 initial soak. terrible lighting I'm sorry. iMac camera isn't the best especially when it's gloomy out.

Edited January 16, 2012 by itylerstewart

[dawei94]

Just curious, how does tucking the beltloops into the waistband increase the durability of them? I know it's a cool detail, but I have hard time seeing how it would help. I could only really see it helping if the bartack came loose, but I feel like anything that could rip the loop off at the bartack would have no problem ripping it from the waistband too

[kiya]

Just curious, how does tucking the beltloops into the waistband increase the durability of them? I know it's a cool detail, but I have hard time seeing how it would help. I could only really see it helping if the bartack came loose, but I feel like anything that could rip the loop off at the bartack would have no problem ripping it from the waistband too

That's pretty much it, you got it.

There's two points from the bottom that it'd have to rip, not one point. Belt loops normally break from the bottom if it's the stitching that fails over time so this would give it a back-up area where it's also attached. We find that a lot of people like the second smaller loop so they can hook a carabiner onto just the small bit without it rubbing against the belt.

Edited January 19, 2012 by kiya

[dawei94]

second loop? is that between the part of the loop that is bartacked and tucked into the waist band, and the leg? I assume the first loop is just where your belt would normally go?

[kiya]

second loop? is that between the part of the loop that is bartacked and tucked into the waist band, and the leg? I assume the first loop is just where your belt would normally go?

Yup, exactly.

[kit714]

shameless plug, for those who missed out on the black n blues in size 30, these are too small for me. Brand new for cheap

http://supertalk.superfuture.com/index.php?/topic/131698-fs-roy-blackn-blue-jeans-size-30-brand-new/

[rnrswitch]

The beltloops tucked under the waistband is also a cleaner look in terms of seeing open edges. There are no frayed denim pieces. The open end is tucked under the waistband.

Also, people should not be hooking carabiners around there waist in any manner.

[kiya]

The beltloops tucked under the waistband is also a cleaner look in terms of seeing open edges. There are no frayed denim pieces. The open end is tucked under the waistband.

You are very correct. I didn't mention any of that cause the original post was questioning it's durability factor.

FYI, for those that don't own many Japanese brand jeans, about half the brands we carry from Japan also do this, it's just very labor intensive compared to the traditional method of just clipping one end so factories don't want to do it unless pressured by the brand.

Edited January 20, 2012 by kiya

[Eyeq8402]

Looking for black and blues size 33 or 34. Shoot me a pm if you want to part with them. Thank you.

[robbie]

MTM RoYs

[dkatz]

Don't you hate it when you don't find out until the end of the day that you left one of your fly-buttons undone all day?

[robbie]

ohh shit, didn't notice. people probably thought i was out bird hunting.