Railcar Fine Goods
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Any fans? My current slim indigo jeans (I call em my "sneaker jeans" since I only wear em when I'm not wearing boots, which means I haven't really worn them yet
) are the Spikes X-009, a tightly-woven Kuroki mills 16 oz red line sanforized selvage fabric. The denim is stiff, flat, and hairy, I think the evo will be dramatic for sanforized jeans. They are very solidly constucted. Triple stitched seat, hidden rivets, selvage detail on the button fly, triple stitched belt loops (all but the back loop having indigo stitching on the center stitch) that are tucked into the waistband, which is constructed of two parts. Chain stitching throughout. A leather patch rivaling IH in thickness.http://www.railcarfinegoods.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=RMJSPIKESX009
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I fully back RCFG. Steven Dang, owner is one of the coolest dudes out there. He is also one of the few who will taper 25oz denim. He even lowered the rise on someone's MBB a couple weeks ago, and he attached the same waistband. It's a fucking work of art. I sent my vulcans to him to fix the crotch blowout. He also will taper jeans too (from the inside, as long as its not a felled seam, it has to be overlocked).
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Yeah he seams (ha) like a really nice guy, active in the community and quick with answers. I'm really happy with my sneaker/warm weather jeans. They won't be displacing my IHs often, but they are a joy when they do. And the creases already setting in are promising! Definitely will use them for repairs.
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An interview with Steven / feature was recently posted at Denimhunters:
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The construction of Railcar's jeans is superb and Steven is one of the most helpful guys I have the pleasure to deal with. Nothing is too much trouble for him and his small crew.
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I need a real camera with a macro lens to do this justice, but wanted to share the tight flat twill and hairiness of the X-009 denim.
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This apron is the latest RC creation, modeled after a type iii… Pretty nice. Might need to cop it for barbecuing.
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Love my Railcars great folks who build a quality product I have a pair of x001 nice 13.75 cone mills
just waiting for my RDCX013 build custom for me for there one year contest -
Close up of Junior's X009 jeans made from 16 oz Kurabo selvedge. They have only been worn for 3 weeks yet some electric blue fades are appearing already. Railcar construction is second to none. Looks like the denim might be a winner too.
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He reinforced the whole area too. Prior to the repair, it felt like there was 12oz denim in the crotch from wear. He'll also taper anything, including 25oz denim. They work with all vintage machines. Steven works for the railroad and he repairs a lot of his vintage machines, by himself. I also really like his Spikes009s. It's his signature cut (The Spike) with 16oz sanforized RHT from Kurabo Mills.
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Hey MikeC,
Do they accept non store bought jeans for repair? Did you mail yours to get them repair?
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He reinforced the whole area too. Prior to the repair, it felt like there was 12oz denim in the crotch from wear. He'll also taper anything, including 25oz denim. They work with all vintage machines. Steven works for the railroad and he repairs a lot of his vintage machines, by himself. I also really like his Spikes009s. It's his signature cut (The Spike) with 16oz sanforized RHT from Kurabo Mills.
too bad they´re in the US ^^
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Talking of their vintage machines they use a smaller Union Special circa 1906. Over a 100 years old and still going strong. It's a 1 needle chain stitch machine set up to use heavy gauge thread. It sews the selvedge edge outseam. So if you flip under the selvedge out seam on Railcar jeans, you will see a thick chain stitch there.
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Cool!
The attention to detail is impressive. They are just lovingly created, wearable art. Everything is so immaculate. They clean off the fray from any cut denim before they finish it; the inseams don't have a mess of frayed denim under the overlock stitching, unlike my 634S.
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The more I see from Railcar, the more impressed I get. There's a store in Houston that sells their stuff, Reserve Supply Co. I'll have to head over there and check out the gear. Been meaning to anyway; the owners are friends of a parent from Benjamin's school. My wife met then at a birthday party and told them I'm a denim nerd, so I kinda feel obligated…
