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    bagley920
    Joined: 10 Oct 2011

    Roy's Jeans & The Cone Mills Video - Straight & Narrow Fits

    Earlier this year we took a trip to Greensboro (North Carolina) with Roy Slaper to experience the production process of a new denim that was designed from the ground up by Roy himself. We took Kellen Dengler, our videographer from NYC, with us to shoot the process, we felt it wasn't fair to keep it under wraps. At the oldest denim mill in the world, this is the story of Roy's new fabric.
    This video was shot in 1080p High Definition, it's best viewed in full-screen HD mode with the volume turned way up.

    http://vimeo.com/selfedge/selfedgeingreensboro

    Roy is back with a restock of the release that sold out in seconds in March. This long overdue set of jeans is made up of a custom fabric from Cone Mills made exactly to Roy's specs. This is the first time in over three decades that Cone has produced a loomstate unsanforized fabric for anybody, and therefore we feel that this is history in the making.

    The denim is a loomstate unsanforized indigo denim that clocks in at 14.5oz per square yard in it's raw state. The denim is made of American cotton and is 100% pure indigo dyed in the darkest shade Cone produces.
    Technically, the construction of the denim.. the warp has multiple sized (engineered) slub yarns and the weft has large rough spun (non-engineered) yarn. It weighs 14.5 in loomstate and approximately 16.25oz after a hot water soak. Roy broke three of his key machines on this run and had to improve them to deal with the heavier denim.
    The fabric hand is smooth and tight. Roy had Cone pack as many picks per inch (46 in 6.4 gauge yarn) as could be done without the loom blowing out and therefore achieved the tight weave he was after. There is a sound to the denim, after its been worn a few weeks - when you rustle it, that's somewhere between suede and oil cloth. This is tough fabric.
    The look is streaky and it appears grey-ish at first. After rinsing and a few weeks of wear, it starts to change character as the white hairs formed by the fill yarns wear off leaving the streakiness to mellow and the shade to become a more rich, classic indigo.

    The jeans themselves come in two fits, both a slim and a straight leg. Both silhouettes are slightly modified from past iterations of Roy's straight and slim fits.

    With the RS04 and RN04 a few changes have been made from past models. Never content with just "doing another run", Roy has improved and tweaked everything surrounding the production of these jeans. The stitching of the body is even finer and more accurate and we love the fully lined back pockets and coin pocket. The rear pocket hems now have a hand-done welt in them (slightly thicker than the last run), mimicking the vintage style belt-loops found on many of the best Japanese brands. Last but not least the back pockets have been slightly reduced in size from past versions.

    Jeans from Roy don't come often and we can't keep them in stock as long as we'd like, so if you've been waiting for a pair, now is the time.

    Both of these models will be released at noon (local time) on Saturday June 2nd at all three Self Edge stores. These will also be available via our online store at 10am (PDT) on June 2nd.

    If I am not I, who will be? -Henry David Thoreau

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      RP
      Joined: 16 Dec 2011

      Roy RS04 (with the red 59):

      Close-ups (after two soaks and two months of light wear):

      last edited by 2 Jun 2012, 11:47 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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        Anesthetist
        見習いボス
        Joined: 14 May 2011

        Man, that is some furry denim. I just ordered mine. I dont know a whole lot about Roy, but I wanted to take a chance on a new brand. I don't suspect that they will fade all that quickly since I won't be wearing them more than a day or so a week, but they sound too cool to pass up.

        IG: bluehandsslim

        last edited by 22 Jul 2012, 01:45 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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          Looking for a pair of ducks and black 'n blues in size 31.

          last edited by 24 Jul 2012, 00:55 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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            Finn666
            Joined: 20 Jan 2011

            @Shoreman:

            Looking for a pair of ducks and black 'n blues in size 31.

            you was owning both already, right?… 😛

            last edited by 24 Jul 2012, 08:44 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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              Guest
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              Yes, sir. Sometimes we gotta do what we gotta do when we're in a bind, though.

              last edited by 27 Jul 2012, 10:50 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                Finn666
                Joined: 20 Jan 2011

                Kiya and Mr.Slaper himself!…


                foto: roy6 from sufu

                last edited by 1 Aug 2012, 10:09 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                  FOXY
                  Joined: 14 Mar 2011

                  Great!

                  Reminds me of that European (Italian?) comics about the 2 spies…

                  Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

                  last edited by 1 Aug 2012, 20:28 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                    gbougard
                    Raw and Unwashed
                    Joined: 20 Apr 2010

                    @FOXY:

                    Reminds me of that European (Italian?) comics about the 2 spies…

                    Spy vs Spy was American, published by Mad Magazine

                    Sly Dunbar bigs up IH on YT
                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t2OM738mKY
                    Sly & Robbie A Run Tings
                    Gregory Isaacs Liveth 4 I-ver

                    Renault: What in heaven’s name brought you to Casablanca?
                    Rick: My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters.
                    Renault: The waters? What waters? We’re in the desert.
                    Ric

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                      FOXY
                      Joined: 14 Mar 2011

                      Clever & Smart - original title is „Mortadelo y Filemón, agencia de información“ by Francisco Ibáñez started in 1958.

                      It's a Spanish comics series (not Italian, sorry) that was kind of popular when I grew up…thought it was hilarious when I was little.

                      Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

                      last edited by 5 Aug 2012, 04:08 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                        Seul
                        Joined: 24 Nov 2009

                        No way… I grew up with that stuff!.. Still have the complete collection!.. Some classic covers...



                        last edited by 5 Aug 2012, 06:34 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                          FOXY
                          Joined: 14 Mar 2011

                          Must be over 200 by now - should be still ongoing.

                          Still great - still funny - maybe not a milestone in the history of comics strips, but so what!

                          Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

                          last edited by 5 Aug 2012, 07:38 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                            Anesthetist
                            見習いボス
                            Joined: 14 May 2011

                            These RS04 are from the latest run and I just finished a couple of soaks. They still feel a little baggy even for a straight fit jean (sz 33) but the denim is slowly settling in and the hip flairs are going away. I'm not sure what to do about the length yet concerning cuffing, hemming, or just letting them be but I will probably wait a little longer to see what happens. The denim started out really streaky and hairy and is now a nice near even indigo. As mentioned, construction is top notch!

                            IG: bluehandsslim

                            last edited by 3 Sept 2012, 18:58 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                            • Mild7M
                              Mild7
                              Joined: 3 May 2012

                              Like 'em a lot Anesthetist, but would love the see fit pics of them with a cuff or two to really get a feel for the cut on you.

                              These are next on my list to buy, most likely.

                              Mike

                              last edited by 4 Sept 2012, 00:13 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                              • zhivagoZ
                                zhivago
                                Raw and Unwashed
                                Joined: 17 Aug 2010

                                Yeah, I picked up a pair for summer time and kinda just because I like the concept of what Roy does. None the less they have quickly become my favorite summer time jeans.

                                Zhivago

                                MM: "we all got to start somewhere"

                                G: "Never once did he bitch, moan or complain.  He just motivated the team and got on with it"

                                last edited by 4 Sept 2012, 00:26 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                • Mild7M
                                  Mild7
                                  Joined: 3 May 2012

                                  Yeah me too.. The details and love put in are something that I just cant resist.  THeres something 'special' going on there that i think i need to exprience for myself.

                                  Another question for me is the difference between the 03 and the 04.  I know the denim is 13oz vs 14.5oz, and one costs $140 mor than the other, but is the 04 really worth that much more?  What else is going on there to warrant the extra cost?

                                  last edited by 4 Sept 2012, 00:39 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                    Guest
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                                    the remaining sizes–mostly 28-30-- in the 03s were put on sale quite a while ago. Upon release they were the same price as the 04s.

                                    last edited by 4 Sept 2012, 00:52 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                    • joesaintjohnJ
                                      joesaintjohn
                                      啓蒙家
                                      Joined: 9 Aug 2012

                                      @Finn666:

                                      Kiya and Mr.Slaper himself!…


                                      foto: roy6 from sufu

                                      What are they doing in my jeans???

                                      Fat dudes need good clothes too.

                                      last edited by 4 Sept 2012, 02:12 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                        Anesthetist
                                        見習いボス
                                        Joined: 14 May 2011

                                        Take 2 with a single cuff. I'm liiking these them more and more.

                                        IG: bluehandsslim

                                        last edited by 5 Sept 2012, 00:02 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                        • Mild7M
                                          Mild7
                                          Joined: 3 May 2012

                                          ^^ Big thumbs up from me!

                                          last edited by 5 Sept 2012, 00:15 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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