KOB DENIM - Kind of Blue
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I liked that too. I think the whole think is a satire on the Levi's lawsuits. They're great jeans, but hey're a bitch to order and I don't speak Japanese which makes it harder.
I think that they are like "The Denim Project". I tried to get a pair of the Denim Project "Devi's" at one point and couldn't figure out where to find them. I doubt that they have any presence in NY OR LA, but I could be wrong.
I think that the girl on the patch is Banksy's balloon girl. Just thought that I'd share some pics. Only have one pair of the 15 oz. and one pair of the 21 oz. been trying to get another pair unsuccessfully.
That being said, I have 12 pairs of Iron Hearts, 5 Samurais, 6 custom Rogue Territory, 2 Sugarcane, 2 ROY's, the Lee 23 oz., 4 Flatheads and 3 SDA's (black Pig, x-32 and x-29) and other than my Iron Hearts, these things are my new favourite. The fabric is beautiful and they have random craftsman touches like the shell stitch on the fly area selvedge in the pockets, etc.. If anybody else has any info, please provide. Also, if anybody has any info on "The Denim Project," let us know.
My blood bleeds Iron Heart, I love these little Japanese/Okayama micro-brands. Has anybody had luck recently ordering from Double Volante or O.O.e. Yofuketen (please excuse the spelling). Thanks
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I'd post pictures of the 18 oz. but I haven't received them. I will post when (hopefully) they arrive.
The first two arrived in a DHL package from Japan (addressed in Japanese with the receiver name redacted) that was then placed in a FedEx box and sent from Hawaii to my address in California.
Oh, the crazy World of underground Denim!
Gotta love it!
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OOE Yofukuten is great. Just email them and they get back to you as soon as they can. Check their website.
The Denim Project has a Facebook page. All the posts are in Japanese but they speak decent English if you message them. I saw a pair on Fade Fridays on Rawr Denim and I was in love with the fading. They just got a nice new 13.5oz raw that they specced out (from what I gather from their Wall on FB). They are doing the '47 and '66 cut, the '66 is fairly new.
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http://denimproject.net/
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It#s pretty easy to deal with the Denim project. Taichi speaks English very well so that's not a problem. They just released a new run of th '66 cut with a new denim., just like MikeC said. But they had the '66 cut before in their sortiment
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Hello everybody. I'm Taichi on the denim project Japan.
just writing this msg from Aichi prefecture Japan now.
I really appreciate your discuss for my bland.I'd like to do very active discussion about anything for denim and my bland with you.
If you have any question, please let me know??Thanks everybody.
Taichi. -
I think he's talking about the KOB jeans, not the DenimProject jeans
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oh sorry!! I missunderstood, here is not thread of us.
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Best made jeans that I own. I heard that KOB should be taking orders soon, but not sure.
Look at the quality ! Denim feels similar to IH - 634S. 21 oz. Okayama family mill. Beautiful Stuff!
They also have 18, 16 and 14 oz. I'm still an Iron Heart guy, but on my other days, these are the ones.
They must have all of the machines that Roy has. Look at the shell stitching! The button-holes! The raised pocket tops! The interior stitching and pocket design.
I'm trying to get them over to the USA. We'll see where that goes. They're happy being small and I'm happy with Iron Heart, so who knows if it will happen??
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Yeah..the 'redtab' is funny. I like it too.
But the visible coin pocket selvage…I really don't like it all.
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Now I looked a bit more at the pictures. Stitching on the back seam between the back pockets looks a bit strange. But that doesn't matter.
So when I saw the leather patch again and I read "Artist Denim" I already thought…mhh...they might be made by Gun (the guy from Artist Denim. Made in Thailand not Japan).Then I googled a bit around and well, what I discovered:
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as we all know, Gun used 21oz sanforized IH denim (yeah that rank C stuff). This might be again the case
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Gun has a shell stitching machine, proof
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The coin pocket looks identical
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The fomnt on the tab looks similar
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he also offers 16oz and 18oz denim (14oz most likely too)
So…if Gun hasn't moved to Okayama recently, I guess these are still made in Thailand. But Gun has proven that he can produce nice jeans.
Sherlock out
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