IH-666L - The Devil's Left Hand

[Topher_t]

Hey guys, so I ordered the size 38 and they fit a bit snug in the waist. Would you recommend soaking them or not? And if so, will wearing them in the soak help stretch the waist band?

Thanks!

[Giles]

Hmmm, you should soak them as they are raw.  But then they'll tighten up further.  They will stretch back out again, so perhaps a cool soak just to bed in the constructional stitching….

[Topher_t]

I hope it's not too much of a shrinkage. I shall give it a shot and see what results are.
Thanks Giles.

[Max Power]

The shrinkage you will get in a cold soak should be stretched out easily. But if you plan to do machine washes in the furture, they might be too tight. Just a thought, before you soak them, think about wether you want to wash them or not and wether they are bearable tight or not. They will most likely stretch back to raw state and maybe even beyond that, but not very much.

[Topher_t]

In it's raw state, they only button at the top. I have yet to soak, I'm just thinking I may be SOL with this pair or I can take my fat ass and run some pounds off lol

[Bluegrass]

Mine only shrunk 1" in the waist and quickly stretched back out - and maybe only 1" or less in length.  Actually it does not seem like mine shrunk (shrank? shrinked?) much at all.  I haven't found that IH raws shrink as much as other raws I have (Roy, RJB). I thought about a 40 but I'm glad I kept these. They just didn't shrink much at all.  I used hot tap water, agitated, for about 15 minutes.

[Topher_t]

So I might just keep them and do a soak and hopefully they stretch out

[Bluegrass]

If you can wear comfortably as they are, in the raw state, I think you should be OK.  But if they are uncomfortably tight before the soak, for sure I'd send em back…

[Topher_t]

I think I should be ok, thanks guys!!

[aryowl]

4 months
2 times of wash

[nietenhosen]

did a couple of comparison pics on my 666L to 666S.
both W32 and from the 'first run'.
okay, 666S had slightly more wear…

[nietenhosen]

round about eight months in…washed once.

[daynym]

shiat. Both of your pairs look great! It is always nice to see lht and rht fades in comparison.

Btw. what you carry in your right back pocket?

[Mild7]

Jan you fkn rock.

[aryowl]

another evo pic please on these jeans

[nietenhosen]

click it!

[tatmantall]

The birth of cool

[Aetas]

@tatmantall:

The birth of cool

A warm camp fire , a good cup of coffee and a Schmidt shirt!
That makes the Devil´s Left Hand.

[nizzel55]

Great picture nietenhosen. They are looking mighty good!

[Josh James]

Is this denim and the 634s-19oz left hand twill the same thing?  I love the way these are fading. But 666 don't fit my thighs.
Thx