IH-666SII - 18oz Indigo/Indigo Slim Cut Jean

[nizzel55]

X post from DWC thread.

Tried to take some decent pictures today.
But the light I had from the windows was not enough.
Have to redo it soon.

Anyway.
Here are the pictures from today.

2015-09-16 - 109 days (01 soak, 00 hand washes, 00 machine wash)

Crotch is taking a beating.

[Sam]

Nice work @nizzel55
This is what you do with low lighting then i can't wait to see them with good lighting!

I'm going to be building up a fade and evo folder in the gallery. would you mind if i borrowed your shots for that?

SP

[nizzel55]

Thanks @Sam
I do not mind.
So just go ahead and borrow them

[manufc10]

Holy crap @nizzel55, those look great!!  and only 109 wears??  really??!!

[nizzel55]

@manufc10 yes really and thanks.
I got two small kids 4,5 and 1,5 years old. I spend a lot of my time on my knees.
I guess my kids are my main contributors to my fades.

It will be fun seeing these after 2 years of wear or close to two years of wear.

[Cole]

I call it the kids knee on my Loombreakers.

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[Sam]

I have the photographer knee on my 555-02's… They're getting really beaten up as i find myself on the floor a lot.

[Jestre]

Some random evo shots

[rocket]

great!!

[manufc10]

Looking good guys!

[nizzel55]

Those jeans are looking great @Jestre
Quite different from my pair

Guess your pair have seen one or two machine washes?

[Jestre]

Yep, about two washes.  They've gotten way too dirty and smelly to avoid it.  Years ago I would have let them go longer, nowadays I just wash jeans whenever they get too funky.

[takashi78]

Wanted to give my opinion on the jeans here.

1st time raw denim wearer.

Had one hot wash/soak with a few rounds of cold water rinse.

Surprised at how much the waist shrunk. Hope it will loosen up a bit.
Length wise i didnt notice much shrinkage though.

Now the thigh is fitted and no room left when i sit down.
Its well bloody tough to bend my knees to wear my shoes, how do you guys do it? LOL !

Dissapointed at the leather patch. Quite a few cracking on it.
Even after applying some RW leather oil (light coat) it didnt do it much good i feel.

Not too much a fan of double cuff so i think i will hem the length bit more to a single cuff style.

Oh and the crouch area feels like someone is grabbing my nutsacks LOL…...

Living in Asia so it does get bit hot wearing the jeans outside.
All in all i i think i got bout 15-20 wears out of them before they needed a wash.

[xtcclassic]

It will get easier within days. Fear not! As for the leather patch, try Obenauf's Heavy Duty LP or Mustang Paste.

[Lucifer]

So guys, I'm considering getting these (they seem to fit similarly to the Livid Jeans Roald-fit - which fit me perfectly). The last few jeans I've bought have all pre-soak waistlines in the 35,5-36,5 inch area. I see that these shrink about 1" in the soak - but how much do they stretch? Would a size 34 (35,5 inch waist - pre soak) be too tight?

Lucifer.

[rocket]

Treat as raw:  you will get about 1" shrinkage in the waist and the same in the inseam, the waist will stretch back out to pre-soak/wash size over time - so if they fit you as you like them pre-soak/wash, then that's your size

[Lucifer]

@rocket:

Treat as raw:  you will get about 1" shrinkage in the waist and the same in the inseam, the waist will stretch back out to pre-soak/wash size over time - so if they fit you as you like them pre-soak/wash, then that's your size

Thank you very much! I must be both blind and dumb

[Jestre]

Somewhat accurate state of my 666SII's right now.

[babyknight]

Loved seeing your evo shots @nizzel55 .  Thanks for posting.

[neph93]

@Lucifer:

So guys, I'm considering getting these (they seem to fit similarly to the Livid Jeans Roald-fit - which fit me perfectly). The last few jeans I've bought have all pre-soak waistlines in the 35,5-36,5 inch area. I see that these shrink about 1" in the soak - but how much do they stretch? Would a size 34 (35,5 inch waist - pre soak) be too tight?

Lucifer.

Hi, Lucifer.

I know Livid's fits quite well and I don't think you'll find this similar to the Roald at all. The "Roald" has a heavy taper from thigh to cuff and a roomy top block. This is more slim/straight and has a more fitted top block. So maybe similar to a slimmer "Harald" cut except with a much higher rise. The nearest IH do to Roald would be the newest iteration of the 777's that are coming soon.