Japan Trip - November 2010

[ricochet]

I hate to sound like Bertoni and gbougard mothers, but could I remind you ask Haraki-san if he got any spare patch please G.

[Giles]

I asked him and he has no 634SR left.  Will a 634S do instead?

[Guest]

i would love to be on the crew that repairs those looms when they need it

[riffblaster general]

@ricochet:

I hate to sound like Bertoni and gbougard mothers, but could I remind you ask Haraki-san if he got any spare patch please G.

patches yes!!

[ricochet]

@Giles:

I asked him and he has no 634SR left.  Will a 634S do instead?

Oh yes please, I don’t mind.

[Beatle]

needed to steal pics from K and Haraki..

od dream machine..which hopefully was loaded with 2 special items…

and how's this poor dude supposed to get any work done

[cowsareforeating]

pardon my ignorance but what exactly does that machine do?

[Beatle]

over dye***

[cowsareforeating]

OMGOMGOGMOGMOGMG my pretty flannel thx G!

[ALEX1976]

The videos and pics are awesome!!!great geat great:-)

[tvshooter]

i'm eatin all this up!  wish i could bring my XDHDcam over there and shoot a vid for ya'll!

btw, who's that guy in the pic wearing the hickory hat?  he looks familiar.

[Beatle]

@tvshooter:

i'm eatin all this up!  wish i could bring my XDHDcam over there and shoot a vid for ya'll!

btw, who's that guy in the pic wearing the hickory hat?  he looks familiar.

You and me, both…

btw - that's Roger from VMC Zurich

[Giles]

Beats at 80?

[Giles]

Folks, burning the candle at both ends does not even start toi describe this gig.  Will try and get a few images up here before we shoot off to meet up with Rin Tanaka in 20 mins….......

[Jpo1932]

@Giles:

Folks, burning the candle at both ends does not even start toi describe this gig.  Will try and get a few images up here before we shoot off to meet up with Rin Tanaka in 20 mins….......

Some people have the greatest jobs..

[Giles]

So yesterday we went to 3 factories:  Washing/Dyeing/Finsing plant (this is where we get the overdying done), the shirt making factory and the jeans/jackets/heavy shirts making factory.

This is a laser etcher, etching the design for one of our flashers directly onto the the denim. Scary stuff:

[Giles]

Those are all Beatle Busters…..........................

[Giles]

Want your jeans pre-distressed?  Well I know you don't, or else you would not be on this forum, but I tell you, what they do and how they do it is amazing.  This is the "hi-tech" fraying machine:

[Giles]

Lets fade some now.  I tell you, it was vaguely obscene seeing these nice new jeans hitting the factory and being systematically fucked with:

[Giles]

These are the blanket lined work jackets coming out of the rinser.  They are rinsed, just to get excess starch out of them and to take all the shrinkeage out of the denim.  Avaialable on a website very near you soon: