Oni Denim
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Pretty darn comfortable as well! One-wash version.
Was wearing my DWCxUHR when they arrived Thursday morning. Been wearing these all day, every day since.
The 20oz "Secret Denim" I had before was too soft, and I sold them. These are nice and sturdy, similar to the UHR denim.Color contrast pic from Saturday.
Samurai 25oz typeII(well worn)
Tezomeya tshirt
Oni 22oz Natural Indigo
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Picked up a pair taking advantage of Blue in Green's sale. I've wanted a pair for a while and $200 was too good to pass up. It's 20oz, but feels much lighter. They didn't say secret denim, but it's still pretty sweet.
Presoak
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Post soak. I dig the nep on this denim.
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I dig the nep too.
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I couldn’t resist the secret denim in black. I’ve never found a pair that worked for me. Fingers crossed. It’ll be interesting to see how they fade.
Pre/post fit pics. Pretty happy with the fit. They are a bit tighter than I’m used to on the hem.
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@summ3rhays what size did you go for?
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@Broark , I went with size 34 raw. I was ok with the taper since their denim has so much give and stretch.
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I know this thread isn't active, but just wanted to post my comparison of Samurai, Oni and IH. Left is Samurai 710s at 25 months (65 repairs by my wife between 10 and 23-ish months, at which point she gave up on them), middle is Oni 527 21 oz (i think those numbers are right) secret denim at 13 months (jeans were tearing at only 2-3 months), and right is IH-555-02 18 oz at 14 months, taken about a month ago. The Samurais were reasonably durable, but nothing like the IH, which still have no repairs at 15 months, and the first pair of jeans to make it a year for me without repair. The quality of the Onis was, in a word, awful. I think the average $30 department store jeans would have been more durable. If you're impatient and want fades quickly, the Onis might be the right call, but I would personally never consider buying them again. They rip very easily, apparently have very little indigo in them (I had almost none after 9 months and maybe 3 washes), and the cost/wear ratio is very high compared to anything comparable. IH FTW.
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@cander49 they are very interesting comparisons. I've often thought I should branch out and try other brand's denim, but whenever I've tried them on (maybe with the exception of Stevenson's Overalls) they have fallen so short of IH that I've just not bothered.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it!
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I'm nowhere near as hard on jeans as you are cander, but I've had boo such problems with Oni. I've owned two pairs and both lasted through at least as many wearings as yours and I didn't make a single repair on either.
The one pair of Samurai I owned, on the other hand…
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@Chris, which Onis did you have? I suspect the secret denim is particularly bad due to the slubby nature leading to increased ability to tear. Maybe the other denims aren't as awful. Still, the IHs have now gone 50% longer than my next longest lasting pair of jeans without repair, and this isn't even a very thick pair of IH. At this point, my day-to-day casual wear purchases from brands other than Iron Heart in the last year and a half has consisted of two shirts and a pair of chinos. I just don't see a reason to buy much, if anything, from other Japanese denim-focused brands anymore.
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The 20oz green cast that I have seem to be holding up ok. They definitely don’t feel durable. In my opinion the overly low tension weave leads to sweat pant level comfort but they feel almost stretchy and lightweight. The fit on mine is more fitted than any IH I own which doesn’t help with durability.
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@cander49 You should post this on Reddit, they love their Oni jeans over there
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I've long admired Oni's slubbier offerings from afar, so that's disappointing.
The one time that I tried a low-tension slubby jean was The Strike Gold 5105. Great texture and comfort, fades were showing early promise, but disintegration set in so early that I put them in storage. My other ones (3105s) fell apart too, but in an appropriate wabi sabi style and timeframe (I still wear them). I've come to realize that since IH still has character, and has cuts I like, why wouldn't I opt for the more durable product?
If I were to try a crazy slub jean again, I'd want it to be yenim or some other fabric to offset the weakness of the weave.
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@cander49 You should post this on Reddit, they love their Oni jeans over there
Yes, in terms of durability IH is second to noneHaha. Good call. Posted em in /rawdenim. I was semi nice about it. Telling everyone their favorite brand straight-up sucks isn't a good way to bring them to the light.
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…they can always fall back to the wabi sabi argument.
To me wabi sabi is best (aesthetically and philosophically) when it is earned, and that requires durable gear. Making something designed to evo quickly is just a step before pre-distressing a garment in my mind.
I say this as someone who is fundamentally impatient too. Perhaps IH is therapeutic in making me wait for results
