IH-888-XHSMB - 25oz Selvedge Denim Medium/High Rise Tapered Cut - Mad Black

[Oaktavia]

80 days just one soapy soak. Finally starting to see fades develop. Going to try to get to 100 wears before a machine wash. That first wash will be glorious.

[Oaktavia]

How's y'alls Saturdaze goin'?

[hoppy_IPA]

Oak is that a Milwaukee Fastback?

[Oaktavia]

@hoppy_IPA said in IH-888-XHSMB - 25oz Selvedge Denim Medium/High Rise Tapered Cut - Mad Black:

Oak is that a Milwaukee Fastback?

Yup

[hoppy_IPA]

have a couple myself so thought it might be. great tool esp. for the price

[Oaktavia]

@Oaktavia said in IH-888-XHSMB - 25oz Selvedge Denim Medium/High Rise Tapered Cut - Mad Black:

@hoppy_IPA said in IH-888-XHSMB - 25oz Selvedge Denim Medium/High Rise Tapered Cut - Mad Black:

Oak is that a Milwaukee Fastback?

Yup

[Oaktavia]

@hoppy_IPA yeah man can't beat the price it is big time bang for your buck. I've had more expensive knives in the past and it functions as essentially the same tool.

[Oaktavia]

Day 95 no washes one soapy soak.

[dinobarnesberlin]

Looking good as per usual Steve---you will put a whup ass on these

[Oaktavia]

@dinobarnesberlin thanks Dino...still holding out on a wash day 96 today.

[dinobarnesberlin]

a tick over 3 months---they are still babies

[Oaktavia]

@dinobarnesberlin said in IH-888-XHSMB - 25oz Selvedge Denim Medium/High Rise Tapered Cut - Mad Black:

a tick over 3 months---they are still babies

This is the motivation I need.

[Oaktavia]

These jeans stink so bad. I can't take it anymore at 98 days. I wanted to make it to 100 days but I am getting a tattoo on my thigh tomorrow and won't be wearing dirty jeans over a new tattoo anyway. Plus it's 90+ outside the next few days. It just seems obvious that it is time. Longest I've never gone this long without a proper machine wash. Interestingly enough, at nearly 100 wears, these are absolutely the slowest faders I have worn. They're in the machine now. Dried photos in a few days.

[Oaktavia]

Some detail shots from this morning. Still quite dark and stubbornly holding onto the ink. 100 wears today.

[Karol]

@Oaktavia it just gets better every time. The fabric just keeps on giving.

[Oaktavia]

@Karol yuo first wash seemed to pick up the momentum.

[Karol]

@Oaktavia I was expecting this to happen. Nothing like a proper machine wash to get rid off the already loose particles from stress areas.
But mostly I’m mesmerized by the coin pocket photos. The way the warp looks there under tension, the geometry of it.

[Oaktavia]

@Karol serious slow burner though compared to the XHSib. With my last pair of those at this point, the electric blues were crazy popping. Double dipped in those OD really make these fades something to earn.

[Oaktavia]

Progress with these Mad Black. Two machine washes and one dryer cycle. I think that helped loosen up the dye. They were still super dark prior.

[Karol]

@Oaktavia
looking good no matter the light