IH-888S-SBG - 21oz Selvedge Denim Medium/High Rise SBG

[A Former User]

I always oil the patch before soaking or washing. The patch stays intact and doesn’t show any cracks. But i also reach the stadium where i’m thinking about to stop babying them..

[Yoprst]

@Heavy_blue What kind of oil do you use? Can you briefly describe the process? Is there a chance the oil transfers on denim while soaking/washing?

[A Former User]

@Yoprst i use red wing boot oil. Just rub a bit on the patch and let it dry a bit before soaking/washing them. It keeps the patch conditioned. When you just use a little bit snd let it dry there will be no oil on the denim but the oil makes the patch a little water resistant

[Yoprst]

@Heavy_blue Thanx for the tip. Appreciate

[Jcaz6996]

@Yoprst bick 4 is the best that’s if you want to keep the natural colour.

[Yoprst]

@Jcaz6996 Thanx a lot for the tip

[WhiskeySandwich]

This light making the fades look extra extra

[WhiskeySandwich]

I swear iPhone regular mode goes too hard, I need to tone these down after snapping em…

[JunkPants]

@WhiskeySandwich I’ve also had some difficulty with the iPhone taking accurate pictures of SBG. Especially in bright light, it tends to present as lighter/more faded than it does to the eye.

[JunkPants]

The jeans are looking great though!

[A Former User]

@WhiskeySandwich exact my thoughts lately.. iPhone software is pretty lightfull lately. But you csn modify the scene you wanna use. Standard, warm etc. sometimes it helps for me. But black fades keeps hard to capture

[WhiskeySandwich]

“No boots on the carpet!!!”

[A Former User]

@WhiskeySandwich one game of thrones scene said: the things we do for love.. for us aka denimheads: the things we do for fades(pics)

[WhiskeySandwich]

@Heavy_blue yup! I think that pic captures the shine well, not the gray fuzziness tho. Oh well lol. All that matters is that they’re badass

[weftyarn]

wow that first shot is wild @WhiskeySandwich

have to agree that it’s really difficult to capture this denim accurately

[weftyarn]

3 month update. So freaking difficult to capture the progress correctly..

[WhiskeySandwich]

@weftyarn those are definitely looking well worn. Any wash/soaks yet? I’m at 73 wears, nothing but spot cleaning so far. Still trying to get these caught up to my 21ib.

[the246guy]

@weftyarn Great evo on those. The patch looks more worn out than the denim itself, but it does look good.

[Yoprst]

@weftyarn Fairly obvious fade signs, especially around the back pockets and central belt loop. Quite significant evolution of denim considering the time frame given . For the three months of wear the patch looks a little bit tired but still in good shape.
The fade pattern suggests that the pair was worn under overall or something alike, but that's just my wild guess.
The bottom line: great pair of black jeans with fabulous fading potential
"Black Denim Matters"

[weftyarn]

@Yoprst Thanks mate! Let’s see how far I can push this, the 20+ deg yesterday were already borderline hot haha.

@the246guy this particular patch really doesn’t age well. It skews, deforms and behaves like no other IH heavyweight patch I’ve had… A bit of a bummer but a few more hot washes and it will probably darken and shrink more evenly.

@WhiskeySandwich Yup, one 1 x cold soak and 1 x 40deg machine wash in the books