Random questions to which you seek an answer
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@gazza61 @goosehd is right. The Eagle looks like the officer's cap device and the crossed rifles is the in infantry collar device. Both worn in the dress uniform. They look pretty old, but hard to tell the period because these things stay pretty much unchanged for the sake of tradition.
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@WhiskeySandwich thanks for your help
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@goosehd great thanks for your help.
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dang, lost another post to glitch....retry...
I know OD jeans are just regular indigo/white that have taken a hot dye bath, but do they generally come from the same batch as the indigo? Is there like a double size batch of indigo ordered then it's split and some are OD'ed and sold as such? What i'm getting at: if they're from the same batch, could the OD be assumed to have stated as the same measurements as the indigo? Could one assume the end result of stretch would end up around the same as a non-OD'ed pair? I ask because, at least for the 888s-142od, the waist measurements are about an inch smaller. Just curious how these things work out.
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@WhiskeySandwich said in Random questions to which you seek an answer:
Is there like a double size batch of indigo ordered then it's split and some are OD'ed and sold as such?
Yes, exactly
@WhiskeySandwich said in Random questions to which you seek an answer:
could the OD be assumed to have stated as the same measurements as the indigo?
Yes
@WhiskeySandwich said in Random questions to which you seek an answer:
Could one assume the end result of stretch would end up around the same as a non-OD'ed pair?
That's a fair assumption, but obviously exact stretch is down to the wearer...
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@Alex thank you for scratching my curiosit-itch
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Just noticed the difference in the stitching on the pockets of these two pairs of jeans. On the 18 oz, there is a line of stitching above the bar tacks on the left side of each pocket (pic 1)and on the 21 oz the bit of stitching is above the interior bar tack (pic 2). Is this just random or is there a purpose? Just curious
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@SKT I believe this line over one side comes from how the pockets are sewn on with them starting on one corner, sewing right round the 'bucket' of the pocket, back up the other side, doing a 'u-turn' (which gives that line above the corner of the pocket) and then all the way back round again. So it won't be over both sides as they only need to make that turn around once.
Quite what determines what side that line is over is probably entirely random or at least dealers choice for the person sewing
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Did I just partially ruin these ducks by ironing the outer serged seam set on the "cotton" setting? I was ironing normally, moving constantly and not dwelling. Before I knew it I was smelling plastic and saw shriveled thread.
This is pretty common for me to iron jeans coming out of the washer/dryer since it usually ends up flattened.
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@pechelman I get this is really annoying but I think you’ll be fine (I’ve made similar mistakes, although not with IH stuff so far). The main seam may well be ok and if you spot any weaknesses it should be easy enough to fix with a few stitches.
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Thanks guys. Some of the thread completely melted as if there wasn't any cotton or it also burned up. Pretty surprising with how fast this happened. What's really annoying is that the only reason I normally do this is because that double layer of fabric usually pinches me knee when bending; now I'm left with a bunch of spikey plastic bits that's kinda abrasive.
