IH-634-XHSib - 25oz Selvedge Denim Straight Cut Jeans - Indigo/Black

[Mizmazzle]

Damn, I love this shit!

Presoak/ wash measurements taken and into the drink they go!

[meatmarketdenim1]

@Mizmazzle looking great man, stoked to see you rock em.

[Mizmazzle]

@meatmarketdenim1 thanks bra! You too! Nothing like staring a new pair of XHS. Punk AF!

[FlavourFade]

@Mizmazzle amazing! Waiting for my pair getting hemmed too finally break them in.

[Kasi]

@Mizmazzle

Looking at the picture did you leave the bottom part of jeans out not soak them.
Also. Never turn my inside out unless they go in the washing machine

[FlavourFade]

@Kasi in the top of the picture you can see the tapwater running I think he was just filling the tub while taking the picture

[Mizmazzle]

Yup. The tub was still filling up. This was the soak before they went into the washing machine. They’ve been hang drying since last night.

[tvaillant75]

Breaking in XHSib feels much more substantial than the its XHS brother, even with the wider leg i feel it behind the knee..
Nothing but admiration for the sized down 555 wearers out there

[tvaillant75]

And yet, in this weirdly masochistic behavior, the "pain" in the break in process remains one of my favorite phases.
Sort of the rite of passage I guess..

[catdad1]

@tvaillant75 my buddy is currently breaking in his first pair of iron hearts and he chose this pair. Here's the backs of his knees currently. I am breaking a pair in myself and I agree this does feel tougher than XHS indigo/natural.

[Mizmazzle]

@catdad1 dang! That’s crazy. I’ve personally never experienced anything like this, though I know many have.
Mine are finishing drying still. Maybe I can shed some
Blood 🩸 this time too!

[catdad1]

@Mizmazzle the cut is amazing. I started with 888 for thigh room, have been dabbling with 1955 and this release got me to finally try out the medium rise. I was a little nervous hemming a new cut from gosport before trying them on but I read @yannis post about people converting from 888 to 634 and I totally get it now. I'm sure you'll be stoked once they fully dry!

[Mizmazzle]

@catdad1 oh I have no doubt. I tried em on when I first got them and was instant love!!

I played it safe on waiting for the hem. Wish I would have just trusted my instincts and went for the hem in Gos. Now I gotta take em to my local shop. No biggie. A bit of waiting and a bit more $$ …it’s the waiting that’s a killer. I want to start bleeding now!!

[catdad1]

I forgot to share earlier. Once they were fully dried in the morning, I staged them to spook my wife before work. She was more annoyed than spooked. Funny regardless.

[Mizmazzle]

We as husbands have a responsibility to annoy our wives when the opportunity presents itself.

[Kasi]

Wives look like they over powered you lot

[FlavourFade]

@catdad1 my pair is awaiting hemming in a chainstitch tailor shop because I also wanted to try If the 634 is for me as a mainly 555 guy before. Looking forward to f* up the back of my knees, I remember when I broke in my 555s-19L I even bled a little

[anodyne]

Delivered this AM. Soaked and dried outside for a bit. Wearing them a bit damp now. I didn't measure prior to soak/air dry, but hem by IH worked out to be perfect. So good ... should have bought a 2nd pair.

[Mizmazzle]

If it’s any use to anyone I did some pre soak and wash measurements and then post soak, wash, and hang dry measurements:

Presoak/ machine wash (warm/warm)

Waist: 33”
Thigh: 12 3/4”
Knee: 9 1/4”
Hem: 8 3/4”
R. Rise: 15”
F. Rise: 10 3/4”
Length: 36 3/8”

Post wash

Waist: 32.5”
Thigh: 12.5”
Knee: 9”
Hem: 8 3/4”
R. Rise: 14 3/4”
F. Rise: 10 3/4”
Length: 35 1/8”

[Go For Chill]

@Mizmazzle
Perchance, did you happen to perchance take any before/after fit pics, perchance?