IH-634-XHSib - 25oz Selvedge Denim Straight Cut Jeans - Indigo/Black
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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 -
@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
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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
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And yet, in this weirdly masochistic behavior, the "pain" in the break in process remains one of my favorite phases.
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@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.
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@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! -
@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!
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@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!!
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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.
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@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
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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” -
@Mizmazzle
Perchance, did you happen to perchance take any before/after fit pics, perchance? -
@Go-For-Chill I took a couple shitty Prewash fit pics. I’ll get some post wash ones up soon.
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Holy f***. I haven’t had a pair of jeans hit like this since I first tried the 21oz years ago, truly a gateway drug. Glad I sized up one, thighs feel good, waist feels good.
Before and after first wash.
