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    To Cuff or Not to Cuff?

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    • BridgerB
      Bridger
      Raw and Unwashed
      @Giles
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      @Giles said in To Cuff or Not to Cuff?:

      I get them hemmed to the right length, end of.....

      How do you define and measure the right length @Giles?

      I struggle with a consistent method of measuring. I like a quarter break in the leg if possible.

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        NickD
        The Unwoven
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        I prefer them cuffed, a Tokyo cuff generally.

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        • SKTS
          SKT
          見習いボス
          @Go For Chill
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          @Go-For-Chill this is pretty much where I’ve landed. Long enough for a single cuff if I feel like it, but not too long to wear without.

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          • GilesG
            Giles
            IHUK Crew
            @Bridger
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            @Bridger said in To Cuff or Not to Cuff?:

            @Giles said in To Cuff or Not to Cuff?:

            I get them hemmed to the right length, end of.....

            How do you define and measure the right length @Giles?

            I struggle with a consistent method of measuring. I like a quarter break in the leg if possible.

            Just touching the floor at my heel with no shoes on. I make no adjustment for rise, just hem them all to 34

            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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            • JunkPantsJ
              JunkPants
              Haraki san Student
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              Hemmed, 100% of the time. Don't like the extra mass/bulk/material of a cuff. Feels annoying/clumsy to me and gets on my nerves.
              I often like how a cuff looks on other people though.

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              • ChapC
                Chap
                見習いボス
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                Used to cuff but hated it when the denim breaks where it's folded, therefore no cuffs, always hemmed now with a bit of stacking.

                God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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                • BridgerB
                  Bridger
                  Raw and Unwashed
                  @Giles
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                  Cool - thank you @Giles

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                  • GilesG
                    Giles
                    IHUK Crew
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                    I actually made the 34" bit up. I think that is what it is, but I just measure the inseam of my current pair and hem the new pair to the same length....

                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                    • ChapC
                      Chap
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                      said in To Cuff or Not to Cuff?:

                      Used to cuff but hated it when the denim breaks where it's folded, therefore no cuffs, always hemmed now with a bit of stacking.

                      Dachshund sideeying 'Don't be so dogmatic'

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                      God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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                        michael.rose0107
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                        When breaking in new jeans, does it matter when you start cuffing your jeans? Should you break in with the boots that you’ll be wearing?

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                        • WhiskeySandwichW
                          WhiskeySandwich
                          啓蒙家
                          @michael.rose0107
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                          @michael.rose0107 I think it is 100% user choice. However I generally do not cuff at all, just stack until first wash at at least 50 wears if I can hold out. Then I cuff after. But that’s just me

                          "The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today...The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately."
                          -Seneca

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                          • WhiskeySandwichW
                            WhiskeySandwich
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                            Nerd out, coming in hot:
                            My logic for this is that as the inside of the hem rubs against my boots, it creates nice roping on the inside which later shows with the cuff. It also makes cool reverse stack fades on the weft that gives a less “pressed” look for the cuffs once the fades have begun. Here’s my 142od at 11 wears and my 21ib at like 170.. I just like it this way.
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                            "The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today...The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately."
                            -Seneca

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