Samurai Jeans
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Night and day difference. The heavyweight ones are in all class by themselves. It’s like comparing 13oz denim to 25oz.
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I have a pair of both the Orslow and the Samurai in olive. Fabric is soft and pliable with the Orslows but thick and rigid on the Sammies.
Colour is much better on the Orslow but the Samurai ones are super heavy duty. Both different enough to be good purchases in their own right
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I do agree with this. I also have a few pairs of Orslow, which are really warm weather pants. The fabric is just completely different. There’s really no comparison not saying one’s better than the other just completely different product.
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@will6er I’ve got both. As others have said they are completely different things. The styles have some similarities but otherwise it’s like comparing sweatpants to 21oz jeans - they’re both great in their own ways.
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@derek111 it’s a beautiful texture, color, fabric. Regular photos appear more like a grey or light blue oxford type shirt. Much thicker, and cool design with the extra elbow / forearm layer. Overall nice heft and weight to it. I would definitely size up in this shirt.
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I really like that extra elbow feature on Samurai shirts.
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It's been a heck of a week for new gear for me. My wife said she wanted to get me a new shirt to celebrate some recent work success. We narrowed it down to the IHSH-326-BLK and the Samurai 'Sengen' Jacquard Work Shirt. I chose the 326 and thought it was over. As it turns out, she (sneakily) got me both.
Just wanted to give some love to the Sengen here. It's got a great drape, almost like a light/medium weight knit blanket. Airy but very soft. You can't really see the pattern that well in new stock photos but from my closeups below, hopefully you can tell the pattern + the indigo/indigo gives it interesting fade potential. I love the cat's eye, mother-of-pearl style buttons too. If I had any criticism, I wish the top button was a little lower. It's in an awkward place where unbuttoned is too much chest, but buttoned is too restrictive to movement. But not a big deal with the shirt being so soft. The one I got from Rivet and Hyde is part of their "western" lineup so the XXL I got fits more like a traditional Japanese XXXL. It's a little billowy at the moment, but I prefer that to tight these days, and I'm thinking it may come in and mold a bit over time with wear/washing.
Here it is right out of the bag:
This is after a hot wash and hot dry:
Some close ups:
