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    What do you consider "raw" denim to mean?

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    • GilesG
      Giles
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      @Matty123:

      Heddels disagrees https://www.heddels.com/2018/01/one-wash-denim-still-raw/

      This was posted on Jan 10th

      That was what caused this thread to be started.  I have written to Nick at Heddels and told him that the article is bullshit…

      "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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      • Matty123M
        Matty123
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        I don’t get it either. Thatndoejst make any sense

        Maybe so. Maybe not

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        • ChrisC
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          Heddels is wrong more often than it is right, IMO.

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          • DionD
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            Funny enough it used to be called Rawr Denim before changing its name to Heddels.

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            • Matty123M
              Matty123
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              @Giles:

              @Matty123:

              Heddels disagrees https://www.heddels.com/2018/01/one-wash-denim-still-raw/

              This was posted on Jan 10th

              That was what caused this thread to be started.  I have written to Nick at Heddels and told him that the article is bullshit…

              I kinda figured that was the cause. And yes, it’s bullshit

              Maybe so. Maybe not

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              • Ponyboy312P
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                @Giles:

                @Matty123:

                Heddels disagrees https://www.heddels.com/2018/01/one-wash-denim-still-raw/

                This was posted on Jan 10th

                That was what caused this thread to be started.  I have written to Nick at Heddels and told him that the article is bullshit…

                Amen

                colonelclegg: if you threw up on them just wash them dude, especially if your not sure if its your puke…......

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                • BloodnThunderB
                  BloodnThunder
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                  To me raw is denim that has no more than one initial soak before hitting shelves and has zero pre-distressing.  When I think of raw denim I think of a jean that looks the way it does because the wearer got them to that point not because someone sandblasted them before sending them to the retailers.

                  IG: Shadesofindig0

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                  • Matty123M
                    Matty123
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                    i want to throw this log on the fire…. @Giles

                    https://www.ironheart.co.uk/bottoms/ih-666s-19l-v2.html

                    these are one washed yet you call them raw?  😉 😶

                    Maybe so. Maybe not

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                    • manufc10M
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                      Where does he call them raw?  Are you referring to the fact that they are unsanforized?

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                      • Matty123M
                        Matty123
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                        In the bloody title! 19oz raw denim.

                        Maybe so. Maybe not

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                          In the Name: "Indigo New 19oz Raw Selvedge Left Hand Twill Slim Straight Cut"

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                          • manufc10M
                            manufc10
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                            ha…hiding in plain sight.  I was scouring the product details and completely overlooked the title, and I own these jeans.

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                            • neph93N
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                              I suspect that has snuck in by mistake…

                              «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                              We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

                              • Dame Vera Lynn
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                              • Matty123M
                                Matty123
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                                My log didn’t burn like I thought it would.

                                Maybe so. Maybe not

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                                • Matty123M
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                                  That’s what she said.

                                  Maybe so. Maybe not

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                                  • GilesG
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                                    Thank you.we will fix…...

                                    "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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                                    • steelworkerS
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                                      @manufc10:

                                      To me raw denim means loomstate.

                                      What he said.

                                      Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                                      Well, I have others.

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                                      • steelworkerS
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                                        @Giles:

                                        I think I will try and go 16 or 18.  The easiest route is to use the vintage 16 and/or 18 and not sanforise or wash) it…..

                                        I'm in.

                                        Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                                        Well, I have others.

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                                        • steelworkerS
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                                          @Giles:

                                          I'm talking to Haraki about making a new raw (that is not washed, not sanforised, not anti skewed, not singed, not fucked around with in any way) denim….Watch this space.....

                                          I'm waiting for this one!  😛

                                          Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                                          Well, I have others.

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                                          • GilesG
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                                            No news yet…..

                                            "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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