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    Alex and Giles do (what was supposed to be) a brief trip to Osaka and Kojima

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    • Matty123M
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      Great thread and great photos. Thanks @Giles and @Alex

      Maybe so. Maybe not

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      • AlexA
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        • gaseousclayG
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          Great pics. Love the food shots [emoji496]

          Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

          WTB:
          IHSH-129 size L (blue)
          IHSH-19

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          • Signal11S
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            Those factory shots are great! Thanks.

            Having no destination, I’m never lost.

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            • bryaneidins70B
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              Love these pics and a great Father and Son photo.

              'Fail we may…Sail we must'

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              • steelworkerS
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                @bryaneidins70:

                Love these pics and a great Father and Son photo.

                They must get along well, they're Brits and damn near smiling!  😉 At the same time!

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

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                • GilesG
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                  I think someone had just said "you know what, that Steelworker aint so bad after all"  🙂 🙂 🙂

                  "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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                  • GilesG
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                    It is a common misperception that jeans are starched post construction.  The denim warp is made stiff and slippery with the application of a sizing agent (typically starch) before the weaving process.  This gives the warp less friction, so the weaving process is more efficient and warp breakages (which cost a load in loom down-time) are reduced…

                    Warps being beamed

                    Beams of warp entering the sizing machine

                    A warm bubbly bath of sizing agent

                    "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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                      @Signal11:

                      Those factory shots are great! Thanks.

                      What he said.

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

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                      • GilesG
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                        Obviously before the warps get sized, they need to be prepared and dyed…

                        Beams of warp in position.  Each yarn in a beam is 2,000M long and there are dozens and dozens of warps on each beam

                        "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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                        • theshigsterT
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                          Great photo tour of the process… Love it ! Domo... Thanks !
                          This reminds me of having been in Billund for an Inside Tour of the LEGO manufacturing plant...

                          PS: Your ohashi chops seem to be up...  😉

                          'Quidquid agis, prudenter agas et respice finem !'

                          https://www.instagram.com/theshigster/

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                          • DionD
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                            I love these behind the scenes images. This is where the magic happens.

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                              Is it possible to travel Japan without speaking a bit Japanese ?

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                              • dave28D
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                                @Steffen:

                                Is it possible to travel Japan without speaking a bit Japanese ?

                                Highly advisable to learn the basics and have a translator device.
                                See the Top Gear episode where the lads are in Japan.

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                                  @Steffen:

                                  Is it possible to travel Japan without speaking a bit Japanese ?

                                  Very much so. i don't speak a word and have been 7x.

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                                  • organisysO
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                                    Awesome thread, thanks.

                                    Pride of Japan :-)

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                                      Really fantastic,loving the little videos.

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                                      • DionD
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                                        I though the third video was showing the sanforization process first.

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                                          Mustafa911
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                                          Thanks Giles to share the making of the denim. Amazing !!

                                          Love those white bulbs of yarn

                                          Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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                                          • RoxRocks86R
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                                            Thanks for sharing! Really cool to see a glimpse of the “beginnings” of the great things to come.

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