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wow!
disappear for awhile and look at what happens …...i have been remiss
new flannels by the boatload (and just in time), new black selvage jeans, a CAP?????, meetups to schedule, and cordura to consider ....
i REALLY REALLY need to spend sometime this weekend catching up on the latest and greatest.
TEMPUS FUGIT!
(i need me some IH love)
simon
ps. wearing a superheavy and some shorts, flipflops!
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STF's were fun in High school when money was more shoe focused. You truly aren't missing anything, juss keeps on enjoyin them IH denimzzz!!!!
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Nice! Care to spill the beans about cut?
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just did a tiny repair on a belt loop. also watching Ghostbusters. makes me want to charge up a proton pack and head out to do some duties!
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here is a bit of IH history and a chance for everyone to 'oooo' and 'ahhhhh' and see young love…of denimzzz.
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dont really know anything about the bike…or the people. this is what happens when you do some reading on sufu and dig deep into the yester years of jawwwwnnnzzzzz
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I just bought a "one-wash" pair of virtually new Flathead 3001 (original arcs and tabs) from a SuFu member – $180 -- just in my size, Tagged Waist 29 ! These are the famous SidneyLo Flathead model -- which made Sidney a bonafide celebrity ! Now they've been superseded by the Flathead 1001 (slightly heavier, 16 oz to 3001's 14.5 oz, also button fly to 3001's zipper fly). If I were patient, I'm sure a pair of FH 1001 in a Tagged Waist 29 would have shown up, but I wasn't so I caved.
I've been wanting to try these jeans -- Flat Head, Sugar Cane, Samurai -- but not at $300++. And it's funny...this morning, foldingsocks (SuFu guy who I bought the indigo IH Cyclists from just recently) emailed me personally last night, offering me a brand new pair of SEXSC06 (one soak only) -- for $210 -- before posting them for public consumption on SuFu. I actually turned foldingsocks down, thanking him for the offer...because I already have the Sugar Cane Okinawa which look great on me, despite that they're not skinny/slim.
Sorry, Kiya...but it doesn't seem like I have to buy shit at full retail from you anymore. Virtually every collab you've done shows up at sometime or another on SuFu by some skinny little boys who bit off more than they could chew (spending wise) or suddenly had a change of heart !
I don't see as much Iron Heart in my size on SuFu but occasionally I do see those. IH's for sale appearance on SuFu is much less frequent though -- probably because people who buy those love them and are very happy with their purchase.
In my mind though, lower weight denim at $200++ prices just ain't worth it. $200 and under is fine though...
Incidentally, the Samurai Texas cotton and Sugar Cane Oki jeans I bought definitely feel thinner than my IH. You can't compare them to 21oz. But I'll tell you this...somehow, they feel much heavier than 14.5-15oz. I can't explain it...I don't know enough about the science to comment. But I'm guessing that you need to be careful -- don't just focus on the denim weight number. There's other stuff which matters in making a denim feel heavy and stiff.
In the SuFu Samurai thread, I often see negative comments about the Samurai 19-oz Black Knights (sorry Seul). People say they feel weak and flimsy, and fall apart easily. Yet, I see nothing but accolades for the lower-weight 15-oz Texas Cottons...saying that they feel heavy and rigid as fuck. That's why I didn't hesitate to buy the Samurai 15-oz Texas Cotton. Like I said...there's more magic than just the denim weight. Maybe someone more knowledgeable than me can explain this...
:)…G
