on the third day  I finally broke 'em.  couldn't have happened any faster as one of us had to give at this point and the points on my hip bones were almost rubbed raw.  I had to spray the waist band with a bit of water and that allowed the denim to stretch out to my natural waste size, I'm expecting much smoother sailing from here on out.  (on a side note, reading this forum about everyone getting sore fingers from buttoning the first time, I though what a bunch of p@$$y's, but then after sitting there staring at my red, swollen thumb I had to reconsider on that one.)

I live in Kyoto, this is the view from my room

Hello Denim heads,
Iv'e searched around on the forum for a while now, I think RAWR lead me here.  I am joining the dissuasion as I also "joined the club".  I got a pair of the IH634 XHS.  I really like things that are built for quality, I'm not so much the fashionista. I had it in my mind to find out what exactly are the best jeans money could buy?  I know thats an open ended and highly personal debate from the start, anyway my research from forums, articles, and some denim heads lead me to to look at Iron heart, and it sounded like Iron heart was where the points I have been looking for come together.  I have worn a lot of "raw" denim, having been raised in levi's 501's, and I currently wear a pair as well some uniqlo selvedge.  Living here in Japan, I see a lot of cool denim and can go straight to the source for a lot of stuff like Iron Heart, samurai, d'artisan, momotaro, ect…

and as far as sizing goes, I went with 31, though my true waist size is 32.5, I'm praying I get an inch and a half out of this pair, I am literally so squeezed into the waist I can feel my hips getting compressed.

any way thats enough with rambling, how bout some fit pics?