jmm, horse, cpo wabby, ihe37, 18oz 634, chucks

Horse, 64, UHR, and Lou's

taos
y2 cherry ls16
398-cam-sample
ihe-37 & bandana
634-XHS-MB
uk newbies

@Mizmazzle looks like we had similar ideas today, but I like yours better.

Me going waaay outside my comfort zone dressing up as an engineer...

......oh wait

Rainy passenger ride into work

Y2 kb140
Big buck
Xhsib
Old rag gloves

The lefty caught some nice light this afternoon as I took it off for a bit to enjoy the sun.

Lefty, 33, UHR, and Lou's

More cherry blossoms

Horse, organic chambray, xhsib, Nicks

Bib kinda day

This thread reminds me of the scene in Malcolm in the middle where Hal had to change a lightbulb. With looking for the clip if you haven't seen it.

@WhiskeySandwich i think it's all relative. More comfortable in terms of very high and tight armholes which even people on here have complained about. Relatively speaking, the lower the arm hole the more people it will fit and the less restricting it will be for anyone with large arms. The side effect here for flexibility of fitting a more diverse set of body types and sizes is that it has a compromise on how it wears when moving. I think I know what you're saying about downward angled arms where it attaches at the body, but i think that's a result also of having a lower arm hole. I'm far from an expert on this though, so I'll let someone else chime in.

But i hear you on this being a rant of sorts. I don't like this either which is why I like the IH shirt cut so much. I struggled with this for so many years not really understanding why this happened until I got a shirt cut with higher arm holes.

High arm holes. Less tailored items with lower arm holes fit more people more comfortably so that's what big brands do. Imagine if the arm holes were sewn down to the hem and you have an example of why the higher the better in regards to how raising arms will pickup the body.

Been wearing these a good bit on the weekends with the warm weather and really liking these and this cut. Making me pretty excited for the other wide work pants coming soon.

@worn2fade said in Samurai Jeans:

he comfort here really is unmatched

I predict you're also going to love the extra air conditioning your legs will now have where you live!

@worn2fade I think they look good on you. I tried a pair of these on recently too and they looked about the same on me but I think I tried the tag size down from my usual with them. Overall I liked the legs but found them too high rise for me. I think after you wear them a bit that fabric will start to drape more nicely and look less wide.

Are you soaking before washing to make sure they're fully wetted out before going into the wash and running an extra rinse on them? I've found these thicker/ heavier fabrics need a bit more water and time compared to more regular stuff.

I've got a generally simple rotation plan. I pick a pair I want to wear and generally commit to only wearing those for at least a month or until they need to be washed. I'll select the pair based on the season, so right now I'm in 16oz slubs. If I'm going to do lots of yardwork or something dirty, I might switch to a beater pair, especially if I just put on a fresh pair. Generally I can't wear pants more than 2mo before I start to feel gross, so that starts the rotation again. This way feels pretty reasonable for how many pairs I have and still feels like I can make progress and actually see a difference.

I definitely have some pair though that I need to sell as I've started to prefer different things though, so that helps keep the number to rotate through a bit smaller.

Edit, I'll also add I dislike rotating pairs regularly during the week because I hate having to swap out my belt, knife, and anything else small in my pockets.

The 409 feels much more hard faced and tough as nails feeling. In the same size it fits me much more trim and tailored. The blue is more unique on it I think, oaktavia has waxed poetic about it here iirc.

The trico has a softer hand feel, almost like a thick felt. It drapes and moves more easily and the cut is a bit longer and more relaxed. I think the 409 as a garment probably weighs more but the fabric on this feels like it's heavier in some respects.

They're both pretty amazing shirts, just depends what you want. I probably wear the trico just a bit more mostly because it's a bit more unique in my closet with its styling, I.e it's not a Western shirt

Also, I just gotta say, swipe to type really has trouble figuring out that I'm typing bandana and not banana somehow.