Heavyweight Denim Championships 2013-2015 - Official Thread

[1moarlap]

x-post from pics thread.  First pic is pre-soak

…yes I'm barefoot, but just pretend I'm wearing some über cool shoes or something

Post-soak and with shoes! Might have been able to size down to 35, but IMHO they still look good regardless.

Cheers!

[twin]

Thank you Giles Paula and Beatle for signing my MBB jeans

[Sopiarz3]

So it's time to put these Elephant 2 away in the closet for two years.  These have about one year and two months of wear. Note the cheap belt that I needed to replace badly so I got the belt from Mega. I don't have any good pics of it yet though.

Even though the 634s are only 1oz lighter denim they feel a lot lighter than the elephant 2.

[elclintor]

@elclintor:

HC-IH-15 IH-666S-21

[scroogen]

You're right highvoltage it is a Morgan dollar. The wings are spread

[D97x7]

HC-IH-35

Thought I'd do a hot soak to get rid of any shrinkage.
A couple of hours soaking

Got some, what I assume is starch, out but not much indigo

Drying

[Finn666]

mine are done with soaking…just re-measured them as well and there was almost no shrinkage at all!
the only "noticable" shrinkage was 0.5cm in waist, 1cm in back rise, 0.5cm in knee and 3cm in length...rest is still the same!

post soak fitpics and all are following later today!

[Nerkg]

Just as  I said^

[Finn666]

@Nerkg:

Just as  I said^

true, but the other thing is that now the constructional stichting is "in the right place" and most of the starch is gone as well so the denim itself feels and looks a bit rougher! so all in all i still would do it again

[Nerkg]

I know most people disagree with me about soaking and washing and that's ok. I like the starch. After about six months it helps create that waxy sheen.
But Finn, LETS SEE THOSE POST WASH FIT PICS!! ::)

[Finn666]

gonna take some soon…just done with having breakfast

[Nerkg]

Breakfast?! Haha. What time is it over there?

[Finn666]

@Nerkg:

Breakfast?! Haha. What time is it over there?

now it´s 2.30pm…so still early

[MikeC]

@Finn666:

mine are done with soaking…just re-measured them as well and there was almost no shrinkage at all!
the only "noticable" shrinkage was 0.5cm in waist, 1cm in back rise, 0.5cm in knee and 3cm in length...rest is still the same!

post soak fitpics and all are following later today!

Soaking without agitation won't do much at all.

[Finn666]

^ so you know how i handled my pair during the soak?
but you´re right o/course!…

[Megatron1505]

I think Mike was making a general comment.

[MikeC]

Exactly.

[nakamoto]

HC-SF-79 reporting

Samurai 710xx

[Finn666]

@Megatron1505:

I think Mike was making a general comment.

it´s all good folks

on the other hand though, i don´t think that the 25oz denim is going to shrink that much at all…with or without agitation! just a guess though.

[Nerkg]

@MikeC:

@Finn666:

mine are done with soaking…just re-measured them as well and there was almost no shrinkage at all!
the only "noticable" shrinkage was 0.5cm in waist, 1cm in back rise, 0.5cm in knee and 3cm in length...rest is still the same!

post soak fitpics and all are following later today!

Soaking without agitation won't do much at all.

It does a big something for me, I soaked a pair of unsanforized SAMs , got 2 inch shrink in waist, what in the world would agitation have to do with it? Shrinkage occurs due to heat, the hotter it gets the more shrinkage