Random Rants
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That's fucking maddening. Is there a doorman or receptionist at the destination?
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Finn … I'm guessing it's a guy at the customs.
Had the same issue once ... online tracking says delivered to XXXX .... ran frightened through the whole neighborhood to find somebody with this name ...
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Oh no! Hope everything works out Raf!
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Hahaha i knew its not possible that it get lost
we Swiss are very honest usually 
Extra fit pics Hopp Hopp
fit pics by tomorrow buddy.
for now i'm enjoying everything here in the office
the A-2 fits perfect imo and the LW might need a bit of wear! but i really like the look of an engineer on my feet…let's hope i don't get addicted
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ok ok ok, might have to turn this b… into an anti rant
one of the new teachers (you know we're refurbishin a school) signed for it...that fekker! ^^
best thing...i now have my AL type A-2 and my Lone Wolf Engineers here with me
Awesome! Glad it all worked out can't wait to see!
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So I lay in bed last night thinking about this. Here are the sums:
We measure the knee 13" below the crotch. That leaves 23" to the hem on a 36" inseam
On the majority of our jeans we taper 1/2" from the knee to the cuff
That means the taper is 0.022739 of an inch per inch of inseam
Say we chop 4 inches off, then we lose 0.096857 of an inch in the width
On a hem that originally measured 9.5, it will now measure 9.41"Glad I'm not the only one who dreams of numbers and likes them. Really impressive reading this. What I take from that is the taper/fit for Urbs that wasn't working is most realistically likely because they're new?
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I'm after the 666XhS first run. The measurements on the current run are not the same. The Beatle buster is the opposite of what I want, they have a smaller waist and at least a 9.3in+ leg opening and that's at a 36inseam. By the time you hem them for my short ass you have 9.5-9.7in leg opening, which is enormous. I just don't think IH makes a cut anymore that can fit me how I want. If they made cuts in shorter inseams, like in Japan, they would fit me fine because the cut would be true but not on these 36in+ inseams. Any sort of taper there is gets lost once you hem them to 32ish or shorter.
Tons of other brands fit like fucking gloves, I just don't get it.
Btw, I tried on the original 666xhs run when they came out and they fit like a glove, just didn't have the cash. Also, tried on Zwer's pair, fit like a glove.
So I lay in bed last night thinking about this. Here are the sums:
We measure the knee 13" below the crotch. That leaves 23" to the hem on a 36" inseam
On the majority of our jeans we taper 1/2" from the knee to the cuff
That means the taper is 0.022739 of an inch per inch of inseam
Say we chop 4 inches off, then we lose 0.096857 of an inch in the width
On a hem that originally measured 9.5, it will now measure 9.41"I understand that all your jeans are tapered 0.5in from knee to hem. I think that is my problem(and maybe some other short guys as well). I'm not sure there's a solution that can be had from just adjusting the inseam, as you've pointed out. I think the only way there would be any sort of help for us short guys would be to increase the taper amount as you go up in waist sizing. 0.5in over your average 23in knee to hem length is basically nothing. I'm only speaking from experience with size 34-36 here. Maybe starting with say a 0.5in taper on a size 28 but ending with a 1.25in taper on size 38 would be something to think about. And/or increasing the taper amount from the thigh to knee as you go up in waist sizes.
My whole issue here is that once you go up from size 34 the leg opening just gets out of control. It falls under my shoes/boots if I don't have them hemmed as high waters. Add my 30in inseam in there and it looks like I'm wearing tree trunks around my ankles. Which means I have to get a super slim cut(301/555) which are usually cut too slim in the thigh for me. I know we're talking about tenths of inches here but let's be honest, that's what differentiates the cuts that we all love or hate.
