Totally breaking my company's policy and wearing these through the next week. They're already super comfy, most compliments in my life on a pair of jeans! No one at university has a pair of IH (the Charlotte metro area isn't really huge on selvedge unfortunately). Sorry about the outburst, just an appreciation post

Tried for a candid shot. Can't cross my legs.

More soon after my buddy is out of class

Got them in too late for pics, I'll put them up tomorrow. Gotta thank my contrarian grandfather, who put a new pair of jeans for me in his will!

After some more email-based advice, I went with the 28, glad I did. They are WAY tight (I will certainly be suffering at first), but the waist is on point, and the knee and thigh are gonna stretch out perfectly. Anyone have any tips on expanding the calf at all? I have some ideas myself but just curious if anyone's ever really tried to do something like that; I'm going to try to get it maybe just a quarter inch looser so it's not too "fitted-to-legging" down the leg once they're broken in.

Daniel, did you hear the other guys' project from WU LYF, titled Los Porcos? Also really fantastic.

BTBAM has five LPs, an EP and a cover album aside from their self-titled! If you listen to the progression over time, it goes from "technical death metal" to something like "technical space metal." It's really really brilliant, especially since Tommy taught himself to growl properly between the second and third albums. Also they have a different drummer from the first album, and they've kept the new guy all these years. Very clean, very talented complex drumming

So I'm new here, but music threads are my jam, and I really loved the playlist I got out of it today, so let me post some of my favorites and return the favor:

Everything Everything- Cough Cough

WU LYF- We Bros

Maps & Atlases- Fever

Yellow Ostrich- Whale

I listen to a ton of technical metal as well, any BTBAM fans on here?

EDIT: I'm an idiot, 510's sit on the low hip and these are mid-rise.

29 it is! Let's see what happens. Thanks again, cheers!

So I measured my 510's with the IH method, and really what it comes down to is the thighs and knees for me as well (I'm a lanky drummer: emaciated waist, small thighs, big knees and slim calves). That said it'd be too easy to get a diaper butt with a15" rear rise.

I always have issues with the waist size getting too big on me, regardless of any make/wash/finish. I was hoping for a perfect no-belt fit, but based on measurements and the need for me to be able to bend my legs, I'm starting to think a 29 would work better, just with a belt. The IH-555-03 tapers pretty significantly it looks like, but bottom line these guys have smaller thighs and knees than what I'm wearing, AND it's selvedge. Still debating because bone will always force stretch the denim over enough time…

When I get home I'm gonna retake my measurements with the Iron Heart method and take a look at the charts again, thanks everyone!

I'll update when I figure it out, and hopefully get some photos up whenever they get in.

Maybe someone can offer some advice? I'm about to (FINALLY) pull the trigger on my first pair of IH, and I'm doing it all by measurement.

I'm a true size 30 waist, but I also like super tight jeans, especially concerning a more fitted top block. I hope not to catch too much crap for this but all I really know is Levi's, so the best way to explain it is that I generally go with 510's/ 511's fits: slight taper, but very slim throughout.

Do you guys think 28 will stretch out too much/little for what I'm looking for? Based on the sizing chart I'll be able to fit them for sure, and I'm a stick so I'm not worried about fitting the thigh or calf; I've just been reading the IH-555 forums for about two hours now and seeming to get some mixed messages on the IH-555-03 after a few weeks of wear.