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Beatle

Given my love of NZ and Japanese denim, anyone have a pair of these or an opinion on them ?
http://andewhall.bigcartel.com/

Ande makes beautiful jeans. His attention to detail is unbelievable….

I may give-in to temptation and buy a pair…If I do I will be sure to post a picture on this thread.
Thanks for the feedback.

Beatle‚ first contact with Ande has been established ! Jeans are made to order…could be some time before they make the 12k mile trip...

Giles hope you don't think I am a Judas...the NZ/Selvedge connection was a 'no-brainer' for me (Neil who bought the FH1001 getting a pair too)

Iron Heart will always be Number 1

Giles

~~Judas~~ Stewart, thanks for the concern. I fret not, don't worry. G

can't see them braking into the IH rotation…they will go on the back burner for a while...impulse purchase.

deadendpro

hey giles, i noticed in the picture of some of your jeans on the first page that the first one on the top from the left is a Steam Locomotive. just wondering if you can give me some insight into how you like them and what cut you got? i know they have a xx denim and a xxx denim, could you please perhaps shed some light on the difference if you happen to know??? thanks

Giles

They are TSL. I am now going to be a big disappointment to you - I have no idea. They are the baggy ones and the denim is super slubby. It fades great, but the cotton used for stitching, in my opinion, is way off being up to the job. I blew the front right hand pocket stitching (the RHS is always first to go with me) in about 2 weeks.

deadendpro

^ no disappointment giles, i appreciate all of the questions you have been able to answer for me and this is no exception. really really glad to know that it is super slubby… tho hearing the stitching will be inferior, or at least as you said not being up to the job. Thats a bit of a turn off to them as i tear through each and every pair of jeans i have, minus the 2004's...but i'm working on it and here will be the first place to see what happens! ::)

Giles

What a bummer. I never had the stitching on any jeans break. Maybe I'm not hard enough with my jeans? I mean I do wear them until they get holes in the knees and I always stow my wallet and keys in the front pockets. But I never had any stitches break not even on cheap jeans.

Till

LandoCal126 0

TSL stuff supposed to come into SE in the next week or so I believe.

Giles

@tfar:

What a bummer. I never had the stitching on any jeans break. Maybe I'm not hard enough with my jeans? I mean I do wear them until they get holes in the knees and I always stow my wallet and keys in the front pockets. But I never had any stitches break not even on cheap jeans.

Till

I always bust cotton stitching, Poly core takes me a lot longer. G

How do you bust em up like that ?….never heard of poly-core....you flexing your denim knowledge now...respect !

Giles

Polycore has a central core of a filament or filaments of polyester which is then wrapped with coitton. It looks like cotton from the outside but is many times stronger. All IH stuff is sewn together with super-strong polycore - Haraki claims it to be the strongest he can source (and I have no reason to doubt that), occasionally he will use 100% cotton yarn for areas of construction/detail where super strength is not needed (arcuates for instance). Obviously, traditionally jeans were stitched together with 100% cotton yarn, but it does wear and bust pretty quickly. Some people love the fact that it does and many of the repro (sorry - tribute) jeans use cotton as it is more "traditional".

deadendpro

@LandoCal126:

TSL stuff supposed to come into SE in the next week or so I believe.

Yeah, I have been waiting to see an email sent out via their email newsletter that usually goes out after new shipments and what not. Really hoping that more info comes to be known once Kiya has them in stock. I got interested in this brand over a year ago but there really isn't much on the forums about this brand, so I'm hoping kiya brings about a change and flood of info about TSL

Heavy Duty

SugarCane: Okinawa
SugarCane:Union Star(x2)
Stone Island: Compact
Stone Island: Giant (x3)
Pace: 001
One True Saxon: Model unknown
One True Saxon: Wizard "Lucky Bag"
Paul Smith Red Ear: Made In Japan
Paul Smith Red Ear: Model Unknown
Paul Smith Red Ear: Made In Japan for Blue In Green
Samurai: 240z
Albam: Model Unknown
Prada: Model Unknown
Replay: 901(x3)
Diesel: New Saddle
Diesel: Trading
Calvin Klein: Model Unknown
Bape: Wrangler Repro
OKI NI X Duffer: Cone White Oak

deadendpro

@Giles:

On the basis that Paula merely signed up to the forum to shut me up and obviously has no intention of viewing, let alone posting, here are most of mine, 2 or 3 pairs lost in the house somewhere.

Free T-shirt if someone can ID the lot!

I've got a bit of a thing going on with jackets at the moment too, I'll post a pic when I get a mo'

ok, i suppose i will start with the Sugarcanes:
3rd row (top to bottom)
Union Star
Hawaii
Okinawa
*kinda hard to see the date, but, because i see that giles does not really favor the taper of a 66 cut, i am guessing the 1947

Samurai
…fail, i tried to find it but came up empty, and i know soon someone is gonna say exactly what it is...

TW
TWHR01 (3rd row bottom)
TW201 (2nd row, 2nd to last)

Freebee
FB-301's (times 2)

IronHeart
634s (x2, one worn one new)
634sr
801
the one with only the W and no leather tag threw me off. ouch. lol

Flat Head
5100
3003-WWII
1005
Crisp new 5005
F380
3007
3005 ltd

2 worn pairs of jeans that give no insight as to what they are

TSL
D51xxx

ok, well i tried. and i washed 2 hours down the drain. its was kinda fun...kinda

Beatle

sweet collection, Giles…did u already post evo pics of those IH jeans (bottom row, 2nd from right) ..they look like they've been doing construction and had a rough life .

deadendpro

^ i think those are his 634s he has in the IH.co.uk gallery

Beatle

there's only 3 detail pics….maybe Giles can update them on evo ? That would be great

IHM-37-KHA - Oiled Whipcord N1 Deck Jacket - Khaki - Now Live

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