Railcar Fine Goods
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I fully back RCFG. Steven Dang, owner is one of the coolest dudes out there. He is also one of the few who will taper 25oz denim. He even lowered the rise on someone's MBB a couple weeks ago, and he attached the same waistband. It's a fucking work of art. I sent my vulcans to him to fix the crotch blowout. He also will taper jeans too (from the inside, as long as its not a felled seam, it has to be overlocked).
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Yeah he seams (ha) like a really nice guy, active in the community and quick with answers. I'm really happy with my sneaker/warm weather jeans. They won't be displacing my IHs often, but they are a joy when they do. And the creases already setting in are promising! Definitely will use them for repairs.
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An interview with Steven / feature was recently posted at Denimhunters:
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The construction of Railcar's jeans is superb and Steven is one of the most helpful guys I have the pleasure to deal with. Nothing is too much trouble for him and his small crew.
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I need a real camera with a macro lens to do this justice, but wanted to share the tight flat twill and hairiness of the X-009 denim.
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This apron is the latest RC creation, modeled after a type iii… Pretty nice. Might need to cop it for barbecuing.
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Love my Railcars great folks who build a quality product I have a pair of x001 nice 13.75 cone mills
just waiting for my RDCX013 build custom for me for there one year contest -
Close up of Junior's X009 jeans made from 16 oz Kurabo selvedge. They have only been worn for 3 weeks yet some electric blue fades are appearing already. Railcar construction is second to none. Looks like the denim might be a winner too.
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He reinforced the whole area too. Prior to the repair, it felt like there was 12oz denim in the crotch from wear. He'll also taper anything, including 25oz denim. They work with all vintage machines. Steven works for the railroad and he repairs a lot of his vintage machines, by himself. I also really like his Spikes009s. It's his signature cut (The Spike) with 16oz sanforized RHT from Kurabo Mills.
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Hey MikeC,
Do they accept non store bought jeans for repair? Did you mail yours to get them repair?
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He reinforced the whole area too. Prior to the repair, it felt like there was 12oz denim in the crotch from wear. He'll also taper anything, including 25oz denim. They work with all vintage machines. Steven works for the railroad and he repairs a lot of his vintage machines, by himself. I also really like his Spikes009s. It's his signature cut (The Spike) with 16oz sanforized RHT from Kurabo Mills.
too bad they´re in the US ^^
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Talking of their vintage machines they use a smaller Union Special circa 1906. Over a 100 years old and still going strong. It's a 1 needle chain stitch machine set up to use heavy gauge thread. It sews the selvedge edge outseam. So if you flip under the selvedge out seam on Railcar jeans, you will see a thick chain stitch there.
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Cool!
The attention to detail is impressive. They are just lovingly created, wearable art. Everything is so immaculate. They clean off the fray from any cut denim before they finish it; the inseams don't have a mess of frayed denim under the overlock stitching, unlike my 634S.
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The more I see from Railcar, the more impressed I get. There's a store in Houston that sells their stuff, Reserve Supply Co. I'll have to head over there and check out the gear. Been meaning to anyway; the owners are friends of a parent from Benjamin's school. My wife met then at a birthday party and told them I'm a denim nerd, so I kinda feel obligated…
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Here ya go Chris, some denim porn of my X-009s to tide you over until your visit to the store. Pictures suck, they are iPhone in a hotel room (what do hotels have against fucking lights anyway) run through iPhoto mobile to try to clean them up.
This is the fourth time I've worn them, needed to change to get ready for a customer dinner so I took some shots. The denim already has creases forming, I think it will have contrasted great fades for sanforized denim.
Fit: front
Fit: back
Fit: side
Detail: pocketwatch pocket, copper burr rivets
Detail of belt loop, thick leather patch, triple stitched seat. Note there's an indigo interior third stitch on the belt loop and it is tucked into a double waistband.
Cuff: outseam
Cuff: inseam. Chain-stitched, well-finished, and note the fuzzy denim
Chainstiched two-piece waistband, selvage detail on fly, triple-stiched seat in background
Interior view of triple-stitched seat, double chainstitched waistband, hidden rivets.
Inside-out view
Silk-screened twill pockets and interior fly detail. Note the center back belt look's interior stitch is not indigo, unlike the others, in order to maintain the continuity of the triple-stitched seat. Another amazing detail on these beautiful jeans.
Chain-stiched selvage outseam at bottom (referenced earlier using that ancient sewing machine, you can see the heavy gauge indigo-dyed yarn) and chainstiched, cleanly-finished inseam
