IH-634SR - 21/23oz 5 Year Anniversary Straight Cut

[Giles]

You won't and I am sorry.  We're trying to figure out what the fuck Zen is doing when this happens…G

[hangten]

woohoo, just paid for these can't wait for them to arrive!  I wonder how these are gonna compare to my other heavy hitters!

IH 634s
Samurai 24oz 510s
SDA 21oz 101xx

[Beatle]

I'm really curious about your thoughts on sam 24 / ih 23…keep us posted

[vespr1198s]

Giles, am I too late in asking to reserve a size 30?

[Beatle]

he will tell you as soon as he landed in LA and found wireless…

[Giles]

vespr^1198s, I cant do reservations any lonher I am sorry.  I have one or 2 pairs left though.  I'll put them up on the site on Thurs.  Giles

[vespr1198s]

no problem Giles, my fault for not jumping on it sooner. So next Thursday there's an opportunity if I can put it in the cart and checkout fast enough… haha

[vespr1198s]

woohoo, just picked up a 30 at SELA 

[Giles]

I'm sitting on the stairs in SELA, I should see them being packed shortly…........

[vespr1198s]

Giles,

I picked them up at the store during my lunch break, I was nervous about waiting… I missed meeting you in person by 2 hours!!

I must say, these are seriously gnarly... I'm very tempted to start breaking these in right away, but I'm dedicated to my 301s 07bk's for the time being (which I love).

[Giles]

I know, I just asked….  Sorry to miss you.

[Giles]

If anyone is on the fence about these, then just take a look at these:

[vespr1198s]

Ah, those are beautiful. I had the opportunity to see these in person, and they are even nicer in person. One surprising thing was how soft and pliable the denim had become, definitely a well worn pair for sure.

[ricochet]

I’ve just ruin patch on my 634sr.
Lost quite a bit of weight since I bought them so decided give them hot soak.
Four boiling hot kettles and result – patch shrank and hard as crispy bacon.
Balls balls balls.

[vespr1198s]

i guess you could try treating it with some obenaufs or similar and see if it will soften up some  :-\

[Splattered]

Is it recommended to straight up boil your jeans? I'd think that would be bad for your leather tag??? I always just give jeans a soak as hot as the tap will go…

[a.khan12390]

as far as im aware your never supposed to go boiling hot, there was a thread about this on SUFU, as a rule dont boil your jeans, steaming hot works the best for me

[gbougard]

@Beatle:

I'm really curious about your thoughts on sam 24 / ih 23…keep us posted

The only thing going for the Samurai 24 is their nice color. They are very nice dont get me wrong, but they lack this "je ne sais quoi" that the IH 23 have in terms of silkiness of the fabric and overall mystical magic if you see what I mean (getting spiritual here!!!). The Samurai24 are very very stiff and feel a bit like sand paper compared to the IH. I like both cuts.

[gbougard]

@ricochet:

I’ve just ruin patch on my 634sr.
Lost quite a bit of weight since I bought them so decided give them hot soak.
Four boiling hot kettles and result – patch shrank and hard as crispy bacon.

I kinda like the color of the patch you obtained. How much were you able to shrink them BTW?

[ricochet]

Yeah I know I’m bloody stupid. Wanted maximum shrinkage but guess they will stretch where they was anyway. I remember now one of Giles customers had same problem by accidentally getting his SR in to tumble dryer. Patch is hard as wood and lost ¼ of size, don’t think any oil will help.