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Sugar Cane Garrison Belt

Matt — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:30:18 +0000

I’ve had the Sugar Cane studded garrison belt for four years now, and the fit is perfect, so I thought I’d get another, but without the studs.

Here they are side by side for an interesting comparison. Both belts were originally the same colour.

Both belts are 36 inches, but it’s interesting that the old belt has stretched over time to be a couple of inches longer.

You can see the marks from the buckle on the tongue as I migrated up the holes over time.

The hardware hasn’t really changed. You can see some water damage from rain and a few beers that I lost control of.

On the back of the belt you can see a fair bit of indigo, and some marks on the tongue from where it rubs on the rivets.

These Sugar Cane belts are good quality and relatively good value.

Buying Tip

Make sure you get your size correct. If the tongue is too long or too short it could be awkward and won’t look right. Also note that the belt stretched about two inches over the years, so you really need a couple of belt holes available to size it down when required. I wear around size 33 jeans, so the size 36 works for me.

Original Belt

http://indigofan.com/2008/01/sugarcane-raw-leather-garrison-belt/

Pure Blue Japan xx-010

Matt — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 01:27:18 +0000

Top Ten Jeans for Men

Matt — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 11:32:30 +0000

This GQ Article listing the Best Jeans for Men made me want to puke.

Kids these days need a bit of guidance. I’m a bit reluctant to do something like this, but here’s the Indigofan Top Ten Jeans. Actually it’s not a Top Ten list. It’s just a response to the GQ trash. Prices are approx. I’ve tried to focus on slim fits that are available online.

Slimmer cuts from the Japanese Kings…

1. Samurai S710XX19oz USD$325
www.samurai-jeans.co.jp
blueingreensoho.com
Heavyweight denim, Mid Rise, Slim Tapered Leg.

2. Flathead SE05BSP USD$345
www.selfedge.com
Slim Tapered. Selfedge have a number of Flathead options, all of which look good.

3. Pure Blue Japan XX-013 USD$268
blueingreensoho.com
Mid Rise, Slim Tapered Leg

4. Eternal 883 USD$275
blueingreensoho.com
Slim, low-rise

5. Sugar Cane SC2009 USD$299
www.selfedge.com
Straight slim fit

Cheaper Options for students…

1. Artist Denim USD$170
artistdenim.com
Slim-cut options, and denim options which include sugarcane fabric

2. Burgus Plus Lot.770 $150
http://item.rakuten.co.jp/hinoya/770-1201/
Straight fit. You may need to use a Japan proxy buying service to get these.

3. 3sixteen ST-100x $195
www.selfedge.com
Slim Leg Indigo Selvedge

4. Sugar Cane 1947 Type II USD$150
http://item.rakuten.co.jp/hinoya/sc42009-a/
Straight cut

Old men and aficionados… not slim…

1. OOe-Yofukuten
http://www.ooe-yofukuten.com/bottoms.html

2. Rising Sun
http://risingsunjeans.com/category/product/

3. Pike Brothers
http://www.pikebrothersshop.com/

Enishi Progress

Matt — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:53:51 +0000

Some iPhone pics of the Enishi Yoshi denim.� At this light angle you can see the horizontal texture in the weft.� These are on high rotation.

Evisu Heritage Bluff Seam

Matt — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:45:55 +0000

The Drinkin’ and Dronin’ blog has a feature on the Evisu Deluxe Heritage line

http://drinkinanddronin.wordpress.com/2009/03/30/factory-feature-for-the-evisu-heritage-collection/

These jeans have more detailing than I was aware of.

I didn’t understand the “bluff pocket seam” description, but a bit more googleing got me there.

http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/bluff_pockets/

The pocket is sewn on from the inside, as I believe you can see in the photograph above.

Here are some detailed descriptions and shots of the Evisu Deluxe denim jacket on five-secondskin.

http://five-secondskin.blogspot.com/2008/11/evisu-deluxe-silk-denim-jacket.html

He’s also got the jeans here.

http://five-secondskin.blogspot.com/2009/08/evisu-deluxe-single-neddle-jeans.html

Very nice indeed.

Eternal 811 – full length pics

Matt — Wed, 27 May 2009 22:50:12 +0000

Someone was asking for full-length pics of the Eternal 811s. I just gave them a wash, so here are the pics.

I only washed them a couple of times for the first two years, but now the washing is quite regular. No brushing technique. The contrast is pretty high, so washing will tone it down a bit. They just go in the LG front-loader with Omo.

Enishi Denim: Yoshi

Matt — Sat, 23 May 2009 22:46:36 +0000

I’d say these are the nicest jeans available in Australia. Enishi. They’re available at Aika in Sydney, and Chiodo in Melbourne.

No backpocket rivets.

Very slubby. Nice texture!

Currently discounted at the Aika store.

Repairs

Matt — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:10:26 +0000

Last week I made some repairs to the Eternals. I should’ve taken pics before the repairs, but I’m getting lazy with this blog. Hah.

Here’s the result.

The seat had a crease which was starting to wear through, so I used a swatch of denim on the inside and just sewed back and forth.

The crotch had a hole, so I did the same there. You can see the repair thread more clearly here.

And the keys were really starting to destroy, the pocket, so some denim on the inside of the pocket, and sewing through the lot.

I’d been cuffing these since new, so there were parts of the cuff that were close to wearing through… so I did some zig-zagging without re-inforcing.

I’m not an expert on denim repairs, but these are my beginners tips:
- set the stitch length to quite short
- use a specific denim repair thread like this one from Gutermann

http://www.sewingselections.com.au/catalogue/Threads/Gutermann/2.html
It’s a mix of blue and white, so it blends in with faded denim.

On the inside I used a black poly thread. I probably should have used the denim thread on the inside, but it seems okay.

Flathead 3001

Matt — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:58:50 +0000

So, I only bought one pair of denim jeans in Japan. Flathead 3001.
I got these from Americaya in Ueno. http://www.rakuten.ne.jp/gold/americaya/
I’m hoping they’ll be a bit like the Eternal 811s.

I put my Japan photos up on Flickr. You can check them out here.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/indigofan/sets/72157615620128790/detail/

Eternal 811 – second wash and repairs

Matt — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:17:31 +0000

I’ve been using my experimental clean-by-brushing technique to keep my jeans away from water. It works well, I think you should try it. I think this method has given me more than six months of extra wear out of these jeans prior to each wash.

I had a few repairs to make. My keys wore a number of holes through the front left (my left) pocket, and the fly buttons had the stitching around the button hole coming off.

I used white cotton twill to repair the pocket bag – a combination of hand and machine stitching.

Maybe I’m lazy… I left the repairs badly finished, but it felt appropriate.

I zigzagged the fly button hole edges to re-enforce them (post wash pic).

During the repairs, the close-up work made me realise that I should wash these suckers ie. they stank. So I gave them a decent wash. Hot water, Dr. Bronners, quite a bit of hand agitation.

Some post-wash pics…

Honeycombs

Reverse combs

Yeah.

These are my favourite jeans at the moment. Wish I had a second pair.