Sugar Cane

julian-wolf wrote: Good to know that the 200 were considered a bit special. Makes some sense with the leather-backed rivets & fancy-dyed pocket bags & all. Any knowledge of what sorta info would've been inside the care booklet? Would be really interested to have a look if there're scans floating around anywhere, but I doubt that's the case… Meanwhile, into the wash with them. Initial measurements sit at 35x39. Gonna go with the factory hem on these and a big ol' bucket cuff.

Yeah, had to do a double-take on the coin pocket to make sure it wasn’t cut sideways ‘60s-style. Were non-selvedged coin pockets standard at some point? When did this stop being the case? First I’ve seen it, I think, with the fabric cut in this orientation, but I don’t look at many pre-war jeans.

Reddit’s completely fucked. I used to post there lots, first when I was new to the whole scene then continuing for another while answering questions and trying (often in vein) to slow or prevent the spread of misinformation; at some point it just got too repetitive and tiring, but I still try to add some content now and then to skew it that little bit back away from skinny jeans and ultra-tapered nonsense. Folks there are lazy as all hell when it comes to doing their own research—even when that just means scrolling down half a page—but the interest in the hobby is there, for sure.

Non of the 98 m-series are period accurate Martin, up to 1998 they were all about accuracy but the 1998 series are a loose 'Sugarcane' interpretation, from what i can gather the 1st M41119 are 66-esque, the 2nd^ M41200 are 1910, the 3rd M41300 are described as an 'Original Model' but it's as near as damn it a 47 cut and the 4th M41400 are a 50's cut paper patch model.

Finally got to taking some "fit pics" of the 41200