Edward
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Personally, I love the wide leg and high waist of the original, early denim fits. If you're not too large, they really flatter you by extending the length of your legs and emphasizing the waist.
My experience has always been that a wider leg also flatters those of us who are on the larger side of things. One of the reasons I got into old school fits originally was because once you go much over a 36" waist, one tends to look like Humpty Dumpty in drainpipes. I already look like a hairy egg if I skip shaving for a few days.
That's interesting. I guess it's a good fail safe so they aren't struggling to issue returns. I'm going to check them out. More and more I just want simple, plain jeans without labels and a standard, straight cut. No treatments, wiskering, etc.
I can't afford to get all nuts about jeans tho. I've got more than enough problems with the jackets.
If you're looking something cheap, basic and decent, worth having a look at SoF:
USN 1930s cut (slimmer than the others): http://www.sofmilitary.co.uk/usn-red-selvage-denim-jeans-1930s-us-navy-deck-jeans-product,19089
40s with back buckle: http://www.sofmilitary.co.uk/us-navy-1940s-denim-deck-jeans-usn-red-selvage-jeans-product,14013
40s no back buckle: http://www.sofmilitary.co.uk/1940s-denim-jeans-with-no-back-buckle-design-product,13918
Not sure if anyone stocks these in the US (a lot of their stuff is made by the same supplier as WPG uses), but worth looking into. Probably cheaper now from the UK than ever before, as the pound is still weak against the dollar.
I've had a couple of pairs of these over the years, both fits. Very decent jeans for the money. Not as good as the high end Japanese denim like my SJC stuff, but very decent if you want something with a good period cut, selvedge, and at a price where you could actually wear 'em as work clothes and not worry about them. Every bit the equal of the pairs of Freddies I've had, though with Freddies now pushing GBP100 a pair, much better value imo.
They still seem to have a relationship with Simmons Bilt, but have now been having their leathers made by Four Speed Leathers in Japan and have taken to talking smack on Shinki and those who use it at an excessive rate.
Shinki does seem to be very Marmite for a lot of folks! Odd they'd comment like that, though. Aero experimented with it, but didn't stick with it - I was told the tannery couldn't guarantee it in the quantities and frequencies Aero buy supplies in at.
I'm off to clarify some issues regarding Chinese officers who commanded/co-opted Japanese Army units that didn't wish to return home, in the Chinese Civil War after the surrender of Japan.
Also looking to hook up with some Chinese Airforce veterans of the Korean War.
Have you been to the museum in SE China where the AVG were based? THat's somewhere I'd like to see.