5 UNEXPECTED things you'll need for SELVEDGE DENIM

Over the decade I've been into raw selvedge denim, I've had maybe a dozen real… project pairs… and yeah, I have picked up way more pairs of jeans than is ever reasonable. I have also picked up a few sundries. These are not accessories. They are not complementary pieces of clothing… They are just things that I would say are pretty much essential for the health and wellbeing of my jeans and just make life in your jeans that little bit easier

And so today I am running through the top 5 things that I have picked up along the way that I find pretty much essential.

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[erickbennett]

The intro - so relatable. The brush is great for pet hair too.

[namebrandmason]

I don't have a hat brush for comparison, but there are purpose-built "garment brushes." They're usually used as an alternative to a lint roller for cleaning up suits and overcoats. I got mine from Muji for about $7

[jesterje]

The best leather patch I have is from my Naked & Famous X Dragon Ball Z collab, the Vegeta patch. NF doesn’t have veg tan for all their product but when they use it it’s pretty cool.

[dukerobinson]

Hi Matt. Those hooks look useful. Thanks for the tip. One thing I've used a lot is a pant waist stretcher from ebay. If you have a pair of jeans that are slightly too tight, you dampen the waist and install the waist stretcher and start cranking. Let it dry. Voila. Your tight waist jeans are now fitting comfortably. It really works great, even on sanforized denim. Take care.

[Coleone]

I own tons of selvedge, including brave star. Surprisingly, Taylor Stitch. My 68’ Cones have the beefiest leather patch I’ve seen yet💯

[EscapedTexan]

Thanks for the video. I'm new to selvedge so it was informative for me. SoSo makes a tanned leather patch but not sure if it's veg tanned.

[jurgenbrandt]

Bravestar's patches are really nice. I've created a hanger for my denim, made of 3 small screw hooks, a bit of leather and a wooden curtain rail (taken from the 'BSR'). So far the most useful item

[het_gele_teken]

IKEA Grundtal hooks are similar but smaller. Thanks for the tip!

[charlesbronson]

Holy shit you’re 40?! Oh also Bravestar’s patch is great, crazy thick. They use the same veg patch for their indigo jeans but they use a chrome tanned one for the black pair i have and some of their jackets use some brown chrome tanned patches.

[leoeli]

I know a brand I think you'd like to review! It is called Jeansverket.

It's a really small denim brand based in my hometown Borås, in Sweden. Selvedge, raw denim and so on. Sustainable clothing, seems pretty good quality too.

They don't have a women's line yet and their sizes are too big for me unfortunately so I can't try them out, but, yeah. Seems pretty cool!

[morebeersmoretears]

Love the slabs of veg tan leather on some N&F pairs, thick and beefy on my Okayama 4s

[machinist]

That hooked joke just got you a thumbs up lol.

[Stream_of_unconsiousness]

I would really reccomend buying obenaufs leather conditioner, most boot makers recommend It and some even sell it on their website, and saddle soap is really important before conditioning, especially if you are using it on boots.

[gunneryelton]

Brave Star and naked and famous patches are great

[ChawnCrawley]

I bought Iron Heart and Bravestar this weekend as first 2 pair of decent jeans. If I end up down this rabbit hole, it’s this guy’s fault 😂

[canadafree]

In North America, Walmart sells rubber coated S hooks in the closest section where they have all the hangers. I use Kent clothes brush on my dress clothes, is the hat brush soft or rougher than a clothes brush? I just used Saphir multi-purpose leather cleaner on a leather patch last night. lol

[chawenhalo]

My favourite has to be the thick and riveted patch on Momotaro.

[alexdefaro]

IronHeart's patches are definitely my favorites.

[ianlee]

My Left Field NYC have a nice leather patch. 👌🏻

[mehtaabsandhu]

Samurai leather patches for special edition are amazing.