Fade Friday – Samurai S510xx25-HJ (1 Year, 3 Washes, 1 Soak)

I recently professed my love for Samurai on the Jeans edition of our Staff Select series, and low and behold, this cracking pair of faded Sammies comes flying into our fades inbox. Whether that was intentional or coincidental, I’m stoked that our reader Jonte over in Sweden submitted these bad boys.

The raw selvedge denim on this pair of Samurai S510xx25-HJ weigh in at 25 oz. per square yard, which kind of guaranteed Jonte some sick denim evolution from the moment he copped, but let’s take nothing away from the absolute graft he has put into these. He’s only been wearing them for 1 year, but the dye loss, whiskers, and overall grainy hue of the denim looks like an impeccable 3-year-old pair.

The honeycombs may not be as stark as other pairs we have featured for Fade Friday, but I’d trade some crazy ‘combs for those button fly fades any day. Long live the button fly, baby.

You can keep up with Jonte on Instagram @jonte_kruka