Worlds heaviest denim shorts - Soso 33oz cut off shorts!

[NamoAmituofo]

Some like it thick n heavy!

Ever since I got a Samurai Jeans monster belt earlier this year - I’ve been wanting to buy a pair of heavy denim shorts to go with it. And yes I’m a shorts person for temps higher than 18 Celsius and I pair shorts with heavy HH MC jackets

The heaviest I could find was Samurai 21 Oz and it cost an absolute fortune.

So by chance I saw someone on eBay selling a pair of almost new Soso 33oz jeans at 34 size which is 1.5-2 sizes bigger for me. I paid £125 and thought it was a steal! Too bad the legs are so baggy so I thought why not turn them into cutoff shorts!

For cutoff point I referred to a pair of size L Cactus Industry waxed canvas shorts which fit me so well and it’s baggy so not too hot in summer either.

Turned out satisfactory and I know the threads at the hem roll can be a bit of eye sore but I do want to keep the roll in place. I thought about using deerskin to wrap the hem roll but that’d covered the selvedge on the side - so opted for the heaviest linen threads for saddle stitch bridle hides.

One benefit of having 1.5-2 sizes larger waist, is I can pull on/off these Soso without having to undo the finger killer buttons!

I used to think the size 36 Samurai Jeans belt I bought was way too long for my 31 waist - I can barely buckle up at the hole second to last over these Soso shorts.

One of a kind! I’ll enjoy sweating in them next summer. I do plan to wash these regularly so the waist may well shrink a bit.

 

[Bennarion]

The belt looks good with these shorts. For each thing, it takes time to figure out whether it is suitable or not. An example with your belt

 

[VansonRider]

I really like how you’ve tacked the cuffs into place.

If you enjoy sewing heavier fabric and leather, having a sailers palm, and/or a Handistitch Sewing Awl, are both fantastic tools.

I hate wearing shorts, myself, but I VERY often pair my MC jackets with jeans and flip flops!

(Edit!) and what are you doing with the cut off legs? I bet they’d make great elbow patches on a work jacket, or maybe patch pockets?

“World’s heaviest denim cargo shorts” anyone?

 

[NamoAmituofo]

I really like how you’ve tacked the cuffs into place.

If you enjoy sewing heavier fabric and leather, having a sailers palm, and/or a Handistitch Sewing Awl, are both fantastic tools.

I hate wearing shorts, myself, but I VERY often pair my MC jackets with jeans and flip flops!

(Edit!) and what are you doing with the cut off legs? I bet they’d make great elbow patches on a work jacket, or maybe patch pockets?

“World’s heaviest denim cargo shorts” anyone?

Thank you for the compliments!

I’ve seen that awl on YouTube and may well get one. I usually use two saddle needles to do saddle stitch.

The cut offs are amazing fabric. What I plan to do is - and I bet this will sound strange - is to sew inside pockets for my jiujitsu gi so I can store a gum shield for sparring - taking no risks as I saw a friend knocking off his tooth against someone’s knee.

The gi is made from 4-500gsm cotton fabric so the 33oz denim would be a good match. Pity is I can only flash the cool inside pocket when putting gi on /taking it off

 

[Ernest P Shackleton]

I love to see rigged clothing for function, for ease/laziness, out of limited skill set, and other reasons other than just aesthetics. I ran into a pair of jeans on the back of a music album cover once, and I could never find a similar fit, so I bought a large pair of dungarees and rigged the leg hems to mimic a similar look (no cutting or creating a new hem). I can mend just fine, but I'm no tailor. I liked the results enough that I then did it to a pair of worsted wool WWII trousers that were cut with massive amounts of leg room. Neither are the prettiest, but they function exactly how I wanted.

* they now call that fit of jeans barrel jeans.

**please do not read into anything. Absolutely no intention of underhanding your work or solution here.

 

[jchance]

That’s pretty rad!

 

[VansonRider]

Thank you for the compliments!

I’ve seen that awl on YouTube and may well get one. I usually use two saddle needles to do saddle stitch.

The cut offs are amazing fabric. What I plan to do is - and I bet this will sound strange - is to sew inside pockets for my jiujitsu gi so I can store a gum shield for sparring - taking no risks as I saw a friend knocking off his tooth against someone’s knee.

The gi is made from 4-500gsm cotton fabric so the 33oz denim would be a good match. Pity is I can only flash the cool inside pocket when putting gi on /taking it off

No, not strange at all! I practiced AiKido for years and have some double weight grappling gi’s, and that’s an awesome use for the fabric.