So we haven't had a "What jeans do you like?" thread in years. So here is one.
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Currently, I am wearing three different brands for different things.
For super dirty stuff around the farm, where the jeans might get oily, muddy, cow manurey, or ripped by barbed wire, I am wearing Blue Mountain jeans from the Tractor Supply. Regular price $12, but I get them when they are on sale for $10. I always keep a couple of pairs around and don't care what happens to them. Not the most flattering fit (cut loose), but that's better for work and who cares?
For regular around the farm and kicking around stuff, I have been again shopping at Tractor Supply and wearing their Ridgecut* brand flex work jeans. Normally $25, often found on sale for $20. They are a "normal" vs relaxed cut, but the flex material makes them super comfortable. They are a slightly lighter weight denim than say your average Carhartt, but still hold up well. Comfortable, flattering cut, and belt loops in good places for carrying a blaster. My all around favorite jeans now.
My third brand are recently discovered. They are the Vertx Defiance jeans. I saw them reviewed on one of the youtube gun channels and they just sounded really good to me. When I looked them up, they were freakin' $65! There are a myriad of 20% off deals ongoing though. However, for whatever reason, on Amazon, they were $45. Still kinda high for me for jeans, but I bought a pair. These are the best pants for carrying a gat that I have ever worn. They appear to be similar material to my Ridgecut flex jeans, but cut even better. Belt loops are in even better locations. Really well-designed pockets. The rear pockets are placed much lower than I am use to. I guess that is something a lot of young guy jeans have now. At first I didn't like them, but then found that placement gets them out of the way of a holster, and also for putting a phone in your back pocket, places it in such a way that when you sit, you're not putting the full pressure of your ass on your phone. Again, expensive (and I would not pay the full price), but these are great jeans. They have a bunch of funky stuff like hidden pockets for handcuff keys and stuff, which is gimmicky to me, but whatever.
As a tangent, When I started this thread, I was thinking about the previous jeans threads over the years and how my brands changed. When the first thread showed up 20 or so years ago, I was wearing LL Bean jeans. The next time, I was wearing Cabelas jeans because LL Bean had gotten expensive and yuppie. The next time I was wearing Costco jeans because Cabelas had gotten expensive, yuppie and changed their fit. The next time, I switched to Wranglers and Carhartt because Costco switched to China and the jeans were terrible. And now I'm where I am now. :)
*I have Ridgecut shirts as well. I am really impressed with this house brand. Well made clothing at really reasonable prices. Their ultra work shirts are like a Dickey's shirt, but even better made and better fit IMO. Water repellent and also very barbed wire resistant.