The brand name can be identified as "Range Roper" from the engraving on the flasher and top button, but no details about the brand are known. 5-pocket jeans in 2×1 light-ounce denim. The use of a U-shaped zipper suggests that it may have been made in the 1940s or 1950s.
Dead stock with flasher
It's so thick and straight that you could say it's extremely thick. The inseam is quite deep.
flasher
A flasher depicting a cowboy carrying a lasso. Other than the illustration and the brand name, no information is given. The reverse side is also blank.
tag
A paper tag attached to the bottom of the right back pocket, stating that it is made from 8 oz denim.
back pocket
A large, true square back pocket like the one on the painter's pants. The top edge is cannulated and has no rivets.
top button
Snap button with the engraved "RANGE ROPER".
zipper
WALDES pin-lock zipper with U-shaped closure. The only material available to determine the date of manufacture of the jeans is the zipper.
sleek
The slake is the same light ounce denim fabric as the front.
rivet
The front has a rivet with a bump in the middle like the rivet back of an old Wrangler.
outseam
The hem is a dark blue chain stitch. At the hem, the selvedges of the fabric are not visible.
outseam
At the outseam around the thighs, the selvedge has come out because they weren't sewn enough.
fabric
An 8oz denim in 2×1 with a lot of naps and a lot of coarseness for a 2×1. The warp threads are also noticeably uneven even with the glue on.
| size | waist |
seat | front rise | back rise | thigh | inseam | opening | total length |
| - | 29 | 39.5 | 12.5 | 15 | 11 | 29.5 | 9 | 39.5 |