This model was manufactured as a prototype before the launch of the Wrangler brand jeans. According to some magazines, there are two types of prototypes, one is the early type and the other is the late type, but it seems to be the early type that is shown here. The back pocket is stitched with an arcuate stitch instead of a W shape, and there is no trace of the product tag on it.
It's pretty thick and falls straight.
There are seven belt loops.
back pocket
Deeper arcuate stitching has been added, though it is hard to see because the stitching is worn. There is also a mark on the upper part of the pocket, which was probably patched. The top of the pocket is riveted in two places, and this specification will be carried over to the product.
top button
It's engraved with "WRANGLER", but not in rope letters like the later ones.
fly button
Unmarked fly button
fly
The proportional fly section is separated by a single buttonhole stitched together.
top button (back)
Unmarked with rounded top button back.
rivet
As with later wrangler jeans, the rivets were used without protrusions.
rivet (back)
This is also the same as the 1950's product version of the Lang Langley Jeans with a riveted back with a bulging center section.
belt loop
The belt loop at the back center is an offset belt loop. Levi's installed a belt loop to match the center seam in the late 1940s and moved to an offset belt loop in the early '50s, but the Wrangler would have incorporated the offset belt loop a little earlier.
coin pocket
The fabric is used at an angle, which is interesting, but the way of making the coin pocket itself is similar to the later Wrangler.
outseam
Double-stitched rollover stitch, although the thread is frayed and hard to see. In the photo, the hem has a chain stitch, but there is no damage to the sewing thread, so it is not the original.
fabric
Left twill fabric. The color is slightly darker and appears to be slightly less blue than later wrangler jeans.
| size | waist |
seat | front rise | back rise | thigh | inseam | opening | total length |
| - | 29.5 | 41 | 11.5 | 15 | 12 | 28.5 | 8.5 | 38 |