Sansabelt Pants wrinkles

[Texas Aggie]

I have a pair of SB pants I got late last spring in time for camps. Wore them to, I think, 3 days worth of camps (over a month and a half or so), then hung them up. Got them back out for the season earlier this month and started wearing them again. Recently bought a couple of other pairs that I've mixed in.

Anyway, the old pair wrinkle like crazy and hanging them up for a week (which I did over T-giving) didn't help. You can't really iron these things, and I never had SB pants wrinkle in the past. The new ones wrinkle a bit out of the wash, but hang for a day and lose the wrinkles. Also, the crease isn't as sharp as the new ones.

I have to wash these pants after every wearing and do so on warm water. I do not dry them in the dryer, but hang dry them. I've worn them probably 12-15 times and washed them that many. If this is normal, they deteriorated very fast.

Did I just get a bad pair or are others having similar problems?

[26 Year Gap]

Go belted. Problem solved.

[CLH]

Oh my god no, please don't go belted. I may offend some, but those belted pants look so out of date its not even funny, those and the flat front beltless too. Goes back to the perception thing we've talked about. If I was a coach and I saw a guy with belted pants, I'd wanna ask him why he didn't just wear the collared shirt with it, and where was his metal whistle with a pea in it. Sorry belters!!!

CLH

[referee20]

No belts...Looks very old. If we get evaluated and someone is wearing a belt you can guarantee they won't get a varsity game

[BEAREF]

Originally Posted by CLH

Oh my god no, please don't go belted. I may offend some, but those belted pants look so out of date its not even funny, those and the flat front beltless too. Goes back to the perception thing we've talked about. If I was a coach and I saw a guy with belted pants, I'd wanna ask him why he didn't just wear the collared shirt with it, and where was his metal whistle with a pea in it. Sorry belters!!!

CLH

I wear the flat front Sansabelt slacks because they fit me better. I suppose I better find a collared shirt!

[tjones1]

Originally Posted by BEAREF

I suppose I better find a collared shirt!

If you do, make sure you use a metal whistle with a pea.

[ToGreySt]

I have a question, I just passed my IAABO test and I'm now cleared to do high school games this season leading up to my floor test in march. I've never done any basketball before and I don't have anything for a uniform. I'm gonna buy a couple of shirts from honigs, but I'm hesitant to buy any pants from there. can I buy something cheaper thats already hemmed? Could I find beltless pants from a department store? also...pleats or no pleats?

thanks guys,

Joe

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by CLH

Oh my god no, please don't go belted. I may offend some, but those belted pants look so out of date its not even funny, those and the flat front beltless too. Goes back to the perception thing we've talked about. If I was a coach and I saw a guy with belted pants, I'd wanna ask him why he didn't just wear the collared shirt with it, and where was his metal whistle with a pea in it. Sorry belters!!!

CLH

Let me guess. You are wearing a leisure suit right now, aren't you?

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by Texas Aggie

I have a pair of SB pants. . . You can't really iron these things,

Why not? I iron mine on the lowest setting. Keeps the crease sharp. I haven't had a problem with it.

Also, I wash mine in cold water (on my wife's orders).

[REFVA]

Why not? I iron mine on the lowest setting. Keeps the crease sharp. I haven't had a problem with it.

If you are concerned of ironing them where they get a shine, Then get a steamer. It works wonders and they will last for ever/ I have Honig, Kliff Keen, and Sansabelt. Honing seems to be a heavier material so they don't wrinkle as much. It's just your preference.. But steam them. I even taken my steamer with me so when I take them out of my bag I just plug it in and wrinkles away. JMO..

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

Why not? I iron mine on the lowest setting. Keeps the crease sharp. I haven't had a problem with it.

Also, I wash mine in cold water (on my wife's orders).

You've got a very attentive wife.

But doesn't she worry that you'll fall off the chair & hurt yourself when you climb up there to reach the top of the ironing board?

[Adam]

When did "iron" become a verb? I don't get it.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

When did "iron" become a verb? I don't get it.

In the sense you mean, the earliest usage as a verb was in 1680, in the Earl of Rochester's Trial of the Poets. Fielding and Dickens later pressed the usage further.