Pants
 

Currently in the process of losing weight. I need to purchase new pants as my current ones just don't stay up. I am looking for input as far as to purchase Honigs, Sansabelt, or Smitty. Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Always been a Sansabelt guy myself. They are more $, but worth it IMO. Fit better, look better, etc.

I just bought 2 more pair of the Smitty's, got them last night, and took them to the tailor today for alteration. The leg seems slightly straighter than my previous pairs, but maybe that was wishful thinking...

Great pants, though, and durable.

I wore the Sansabelt for the four years when I was on the East Coast, but have switched to the Honig's since being out here.

I like the Honig's pants MUCH better. It isn't even close in my opinion.

I wear the BP51s.

Sansabelt. Had Honigs but they didn't hold up as well as Sansabelt. Current pair of Sansabelt are 3 years old and look like new. Just my 2 cents. Your mileage may vary.

Mregor

I've always been a Sansabelt guy since going beltless, but I bought 2 pair of Smittys this year after losing a bunch of weight. They are both top quality. The Smitty's are about 10 bucks cheaper and I really think I like the fit and feel of the Smittys a little better.

Cause and Effect. ;)

Could be, could be.:)

I have always worn Honig's. I just bought two pairs of Sansabelt's from The Referee's Call on Wednesday. Some of the people I work with wear Sansabelt slacks and comparing them I think they hold up a little better and don't fade as quickly.

I have some 4 yr old Sansabelts, beltless, and they still look good! Dry cleaning is the key to prevent fading!:)

I don't like to dry clean, doing that ends up costing more than getting new pants.

Always, with apologies to the late J. Dallas Shirely, dryclean your officiating pants. Your pants will last longer, the steam pressing of the pants will give you a nice sharp crease, and the cost of drycleaning is a business deduction on your Schedule C.

MTD, Sr.

He Loved My Cake, Chipped A Tooth On The File ...
 

Sounds like we use the same accounting firm: Dewey, Cheatam & Howe. I just visited my accountant today. He has a new cellmate, Bernard Madoff.

We're supposed to wear pants to referee?

So they claim... :D

Except for games played on Scottish Heritage Day. :D

Billy:

I thought I was the only one that listened to Click and Clack on Saturday mornings on NPR.

MTD, Sr.

The Tap It Brothers?

Listened to em all the time in Europe on AFN! Great stuff!

Yes, unless you are Mark Padgett; he has special dispensation (I think I spelled that correctly) from Mary Struckhoff to wear black fishnet hose with a fashionable black thong and garter belt set.

MTD, Sr.

C'mon Sr. - now you're just egging him on to post one of his famous photos!

Me??!! Why would you say such a thing. You know how meek and quiet I am. :D

MTD, Sr.

Yep, the are really good. Their article appears in The (Toledo) Blade every Thursday and Sunday.

MTD, Sr.

But, seriously, the cost of drycleaning and washing your uniforms are a deductable expense of doing business.

MTD, Sr.

But taking an expense only becasue it is deductable is never as good as having the cash in your pocket.

If you dry-clean the pants just a few times, you've paid for a new pair of pants.

The net result is that would be more economical and less of a headache overall to just wash your uniforms with your other clothes (even if in a seperate load), save the dry cleaning costs, and buy new uniforms twice as often (also a deductable expense).

Camron:

I understand what you are saying from a financial standpoint, but it has been my experience that the crease one gets from having the pants drycleaned and stream pressed can not be equaled by ironing the pants after washing them at home.

MTD, Sr.

That may be if you care about a crease. I don't. Not sure that it is worth a few dollars for a crease.