These Old Things highlights the clothes and accessories we have had forever, or were handed down to us; things like a grandfather's old hat, a favorite pair of jeans, and a gold wrist watch that has braved the anals of history.

Ron was one of those guys that just did not get the concept of raw denim. He loved his Levi's 501s, and when we lived together he constantly pointed out to me that he could not see the difference between a $200 pair of Nudie Slim Jims and a $40 pair of Levi's 514s.

In addition to playing an increasing amount of shows with his band Nunchucks, he began working a blue-collar job that involved a lot of hands-on work, and after numerous crotch rips and ruined pants, he finally bit the bullet and decided to invest in a pair of artisanal denim. So we went over to visit our friends at the Denim Bar in Arlington, Va. He bought two pairs: Nudie's Average Joe and Kicking Mule Workshop's 1980 fit.

That was over two years ago. Since then, Ron and his jeans have come a very long way...

Take a look at the jeans now:

I think my favorite thing about this pair is how the hemming job was definitely done by a less-than-competent tailor. Don't get me wrong, the noticeable break in the selvage lines is badass in a wabi-sabi sort of way, but with places in New York and San Francisco carrying vintage 1940's sewing machines capable of reproducing chainstitched hems, religious denim zealots and Internet-fashion dorks alike insist on no other way.