I hear you, looks like closer to 17" on the size 33 710 I'm looking at. Mostly interested in black, raw denim with nice details that get good fades on the whole, and Samis have a good rep for high contrast fades in black denim.
Comments on the actual point of my post though--Frye James, yay/nay?
yeah I probably wouldn't even wear it closed but I think the button for the loop fastener would look sort of goofy in that context..
I'm a sucker for a small shawl collar but it doesn't really fit the whole linen thing, although that bad mix is what made me like it originally. Eh, no kop summer will remain in effect, excluding cosmic wonder of course