How to cut off the sleeves of a denim and keep the destroyed effect?

Angelripper666Tue, 11/10/2016 - 23:18

A lot of times, when people cut the sleeves of their denims to make a battle jacket, they manage to keep parts of the sleeve on there giving kind of a ripped/destroyed effect. Is their a certain way i can do this and guarantee it will work? For ex: using a certain type of knife or scissors etc...

grime81 on Wed, 12/10/2016 - 01:30

make a small cut and carefully hand rip it across the outside seam of the sleeve for a nice raw edge

Angelripper666 on Wed, 12/10/2016 - 10:10

Thanks dude! Will keep this in mind appreciate the comment!

judascrust on Wed, 12/10/2016 - 04:19

Throw them in the laundry after cutting the sleeves, the denim will start to fray in the wash

kimo on Wed, 12/10/2016 - 09:53

Yep..this works well.

Angelripper666 on Wed, 12/10/2016 - 10:11

Doing this on one of my next denims, thanks dude! Appreciate the comment

non-existent user on Wed, 12/10/2016 - 07:24

I fray it with a knife after cutting. You'll need to leave more material for more fraying.

Angelripper666 on Wed, 12/10/2016 - 10:13

Thanks dude, i did this on the bottom edges of my current vest, works pretty well!

Chainbreaker on Wed, 12/10/2016 - 10:56

This!

Heinz on Wed, 12/10/2016 - 18:18

Yep.. After just one wash, the ends are already going to look kind of bushy, you can help it along from there.

DoogieHowitzer on Thu, 13/10/2016 - 11:02

Leave about a half inch from the edge seam then wash it.
The left over fabric will fray. If it requires more distressing, scrape a razor on the edges.

Chemical Burn on Thu, 13/10/2016 - 19:39

Wear the fecking thing.

OSDMNICHOLAS on Tue, 08/11/2016 - 09:27

cut the sleeves of a long sleeve jacket and i cut off every point on the inside of the seams. Kinda worked out itself over the years.

Axeman on Sat, 12/11/2016 - 22:59

Hey, ANGELRIPPER!!! I would cut a little bit and rip the sleeve portion off and tear at the strands a little bit so they kinda stick out a bit. Look at my vest and youll see what i mean.
Cheers!
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