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“Usedtoslaughteringcows,sheep
andotherbeastsandanimals,the
nameButcherhassometimesbeen
compared,bythewayofamarked
association,toahardenedmurderer.
Letusnot,however,supposethat
everybutcherisanunfeelingman;
somehavebeenpraisedfortheir
humanityandsensibility.”
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The BuTcher meeTs Denham...................
a collaBoraTion
Thestorystartsatthebeginningof2009.
BobRijnders(L)andJasonDenham(R),twowell-knowncreativedenimlovers
startedworkingontheiramazingdenimadventure.
In1995BobstartedBestofBrands,thedenimstoreinHoogland
thatisregardedasashrinebymanydenimlovers.
Jasonisoneofthemostfamousjeansmakersintheworld,
workingwithhisownbrand,DenhamtheJeanmaker,since2006.
Thisstoryisabouttheircollaboration.
The above is what happened the day the Butcher solicited the Jeans maker.
But the real slaughter is about to begin.
Your work as a highly respected Butcher customer starts today.
Now there’s no going back.
All we ask is that you wear your jeans to within an inch of their life,
following these simple instructions:
1. Wear your jeans every day for 1 year.
2. Don’t wash them – ever!
3. Record every spit, spot, blemish, stain, rip and tear.
4. Note the damage in your Butcher’s Diary.
5. Keep it up. It won’t be easy. You’ll need dedication.
6. The rest is up to you. Eat in them, dance, sleep, rock, smoke, drink, bone,
fight, or slide. Just be sure not to be careful!
thecutTrimmed off excess fat to make
a lean cut grade, slim fit.
thebondCustom-made camel hide patch marked with the
Denham x Butcher logo and split to a 1mm thickness,
using the sharp edge of a meat cleaver.
themarkThe butcher’s hook.
Hot-boned into the
back pocket facing.
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Aftershaping,swearingandsweatingfor6months
BobRijndersandJasonDenhamcreatedcompletenewdenimjeans.
Onlyahundredwereproduced.Allraw,allnumbered.
'TheButcher'wasborn.
Recordeveryspit,spot,blemish,stain,ripandtear.
NotethedamageinyourButcher’sDiary.
Keepthefaith.Itwon’tbeeasy.
You'llneeddedication.
The BuTcher...................
a limiTed ediTion jeans
THE BUTCHER’S DIARY...................
THE BLUE STORY
“THEYSAYTHERE’SNO SUBSTITUTEFORHARD WORK.ANDABOVEALL THEBUTCHERBELIEVES GOODTHINGSCOME TOTHOSEWHOWAIT.”
THEBOOK*
The BuTchers of Blue...................
The one's who made iT
THEBOOK*
Their sTories...................
every spiT, spoT, blemish, sTain, rip and Tear.
THEBUTCHERRETURNS...................
FRIDAYWASHDAY-HOOGLAND,MARCH2TH2012
After1yeartheButcherinvitedallButchersback,
togetherwiththeirjeansandtheirButcher'sDiary.Andtheycame.
On2March2012,28Butcherjeansreturnedtotheirfounding
fathers.Numerousdenimloverscametothisgreateventat
'TheButcherShop'(BestofBrands)inHoogland.
Bob'theButcher'refundedthem150%ofwhatthey'dpaid.
Sometimesoon,theButcherwilldressthedenimflesh,
coldcureyourjeansandhangthemin
theButcher'sshopforalltosee.
Sonowlookwhatyou’vestarted...
THESE JEANS HAVE BEEN BUTCHERED BY: bob
b u tc h e r f o r m
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0 3 / 0 5 - h o o g l a n d
" DA m N ! m Y W I f E
WAS H E D m Y
B U TC H E R J E A N S . "
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2 5 / 0 2 - h o o g l a n d
“WHENTHEINDIGOLEAVESTHEYARN,THAT'STHEMOMENTYOUSTART
BUTCHERINGYOURjEANS.”"
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THESE JEANS HAVE BEEN BUTCHERED BY:FabIan
b u tc h e r f o r m
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x x / x x - n /a
“ DA m Ag E D lE f T K N E E :
C R AS H E D m Y B I K E o N
S l I p p E RY R oA D .”
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d u r I n g t h e y e a r
- a l l ov e r t h e
c o u n t ry
“ f I lT H :
f E ST I VA lS
S o l A R ,
loW l A N D S ,
I N To T H E W o o D S
A N D B oYS ’
W E E K E N D o U T
I N p U T T E N .”
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d u r I n g t h e y e a r
“ fA D E D S p oTS :
W o R K I N g AT A N D E R S
W o lH A A R A N D B E ST
o f B R A N D S .”
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THESE JEANS HAVE BEEN BUTCHERED BY:FabIan
b u tc h e r f o r m
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x x / x x - h o o g l a n d
“GREENSTAIN:HELpINGDjTDKpAINTHISLOGO.”"
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b u tc h e r f o r m
THESE JEANS HAVE BEEN BUTCHERED BY:SebaStIan
THESE JEANS HAVE BEEN BUTCHERED BY:andrÉ
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or
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2 5 / 0 4 - u t r e c h t
“UTRECHTMARATHON,ANDTHENBACKINMY
TRUSTY007.”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1 9 / 1 1 - a m e r S F o o r t
“ STA R T E D ' S p o R T
fAST I N g ' AT
f I T 4 H E A lT H .
D o E S m Y B U TC H E R
A lR E A DY H AV E A
lo o S E R f I T ? ”
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0 1 / 1 2 - a m e r S F o o r t
“ D U R I N g A m E E T I N g
A C o llE Ag U E AS K E D
m E : W H AT K I N D o f
C o o l J E A N S A R E Yo U
W E A R I N g ? C o o l , H U H ? ”
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THEBOOK*
THEBOOK*
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007-100
28/12- thelaStwalkInthewoodSwIthtobIaS
“ I 'm SAD... oUR Dog ToBIAS
IS No loNgER HERE. ” - andré damen
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THESE JEANS HAVE BEEN BUTCHERED BY:JaSPer
b u tc h e r f o r m
THEBOOK*
THESE JEANS HAVE BEEN BUTCHERED BY:dennIS
b u tc h e r f o r m
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0 1 / 0 2 - l a r e n
“BESTWISHES,DB10”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
THESE JEANS HAVE BEEN BUTCHERED BY:danny
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
“Beenthrough
a lot this year.
Births, deaths,
weddings, divorce,
everything in these jeans.”
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27/ 0 5 - n /a
“ W o R K E D o N T H E CA R .
VA R I o U S o I l STA I N S
f R o m W o R K I N g I N
T H E g A R Ag E .”
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1 4 / 1 0 - n /a
“ R I g H T p o C K E T To R N ,
A lWAYS g oT m Y H A N D S
I N p o C K E TS .”
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tc
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THESE JEANS HAVE BEEN BUTCHERED BY:baS
bu
tc
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r f
or
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THESE JEANS HAVE BEEN BUTCHERED BY:bram
b u tc h e r f o r m
THESE JEANS HAVE BEEN BUTCHERED BY:dennIS
b u tc h e r f o r m
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17/ 1 1 - N i e u w e g e i N
“8 inches of snow up to my ankles.
chaos every-where”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
THESE JEANS HAVE BEEN BUTCHERED BY:matthIJS
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 2 / 07 - g e r m a n y
“DROVE115MILESANHOURINANISSANMICRA.”"
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b u tc h e r f o r m
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1 5 / 5 - a m S t e r da m
“ g o I N g To m U S E U m p lE I N ,
A JA X I S D U TC H C H A m p I o N . “
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0 2 / 0 3 - n /a
“ o N T H E B U S H o m E ,
R E T U R N I N g m Y
J E A N S To DAY,
p I T Y ! ”
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THESE JEANS HAVE BEEN BUTCHERED BY:marcel
b u tc h e r f o r m
THESE JEANS HAVE BEEN BUTCHERED BY:tarek
b u tc h e r f o r m
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1 0 / 1 2 - a m e r S F o o r t
“ R E m oV E D TA p E R I N g I N T H E
lE g S o f m Y J E A N S ”
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1 3 / 0 4 - r ot t e r da m
“JA m I R o q UA I C o N C E R T
- S p I lT B E E R o N m Y J E A N S ,
H U N g U p To A I R : o K ”
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THESE JEANS HAVE BEEN BUTCHERED BY:Peter
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ca s a R o s s i
“Finally learnt to play
my guitar a bit.”"
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b u tc h e r f o r m
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2 2 / 07 - ba r c e lo n a
“ N E E D A B I B : ( ”
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2 3 / 0 9 - I b I Z a
“ E X p E R I E N C E D
T H E o N lY R A I N o f
T H I S S E AS o N o N I B I z A ,
g R E AT W E AT H E R T H E
R E ST o f m Y STAY ! ”
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1 1 / 0 8 - ca S a r o S S I
“GRILLINGONMY‘BIGGREENEGG’
LEFTITSMARK.”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
THESE JEANS HAVE BEEN BUTCHERED BY:leon
b u tc h e r f o r m
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“ T H I S B U TC H E R H AS B E E N A pA R T
o f m Y l I f E f o R T H E l AST 1 4
m o N T H S . I ' V E S W E AT E D , To I lE D ,
B E E N T H R o U g H H E AV Y W E AT H E R ,
B U T A lS o pA R T I E D , DA N C E D I N
f E ST I VA l m U D , f l I R T E D ,
C R E AT E D B E AU T I f U l T H I N g S A N D
W o R K E D I N T H E m . To S U m I T U p :
T H E R E ' S A loT o f l I f E I N T H E S E
J E A N S . T I m E To g I V E T H E m A
p l AC E o f R E ST.”
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043/100
“ fIRST REpAIR AfTER
AppRoXImATElY 6 moNTHS;
JEANS WoRN THRoUgH
BY HEAVY USE. ” - leon pruijn
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THESE JEANS HAVE BEEN BUTCHERED BY:walter
b u tc h e r f o r m
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0 6 / 0 8 - Pa l m a m a l lo r ca
“ pA R T Y I N m A llo R CA”
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1 0 / 0 9 - o P e n a I r t h e at h e r
a m e r S F o o r t
“ I N To T H E W o o D S f E ST I VA l”
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THESE JEANS HAVE BEEN BUTCHERED BY:bram
b u tc h e r f o r m
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3 0 / 0 6 - d e o l m e n h o r S t
“J U ST g oT m A R R I E D . B o B ' T H E
B U TC H E R ' A N D H I S W I f E W E R E
T H E R E ”
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0 9 / 1 0 - u t r e c h t
“ W E N T S U R f I N g W I T H T H E B oYS T H I S
W E E K E N D . m Y B U TC H E R g oT H U R T.”
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“STILLNEEDTORETURN
MYBUTCHERTOTHEIRCREATOR,BUTIjUSTCAN'TLETHERGO.”"
THESE JEANS HAVE BEEN BUTCHERED BY:thomaS
b u tc h e r f o r m
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1 9 / 0 1 - n /a
“ W E N T To B R E A D A N D B U T T E R
I N B E R l I N f o R W o R K .
W E A R I N g m Y B U TC H E R S
W I T H p R I D E .”
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2 0 / 0 1 - n e w yo r k c I t y
“AS K E D m Y g I R lf R I E N D
To m A R RY m E o N T H E
R o o f To p o f o U R H oT E l
S H E S A I D Y E S ! : - ) ”
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b u tc h e r f o r m
b u tc h e r f o r m
THEBOOK*
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082/100
10/08-roSyth
“ mY DAUgHTER SAT oN mY JEANS AND
pISSED All oVER THEm (SHE’S 2).
THEY’RE SoAKED THRoUgH
AND fUCKINg STINK!
NoT SURE WHAT To Do BECAUSE
I CAN'T WASH THEm! ” - jonathan pain
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THESE JEANS HAVE BEEN BUTCHERED BY:greg
b u tc h e r f o r m
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2 0 / 1 1 - S m I l d e
“ S K AT I N g W I T H o U T S K AT E S ”
“ S lE D g I N g W I T H o U T A S lE D g E ”
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x x / 0 9 - va r I o u S c h I n a
“ g R E AT WA ll , B E I J I N g , f o R B I D D E N
C I T Y, T E m p lE o f H E AV E N E TC . E TC .”
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“FLIESFINDMYBUTCHERINTERESTING,
DECIDETOSHOWERWITHjEANSON”"
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BUTcHeRcARe
"It'suptoyou,butforthebest
resulttheButcherrecommends
your1stwashafter3-6months.
Handwashyourjeanssothe
enzymescanhelptenderize
thefabricandcuretheindigo
beforea2ndwear.Thiswayyour
jeanswillagebetter.
Hangonalinetoairdry."
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InItIatorBob Rijnders, Butcher of Blue
IncollaboratIonwIthJason 'The Jeanmaker' Denham
PhotograPhySteven van Kooijk
peter van Hal
artdIrectIonBram Birkhoff
graPhIcdeSIgnDgo, www.dgo.nl
SPecIalthankSAli Kirby, Kees de Bie and all our Butchers:
CONTRIBUTORS...................
BUTCHEROFBLUE
001 Bob Rijnders
002 fabian Krommedijk
003 Sebastian gerritsen
004 Tom Ades
005 peter van Ingen
006 Jan Berends
007 Andre Damen
008 Izaak de Bruijne
009 Jasper van zon
010 Dennis Bergkamp
011 Danny Jonathans
012 Herman Hoexum
013 Niels Kuijt
014 Thomas Walschot
015 Ruben Walschot
016 merlin Stoll
017 Hielke fluitsma
018 Erno de groot
019 maarten van der Heide
020 michel Richter
021 Ritchie Brouwer
022 Bas Schreuder
023 leon Hogewei
024 Bram Voogt
025 patrick Dokter
026 Dennis mensink
027 Bert Berkhout
028 paul van Tilburg
029 matthijs Nieman
030 Wesley van Burgsteden
031 marcel van den Bosch
032 Bram Verbruggen
033 mike Beumkes
034 Chris Koop
035 Ben van 't Veld
036 Tarek van Stralen
037 peter Ros
038 Es de Kraan
039 michael mellegers
040 Niels Diekstra
041 Sjors van Kooten
042 marcel Wentink
043 leon pruijn
044 Sebas van Eenennaam
045 Nico Vreugdenhill
046 frank Uyt den Bogaard
047 gwendolyn mastenbroek
048 Anonymous
049 Jelmer Hornstra
050 Neil Simmons
051 gabor magyar
052 Walter Drega
053 Roy Jongeling
054 quincey lin
055 melvin
056 Wietse Krageling
057 John Tillema
058 Jelle Beljaars
059 paul Vahstal
060 Roel Janssen
061 Bram Birkhoff
062 Hans van de Haar
063 marcel van leeuwen
064 Anonymous
065 Anonymous
066 Anonymous
067 Anonymous
068 Clay Bobeldijk
069 Anonymous
070 Anonymous
071 Thomas Bongers
072 David Blom
073 Taco de Jong
074 Thijs Vergeer
075 Sebastiaan van Dam
076 Wesley Vreede
077 gary Winston
078 mark Kelder
079 pascal Dijkhuizen
080 Nish de gruiter
081 Dennis van Tol
082 Jonathan pain
083 Jeroen Rietbergen
084 greg Baker
085 Anonymous
086 Anonymous
087 midas Snoek
088 Anonymous
089 louis Vlaarkamp
090 Anonymous
091 Anonymous
092 Joeri Vermeulen
093 Anonymous
094 Anonymous
095 Anonymous
096 guido Ripken
097 Anonymous
098 Anonymous
099 Anonymous
100 gary
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THESTORYCONTINUES...................
SUppORTYOURLOCALBUTCHER
ThenewButcherjeansarecuttoperfection.
TheyhavebeenwrappedupbytheButchertostayfresh-fornow.
getyourownButcheratyourlocalbutcher’sshop
andstartslaughteringforyourself.
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