Levi’s
501, 505, 517, 550 and the rest. Sorted by model and, where the tab and tag allow, by era. The single most requested line we carry.
Bulk vintage jeans
Vintage denim in bulk, sorted by cut, wash and decade.
Denim is the deepest category we carry and the one buyers judge us on. Every pair is graded by hand, and sorted far enough that you know what is in the bale before it ships.
The brands we sort for
American denim is the core. European and Japanese pieces appear in smaller numbers.
Wrangler
Western cuts, 13MWZ and jacket-matching sets. Strong in Australian and American containers.
Lee
Riders, Storm Riders and work denim. Consistently undervalued relative to Levi’s.
Carhartt
Double-knee, carpenter and work denim. Grade C Carhartt often sells for more than Grade A of other brands.
Dickies and workwear
Work trousers and denim-adjacent pieces, bought heavily by rework studios.
Mixed branded denim
Everything else, sorted by cut and condition rather than by label.
How denim grading differs
Denim does not grade like a cotton tee. A pair with heavy fading and a repaired knee may be worth more than a clean pair, because the market pays for honest wear. So we grade denim on structure first: the crotch, the knees, the hems, the waistband and the hardware.
Grade A denim is wearable and saleable as it stands, with no holes in load-bearing places and working hardware. Grade B has light repairs, honest fading or small marks. Grade C has blown knees, missing hardware or damage that puts it in rework territory — and for denim, that grade has a serious market of its own.
The three grades applied to denim
Retail-ready
Shop-floor condition, no repairs needed.
No holes, no stains, no fading beyond what the piece is meant to have. Hardware works, seams are sound, labels are intact. These go straight onto a rail with a price tag.
Typically bought by: Vintage boutiques, curated online sellers, premium market stalls.
Commercial
Sound and sellable, with honest wear.
Light wear, small marks, or fading consistent with age. Nothing structural. Most buyers sell these as-is at a lower price point, or clean and press them into A-grade stock.
Typically bought by: Market traders, high-volume online sellers, regional wholesalers.
Workwear, rework and upcycle
Material value: repair, remake or cut.
Damage, heavy fading or missing hardware. Bought for the fabric, the hardware and the cut. The denim and workwear in this grade is often the most valuable to the right buyer.
Typically bought by: Rework studios, upcyclers, textile recyclers, repair-and-resell traders.
What to check when your bale lands
Run this on your first order from any supplier, including us.
- Count against the packing list before anything else.
- Check ten pairs at random against the stated grade rather than the best ones on top.
- Look at crotches and knees first — that is where denim fails and where weak grading shows.
- Confirm the waist sizes spread across a usable range, not stacked at one extreme.
- Check hardware: buttons, rivets and zips cost more to replace than most people allow for.
- Photograph anything that looks wrong on the day it arrives, while the claim window is open.
Common questions
Can I order only 501s, or only one waist range?
We can sort to model and to broad size bands on larger orders. Very narrow sorting (a single waist size, for example) costs more per piece because the rest of the bale still has to be sold, so we quote it case by case.
How many pairs are in a bale?
Denim bales are sold by weight rather than by count, because pairs vary so much. A typical bale holds roughly 45 to 55 kg. We state the expected piece count as a range, never as a promise.
Is Grade C denim worth buying?
For the right buyer it is the best value we sell. Rework studios and upcyclers buy Grade C for the fabric, the hardware and the cut, and a repaired pair of vintage 501s sells for more than most Grade A trousers. If you cannot repair or remake, stay with A and B.
Denim moves fastest.
Approved buyers are notified when a denim drop is graded and published. Request access and tell us what you sort for.