A well made and reasonably priced jean

A very well made, sturdy product. Denim weight is advertised at 15 ounces/yard and is the heaviest weight I could find in the current market. Levis, Wrangler, Lee and a few other brands I examined are all of lesser weight, some considerably so. I make this point because I hadn't purchased jeans since the late 1990s and went to buy Levis 501 shrink-to-fit (my jean of choice since at least 1968) only to find out that they are no longer the same quality and weight - they are now very light weight and "flimsy". Levis core product in my opinion, is no longer a work pant, but a fashion statement and because of this I didn't buy their product. Until somebody makes something better, I'm a Carhartt customer for jeans - they're the best I could find for my definition of a jean. They are also true-to-size with minimal shrinkage; I'm a 34" waist, but bought a 35" thinking they would shrink a little - not so, they remain a 35" waist and I didn't notice any significant shrinkage in length either. Finally, these jeans are not only better than current production 501s, but about half the price also.