RARE 1940’s Saddle King by Key Imperial Donut Button Half-Selvedge Denim Jeans
Made in the USA
Actual Measured / Men’s Size: 32 x 34
Fits Modern Women’s Size: 31
Color: Medium-Light Wash Denim
Material: 100% Cotton
Waist: 16” flat
Hips: 19.5” flat
Rise: 12.25”
Inseam: 34”
Leg Opening: 8.5” flat
Brand: “Saddle King” by Key Imperial
Decade: 1930’s/1940’s
high-rise
single tack metal donut-button fly
5-pocket styling
straight leg
half-selvedge denim
triple needle seams
lemon yellow thread throughout
Good vintage condition w/ signs of wear. Paint splatter stains, large frayed hole in knee, some fraying at button holes and fly edge trim. Pretty spectacular for a pair of jeans more than 80 years old. The waist had been taken in by cinching material. I took the waist adjustments out so there is really cool 2-tone fading on the upper back waistband.
BRAND HISTORY:
To meet the workwear clothing needs of farmers and ranchers who were toiling sunup to sundown on the eastern edge of America’s Great Plains, C. A. Lakin and Harry McKey established the Lakin-McKey Manufacturing Company in Fort Scott, Kansas in 1908.
Knowing the rugged lives these men endured, the two company founders built their first pair of bib overalls with heavy-duty denim and triple-needle stitched seams. But Lakin-McKey clothing was built to move easy, too, throughout long days on the plains. And it carried a price that hard working men considered a fair deal.
Saddle King: A vintage, Western-style sub-brand of Key.
