Carhartt Double Knee Paint Splatter Pants Khaki

These are vintage Carhartt Double Knee work pants in faded khaki duck canvas, carrying real blue and teal paint across the left knee panel and scattered dark flecks down the right leg. They're for someone who wants workwear that already shows the evidence of its own use rather than a factory-applied distress print.

Cut in Carhartt's relaxed straight leg, the pair has the brand's double-front knee panels, a hammer loop on the right hip and a side utility pocket, all in the heavy cotton duck that gives these pants their structure. The canvas has softened and lightened unevenly from wear, with light fraying along the hems. They work as everyday pants that go with almost anything — tees, hoodies, boots, sneakers — and they take hard wear the way the original work pant was built to.

What separates this pair from a new Double Knee off the shelf is that the paint and the fading are genuine rather than printed, so this exact pattern of marks exists on one pair only.

Available here in size 33.