I would say examine a pair of jeans to see where the rivets are placed. Usually they are at places where bar tacking just wont cut it from weight stress. Typically jeans are only riveted at the pockets, and after gold mining took a dive they quite riveting the back pockets due to burning the rump. Now rivets are more of a tradition and used for fashion. On the Utilikit they only rivet the pockets(back and side on workman, and back side and front on survival)