Random questions to which you seek an answer

[bluemantra]

for jeans that are sanforized but unwashed do these need to be washed before wearing to prevent the fades from shifting?

[Alex]

They don’t need to be, but our advice is to soak/wash first to bed in constructional stitching before wearing

[Giles]

If the jeans have been sanforised then fade shift will be virtually zero.

[Sisyfos]

Could anyone recommend me any sources for quality denim hardware ? Thanks.

[Tago Mago]

@Sisyfos FYI I have moved your post here

[RobeOfTheMagi]

I'm thinking about washing a never washed IH indigo shirt together with an old pair of IH jeans. Is there anything that speaks against that? I mean would you suggest washing them separately in the machine?

[Giles]

I'd chuck them in together....

[Matt]

Go for it. It could help darken your jeans.

[SKT]

@Alex been wondering about the denim bottoms production backlog… I remember you discussing it on the podcast a while back and I’ve been wondering if it is getting sorted as time passes. I’m sure it’s frustrating, I was just curious and hopeful that it was moving in the right direction for you (and us )

[Alex]

@SKT its moving, for sure. But still slowly

[SKT]

@Alex good to hear…moving is better than stuck. Thanks and hope it keeps getting better.

[Oaktavia]

@Giles @Alex is the indigo/indigo duck that is used for the DD jacket the same 16.5/17.5 raw cotton that was used for the pants? In which case, would one treat a jacket of that fabric as raw (following the UHR instructions)?

[Alex]

@Oaktavia said in Random questions to which you seek an answer:

In which case, would one treat a jacket of that fabric as raw (following the UHR instructions)?

Yes, I had this jacket and I treated as raw, and got decent shrink from it

[Oaktavia]

@Alex OK great, thanks man.

[Alex]

I think its also a streak magnet, from memory mate, so treat like UHR if it were SBG, if you know what I mean @Oaktavia

[Giles]

It is, it is uber rigid and not being a twill weave does not help either.....

[Oaktavia]

Are these two items made from different Wabash fabrics? The IHC-10 Work Cap seems to be a different type of blue and the bleached dots appear slightly bigger and of a different tint of white. The weft also appears different, with the hat I can see the white dots through the weft while I can't see it with the 227. They are both pretty faded and the shades are quite different.

Anyone know if these are different versions of Wabby?

[Giles]

Very possibly. The very first Wabash we did in 2010/11, we made into IH-811. Haraki was not 100% happy with it, so he reworked it and released IH-814 a year or so later. I suspect he used the original wabash for the IHC-10. Certainly looks like it....

See here for a comparison.

[Oaktavia]

@Giles said in Random questions to which you seek an answer:

Very possibly. The very first Wabash we did in 2010/11, we made into IH-811. Haraki was not 100% happy with it, so he reworked it and released IH-814 a year or so later. I suspect he used the original wabash for the IHC-10. Certainly looks like it....

See here for a comparison.

Ah, okay gotcha G, thanks. As soon as I took the IHC-10 from the box, I thought hmm...this looks different. The way the "regular" Wabash fades is more of a cool toned, darker blue compared to the warmer toned, more dramatic fades of the older one. I think you are correct in your suspicion. Both warp and weft appear to be different from one another.

[CN]

Any chance for the 25oz indigo denim to be released in the 1955 cut?