Random questions to which you seek an answer

[tody]

@caseyjonez FWIW, the jacket can be bought through buyee.jp from mercari. The numerous listings on eBay are just resellers stepping in.

[pechelman]

does anyone else who carries a pocket knife in their front pockets have most of their western and type 3 jacket hems catch on the clip?
Any tricks for avoiding this? At best it's annoying and worst it disengages the knife clip from the pocket entirely.

[Oaktavia]

@pechelman I have had this happen a bunch and it forced me to just stop carrying as much.

[Matt]

I stopped carrying because I was tired of not being able to comfortably put my hands in my pockets. The only time I carry a knife is in Beatle Busters since the internal knife picket keeps it upright and out of the way. Have I mentioned Busters before? Great cut in case anyone’s wondering.

[sophisto000]

@Matt I’ve been wondering about them as I’ve seen them discussed as a fit, but then also see BB (maybe Black warp/Black weft yarn?) as part of several bottoms item codes and wondered if it was a fabric used across multiple fits. Do you (or anyone) have any insight on this? Thanks…

[Matt]

BB in its current iteration is black warp black weft.

[neph93]

@sophisto000 Beatle Busters were a now defunct IH jeans cut.

The lot number was IHxB01-???, where ??? was the fabric. I have the IHxB01-SBG and IHxB01-UHRi n my closet somewhere.

Calling them BB’s was forum slang and predated the «BB» fabric.

[sophisto000]

@neph93 Thanks for the clarification! What’s the difference between the BB fabric and SBG (which is technically also BB warp/weft, correct?)? Thanks for your patience with my newbiness!!

[neph93]

@sophisto000

BB- «14oz black warp/black weft selvedge denim. The warp is black sulphur rope dyed, the weft is black sulphur dipped»

SBG- «This denim has a black sulphur dyed warp and a black reactive dyed weft. With time the warp will fade but the weft won't.»

SBG fades with more contrast. As far as I can recall, SBG has been done in different fabric weights, while BB has been restricted to 14oz so far. SBG has been around for years and years, BB is relatively new.

[Tago Mago]

Thanks @neph93 .

For more information @sophisto000, Iron Heart denims at a glance:

https://ironheart.co.uk/pages/our-denims

[sophisto000]

@neph93 @Tago-Mago thank you both very much, this is all immensely helpful!

[endo]

what kind of hat is this? (John Dutton as a kid in 1883)

[neph93]

@endo Probably one of these. The OG cowboy hat.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boss_of_the_Plains

The creases that define the cowboy hat now would develop through wear as people would use thumb and forefinger on the crown to remove the hat. Later that was put in pre-market to give us what we have today.

[endo]

@neph93 thanks, very interesting

[tody]

A question for @ShopatIronHeart - do you stack these buttons?

My whipcord shorts have the top button sewn on, and I'd like to know if these could be swapped out.

[Travis2375]

You guys know about this website?

https://www.ironheartdenim.com/

[Alex]

@Travis2375 yeah, it’s not legit and we have flagged it multiple times, but sadly no action has yet been taken by the relevant authority

[sophisto000]

Will there be any BB 18+ oz bottoms (888 or SE 633) being released in the next year?

[Giles]

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

A question for @ShopatIronHeart - do you stack these buttons?

My whipcord shorts have the top button sewn on, and I'd like to know if these could be swapped out.

We have those in stock, yes....

[Alex]

@sophisto000 21oz SBG will be restocked this year, if that’s what you mean