Stunned by the electric blue of these UHRs!

A big Thank You, from me to Alex, Giles, Paula, the entire Iron Heart Crew and all the denimheads who attended for a truly awesome weekend. Here are a few memories of Saturday.

These 25 oz XHS were my first Iron Hearts bought in May 2014, size 34. They stretched and became too big so I sized down to a 32, and didn't wear the size 34s much. In time they shrank so I have started wearing them again but the patch had gone quite brittle and was discoloured.

I noticed a small pile of random patches in the workshop at last September's party including a new patch with the exact same model and size as my 25 oz size 34s but then forgot about it until a couple of weeks ago when I asked Josh if he still had it. He did!

Josh has now done an excellent job at replacing the patch and even returned the old one!

@swiss-jeansfreak and I started getting very excited about the raw 24.8 ounce Extra Hard SG9903s! I could see where you could get 2 pairs raw in different sizes. He sussed it out and when I went to look again next morning one of the two pairs had gone! He admitted he was the guilty party. I quickly snaffled the last pair, a size 32 hoping they would fit. Well they do and were so much easier to do up and less course than my 2016 size 32 UHR634s.

@weftyarn I will bring the bibs again!

Walking around a garden in Kent and spotting Iron Hearts on the man with the black dog. 634s may be?

Here they are at the piano! I so love this non- washed unsanforized 24.8 ounce denim and those lovely big almost square pockets that I have gone for a pair of SG9904s with the narrower hem as well ! SG9903 for boots and SG9904 for trainers.

Here are my raw unwashed unsoaked SG9903s after about 4 months wear. They lose more indigo at wear points every day. ![IMG_20250308_1041265.jpg]

@Jeansman said in IH-634S-UHR - 21/23oz Raw Selvedge Denim Straight Cut Jeans - Indigo:

The 634 UHRs have such lovely fading that I thought I ought to break an unworn pair that I bought in December 2016. It took lots of tugging and a sore thumb before I could do up the top button, the waistband is so tight. However I managed in the end and they are comfortable to wear. I have put some Observer books in rear pockets to help stretch them out a bit.

I started wearing these on Monday. When they are on, they are lovely but getting the buttons done up is difficult as the waistband is tight at the front (not as much at the back) and is not pliable, though they have yet to see water (and won't for a while). I can't resist wearing them even though my thumbs hurt. I always worry about shrinkage but it has never stopped me wearing a pair - the tighter they are, the more they have to be worn.

@indigo_nico My December 2016 edition UHRs are also on about 39 days of wear since I took the labels off and started to wear them in September. They have yet to see water apart from the odd raindrop. The darker photos are probably the truest colours.

Walking around a garden in Kent and spotting Iron Hearts on the man with the black dog. 634s may be?

@bluemantra I didn't notice a great deal of difference at the time but it was noticeable. I never soak - I always wear them raw for as long as I can and then wash at a long temperature - in this case 30C to preserve the patch in particular and to limit shrinkage as these were tight (I bought nearly 8 years I got them out of the cupboard). Since they were washed they have started to fade faster.

@bluemantra Indeed I did and still do!

Here are my raw unwashed unsoaked SG9903s after about 4 months wear. They lose more indigo at wear points every day. ![IMG_20250308_1041265.jpg]

My 2016 UHRs have now had one wash no soaks. Here they are after 6 months wear.

These 25 oz XHS were my first Iron Hearts bought in May 2014, size 34. They stretched and became too big so I sized down to a 32, and didn't wear the size 34s much. In time they shrank so I have started wearing them again but the patch had gone quite brittle and was discoloured.

I noticed a small pile of random patches in the workshop at last September's party including a new patch with the exact same model and size as my 25 oz size 34s but then forgot about it until a couple of weeks ago when I asked Josh if he still had it. He did!

Josh has now done an excellent job at replacing the patch and even returned the old one!

My December 2016 IH UHR 634s W32 L36 after 3 months. No soaks or washed, but sprayed with fabric refresher inside out once about 3 weeks ago, which made them go quite stiff.

Sorry @Alex . At the party I was super-restrained despite trying on and loving the slubs in 634 cut and another cut which I really liked. But I knew if I tried a new cut I would end up getting carried away and wanting that cut in the other weights as well. So I returned home empty-handed and got lots of brownie points for being able to answer No to my wife's question whether I had bought any more jeans.

Advance a month, and I got beguiled by The Strike Gold's 24.8 Extra Hard series. May be I saw the competition pair in the Indigo Invitational? I wanted the non-washed version. I liked the big pockets on the SG9903s and the taper on the SG9904s. I was able to score 1 pair of non-washed SG9903s and 2 pairs on non-washed SG9904s so evened it up with a non-washed pair of SG9903s. However, the non-washed are also awesome.

To cut it short I ended up with 1 extra pair of one-washed 9903s and an extra pair of one-washed 9904s which are more suitable for smarter occasions. See pic

But I needed something in reserve so I got a further non-washed pair of SG9903s and SG9904s. See pic

In total the 8 pairs of extra hard should last me a while!

However, all is not lost as I am still really enjoying my UHRs and am approaching 3 months without a wash or soak.

I thought the time had come to wash my 2016 UHR 634s 21/23s after having worn them for over 2 months without washing or soaking.

Instead, I turned them inside out and spayed them with fabric refresher. They smell a whole lot better now but have gone very rigid! However, they have not shrunk at all. Has anybody else done this? Are there any downsides?

There are also Antibacterial Fabric refreshers but these do not seem readily available in supermarkets and it looks as if they have been re- withdrawn or re-described to focus on upholstery fabrics so I guess they may have adverse consequences, whether on the fabric or on the skin. Has anybody used these?

This is a pair I bought in December 2016 and started to wear in early September 2024, after 2 months - see posts in IH-634S-UHR - 21/23oz Raw Selvedge Denim Straight Cut Jeans - Indigo in https://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/topic/12082/ih-634s-uhr-21-23oz-raw-selvedge-denim-straight-cut-jeans-indigo/7?=1731827530284
The dark photos are intended to try to recreate the actual colours. IMG_20241116_1052396.jpg IMG_20241116_1054144 IH UHR size 32 at 2 months top front.jpg in https://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/topic/12082/ih-634s-uhr-21-23oz-raw-selvedge-denim-straight-cut-jeans-indigo/7?=1731827530284