Random questions to which you seek an answer

[mvb]

dont remember any significant shrinkage in hte length, waist stretches as a mofo, but it took a while, you can try pulling them down and then sitting in them without wearing a belt

[LandoCal126 0]

So this is a question for anyone who has experience with sewing patches or repairing their own pair of 21oz denim by hand. So I am looking to sew a patch onto my IH-9526V and am wondering what needle, thread, and tips you may have? Thanks in advance!

[Giles]

Lando, try this:

[LandoCal126 0]

You bastard! Where can I buy that?  ::)

[Beatle]

lol..now I just used a regular needle and some random cotton thread to give the crotch area on my 07´s a little extra stitches..that part always gives in first. Needle still ok - hands as well.

[gee_]

So I'm kind of disappointed/pissed right now. Just took off my jeans (2nd day of wear) to go to bed and noticed that the patch got messed up..

How do I fix this?

[Beatle]

not at all..you either embrace it as a part of evolution - or you ask Giles if it would be possible to have a leather patch send out to you

[gee_]

I mean, the patch itself is fine, it just got partially ripped off of the jeans. I'm sure I could just sew it back on but damn the material is so thick….I'm mostly wondering how I managed to do this after only 2 days of wear.

[Beatle]

ah - the thread on top of the patch looks like the patch itself ripped. Just take a needle and some really strong yarn and fix it by hand

[LandoCal126 0]

Splattered asked this question and I figured I would put the answer here so that all new members need not ask again.

Why do my jeans have a leg twist?

"Many vintage jeans suffer from leg-twist. This is simply a natural adjustment of the fabric, which tends to follow the direction of the weave. Stefano Aldighieri, Director of Fabric & Finishing at LS&Co. explains it thus: “Levi’s denim were mostly right hand twills; the twill line rises to the right. During the weaving process you basically ‘force’ the fabric to be straight, perpendicular to the selvage, but at the same time you give it this direction in the construction. You lay and cut the fabric; in the early days LS&Co. patterns were cut straight along the selvage. When you wash the garments, the fabric will try to follow the direction of the weave and will pull in that direction… hence the twisted legs, the result of the movement of fabric. Because Lee started to use left hand weave denims, their legs would twist the other way.” Leg twist was eliminated in the 1970s by skewing (which contorts denim to its after-wash shape)- and later revived with Levi’s Red and Engineered jeans." - Via oki-ni

The Sanforizing process on jeans like the IH-634S will eliminate this effect. Hope this helps...

[Splattered]

Ahhh ok yeah totally.

The F380 are my only pair that have twisted post soak, the F310 did not… everything else i have i think is sanforized so i guess i just haven't noticed it till now.

[LandoCal126 0]

The F310's are unsanforized so I believe you should see some leg twist…

[Beatle]

yeah, but n ot that much..leg twist is really more common with lht

[leftofthedial]

random question, but after getting my new jeans i have to ask…

will iron heart ever make a standard 634S in an unsanforized version?

[madmonday]

LOD, that sounds like a pretty great question to post up here:

http://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=603.msg21181#msg21181

& believe me Lando will ask.  A couple months back he asked him my pretty lame question about the colors they were using on the tees.

[deadendpro]

@leftofthedial:

random question, but after getting my new jeans i have to ask…

will iron heart ever make a standard 634S in an unsanforized version?

if its not broken, dont fix it.

plus, if you are looking for something unsanforized and IH, the SR is what has been made along with the SEXIH07's.

i think it would be interesting to see, but i really doubt that they would want to mess with their winning formula. i hear Ironheart and i think 634S

[leftofthedial]

@deadendpro:

@leftofthedial:

random question, but after getting my new jeans i have to ask…

will iron heart ever make a standard 634S in an unsanforized version?

if its not broken, dont fix it.

plus, if you are looking for something unsanforized and IH, the SR is what has been made along with the SEXIH07's.

i think it would be interesting to see, but i really doubt that they would want to mess with their winning formula. i hear Ironheart and i think 634S

@monday:

LOD, that sounds like a pretty great question to post up here:

http://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=603.msg21181#msg21181

& believe me Lando will ask.  A couple months back he asked him my pretty lame question about the colors they were using on the tees.

monday, good call.

and deadendpro i just got the SExIH07, which made me think about it. i like the 634 fit  A LOT. they were my first sanforized pair of selvedge jeans, but i like the feel of these so much more.

[Giles]

I have an unsanforised 18oz denim which Haraki made for me.  It has great heft and is nice and slubby, I have a couple of projects in mind, but a 634S cut is not one of them I am afraid.

[leftofthedial]

as soon as i got the SExIH07 i fell in love. i also love the 634 cut. i knew you'd said something about a '55 repro G, so i didn't know if something would ever come along that was similar to the 634 in unsanforized denim.

no worries. i'm sure i will purchase many pairs of 634s in the future!

[Giles]

I think that the 634S is untamperable with.  The cut is great, the denim is great and it is Harakis signature jean.  I have 2 slims and a jean a little slimmer than a 634S coming out soon (ish).  Final (hopefully) samples are with Haraki on the plane to UK as I type.  I am also working on a couple of 55 collabs for new retailers…G