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    Iron Heart Fall/Winter 2025 Collection Preview - Now Live

    IH-634SR - 21/23oz 5 Year Anniversary Straight Cut

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      meschan
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      well not very far.. i just tried and i can do it when i havent take any meals.. ;p

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      • georgeelG
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        My 643SR size 28 now are 30" in the waist. I swear.

        IH-888S-142OD

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        • ronaldlshR
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          imo i feel that there is a huge change that the jeans will stretch out just nicely for u…

          Not sure what the others feel.

          THE RAW WAR

          @ronaldlsh:

          > Just going to keep wearing IH.

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            do you think i should do a hot/cold or no soak before wearing?

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            • GilesG
              Giles
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              You must soak raw denim.

              1. to get rid of the starch
              2. to get the constructional stitching bedded into the denim

              If you dont you will shorten the life of your jeans.

              Cold or warn, does not matter, but you will get more shrinkage the hotter you soak/the faster you dry them.

                • Giles begins to think that he should hot ket this post so it is easier to repost.

              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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              • ALEX1976A
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                giles….constructional stitching bedded into the raw denim
                but not necessary @ sanforized denim?

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                • GilesG
                  Giles
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                  That's right Alex….

                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                  • ALEX1976A
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                    Thanks;-)

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                    • georgeelG
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                      634SR

                      IH-888S-142OD

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                        Soaked my second pair yesterday, 28W:

                        1. Inside out, folded lengthwise, gently placed in the basin of the washing machine.  Hot water.  Bit of Woolite Dark.  Lid closed.  7 hours.
                        2. Drained.  Soaked again in hot water to rinse out soap. Hand agitation (swirling water back and forth). 1 hour.
                        3. Hung on a line outside, still inside-out.  5 hours.  60' F.  25% humidity.
                        4. Put on while slightly damp, walked around, up and down stairs, squats, etc.  Still wearing them…

                        It gets easier the more you do it apparently.  I had all four buttons closed within an hour.  Best jeans ever.

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                          ampuniakudj
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                          Adam313 & Giles, do we really need to soak the jeans overnight to get rid all the shrinkage in it?
                          as far as i know,ppl usually soak their jeans about 1-2 hour(s).. so is there a significant shrinkage between soaking this SR for 2 hours and overnight?

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                            I don't know that it's all about shrinkage
                            the overnight soak thing for these jeans came from haraki himself…

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                              Well I must admit I am only following directions as jaco said.  The info is on page 35 in this thread, as well as bits and pieces of info on other pages.

                              "Overnight" seems to be subjective even around this forum.  On my first pair, I needed to shrink as much as possible, so I soaked them for 17.5 hours with three water changes (Overnight-15h, Soak-1.5h, Soak-1h) and multiple agitations.  But I was considered a freak by the people who responded to my post, so 17.5 hours might be on the extreme end of the soak spectrum.  But truth be told, my jeans came out like velvet, and the fades are amazing, and after only a few months.  I got 1.75" shrink in the length, 1" in the waist, and ~.5" in the width, all in all just about average from what's been posted here in the past.

                              This time the measurements were perfect, so I soaked as long as I slept, which was 7 hours.  I rinsed and dried them just as before, but this time they were not as soft as the first pair IMO, but they were just as fuzzy.

                              My guess is that the extended soaking time allows the water to penetrate into this supa-tight woven denim.  All the threads are so thick that they might benefit from some time to relax.  There were stories of this denim tearing itself to shreds because it didn't get a chance to soak before it was subjected to extended wear.

                              And I do not doubt the master that knows how to make things I do not know how to make.  I say, "yes sir, I will soak as you say, thank you sir, domo arigato."

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                              • madmondayM
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                                good post adam.  you caused me to scrap my response as u did such a fine job

                                head high, middle finger higher

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                                • madmondayM
                                  madmonday
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                                  😞

                                  maybe i'm not feeling well 😃

                                  head high, middle finger higher

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                                    ampuniakudj
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                                    nice explanation Adam, i might do the overnight soak too in the near future

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                                      jacoavlu
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                                      I must admit I didn't do the overnight soak thing, just typical hour or so tub soak
                                      but when I got my SR I was not aware of harakis instructions or even this forum

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                                      • injunjackI
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                                        When I got my SRs they were soaked once, only very light wear. I put them in washing machine inside out and gave them delicate spin at 40°C no spin. I didn't notice any significant shirinking at that point anymore.

                                        I think this info is valuable for coming 634S RAW21/23…

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                                          ampuniakudj
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                                          Yes, this will be a valuable information for those who'll buy the 634S-RAW,
                                          recently i just picked up a pair of SR from rakuten through japan proxy(lucky me there's a 36 available, im a true 35 btw), will do the soaking advice to get a lot of shrinkage so it'll fit nicer.

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                                          • GilesG
                                            Giles
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                                            We will send washing instructions out with each pair of IH-634S-RAW

                                            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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