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    • GilesG
      Giles
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      They are a slim slim cut.  Yes very 555ish, but not the same.  Only available from Pronto….

      "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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      • GilesG
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        @Giles:

        I have talked about an 18oz LHT, I suspect it is the same stuff.  I will talk to H and confirm one way or another.

        Just to confirm the new denim is an 18.5oz LHT.  Where ever I have said 18, I meant 18.5.  I am typing this whilst sitting on the bottom step.

        Oh, and did I mention the 21oz Left Hand Twill we are experimenting with.

        Expect to see 666 and 634 cuts out of one or both of these at some point.

        "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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        • ChrisC
          Chris
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          18.5 LHT is sanforized, correct?

          And the 634 in these makes me happy.

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          • GilesG
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            @Chris:

            18.5 LHT is sanforized, correct?

            Yep

            "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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              Experiment with some loomstate, 21oz LHT….

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              • GilesG
                Giles
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                Expect no new loomstate in the near future….

                "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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                • JCar2666J
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                  A talk with the Boss

                  http://halloffade.com/travel-blog-11-iron-heart-boss-haraki-the-iron-legend-of-the-far-east/

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                  • FurattoHeddoF
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                    So IH no longer uses the Zimbabwe cotton, but US cotton, guess that's a pretty interesting bit of news(?) …

                    "Don't ever be sorry"

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                    • llvlaglneL
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                      Curious to when he made the switch

                      Sent from my iPhone

                      "…think of a world tour as similar as to the sisterhood of the traveling pants." -LandoCal126

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                      • GilesG
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                        @FurattoHeddo:

                        So IH no longer uses the Zimbabwe cotton, but US cotton, guess that's a pretty interesting bit of news(?) …

                        Yes, I have to update the website….

                        "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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                        • JCar2666J
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                          Not that I care what H uses but I was surprised to read that he made the switch too.  Won't that change the softness of Iron Hearts denim quite a bit?  Or has it already happened and I haven't even noticed in my jeans?

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                          • GilesG
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                            It has happened and no one noticed, me included.  He specifies a quality and that's what he gets.

                            "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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                            • ChrisC
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                              You can get high quality long staple cotton from lots of places.  The fact that Haraki could switch it and no one, including Giles, had the slightest idea of the change shows that the cotton's country of origin is overrated.

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                                Shouldn't this lower the price of the jeans?

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                                • GilesG
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                                  Why? Haraki specifies what he needs, that is what he buys, it's not like he's buying inferior stuff from the US…..

                                  "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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                                    I understand what your saying, and not trying to be a jerk, just wondering, cause he says specifically , HK:" When I started, Zimbabwe cotton was very famous in Japan. The quality was also very good, so I chose it. It has a long staple so it can be twisted tightly and it makes for good soft denim. If I wanted to make thick denim it doesn’t really matter if the cotton has a long staple to be frank."

                                    I take that as he doesn't need the softest cotton anymore..

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                                    • GilesG
                                      Giles
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                                      He is using American cotton of the same quality as he found in the Zimbabwean cotton.

                                      "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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                                        Omega Man
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                                        Not a cotton expert, will the origins of cotton make them fade/wear differently? 
                                        I hope I am not being way off here (and it won't have an impact on my interest in IH), but I would have much preferred to hear it first, more like a PR issue I'd say.

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                                        • GilesG
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                                          Haraki buys the stuff he needs.  He specs it and it it meets spec that is good enough for him.  He did this years ago, he did not feel it was necessary to tell me because the end result is no different.  Had he told me, I would have updated the IH.UK website.

                                          I repeat, no one noticed, which included me.

                                          As far as Haraki is concerned, he specs and buys the stuff he needs to perform a specific function.  It's like when I asked him if the loop wheeled Tee's were loopwheeled, he did not know because to him it is largely irrelevant, if what he specs does the job, does it matter?

                                          "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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                                          • SeulS
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                                            I'm actually glad it's US cotton now…  🙂

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