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    Iron Heart Fall/Winter 2025 Collection Preview - Now Live

    IHxBxHCx25oz - 25oz Limited Edition Beatle Buster

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    • GilesG
      Giles
      IHUK Crew
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      @FurattoHeddo:

      ^I got half an inch shrinkage in waist and length as advertised with a hot soak, I'd like to take the opportunity though to quote the advice of Roy Slaper on soaking (and not just because it equals what I do  ::) ):

      My recommendation on soaking: To soak a pair of jeans takes no more than a few minutes. The fibers need simply to be saturated with water and then hung to dry. The jeans need spend no longer than 10 minutes in hot water. I do not use cold water to soak, so I can only comment on warm or hot. To soak longer will damage or destroy (if left hours) the leather patch. No further shrinkage will occur beyond the point where the fiber is saturated. Some agitation is recommended to ensure complete saturation and to rinse away some starch from the weaving process (they starch the yarns so they don't snag in weaving) If a maximum of shrinkage is desired, Machine washing on hot and hot tumble drying will shrink them more, but they come out in the shape of a dirt clod if you do it when they are new. Better to Soak, break in, then start machine washing and drying later.

      (Source: http://bit.ly/ZiPjvt)

      http://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=4549.0

      "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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      • tatmantallT
        tatmantall
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        😞 massive hip bruising on left side… Glad I sized up. Not used to higher rise jeans

        "I know to you it may sound strange, but I wish it would rain…"- The Temptations

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          sirxlaughs
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          @tatmantall:

          😞 massive hip bruising on left side… Glad I sized up. Not used to higher rise jeans

          Are they too tight? I've walked a few miles in the NYC today (awesome weather) and they're super comfortable so far. Breaking in quite nicely.

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          • tatmantallT
            tatmantall
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            I'm pretty thin and they come right up where my hip bone sticks out a bit… Didnt really notice until midday. Proly just need to go a few days with out a belt (doesnt help my belt is 7mm thick as well)  and let them loosen up a bit they aren't any tighter than what I usually wear its just where they hit me.

            Shit'll buff out

            "I know to you it may sound strange, but I wish it would rain…"- The Temptations

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            • Finn666F
              Finn666
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              @Zentner:

              Love the fit on those, Rafa. Are you going to post post soak measurements and pics too?  😘

              hey there…thanks for the kinda words and o/course i´m gonna post all of the above...just need these feckers to dry all the way. but before i´m going to wear them i´ll send them off for hemming!

              @ChuckDenim:

              Hey Rafa,
              fit looks nice. How do you like the fit compared to the Vulcan and the RAW, especially the front and back rise?

              tbh. this cut is even better as the RAW and the Vulcan…but to really say what´s going on, i first need to wear them a few weeks/months i guess. for now though, i really like the fit in the topblock and also they look a bit slimmer from knee down, so that´s also a big plus. and on the other hand...that denim 😘

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              • Bums_FanB
                Bums_Fan
                Iron Heart Deity
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                @tatmantall:

                Shit'll buff out

                Perfect!  Read this a few times and amused me each time.

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                • bagley920B
                  bagley920
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                  Hot soaking mine this time, hoping to get atleast 1/2 inch if not more. 1 inch would be great

                  If I am not I, who will be? -Henry David Thoreau

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                    Snowy
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                    @Megatron1505:

                    Great shots Rafa.

                    Agree, some quality porn shots for those watching through the screen. Thanks Finn.

                    @zhivago, perfect fit, well done.

                    @Finn, I never knew you were a fan of the epic cuff. Way to announce your membership! 🙂

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                    • xtcclassicX
                      xtcclassic
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                      Finn, where did you get those bitchin' selvage boots?

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                      • Finn666F
                        Finn666
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                        @Snowy:

                        @Finn, I never knew you were a fan of the epic cuff. Way to announce your membership! 🙂

                        well actually i´m not (well not on me at least!), just was too lazy to care about double/triple cuffing that 25oz denim that´s all! 😉

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                          😘

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                          • zhivagoZ
                            zhivago
                            Raw and Unwashed
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                            Thanks snowy!

                            In day 1 of  MBB vs fat roll, MBB is winning, luckily this roll don't give up easy

                            Zhivago

                            MM: "we all got to start somewhere"

                            G: "Never once did he bitch, moan or complain.  He just motivated the team and got on with it"

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                            • B
                              brianchia
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                              Damn, the mbbs are a bitch to dry…

                              HWDC 2; HC-SF-38
                              IRON HEART MEGA BEATLE BUSTERS

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                              • Finn666F
                                Finn666
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                                @brianchia:

                                Damn, the mbbs are a bitch to dry…

                                mine took ages till they were fully dry…

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                                • AnesthetistA
                                  Anesthetist
                                  見習いボス
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                                  @tatmantall:

                                  I'm pretty thin and they come right up where my hip bone sticks out a bit… Didnt really notice until midday. Proly just need to go a few days with out a belt (doesnt help my belt is 7mm thick as well)  and let them loosen up a bit they aren't any tighter than what I usually wear its just where they hit me.

                                  Shit'll buff out

                                  I got the same thing going on. I have got a bruise where the denim seam is gathered near the top block. They aren't too tight in the waist, Ive just got to wear them in.

                                  IG: bluehandsslim

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                                    sirxlaughs
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                                    @tatmantall:

                                    I'm pretty thin and they come right up where my hip bone sticks out a bit… Didnt really notice until midday. Proly just need to go a few days with out a belt (doesnt help my belt is 7mm thick as well)  and let them loosen up a bit they aren't any tighter than what I usually wear its just where they hit me.

                                    Shit'll buff out

                                    By the end of the comp, you'll have hips of steel.

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                                      davito
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                                      Rafa thx a lot for those close-ups, denim looks superb fine and your fit spot on.

                                      everybody great pics, its a lot of fun to read all your posts and seeing your fits…nice

                                      Cheers,
                                      David

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                                      • Finn666F
                                        Finn666
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                                        HC-IH-77 - IHxBxHXx25

                                        post soak measurements (cm):

                                        tagged: 36x36
                                        waist: 45.5 (-0.5)
                                        fr.rise: 30
                                        b.rise: 42 (-1.0)
                                        thigh: 34
                                        knee: 24.5 (-0.5)
                                        hem: 24
                                        inseam: 96 (-3.0)

                                        post soak fitpics:

                                        shitty triple cuff until i´ll send them in for hemming

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                                        • specmvlS
                                          specmvl
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                                          My first pair of IH´s: 34W, hemmed to 35.5. Been reading here for quite a while and still totally underestimated how thick the material is. Just insane, but they are already starting to loose up a little.

                                          Picture are post cold soak. I didn´t want them shrink too much in the waist, they´re givin me a tough time anyway. Many thanks to the guys that made this special pair and the competition happen. I am not taking part but follow the battle closely. Somebody has to cheer from the ringside!



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                                            MikeC
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                                            The hems looking huge Rafa. Your hem is gonna be like 9.5 after you get them chopped. My vulcans are 8.9, just sayin…..

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