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    • toddjcoleyT
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      is there a way for us to find out this info.how about 3 sixteen? i doubt minster freedom does as they always post things against that. what about japan?it may have already been done, but can we get info / tour of iron hearts opperation so we can help build the story of a product we all strongly support?

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      • GilesG
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        Todd, what do you mean by info/tour?  Just want to be sure I know what you are after, so I can do it right. G

        "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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        • toddjcoleyT
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          I don’t know IH history or how they manufacture (I haven’t researched it so sorry for that). I saw G write something the other week that they are looking to have there own factory. So do IH do the design work then contract it out (I think flathead do that) or do ih employees make it?

          I think my biggest personal reason for buying this gear is that it is well made, but with that as I build things for a living and enjoy it and get well paid for it I believe and want the person that makes my clothing to enjoy it and get well paid. It would be nice to see that.

          I know Mega said that china now has a minimal wage ( I haven’t read his blog and don’t know it all) but I saw on tv “gok wan  made in china” show. He goes to a factory where they make jeans and the employees live on site and don’t really make a living to sustain a lifestyle. That’s what I don’t want to buy.

          It would be great to have a tour of the IH process from design to manufacture to arrival at IHUK then to me! And hopefully an insight to peoples lives we help fund with our purchases. From what I see it looks like H & G have a good lifestyle and I hope that is spread across the board (I know it wont be even but you get the idea)

          Sorry for the long post  🙂

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          • SeulS
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            Good stuff, Todd.

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            • mclaincauseyM
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              That's one reason I buy Japanese. Rightly or not I have faith that sweatshop conditions are unusual there.

              Think it, be it.

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              • GilesG
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                Todd, This may have to wait until November.  On my next Japanese visit, I will be going to Kojima with Winchy to document a lot of this…...

                "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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                • toddjcoleyT
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                  Giles aint your normal salesman!  😉

                  Cheers

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                  • GilesG
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                    I will talk to H about this next week, but the plan is that we will document pictorially, videographically and aurally (Matt is a sound technician by current trade) the fully process…

                    Haraki's original rough planning
                    The sampling
                    Toms pattern making
                    Weaving
                    Post production processes
                    Jeans making
                    Shirts making
                    T-shirts etc making, dying and silk screening
                    Post sewing process
                    A walk through IH UK HQ

                    G

                    "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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                    • G
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                      I had been meaning to ask you this for a while G! Awesome we get to see what goes on behind the scenes

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                      • toddjcoleyT
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                        do you need a whipping boy on that trip? ha ha
                        Sounds like normal giles you have all the bases covered, keep the good work up it is much appreciated!!

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                        • SeulS
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                          G: I'm massively looking forward to that!.. Seriously, I know I'm pretty biased, but IH = buy the best, by the best…

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                          • GilesG
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                            @toddjcoley:

                            do you need a whipping boy on that trip? ha ha
                            Sounds like normal giles you have all the bases covered, keep the good work up it is much appreciated!!

                            Get your arse to Tokyo when we are there and you're on…..

                            "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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                            • JCMx800J
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                              Short video from Dec. 2011
                              http://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=1355.msg128816#msg128816
                              Union Special machines, skilled people, great fabrics!

                              Les Paul -> ProCo Rat -> Super HardOn -> JCM800 Low Input
                              XXX

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                                Todd, a little bit about the general history; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Heart_(Brand)
                                From the front page of the website another video that hides well; http://www.ironheart.co.uk/content/production

                                Really great questioning :). Giles I'm not sure if you've been following Kyle@TFH's updates on their processes, I think you've covered it off pretty well (and gone further 😉 ), but not a bad comparison. #exciting.

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                                  "motivation"

                                  is one of my favourite videos online of all time. If I still smoked weed I imagine I'd blaze away to this once a week or something.. Honest Key Factor 1080p minimum. Don't skimp on quality. As time/technology moves forwards any lower is going to look quickly outdated…

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                                  • veloaudioV
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                                    Very excited for this G.

                                    Snowy, that is a great video.

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                                    • mclaincauseyM
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                                      I would like to congratulate and thank the cinematographer for Man of Steel for almost single-handedly ruining a movie with camerawork alone. I didn't think it was possible but there you have it. The latest mutation of cinema verite, where you as a cameraman must pretend you have palsy when you zoom, focus, or move the viewframe.

                                      Think it, be it.

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                                      • natehateN
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                                        I think my dishwasher is wearing sex panther tonight. It smells like big foots dick!!! Good god I hate people who don't understand how to wear cologne ugh my head hurts!

                                        don't you know there ain't no devil? only god when he's drunk!

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                                        • Megatron1505M
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                                          Didn't bother me at all, but I know loads of folks who hated Cloverfield and thought the camera work was awful whereas I thought it was genius.

                                          I guess it's not everyones cup of tea, but it's a style I quite like.

                                          Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

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                                          • mclaincauseyM
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                                            Turns out it's the guy from Fast and Furious, a Transformers movie, and the forthcoming Wolverine flick (damn):

                                            While Snyder worked with cinematographer Larry Fong on both 300 and Sucker Punch, the cinematographer for Man of Steel is Amir Mokri whose previous works include Fast & Furious, Transformers: Dark of the Moon and  The Wolverine, which is scheduled to be released in July 2013. That shift in talent shouldn’t change Snyder’s individual convictions though, and we can expect something extremely stylised, even if it resists the temptation to go full comic book.
                                            Read more at http://whatculture.com/film/man-of-steel-5-reasons-itll-rule-this-summer.php#YIKCVfSFDcAkVUWG.99

                                            Think it, be it.

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