The Real McCoys

[mclaincausey]

I can only see the thumbnail but it looks perfect to me.

[Friday]

@tmg:

Looks brilliant slab!

+1

[davito]

Hi Slab that looks great, thanks for sharing

[Snowy]

Very nice SLAB, nice statue too!

[Anesthetist]

So next year I'm buying a deck jacket. In torn between this and the IH one. Does anyone have experience with both? It's a little ways away, but I like to day dream about it. I need a seriously warm coat for when I don't feel like wearing my primaloft.

[Giles]

It really matters not as no one has seen the new Iron Heart deck jacket (IHM-04) which is lined with Alpaca for the first time….Well, Winchy and I have, but we don't count.....

[Anesthetist]

Good call. I'm excited to get read opinions when they start coming in. Thanks G.

[mclaincausey]

I absolutely love my RMC and it has an extremely thick pile of alpaca. Pretty much beaver pelt thickness. It is not something I would recommend to anyone living somewhere fairly warm. You wouldn't get much use of it in the South. I think you would in St. Louis though.

I think the IH one is absolutely stunning. If it had dropped sooner I'd have gotten one as my first IH coat. That said, I can't say I'm anything but floored by the heft and construction of the RMC and am very happy with it.

The one thing that is the most general differentiator is that IH makes a jacket inspired by a naval deck jacket, where RMC makes a slightly modified reproduction of different naval deck jacket models. Some people don't like repro shit. When it comes to outerwear, I have 3 military repros, so I'm clearly not in that camp.

I anxiously await my first IH coat, the M65 in black.

[bertoni]

Hey all. Anyone know how the RMC Double Diamond Henleys come up size wise? Can I expect any shrinkage? I'm an L in all IH shirts…what size DD Henley should I bag? Thanks!

[davito]

Bertoni have you compared with big measurements? I'd say a xl but i dont know your body build

[bertoni]

Hey Davito! Yeah i've looked at their site and the chest on both the L and XL seems tiny….34 and 36 inches. I know they stretch but presume they also shrink slightly when washed. In terms of length I sway more for an L. Are the BiG measurements pretty accurate normally? I'm dying to find a tip top Henley or 2. In terms of build, I'm quite broad shouldered and stocky....1m76 and 80kgs (for now...hope to get that down to my 75-77kg fighting weight sometime soon ) Any other Henley suggestions welcome

[davito]

I have the Ballpark Union tshirt in medium and i am a usual small, chest was no prob exactly what i wanted. Shrinkage was ok

Have a look at Homespun and merz b schwanen too

[bertoni]

Thanks man. Yeah the Homespun ones seem stupidly long from the measurements charts i've seen. How do you size with the Merz ones and where can I buy some?

[davito]

Merz tts in a 4 (small) i like it snug and they stretch a bit. I get most of my stuff at VMC in person.

Check the merz homepage for their retailers.

[FOXY]

@ChuckDenim:

Anyone experienced with this one?
http://shop.dc4.de/Men/Jeans/TOYS-McCOY-Engineers-Denim-Lot-135D-Straight::1027.html?XTCsid=f29g6gni58vkm242lafr0dvoq5
Looks really nice IMHO.

Got the Take5 version - what do you need to know?

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[MikeC]

Toys McCoy is a different brand. It's not the same as Real McCoys.

[beautiful_FrEaK]

They were at one point but splitted several years ago, right?

[davito]

At least in three branches yes but nobody knows the excact details of the Group structuring than the japanese Partners themselves imho

and for reference an article about Toys McCoy from Cold Summer published in rawrdenim

http://www.rawrdenim.com/2013/12/introducing-toys-mccoy-classic-vintage-military-wear/

[MikeC]

^The article states that its a separate brand, but they did split from Real McCoys years ago.  So, its a separate brand. I'll trust Kyle, since he speaks Japanese and works for The Flat Head.

[davito]

legally yes of course, this is what we all said. but then nobody of us knows the exact details of the restructuring back then and so it could be that you have the same shareholders through different companies in all or some of the restructured companies (which are legally separate entities distributing their brand) or maybe not. However, my 2 cents.