The Strike Gold
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Now that I finally have my sweatshirt I think I’ll do a review.
My take on SG sweats:Measurements lined up with Self-edge’s description. Pre-soak the sweatshirt seemed ok overall, but appeared at first to be nothing that special compared to my IHSW-10 (which is very special). Then I warm washed it/hot dried it and…. Totally transformed the sweatshirt into something amazing: Lost lots of length, a lil width, and got much softer and fluffier. Also I have read that arms on the XL can shrink to 24 inches, but I just easily stretched the arms to about 26+ inches. I did notice very slight uneven shrinkage from the sweatshirt getting wrapped up in itself in the mashing machine, but literally just several seconds of stretching took care of that. Basically this is a super pliable material.
Fit: body shrinks to be short, but can be stretched, also the hems and cuffs are snug fitting keeping the sweatshirt in place (not to low/doesn’t come up). I would say the body fits like a medium-large (on my extra large) and the arms are fitted and can shrink/stretch many inches either way in length if needed
Details:
Seems are really well done and are about twice as heavy as my IHSW-10 (two strands instead of one) and the seam thread also appear to be shiny (Mercerized?) cotton instead of synthetic (which can also be nice).As for the finish, the SG sweat is very smooth on the outside as if the cotton is combed before being fed into the loop wheel machine. The inside has many soft loops in it which gives it a unique feel and also seems to give the material great loft. Also the cotton can’t be emphasized enough, it’s just under 1.5 inches which is noticeably longer than my iron heart sweatshirt’s cotton which is also long staple cotton, so this gives the sweatshirt many additional benefits for comfort and durability.
The hem, collar, and cuffs seem durable are very tightly woven with the hem being circular (a nice touch). Again the stitching is superb with great details such as neck V and flat seeming from the sleeve overextended slightly under the armpit.
Overall this sweatshirt is one of the best garments I own. It has amazing warm, soft and pliable long staple fabric that perfectly molds to the body. Extremely comfortable overdone stitching which should wear long and well. Details are excellent and finish is clean and well executed. Basically this sweatshirt is mindblowingly nice and perfectly complements my growing Iron Heart collection.
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Strike Gold has a new white wefted slub denim a la 11xx series coming out, but at a heavier weight. I think it will land at Self Edge soon.
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You really couldn't do an xl? Imo mine fits like a medium should (for vintage effect)
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The sleeves on their flannels are tragically short
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thanks seanocono
Spring Son of Light–- shame I was just looking at this:
http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/klax-on/item/sgs006-rd/I usually take a 15.5-35+ to 16-35+ in shirts… Sound like a no go?
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4c, I'm a Large in IH, occasionally a Medium, and I am solidly an XL in SG shirts.
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I concede that I have pretty damn long arms (I'm 6'2). I need the shoulder to cuff measurement to be AT LEAST 25 or 25.5 to look passable. Ideally it would be 26. Almost no Japanese made flannels have those kind of lengths on 40-42 chest sizes. Obviously it also depends on the shoulder width since this affects the overall sleeve length. With an 18.5 inch shoulder measurement I can take a 25.5 in sleeve.
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Sizing on Strike Gold is small indeed by North American standards.
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A lil luv
These get better and better and are still just getting started.
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Those look great^^
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Thanks brohim; that sweat looks fantastic and I bet it's feeling like a cloud by now.
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Yep, them bitches sure do shrink…
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I think I'm going to put my medium black first edition hoodie that hasn't seen water up for sale. Scared it won't fit; already tight. PM if that sounds cool.
