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    Does anyone else not *get* chainstitch runoff on shirts?

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      andredrake
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      I just wear them until they fall of on they're own. It is just part of the design aesthetic and personal preference to keep it or cut it. Funny actually, I went to help my mom out with something last week and was wearing my IHSH-13 and she walked by with scissors

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        @andredrake:

        Funny actually, I went to help my mom out with something last week and was wearing my IHSH-13 and she walked by with scissors

        hahahaha I have had also experiences with women asking me to cut it off..and I told noooooooooo  😉 😉 hahahaha  🙂

        Cheers,
        David

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        • ScottystylesS
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          @DougNg:

          I have no idea what Till just said, but I think the chain stitch run offs look like bike handle tassels for your ass

          Just reading this thread… Hahaa! That e shishits funny.

          Funny thing is, I had to search this topic because I'm starting to think they look a a bit untidy, and want to burn them off. Also people keep saying you have threads hanging off a nice shirt mate.

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          • mclaincauseyM
            mclaincausey
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            I like em. I knot em and leave em. But I definitely hear where you're coming from too!

            Think it, be it.

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              Snowy
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              I've taken it off 1/2 of mine, and left it on the other 1/2. If they stand out or get in the way they come off. There's no functional reason for them…

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              • ScottystylesS
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                I think on the flannies they look cool. But the one colour dressier shirts I think it makes them look a little unclean or less smart on that bottom edge.

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                • den1mheadD
                  den1mhead
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                  Surely the feature of a chain stitch run off on a shirt like the IHSH-102 is the same as a selvedge seam on a quality pair of jeans. It's presence alludes to; the level of quality and skill as well as the specialist machinery  involved in realising the product.

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                  • thewickettT
                    thewickett
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                    I think it is a cool detail, but I usually cut it off.

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                    • den1mheadD
                      den1mhead
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                      @thewickett:

                      I think it is a cool detail, but I usually cut it off.

                      @thewickett I am usually so ocd around loose cotton threads that I even amaze myself by not only leaving them but loving the fact that they just hang out !!!

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                        Snowy
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                        @Snowy:

                        I've taken it off 1/2 of mine, and left it on the other 1/2. If they stand out or get in the way they come off. There's no functional reason for them…

                        Thought about answering, scrolled up abit and saw ^. Still same answer now :). Go past me! 🙂

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                          I always cut them off, they remind me of scruffy rats tails.

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                          • motojoboboM
                            motojobobo
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                            I only became an IH customer in 2015, and after those two years I'm still cutting off the chainstitch runoff on all my tops, all seven of them so far.
                            I guess I mostly do it because it would look odd around my community and I would need to answer questions about those 'dangling threads'. However, as I get more familiarized with the intricacies and quality of the IH builds, I feel I'm slowly getting closer to the point where an eventual next shirt will keep its runoff.

                            The journey is the objective.

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                            • GilesG
                              Giles
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                              It's a good excuse to evangelise 🙂

                              "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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                              • manufc10M
                                manufc10
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                                I cut all of mine off.  Just don't like them.

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                                • NomadN
                                  Nomad
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                                  The blonde says it reminds her of tampon strings. Great.

                                  Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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                                  • gaseousclayG
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                                    I like them and keep them on.

                                    if anyone asks what they are just call them 'stringleberries.'

                                    WTB:
                                    IHSH-129 size L (blue)
                                    IHSH-19

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                                    • UnTuckedU
                                      UnTucked
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                                      "I think your shirt is breaking….."

                                      No, Baby... That's SWAG! [emoji41][emoji41][emoji41]

                                      In search of:
                                      IHV-04, med.
                                      IHSH-185, large
                                      IHSH-186, large (khaki, and green)

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                                      • ChrisC
                                        Chris
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                                        @manufc10:

                                        I cut all of mine off.  Just don't like them.

                                        Same.  Just cut some off a newly purchase shirt yesterday, in fact.  My dislike of them overcomes even my powerful laziness.

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                                        • SeulS
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                                          They mess with people with OCD so I keep 'm on… I'd even attach some if I could...

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                                          • joesaintjohnJ
                                            joesaintjohn
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                                            I leave them. On everything. Always. #prostringleberries

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                                            Fat dudes need good clothes too.

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