IH-634SR - 21/23oz 5 Year Anniversary Straight Cut
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Denim Sailor. With this particular denim/jean, if you do not soak you will have them falling apart within 2 months. You need to get rid of some of the starch and bed the constructional threads into the denim. If you do not the denim is so abrasive that the constructional threads will abrade through. I promise you, if you don't do this (and I have one very disappointed customer who thought he knew better), you too will be very disappointed….G
Does this apply to all IH jeans or just the 634SRs?
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EDIT: What Giles said.
In related news, my SR's are somewhere in the building!!!!! No doubt standing on there own…
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Cheers@that_was_easy:
Unsanforized (the 634SR) denim should always be soaked, cold for less shrinkage, but soaked nontheless. Sanforized denim (634S) has been shrunk and the fabric set. They're typically starchy and crisp, but soaking isn't necessary, unlike with the SR.
In related news, my SR's are somewhere in the building!!!!!
Just the 634SR, they are unsanforised raw.
Cheers
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mine just got here and i must say these are fucking impressive. they're just so much more intimidating than my other 634s. i'm gonna hold off on soaking and/or wearing these as im currently wearing another pair of denim for ~2 years so i cant soak them or else i'll be too tempted to wear them.
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Soaking now.
Pre-soak Measurements and Fit
Waist: 15.75in
Inseam: 37.0in
Front Rise: 10.3in
Thigh: 12.3in
Knee: 9.25in
Rear Rise: 15.2in
Cuff: 8.9 in
Approximate measurements taken per IHUK's instructions. I can fucking sense the raw power in these. :o
Also, I'm really digging on these bronze rivets, hardware etc. Edits and flicks shortly.EDIT Post-soak Measurements
Waist: 15.5in
Inseam: 35.7in
Front Rise: 10.2in
Thigh: 12.1in
Knee: 9.2in
Rear Rise: 14.9in
Cuff: 8.6in -
Congrats to the guys who just got them!
In addition to the pre-soak necessity comments on the previous page. Even after a soak these are so stiff they will actually cut into the back of your legs a bit. The first 2 weeks I wore mine if I went for a long walk I would get denim burns on the back of my legs where the creases were. These jeans are not very forgiving haha. I would definitely recommend a pre-soak just for comfort sake.
I fear mine are coming to the end of line very quickly. I've been putting off washing them as that usually opens up the holes substantially. Luckily now I've got something else on order so I put them in for a wash today,
pre pics, sorry they came out so dark.
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Yeah buddy! Glad they have a nice home. Fit pics make the world go round…
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Yeah buddy! Glad they have a nice home. Fit pics make the world go round…
It might be a little bit befor that goes down gotta drop some weight
maby go on the Kate Moss diet because im an impatient bastard! -
Fucking epic SR's right there.
After handling (and trying on)my pair RAW I can't imagine anybody unstable enough to wear these like that. They're about as pliable as corrugated steel. Got them soaked though, according to Haraki's instructions and saw zero fading/abrasion from the inside-out machine wash, which was in slightly warmer water than the initial soak. They shrunk well, or at least enough to prevent me from buttoning the final button whilst midly inebriated last night.
Very pleased to have, apparently, sized correctly (same as 634) and can't wait to get into these tonight and feel that back of the knee burn!
Glad I read through this thread again too, cf. new avatar. Plus, the 'turning a baseball bat inside-out" comment is maybe the funniest comment in IHF history.
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HAHA,@DENIM:
Giles you are right these Jeans are NO joke!!!!!!!!
Had the same thought upon removing them from the package. Flat out absurdly over designed! Love it.
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^ thanks,
Congrats DENIM SAILOR. On the bad side of things you are now completely ruined when it comes to wearing anything else haha,
Here is the post wash. I'm pretty surprised these took a wash as well as they did.
what a tape measure will do over 6 months,
I've got 5 cords of wood waiting to be split this weekend, should have waited a little longer to wash them.
