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    Arm length - Ultra Heavy Flannels (UHFs)

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    • BloodnThunderB
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      I vote to split the difference.  I'm already an outlier in that I wear an XS or S but at just over 6 feet tall the sleeves being any shorter would be too short.  But I prefer a sleeve that sits right on the wrist and doesn't go down much onto the thumb, so 'short' is better than 'long' for me.  The size small 101MC was about as short as I'd go on sleeves, still comfortable length but an extra half inch would be fine (no more though).

      As someone mentioned earlier compiling the votes based on what size each voter is would be very interesting.

      @Giles, if beneficial, and if people want to post what they voted for and what size they are I'd be happy to compile this in a somewhat detailed spreadsheet (it's what I do all day at work anyway).

      IG: Shadesofindig0

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      • steelworkerS
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        I think people tend to forget that IH is a brand that was dreamed up with riders in mind, that denim hipsters happened to fall in love with…..

        Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

        ^that's right. and to be honest I'm 6'3" so longer sleeves work.

        Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
        Well, I have others.

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        • David K.K. HansenD
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          I'm similar to @neph93 in that I'm built short-ish and round.  I too would prefer a shorter arm length, but I understand that the brand is aimed at riders first, denim hipsters second.  I sometimes have to size up from an XL to an XXL due to the chest, but often find that by doing so the sleeves gets longer and the cuff opening gets bigger too.  Some shirts I could live with longer arms, but only if I could cuff them properly so the sleeves wouldn't swallow up my hands.

          Am I the only one who has this problem?  When you get taller, do your wrists/hands get bigger too?

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          • FinksterF
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            😉

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            • GilesG
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              @BloodnThunder:

              @Giles, if beneficial, and if people want to post what they voted for and what size they are I'd be happy to compile this in a somewhat detailed spreadsheet (it's what I do all day at work anyway).

              Thanks @BloodnThunder .  No need, I know what I need to do.

              "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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                @Giles: so the IHSH-127s that you are rereleasing this year will be longer in the arms than the ones you released last year?  As a shorter person, 5'8", but with 43" chest/18.5" shoulders, the 127s last year were perfect in XL.  Finding that kind of fit OTR has been somewhat of a unicorn, but IH nails it for me.  Longer arms will be devastating, but understandable, as I'm pretty sure I'm a big outlier.

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                • GilesG
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                  Anything that is cut prior to my updated instructions will have the longer arm length.  I know that this def means the purple and the green buffalos (as I saw them being sewn yesterday).  No idea what else will get through before I change things…..

                  "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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                  • spitfiredealerS
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                    Hopefully the crazy black plaid will get them shorter arms!!

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                    • 4c4
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                      @Giles:

                      Anything that is cut prior to my updated instructions will have the longer arm length.  I know that this def means the purple and the green buffalos (as I saw them being sewn yesterday).  No idea what else will get through before I change things…..

                      YES 😘

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                      • G
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                        I'd definitely vote to stick with the so-called 'short' sleeves. Longer sleeves always look a bit of a shocker. I feel for Patrick in the 131 fit pics, he looks swamped.

                        On a side note, IH shirts could almost always handle a trim in length too, 'shorter' shirts always look far sharper than longer shirts - again Patrick's pics do the 131 no favours, and that's an XS. I know everyone has their own personal preference, but I'd say at least 90% of IH shirts are an inch longer than they should be!

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                        • GilesG
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                          Patrick is tiny, even an XS is sometimes too large.

                          And I would say that 90% of our shirts are too short…And I think that shirts that are too short look ridiculous.

                          As @rocket  said one size does not fit all. That's just the way it is.

                          We compromise the best we can.  It may be big hassle, but you can actually shorten length, it is impossible to lengthen…

                          "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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                          • FinksterF
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                            @Giles:

                            Patrick is tiny, even an XS is sometimes too large.

                            And I would say that 90% of our shirts are too short…And I think that shirts that are too short look ridiculous.

                            As @rocket  said one size does not fit all. That's just the way it is.

                            We compromise the best we can.  It may be big hassle, but you can actually shorten length, it is impossible to lengthen…

                            Damn right! - Amen

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                            • steelworkerS
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                              @steelworker:

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                              I think people tend to forget that IH is a brand that was dreamed up with riders in mind, that denim hipsters happened to fall in love with…..

                              Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

                              ^that's right. and to be honest I'm 6'3" so longer sleeves work.

                              6'3"
                              From Rhode Island

                              Are you my dad?

                              Luke!

                              Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                              Well, I have others.

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                                @Giles:

                                Anything that is cut prior to my updated instructions will have the longer arm length.  I know that this def means the purple and the green buffalos (as I saw them being sewn yesterday).  No idea what else will get through before I change things…..

                                Have they already started on the redxblack of the 127s?  That's the one I'm looking to buy among the 127s.

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                                • GilesG
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                                  @Devastitis:

                                  Anything that is cut prior to my updated instructions will have the longer arm length.  I know that this def means the purple and the green buffalos (as I saw them being sewn yesterday).  No idea what else will get through before I change things…..

                                  What was not clear from the above?

                                  "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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                                  • organisysO
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                                    @Giles:

                                    And I would say that 90% of our shirts are too short…And I think that shirts that are too short look ridiculous.

                                    This. Thanks Giles.

                                    Pride of Japan :-)

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                                      Now all of a sudden the sleeves don't look so long [emoji849]

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                                      • GilesG
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                                        Well.  Knock me over with a feckin feather…...

                                        "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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                                        • neph93N
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                                          This whole arm debate has got certainly got legs….

                                          “Some of those that work forces
                                          Are the same that burn crosses”

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                                          • GilesG
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                                            "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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