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    There's no Such Thing as a Stupid Question

    Some Really Boring (but useful) and Some Really Interesting Stuff!
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    • SreeniS
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      Thanks!

      @Alex:

      @Sreeni:

      Why aren't extinct products brought back from the dead and with the same model number? And why don't shirts have rivets?

      Extinct products come from endangered ones. Typically there is a good reason they begin life endangered and not extant

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      • Bill CB
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        Where is the list of IH retailers? If I click the link in this page …

        https://faq.ironheart.co.uk/article/132/which-stores-sell-iron-heart

        ... it takes me back to ...

        https://faq.ironheart.co.uk

        ???

        Profile pic “The Gosport Queen”

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        • Matty123M
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          So I got a hundred bucks as a Father’s Day gift. I’m
          Gonna buy something from IH. Any recommendations from
          Anyone?

          Maybe so. Maybe not

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          • wdwW
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            Just read back a few pages.  What's the reasoning behind soaking stuff (superblack, maybe others?) before putting it in the washing machine?  And what is it that makes the white lines on some stuff?  The spin alone?

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            • Matty123M
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              Pre soaking reduces the chances of streaking. Agressive spin can cause streaking. Also the agitators of Washers in the US cause streaking.

              Maybe so. Maybe not

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              • neph93N
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                @wdw:

                Just read back a few pages.  What's the reasoning behind soaking stuff (superblack, maybe others?) before putting it in the washing machine?  And what is it that makes the white lines on some stuff?  The spin alone?

                The white lines are caused by abrasion. Some fabrics are thick, stiff or both and they can crease sharply in the machine. The edge of the crease is exposed to abrasion giving white lines. Low spin lessens the effect while  putting the clothes in wet prevents the sharp creases.

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

                • Virginia Woolf
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                • wdwW
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                  Thanks, @Matty123.  I just picked up on the pre-soak thing last week, never having done it before, but will do it in future.  I ruined a pair of CF 23oz blacks by getting streaks all over them a couple of years ago, but I wasn't struck on them anyway, so no loss, except to my wallet.

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                  • wdwW
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                    And thanks to you too, @neph93.  The abrasion thing on heavy fabrics explains my 23oz fiasco.

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                    • DstaufferD
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                      @neph93:

                      @wdw:

                      while putting the clothes in wet prevents the sharp creases.

                      Learned something new today….

                      You won’t be satisfied until you wear Iron Heart.

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                      • GilesG
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                        @Bill:

                        Where is the list of IH retailers? If I click the link in this page …

                        https://faq.ironheart.co.uk/article/132/which-stores-sell-iron-heart

                        ... it takes me back to ...

                        https://faq.ironheart.co.uk

                        ???

                        Whoops, we recently changed the way we present the retailer listing and forgot to update the "iron Heart Stockists" thread.  I have done that now, but here you are:

                        https://www.ironheart.co.uk/content/ironheart-stockists

                        "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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                        • Bill CB
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                          @Giles:

                          @Bill:

                          Where is the list of IH retailers? If I click the link in this page …

                          https://faq.ironheart.co.uk/article/132/which-stores-sell-iron-heart

                          ... it takes me back to ...

                          https://faq.ironheart.co.uk

                          ???

                          Whoops, we recently changed the way we present the retailer listing and forgot to update the "iron Heart Stockists" thread.  I have done that now, but here you are:

                          https://www.ironheart.co.uk/content/ironheart-stockists

                          many thanks!

                          Profile pic “The Gosport Queen”

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                          • S
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                            Is there a higher rised but as Slim Cut as the 777 ?

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                            • DionD
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                              Yes, the 555 cut.

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                              • motojoboboM
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                                …I've got to get my hands of some of this O.G. wabash, someday.  It's so different.  Always wanted the chore coat, but I don't think very many were made...

                                I borrowed the above sentences from another thread here.

                                What does O.G. mean?

                                The journey is the objective.

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                                • David K.K. HansenD
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                                  Original Gangsta

                                  …actually I'm joking, I don't know what it means.

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                                  • S
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                                    Definitely means original gangsta. Completely right. Used to mean original in many contexts.

                                    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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                                    • DionD
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                                      I think Ice-T introduced this term with his song? Or at least brought it to the mainstream.

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                                      • David K.K. HansenD
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                                        And here I was thinking I'd make a funny remark about being gangsta, but then it turned out to be correct… 😛

                                        A question that needs an answer:  Why within the denim community do we "cop" things when we buy them?  I rarely see that term being used outside of denimhead-land.

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                                        • nurunuruN
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                                          Has IHUK ever considered doing an annual calendar contest to showcase artistic/quirky/fun photographs of Iron Heart products?  I enjoy entering the Spyderco forum calendar contest every year, and while clothing would probably be way more challenging a muse than knives to use for artsy-fartsy photography… it could lead to some interesting shots.  Plus, y'know...  Prizes are always good  😃

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                                          • neph93N
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                                            @BULLITT:

                                            A question that needs an answer:  Why within the denim community do we "cop" things when we buy them?  I rarely see that term being used outside of denimhead-land.

                                            Interesting question. It’s used by sneakerheads too. Where I grew up in Liverpool it was part of the local dialect. If I was pushed I’d guess it was originally British English street slang and has snuck into international clothing nerd jargon via the interwebs.

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

                                            • Virginia Woolf
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