IH-526L - 19oz Unsanforised Left Hand Twill Trucker. The Lefty Trucker

[chech69]

@Giles:

No short cuts.  Soaking will make it stiffer.  But at some point, if you wash this thing, it'll likely shrink….

Ok message received- no free lunch… But are you further saying that I should size up now and just live with too-long sleeves?  Will I get any stretch with wear, or just inevitable eventual shrink from here?

[Giles]

You'll get stretch where you put pressure on the material (not the arms).  I can't tell you what fit you will be most comfortable with, but personally, I don't particularly mind a Type III being tight or short…

[superfuzz]

@chech69:

@Giles:

No short cuts.  Soaking will make it stiffer.  But at some point, if you wash this thing, it'll likely shrink….

Ok message received- no free lunch… But are you further saying that I should size up now and just live with too-long sleeves?  Will I get any stretch with wear, or just inevitable eventual shrink from here?

Mine definitely shrunk after a wash. I’d size up and give it a warm wash.

[downzhift]

IH526L teaming up with IHSH33 and IH666UHR.

[Dion]

Now that's a kick-ass fit. Nice!

[twin]

Wearing the 526L today.

[twin]

The fall weather is here. Time to wear this jacket

[scooter]

Fantastic evo there, @twin. I'm growing impatient for my go-round with the tour jacket, in May.

[twin]

Wearing & fading in the cold weather.

[twin]

Fits & Fades of the 526L

[Giles]

I am sure that I have said this before, but I will say it again, @twin is the living personification of "just wear the living shit out of your clothes and don't give a flying feck"…..

And great things will happen....

[twin]

@Giles:

I am sure that I have said this before, but I will say it again, @twin is the living personification of "just wear the living shit out of your clothes and don't give a flying feck"…..

And great things will happen....

Yea @Giles  It's all about wear & tear. Hiking in the woods does the trick.

[chubacca]

Nice update!!

[tvenuto]

When I see @twin is the most recent poster, I click, even if I’m not super interested in the product.

[twin]

Thanks to both @chubacca  @tvenuto  This is my favorite IH jacket. You can see it gets lots of wear.

[jock1624]

It's a tough bstd ! My friend tried to stab me with a pen , the pen lost - serious denim indeed !

• not my friend anymore .

[JDelage]

It still looks very stiff.

[twin]

Wearing the 526L almost everyday.

[twin]

Still cool enough to wear this jacket.

[spitfiredealer]

Thought I would give this a week or two at work to try help break it