IH-101J - 1946 101J Riders Jacket
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@wdw:
@Indigohuntsman, great to see this thread getting revived with a new wearer. The 101 is my favourite IH jacket and yours too should look like this after a year if you wear it a lot…
Hello and thank you wdw.
Your 101J looks amazing, with the shirt you are wearing.
Especially against those turquoise blue buttons.
I'm sure I'll get there, slowly but surely
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I'm curious whether these are going to be rerun or no chance and the 18 oz raw denim is going to be retired completely?
Yea or nay on this?
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Please do Another run of these. Thanks!
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We are out of the "old" 18oz denim, so if we ever decide to rerun a 101, it will be made out of a different denim…
There’s a great “Vintage” 18oz denim that comes to mind…
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Here is my 101J. My beer belly makes it a tad tight to button the last two, but aside from that, I'm stoked for the fades to come. Does anyone else have an issue with buttoning? Do you just wear it unbuttoned most of the time? Or other jackets with that issue?
I plan to wear it to work indoors as often as I can.I'm also wearing my 555XHSIB in the first several photos. Digging the combo Iron Heart Canadian Tux. What do you all think? This is my first forum post.
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That looks great! My 101J was challenging to button when new, but the holes got looser eventually and now it’s much easier to button and unbutton (one-handed!), even when my jacket is layered and thus tight. As for fading, you’re going to need a degree of patience—I found this one takes a while to be beaten into shape!
Mine, after a month of wear.
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That looks great! My 101J was challenging to button when new, but the holes got looser eventually and now it’s much easier to button and unbutton (one-handed!), even when my jacket is layered and thus tight. As for fading, you’re going to need a degree of patience—I found this one takes a while to be beaten into shape!
Mine, after a month of wear.
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It is a tough jacket for sure. I wore it from 7am to 10pm yesterday and my armpits are sore
The articulated buttons were weird at first for sure and as you said they are getting easier. I can fit a hooded sweatshirt underneath, I like the wide arms. -
I have a type III vest made out of the same denim as this. It is also bonded to a red felt lining so even thicker and stiffer. It took a lot more than a month to soften it up. The evo you get along the way is worth it though.
I'm thinking by late spring I may win this battle!
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Dig the demon pin @Oaktavia I always wanted this jacket…
Thanks, I think I typed in "hanyya enamel pain" into Etsy and found it.
The only thing that bugs me about the jacket is that I'm too paunchy to button it. Even though I usually leave my denim jackets open, the fact that can't is bothersome on occasion. At least I can fit a hoodie underneath, that would have been a deal breaker.
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Jacket has stretched out a bit and is starting to fit better.
You got it done up! [emoji1] Looks good. I like the short and tight look on trucker jackets for those who can pull it off. It adds a whole other old school vibe to the style. I personally can’t manage it with my body type.
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Brilliant @Oaktavia
And thanks for making me regret selling mine
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@Max Power Aw man…and I did see that we have a similar body type. Oh well, at least there are other indigo jackets IH has to offer. Did you end up with replacing it with something different?
