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    Iron Heart Fall/Winter 2025 Collection Preview - Now Live

    Samples - New Products We Are Working On

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    • GilesG
      Giles
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      @Aetas Thank you.  I forgot that you had helped me out last time.  My bad.  Sorry.  Let's see how Rocket does…..Thanks again...

      "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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      • AetasA
        Aetas
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        Nothing to say sorry about G.!
        Everything what brings this Shacket to live, is the right choice!

        @rocket
        It was a wonderful lesson in german dialect.
        It took over ten attempts by phone, to speak to Mr. Kolesch in person.
        But even the chat with one of their Czech seamstresses was instructive, exciting and worthwhile.
        I’ve send  them a photo of Haraki and the Shacket. I’m sure they’ll remember the project.

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        • Paul9221P
          Paul9221
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          I had no idea how much of a group effort goes into some products!  You guys should write a note on how this went from an idea to a physical shirt and include it in the packaging 🙂

          Blanket-line all the things!!!

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          • GilesG
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            How the current generation of UHF's came about is a nice story.  We made a few way-back and they were very popular.  Then H just stopped making them.  After a few years hiatus, I asked him if we could start making them again.  His answer was no, the man who wove the UHF had moved to a new factory.  I suggested he contact the guy and see whether he could weave the same fabric at the new factory (I specialize in rocket-science).  So he did contact the guy, and guess what?  He could weave the same fabric at the new factory…..BOOM  Without wanting to generalise, the Japanese nation sometimes really struggle to think outside the box.  The guy had moved on, so it was impossible... 🙂

            "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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            • Paul9221P
              Paul9221
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              See, that's awesome!  I'm so glad you told that 😃

              Blanket-line all the things!!!

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              • The_Bourbon_Denim_GuyT
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                @Giles:

                Without wanting to generalise, the Japanese nation sometimes really struggle to think outside the box.  The guy had moved on, so it was impossible… 🙂

                It is a fixed mindset issue, which I how found to be prevent with many of the engineers I work with, like 1+1=2.  If “1” is not longer there, then there can be no “2” [emoji3166].  Math is easy to teach and learn, the rules are preset, just follow them (generally speaking, I don’t want the theoretical physicists throwing rocks at me).  But it is much harder to teach adaptability, or what I call dreamability.  Ok, so we want 2, but 1 no longer exists…. would it be possible to find a 4 and ask them to get rid of 3??  Maybe.... we could develop a 234 and somehow divide it by 117 [emoji2369].  Or is it possible to just create a 2 from nothing? [emoji2962].  It takes both the dreamer and the engineer to make a flying machine [emoji6]

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                  • GilesG
                    Giles
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                    Absolutely.  I still kick myself for not really noticing that we had stopped making them…..

                    "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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                      @Giles:

                      Absolutely.  I still kick myself for not really noticing that we had stopped making them…..

                      You should probably focus on the bit where you did realise and got them going again.

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

                      • Virginia Woolf
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                      • SeulS
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                        And how…

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                        • GilesG
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                          Samples of Herr Kolesch's finest deerskins are inbound.  Thank you @rocket

                          "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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                          • Matty123M
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                            @Giles:

                            Samples of Herr Kolesch's finest deerskins are inbound.  Thank you @rocket

                            I don’t think I’ll ever be able to swing one of those leather shirts but damn I’m gonna try.

                            Maybe so. Maybe not

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                            • Paul9221P
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                              Hey guys, any ETA on the storm rider or 14oz blanket-lined CPO?

                              Last I heard was late August for storm rider and I can't find any info on the CPO.  I'm pretty sure I didn't just dream it 😉

                              Blanket-line all the things!!!

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                                @Paul9221:

                                Hey guys, any ETA on the storm rider or 14oz blanket-lined CPO?

                                Last I heard was late August for storm rider and I can't find any info on the CPO.  I'm pretty sure I didn't just dream it 😉

                                Stormrider ETA is late Sept/early Oct. I don’t know about the CPO!

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                                • H
                                  Hematoma
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                                  Sorry if I missed this, but what is the ETA on blackxblack Type IIs if they’re getting made?

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                                  • GilesG
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                                    They are being made.  I would guess that they will be ready in Dec.  Self Edge will have exclusivity for a few months…

                                    "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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                                    • The_Bourbon_Denim_GuyT
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                                      Stormrider ETA is late Sept/early Oct.

                                      Any update on the Stormrider???? Not that I have been patiently (totally impatiently) pacing back and forth on this one for like 2 years now [emoji1787] [emoji33][emoji3064]

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                                      • GilesG
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                                        @@The_Bourbon_Denim_Guy:

                                        Not that I have been patiently (totally impatiently) pacing back and forth on this one

                                        I have  🙂 🙂 🙂

                                        I have just rattled some cages.

                                        Last update still says early Sept, so I've asked that someone goes through and updates schedules so that they have some semblance of accuracy…. 😠 😠

                                        "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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                                        • GilesG
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                                          Cage-rattling success…. 🙂 🙂 🙂

                                          Arrived in Kojima, should be here in a week or so.....

                                          "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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                                          • The_Bourbon_Denim_GuyT
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                                            @Giles:

                                            Cage-rattling success…. 🙂 🙂 🙂

                                            Arrived in Kojima, should be here in a week or so.....

                                            Expert level cage rattling, Sir!

                                            Looking forward to some pics [emoji119]

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                                            "Be the change you wish to see in the world"
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