IHJ-64-BLK - Horsehide Modified Type III Jacket - Black (Tea-Core Dyed)
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@daltmeyer I hear you buddy and I understand your hesitance in offering your explanation.
I have been caught out big time in my Belstaff Panther leather jacket whilst riding my motorbike, neither of which I own today. The jacket responded really well to the thorough soaking in terms of profile, body shape and fit. I took the precaution of allowing the jacket to dry whilst wearing it and doubt I would have had the cojones to use the clothes dryer.
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I have found a picture of well worn jacket with the same type of leather and same tannery, if IH jacket will look like this after some time, this would be prefect!
I think different process of tanning, the FCL is veg/aniline tanned and has a tea core finish, the IH is chrome tanned so probably different results
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Damn, @daltmeyer, that took some balls. I salute your willingness to roll the dice like that and I'm glad you got the results you wanted.
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I may as well post a couple more in the wild distressed photos:
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Hi, @daltmeyer ,
As far as I know you should own few IH leather jackets, like from this topic chrometanned horsehide type3, goatskin m65, Simon's build vegetable tanned horsehide….
Could you tell me which do you like most, from the leather point of view. Is it any significant difference between veg tanned and chrometanned leathers?
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Bulatik85 that is a great question and not an easy one for me to answer. My answer could be just the one I happen to be wearing that day as they are all incredible leather.
But if I rate them now for you it would be:
1- Blattwerk Horse hide(IHSB-WJ) Incredible smell, visual texture, and wonderful hand. Very supple. No shine.
2- Goatskin(IHM-28) Excellent visual texture, great smell, good hand. High shine.
3- Horse hide black(IHJ-64-BLK, IHJ-35) Has great smell, smooth visual texture and hand. High shine. Ages wonderfully to brown as it's teacore and reveals texture and character.
4-Horse hide brown(IHJ-64-BRN, IHJ-54) Great smell, smooth visual texture and hand at first and reveals character and texture later. High shine. Brown ages and can rub off to reveal more brown underneath.
I absolutely love this leather and color so to see it at number 4 on my list says a lot about how great all of these leathers are.
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@daltmeyer:
Bulatik85 that is a great question and not an easy one for me to answer. My answer could be just the one I happen to be wearing that day as they are all incredible leather.
But if I rate them now for you it would be:
1- Blattwerk Horse hide(IHSB-WJ) incredible smell, visual texture, and wonderful hand. Very supple. No shine.
2- Goatskin(IHM-28) Excellent visual texture, great smell, good hand. High shine.
3- Horse hide black(IHJ-64-BLK, IHJ-35) Has great smell, smooth visual texture and hand. High shine. Ages wonderfully to brown as it's teacore and reveals texture and character.
4-Horse hide brown(IHJ-64-BRN, IHJ-54) great smell, smooth visual texture and hand at first and reveals character and texture later. High shine. Brown ages and can rub off to reveal more brown underneath.
I absolutely love this leather and color so to see it at number 4 on my list says a lot about how great all of these leathers are.
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@daltmeyer Thank you for detailed answer!
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Your welcome. You can't go wrong with any of the IH leathers. I really enjoy and cherish each of mine.
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i tried this on at Self Edge yesterday and my is it a terrific jacket. I'm typically an XL is most IH shirts and wear a 42 (XL) in the IH-526PJ. I tried on a 40 and a 42. The 40 looked great, but was tight in the chest when buttoned. The 42 fit properly in the chest when buttoned, but the sleeves over the biceps were quite baggy.
I'm considering this, but am wondering if I should go with the 40 hoping for stretch, or the 42 hoping the sleeves will break in and drape less baggy.
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i tried this on at Self Edge yesterday and my is it a terrific jacket. I'm typically an XL is most IH shirts and wear a 42 (XL) in the IH-526PJ. I tried on a 40 and a 42. The 40 looked great, but was tight in the chest when buttoned. The 42 fit properly in the chest when buttoned, but the sleeves over the biceps were quite baggy.
I'm considering this, but am wondering if I should go with the 40 hoping for stretch, or the 42 hoping the sleeves will break in and drape less baggy.
I was in the same boat. Decided for XL
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tough call. For IH tops I tend to size for the chest. I have the SExIH 14oz od type III in a 42 and have the same issue that you did with the 64 (fits perfectly in the chest over a UHF but has baggy arms). But, I bought that od type III as a layering jacket versus just wearing over a tee or henley. I fluctuate between a L and XL in UHF's but have been going with XL's lately due to shrinkage when washing.
But back to your question, how do you intend on wearing the 64? Did you try it on with just a t-shirt or did you try it on over a thicker IH button up shirt? If the 64 is meant as a warm weather jacket to be worn over a tee you could get away with a 40. But if you were planning on wearing it over a thicker IH top then 42 might be your best bet.
I basically just deal with the baggy arms and try not to let it bother me. If I buy another IH denim jacket i'd likely go down to a 40 since it's more of a warm weather jacket than anything. My 2 cents
