Random Announcements
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Thank you @neph93 - and wonderful photos of your walk to work, celebrating the sun being back above the horizon
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Cleanshaven for the first time in years. Feels nice, although I was wondering who that shaven testicle was in my bathroom mirror. Decided to name him Chris.
I don't think I can go back to having facial pubes again, well, because they looked like facial pubes
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Cleanshaven for the first time in years. Feels nice, although I was wondering who that shaven testicle was in my bathroom mirror. Decided to name him Chris.
An auspicious start!
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Ooooh, yes, I would very much like to do this… -
Unfortunately, it's up in Austin. I'm not sure that's a commute I'm willing to make, despite how awesome it would be to add "part time Zamboni driver" to my resume.
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Tonight Paula and I went to dinner with Haraki and few others, including Akashi, the guy who makes the UHF's. So guess what? we got around to talking about them.
Interesting fact.
Because UHF is so heavy, if we used a regular shirt pattern to make UHF shirts, the collar would stand far too high on the neck and look ridiculous, this is because the angle of the shoulders would push the collar up, as the double thickness of the material is so unyielding. So Haraki has reduced the angle of the shoulders (compared to other shirts) to counter this tendency. The result is that when laid flat, the shirt looks ungainly because the angle is so shallow, but this results in a clean look when worn….
I know I'm biased and have a "slight" tendency for hyperbole, but I do truly believe that there are so many cool things about UHF's, that I can justifiably claim that they are the best flannels in the world, bar none
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I know I'm biased and have a "slight" tendency for hyperbole, but I do truly believe that there are so many cool things about UHF's, that I can justifiably claim that they are the best flannels in the world, bar none
I think most here would agree. There are other companies that make nice flannels for sure but none that match IH's quality imho. For me it's the patterns, the thickness/warmth, the aspero cotton and the snaps that make the UHF's great.
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I needed to split the CV discussion from this thread and wanted to retain this, so I had to quote it back here…..@misfitlife:
Tonight Paula and I went to dinner with Haraki and few others, including Akashi, the guy who makes the UHF's. So guess what? we got around to talking about them.
Interesting fact.
Because UHF is so heavy, if we used a regular shirt pattern to make UHF shirts, the collar would stand far too high on the neck and look ridiculous, this is because the angle of the shoulders would push the collar up, as the double thickness of the material is so unyielding. So Haraki has reduced the angle of the shoulders (compared to other shirts) to counter this tendency. The result is that when laid flat, the shirt looks ungainly because the angle is so shallow, but this results in a clean look when worn….
I know I'm biased and have a "slight" tendency for hyperbole, but I do truly believe that there are so many cool things about UHF's, that I can justifiably claim that they are the best flannels in the world, bar none
Not to take away from the global chaos Covid-19 is causing, I agree @neph93, these are interesting times indeed!
On the topic of UHFs, @Giles, the above is a no bullshit statement!
The first IH shirt I purchased was a IHSH-75 two years ago, I love it! I had just started looking at Ironheart and, at the time was getting more into high end shirts….been doing the denim thing for awhile....so I decided I needed some nicer shirts. I started reading about UHFs in my research on the perfect denim worshirt, hence the above, once I figured out what UHF stood for 8), I set my sights on procuring one. My first UHF was a sale grab from Selfedge, the wonderful purple 130. Without hyperbole, when I pulled it out of the box I was in huge grinning awe! It was stunning. I had never in my life had a flannel like this. They are the heaviest, most comfortable, on point fitting flannels in existence!
I had found the perfect flannel shirt, many of the past beauty's make me wish much sooner! I now own six and counting
Thank you!
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It's wonderful things like this that are important at times like this. I love standing in the woods just listening to the deafening birdsong. Perfect.
As far as haircuts and shaving, thankfully nature helped with easements in that area. Wahl clippers are my friend.
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I have seen one plane in the sky in the last 2 weeks…...
Wahl clippers should be here Monday. Originally I was told the middle of May.
Who'd have thought a month ago that investing in flour suppliers, manufacturers of hair clippers, tinned tomato companies etc would have been a shrewd move......
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That’s a wonderful espalier Giles!
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Hi All! Been away from the forum for an age. Looking forward to catching up on what's been happening.
Giles, now we're all working from home, will there be IH pajamas?
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The Guardian has a piece about Billy Tannery, who (as their name suggests) are tanning goatskin.
They're doing vegetable tanning, and Mimosa bark is mentioned. That's what Shinki use.
More details can be found on their website. They sell individual hides, including a natural goatskin, which I don't think that I've seen before. Could be an interesting option…
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@Giles I'm sure you're capable of a quick Google search, but here is a good guide to not f'ing up your own hair
https://wahlusa.com/haircutting/how-to/mens-haircuts
I'm pretty adept at trimming my own beard now. I had a great teacher when I used to visit one of the 'barbers of the year' in London
https://cutandgrindbarbers.com/about/
Skye was my barber, it was always a pleasure. Not often you can get a beard trim while talking to a cool woman about death metal!
