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Iron Heart Fall/Winter 2025 Collection Preview - Now Live

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    den1mhead
    Raw and Unwashed
    Joined: 6 Oct 2014

    The patches arrived from Germany so waiting to have them stitched to my IHM-13-KHA jacket . . . .

    last edited by 14 Nov 2020, 15:23 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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      Appfaff
      Raw and Unwashed
      Joined: 11 Oct 2013

      Love the Lockheed Martin patch - local Fort Worth plant employed a lot of my friends parents and our next door neighbor growing up 🙂

      Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

      last edited by 14 Nov 2020, 15:25 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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        den1mhead
        Raw and Unwashed
        Joined: 6 Oct 2014

        Stuck in location with double sided sticky tape and getting dropped at the seamstress tomorrow for permanent placement  😉

        last edited by 18 Nov 2020, 18:59 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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          Giles
          IHUK Crew
          Joined: 22 Sept 2009

          Get with the programme @den1mhead .  Learn how to sew.  I have spent most of the day sewing patches onto IHC-16's.  It can be done  🙂

          "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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            den1mhead
            Raw and Unwashed
            Joined: 6 Oct 2014

            @Giles:

            Get with the programme @den1mhead .  Learn how to sew.  I have spent most of the day sewing patches onto IHC-16's.  It can be done  🙂

            I did try to sew the badges onto my USAAF Type B-15 Jacket and it looked ok from the outside but looking at the jacket from the inside was a huge disappointment and I simply couldn't live with it. I know myself well enough to know that the badges have to be stitched on just so, as well as looking clean from the inside, and my skill level falls well short of the mark. Props to you for sewing patches onto IHC-16's 👍

            last edited by 18 Nov 2020, 19:41 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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              den1mhead
              Raw and Unwashed
              Joined: 6 Oct 2014

              Jules has a pair of Viberg engineers shown on LHS with chrome hardware that she would love to replace with brass hardware as shown on my IHTB-BOBRN on RHS. Does anyone know where hardware can be replaced on engineer boots? @Giles could IHUK replace hardware on Jules' boots?

              last edited by 23 Dec 2020, 23:16 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                Jett129
                見習いボス
                Joined: 17 Aug 2011

                Assuming you could acquire the brass buckles,I’m thinking you would just need a good local cobbler to do the switch for you. Anything involving shipping could get really expensive.

                last edited by 23 Dec 2020, 23:25 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                  Sage954
                  Iron Heart Deity
                  Joined: 1 Apr 2012

                  My most worn pants are starting to get a hole. I thought I would try a fix at home. I had some NoSo patches left over from a Patagonia nano puff tear. Supposedly these patches also work on cotton. I’ll see what happens, but thought this might slow down the damage. Patched from the inside and then set with a hair dryer on high heat.

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                    Filthy2123ozjunkie
                    見習いボスー
                    Joined: 21 Jan 2013

                    @Penardont

                    @Penardont:

                    I once took very high-quality cotton jeans, I really liked them, I still wear them and cotton pajamas in the form of a cat. I want to know what thread is suitable for sewing these cotton things if they suddenly break. Is a regular thread from the market suitable for these things for daily use? Jeans are usually tight, and pajamas are like this https://www.onesiezoo.com/ , and how to sew them better?. Things are just very high quality and I'm afraid that the child may break accidentally, I would not really like to throw it away and buy it again. So I really ask for advice on what I need to do with them. Thank you for your help, God bless you

                    I use this thread to make repairs. It is very strong and matches the jeans yellow color very closely.
                    https://www.amazon.com/Gutermann-Sew-All-Thread-110-Yds/dp/B003W0OXRG

                    @Filthy:

                    I am bored to tears so fixed that broken stitch so it won't pull through.

                    last edited by 6 Feb 2021, 16:27 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                      neph93
                      見習いボス
                      Joined: 18 Aug 2014

                      ^ fairly certain this guy is a spammer and I have banned him.

                      EDIT: not you @Filthy , the pyjamas dude [emoji1]

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

                      • Virginia Woolf
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                        Filthy2123ozjunkie
                        見習いボスー
                        Joined: 21 Jan 2013

                        Oh I was thinking he didn't speak English and made his message in his native language then used a machine translation. shrugs  🙂

                        last edited by 6 Feb 2021, 16:30 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • goosehdG
                          goosehd
                          Mod Squad
                          Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                          @goosehd:

                          My pair of 666-XHS jeans are starting to develop a hole in the crotch.  Should I worry about it or just wear them until it gets worse?

                          Here are two pictures of what I am seeing:

                          In November I posted these pictures and asked for advice on what to do.  The advice was received and after speaking with @Chesson I sent my jeans in to be fixed.

                          They just arrived and I am very happy and wanted to share the results with you.  Special shout out to Alex Chesson and his magic.  Great Job!!

                          "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                            neph93
                            見習いボス
                            Joined: 18 Aug 2014

                            Nicely done!

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

                            • Virginia Woolf
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                              Filthy2123ozjunkie
                              見習いボスー
                              Joined: 21 Jan 2013

                              I made some good progress sewing the patch back on with my sewing awl. I am going to have to switch to the yellow kevlar thread so it won't break. I got halfway across the top and the thread broke. There is definitely a learning curve with this tool, and lots of blood. 😂

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                                Giles
                                IHUK Crew
                                Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                But the job looks brilliant….

                                "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

                                last edited by 5 Mar 2021, 19:06 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                  Filthy2123ozjunkie
                                  見習いボスー
                                  Joined: 21 Jan 2013


                                  All done 😄

                                  last edited by 5 Mar 2021, 20:03 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                  • henry_davidH
                                    henry_david
                                    Joined: 28 Mar 2016

                                    Damn @Filthy – that's clean af. You taking orders for jeans that need that done?  😉

                                    last edited by 5 Mar 2021, 20:48 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                    • motojoboboM
                                      motojobobo
                                      啓蒙家
                                      Joined: 22 Aug 2015

                                      Great job @Filthy !
                                      You deserve to grin just like the cat in your signature pic. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

                                      The journey is the objective.

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                                        Filthy2123ozjunkie
                                        見習いボスー
                                        Joined: 21 Jan 2013

                                        Thanks guys! 😄

                                        @henry_david if you'll agree to send me a proof of life photo of your jeans, mail them to me with signature confirmation, and put $25 in the pocket so I can mail them back to you with insurance and a signature confirmation… I will agree to sew your patch on for you. Just send me a PM.

                                        last edited by 5 Mar 2021, 21:00 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                        • henry_davidH
                                          henry_david
                                          Joined: 28 Mar 2016

                                          @Filthy:

                                          Thanks guys! 😄

                                          @henry_david if you'll agree to send me a proof of life photo of your jeans, mail them to me with signature confirmation, and put $25 in the pocket so I can mail them back to you with insurance and a signature confirmation… I will agree to sew your patch on for you. Just send me a PM.

                                          Dude you rule.

                                          last edited by 5 Mar 2021, 21:02 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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