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    Iron Heart Fall/Winter 2025 Live Reveal - Thursday 12th of June at 1700BST

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    • mclaincauseyM
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      Thanks @Clint_D !

      The fine dining place at Enchantment looks more interesting to me than anything in town for a romantic meal but I think the wife wants to go into town. So we will see about dinner I guess.

      Think it, be it.

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      • mclaincauseyM
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        Thank you @Palmer I have had this growing sense of Sedona being as you describe. Luckily, I love mountain biking and they rent pretty nice bikes (Pivot) and gear at the resort, so I'm likely to just do a lot of outdoor stuff.

        Think it, be it.

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        • MattM
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          Please don’t mess with the OD.  It’s so beautiful as is.  Just try to enjoy it.

          See what happened to the Queen when she saw @Nkwkfld ’s pair…

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          • NikN
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            I say go for it @IronFart I like my overbleached overdyed 21oz. Only wear (and not washing) will create whiskers and honeycombs (unless you washed yourself in the jeans in the machine) but bleaching will lighten what's there already and using less bleach and heat can make the process gradual. Beware that there are risks of marbling and damaging the fabric and know that 14oz OD is probably less likely than some other fabrics to create high contrast fades over time. Heavier fabrics with indigo or indigo/black dye that will come off more quickly create better contrast fades. The joy of 14oz OD is a low contrast gradual black - grey - blue fade. @Matt is right that OD is enjoyable as is. He's likely wrong about lots of other things. @goosehd on the other hand is right about many things and wrong less often.

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            • T4920T
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              @IronFart:

              Hi all,
              First time Iron-Hearter here. I recently bought two pairs of IH on ebay, both 14oz, both used but close to new. The 555s I got I'm going to wear and allow to fade in their own sweet (very sweet) time. But I also bought some overdyed 666, which I'd like to 'force-fade'. A user on reddit has achieved amazing fades washing monthly on a hot cycle with a cup of bleach in the washing machine each time. Does anyone have any advice as to whether this might work with my overdyed?
              Thanks everyone!
              Julian

              I think I know the redditor you're referring to and in fairness, her jeans have turned out beautiful using this method.

              “𝑁𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑏 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑖𝑡, 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑚 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡.”

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              • goosehdG
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                Ultimately jeans are a reflection of the wearer and the fades are the stories and memories created while wearing them.  Each person and their creations are unique and you should do what you’re comfortable with.

                I like to put the work, time, and effort in my denim to fade them naturally and relish the memories of those special occasions.  Children born, friends lost, beers shared, and tears shed.  I don’t want to speed up that process because life goes by too quickly.

                My jeans are my story and your jeans should be yours.

                Just my $.02.

                "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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                • T4920T
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                  I agree. I have every pair of 'raw' / selvedge jeans I've owned since getting into them around 2007. A pair of APC New Standards comes to mind that I was appalled to wake up one morning and find numerous holes from cigarette burns in after a particularly debaucherous house party in my teenage years… Broke my heart at the time but looking back, they serve as a totem of sorts, and remind me of that chapter of my life.

                  “𝑁𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑏 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑖𝑡, 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑚 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡.”

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                  • goosehdG
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                    @Nkwkfld I questioned at the time you first posted your jeans and why you would bleach them as I couldn’t understand why.  Now when I think of bleach and jeans I immediately think of yours in a good way.  I made a comment a while ago that I have a knack for remembering things for a long term (photographic memory) and your jeans, you, and that story were put in that catalog of memories.

                    You made the jeans yours and I think they turned out well.  When the question popped up yesterday, I couldn’t think of a better person or story for an answer.

                    Cheers

                    "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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                    • MattM
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                      @Nkwkfld:

                      He's likely wrong about lots of other things.

                      Touché.

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                      • MattM
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                        BTW, are we just going to ignore the fact that @IronFart is a pretty epic username?

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                          @Matt:

                          BTW, are we just going to ignore the fact that @IronFart is a pretty epic username?

                          .      Think it stinks,personally.    Couldn’t resist!

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                          • MattM
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                            • IronFartI
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                              Thanks to everyone for all the help with my first IH forum question: I really appreciate the thoughtful guidance, and will take your advice. Or alternatively, I'll neck a couple of beers and chuck them in the machine with a gallon of bleach and a quick prayer, and then post pictures of the subsequent disaster. Either way, thanks again.

                              Yours windily,
                              IronFart.

                              Seize that fish.

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                                For a less touristy offroad experience in Sedona, I highly recommend checking out Barlow Jeep Rentals.  The town of Jerome is also a great place to go visit for a day.

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                                • MattM
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                                  @IronFart if you have other non IH denim, maybe do a test run.  I tried to bleach some Levi’s once and it was a disaster.  I’d hate to see you learn from a miscalculation with your od’s.

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                                  • setandsettingS
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                                    Who makes a good house shoe? Like some slip ons for wearing around the house, but not slippers with no back because I'm always uncomfortable with the flopping around.

                                    I tried this but the back wouldn't catch on my heel so they were floppy: https://huckberry.com/store/easy-moc/category/p/65941-easymoc

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                                    • goosehdG
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                                      @setandsetting Have you looked at or tried the Viberg Slippers:

                                      "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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                                      • setandsettingS
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                                        I haven't. Didn't know they made one. Looks kind of formal though?

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                                        • IronFartI
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                                          Ithica Sheepskin make some lovely slippers: https://ithacasheepskin.com/collections/sheepskin-slippers/products/mens-sheepskin-slippers

                                          Seize that fish.

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                                          • OaktaviaO
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                                            @setandsetting I have enjoyed L L Bean slippers over the years. I just ordered a new pair last month and absolutely love them. Here are some men's styles:

                                            https://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/503380?page=mens-slippers&bc=474-629&csp=f&nav=gnro-18999

                                            These are the ones I currently wear around the house. I like the shearling inner lining, the durable sole and the sheepskin outer:

                                            https://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/83392?page=mens-wicked-good-lodge-chukkas&csp=a&feat=124664-recsbottom.pdp&ri=rbpIFI2&pos=3

                                            These look nice too:

                                            https://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/124664?page=mens-wicked-good-slipper-boot-moc-mens&bc=474-629-503380&feat=503380-GN3&csp=f&pos=4

                                            Super warm and cozy. My wife has a pair of similar ones too. She loves them!

                                            I also have these for the summer but they are not nearly as warm:

                                            https://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/23723?page=mens-leather-double-sole-slippers-leather-lined&bc=474-629-503380&feat=503380-GN3&csp=f&pos=12

                                            IG: electricindigowizard

                                            "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

                                            WTB: IHJ-72- XL/XXL

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