IHSH-302-IND - Ultra Heavy Flannel Western Shirt - Buffalo Check - Indigo

[Joberwocky]

@LewisStonehouse I welcome your solid use of Boromir and Korn

[LewisStonehouse]

So… how’s everyone finding the indigo UHF then?

[Joberwocky]

Mine will be making it's second appearance in the wild tomorrow.  May even dare gasp to rock it with the bibs 

[yannis]

Wow!! I missed all the fun

[mclaincausey]

Sect? We are a CULT, sir!

[Filthy2123ozjunkie]

@LewisStonehouse LMFAO

[LewisStonehouse]

@Filthy

[Filthy2123ozjunkie]

[steelworker]

Kornns English is crazy good. I'm serious I like the way he writes.
Always thought it more  a faction than sect. More of a Party thing than a raving glassy eyed rabble -let me rethink this

[Marcbosch82]

Hello Guys
Ive ordered my second uhf. Does anyone have some tips on washing? How often and which way?
Thnx in advance.
Cheers Marc

[Giles]

When it gets dirty or smelly, at no more than 40C.  Don't aggressively spin..

https://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=10386.msg503966#msg503966

[Griffwald]

This beauty came in yesterday. A nice compliment to my purple UHF from this season. Hand feel is def. different but not in a bad way in fact it feels more durable then my purple, that one is just so damn soft I want to baby it. I love the color and fit on this one. A little more room in the shoulders and chest then the purple but a tad shorter. Excuse the toothpaste splatter on my mirror. Life with 3 boys 

[jerkules]

Really solid @Griffwald , such a great looking shirt. And commiserations on the kids vs mirror situation, I can totally relate

[rydor]

Potentially stupid question, but can't tell or find it specifically. Is the pattern on this color way indigo/dark indigo, or indigo/black? That is, will the really dark parts of the pattern also fade, or just the lighter blue parts?

Thanks!

[LewisStonehouse]

@rydor I think the dark parts are indigo (and will fades) and the light parts are blue and will not

Edit - yep the above is right, Alex said this in the thread for the work shirt

@Alex:

My understanding is that it is an Indigo / Blue, so dark blue indigo and lighter blue (non indigo)

[FurattoHeddo]

Got mine today. This has to be the “thinnest” feeling UHF I ever had. Anyone else notice this?

[AdamJ]

@FurattoHeddo plenty of discussion in this thread regrading the differences to other UHFs. See below for @Giles description of the differences

@Giles:

There has been some discussion in this and the IHSH-312-IND thread about the difference between these and previous UHF's.

This is the first time we have indigo dyed the yarns in a UHF, and we had to use a different mill to weave the fabric. Though the actual shirt construction is done in our normal workshop.

The dyeing of the yarn in indigo is more expensive and harder to weave than non-indigo, so this has resulted in a higher cost and therefore price of the shirt over previous non-indigo UHF's.

Also, the mill that we used for the weaving of the fabric has different fabric brushing technology, so the hand feel is subtely different from non-indigo UHF's.

[FurattoHeddo]

Hadn’t seen that bit. @AdamJ

I actually don’t mind the weight as it’s one of my best fitting UHF’s to date.

[chadingsworth]

@Pipeboss713:

@chadingsworth:

Man do I appreciate the info! Now I think I'm leaning more toward the medium as well. Last year, I almost ordered a size medium UHF and I felt good about the size. This time and wanting the UHF western indigo, it seems the shoulder measurement is ever so slightly smaller. I guess it's safe to say you have no issue with the shoulders being tight on the medium?

Generally, I'm slender. 5'10, ~145, lean runner/triathlete build. For the longest time in US shirting I used to say I was the perfect medium. Over the years as sizing has drifted, I've found needing to sometimes get a small.

I had the same problem except I’m 5’10 155 and I like the medium but the one I got it pretty short
Imma send back and hope for a longer size. I can size up but then I gotta hot wash and still to wide for my comfort. Sweet spot is 21.3 for me but I don’t mine slightly bigger just as long as I can stay under 21.7

Just got the Medium in and I think it's borderline too small Length, sleeves, chest seem good. I'm concerned about that top snap puckering slightly… Unless it's going to relax/stretch with wear.

Thoughts?

[neph93]

@chadingsworth:

Thoughts?

The arms, body length, shoulders etc all look perfect. The top snap pucker is a result of the shoulders/chest being a bit trim.

I have shirts that fit like that and live with it because the shirts are great and fit well every where else. I am more likely to wear them open though.

How bad is the pucker in reality? As I move, mine changes. Is your first pic typical or exaggerrated?

As for relaxing, yes they do, a little. Maybe enough to lessen the effect, maybe not.

Your issue with swapping would be that a size up would probably be too big. In that respect, the work shirt may be better for you.