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    IHSH-218-BLK - 12oz Selvedge Denim Western Shirt "The Johnny Cash III" - Superblack

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    • atm23A
      atm23
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      Mine will be coming on Monday! Excited to beat this shirt up through the fall and winter!

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      • jerkulesJ
        jerkules
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        Nice ebay find, near mint. Plan to offset any savings I made by pimping with a GA snap in the near future. Not sure whether to pimp top or second button…

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        • jerkulesJ
          jerkules
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          Man sorry for the dusty mirror, sack the cleaner etc.

          Edit: and apologies for the skew-whiff collar. I am merely a mouse amongst men in this forum 😂

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          • jerkulesJ
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            Warm washed this shirt and it tightened up a little. Very slight fading too, which is always a plus. What a gorgeous denim this is. It has a lot of character for a black fabric.

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              Holy smokes, I haven't logged on here since 2013! I am wearing the IHSH-218 in a size medium after a warm wash and it fits perfectly. It was a touch roomy pre-wash, but it snugged up and the length on the sleeves came down so it fits perfectly now.

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              • neph93N
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                @hongstein:

                Holy smokes, I haven't logged on here since 2013! I am wearing the IHSH-218 in a size medium after a warm wash and it fits perfectly.

                Welcome back… nice shirt too.

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

                • Virginia Woolf
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                • jtbel1988J
                  jtbel1988
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                  I've been searching for size XL for a long time and pulled the trigger when one become available on the RE-Loved page at a nice discount.

                  Something about this black denim is magical. Every time I look at different areas I notice something unique.

                  I'll be enjoying this one all winter long.

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                    I have what may be a dumb question but I'm good with that.  So I think I read somewhere at some point that the 218 was made using the SBG process, would the sulphur dyed warp yarns then produce a chemical smell or "that sulphur smell"?  I received a 218 in the mail today and this bad boy stinks.

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                    • John GaltJ
                      John Galt
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                      Received mine about a mnth ago from an IH stockist - hasn’t had the tag removed yet and no unusual smells.

                      No one’s happiness but my own is in my power to achieve or to destroy.

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                        @John:

                        Received mine about a mnth ago from an IH stockist - hasn’t had the tag removed yet and no unusual smells.

                        Well damn.  Thanks @John Galt.

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                        • neph93N
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                          @Joe_M:

                          I have what may be a dumb question but I'm good with that.  So I think I read somewhere at some point that the 218 was made using the SBG process, would the sulphur dyed warp yarns then produce a chemical smell or "that sulphur smell"?  I received a 218 in the mail today and this bad boy stinks.

                          That's bizarre. The 218 has never been made SBG. The point with the JC line is that they aresuperblack and won't fade. There was a SBG western many years ago however. The IHSH-08, I think. Generally IH SBG doesn't have a strong sulphur smell in my experience.

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

                          • Virginia Woolf
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                            @neph93:

                            @Joe_M:

                            I have what may be a dumb question but I'm good with that.  So I think I read somewhere at some point that the 218 was made using the SBG process, would the sulphur dyed warp yarns then produce a chemical smell or "that sulphur smell"?  I received a 218 in the mail today and this bad boy stinks.

                            That's bizarre. The 218 has never been made SBG. The point with the JC line is that they aresuperblack and won't fade. There was a SBG western many years ago however. The IHSH-08, I think. Generally IH SBG doesn't have a strong sulphur smell in my experience.

                            Yeah I'm not sure @neph93.  When I put the shirt on, it was like standing in a cloud of chemical smell so I didn't keep it on for long.  I could certainly be misremembering what I read though since it was a while ago and I couldn't find the post again to be sure of what I read.  It was likely an old post, so you may be on to something in that it may have been about a different black shirt and I'm crossing them.  Either way, I emailed the stockist and the owner who responded also said it was a superblack shirt so the odor was due to that process and that it would dissipate in time, so the shirt currently hanging out on a rod all by its lonesome.  We'll see what happens.

                            Happy New Year

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                              The only thing I can possibly think of is that maybe some kind of cleaner of some sort,or any chemical product was used in the shop and they don't realize that the smell may have permeated some of the clothes.You might need to soak or wash it.

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                                sabergirl
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                                Sounds like the shirt may need a wash, to me. I hope you get it sorted. Cheers to 2022!

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                                • GilesG
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                                  This was made with SBG denim.

                                  https://www.ironheart.co.uk/extinct/ihsh-08sbg.html

                                  But that was a very, very, very long time ago and is not the 218….

                                  "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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                                    Just given my IHSH-218 a second soak after 50 wears. I have never had any denim that was still so stiff after this amount of wear. Even though there has been some suggestion that this doesn't fade, it is starting to fade (very slowly).

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                                    • KasiK
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                                      Looking good

                                      The world's insane
                                      While you drink champagne
                                      And I'm livin' in black rain 4Q 🖕

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                                      • Pipeboss713P
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                                        Oh man.
                                        There is a small for sale on Franklin & Poe and I’m tempted to try it
                                        I’m a medium in uhf and I have medium denim shirts that are a little roomy but look great
                                        Worried I might be too big for the small

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                                        “He who guards his mouth, protects his life”
                                        Proverbs 13:3

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                                          Lowlander
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                                          @Pipeboss713 I wouldn't do that if I were you. These will shrink half a size after a wash.

                                          Verstuurd vanaf mijn SM-A217F met Tapatalk

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                                          • Pipeboss713P
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                                            @Lowlander:

                                            @Pipeboss713 I wouldn't do that if I were you. These will shrink half a size after a wash.

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                                            Thanks for that

                                            I’ll wait for restock

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                                            “He who guards his mouth, protects his life”
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