IHSH-339-SAX - Ultra Heavy Flannel Blanket Check Work Shirt - Sax Blue
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Just out of curiosity, can anyone elaborate on the button discussion? Is Iron Heart transitioning to larger buttons? Are there any issues with the current size being secure? Would the button on this shirt be the same size and material as the one found at the very top of my 20th UHF Western Shirt? Thanks!
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The buttons on all our work shirts are the same size as the button holes, by design, because that is the perfect size to fit through the hole (Japanese logic). In our (IHUK) opinion, making the buttons 1mm larger would mean that they still fit through the hole, but are just that much more secure. Not so much about fixing an issue as it is about improving an already good design.
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I guess I'm late to the button discussion, but I have numerous UHF work shirts, and I've never noticed any issues with security/retention. Granted, the shirts aren't 10 years old, so that could change if the button hole stretches over time. Most of the time, I wear mine as an overshirt with either one or two buttons secured, or with the entire placket unbuttoned.
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I'm going to try and be tactful, but it may not work
To a great extent, it is a question of physique. The reason the Japanese do not have an issue with the current buttons is that on the whole, they are slim and very very rarely put any pressure on the buttonhole. So they have never encountered a problem domestically. If they had, they would have done something about it already.
In the west, we tend to be a bit larger/different shape and often place more pressure on the buttonhole. It is this sideways pressure that causes the button to slip through the hole (it does not happen to me, but then I have never had a crotch blowout either).
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I agree with you, @Giles. In addition, tighter fits have evolved into a trend over the last decade. I frequently see guys wearing shirts that are spreading open between the buttons. I like a fit that is suitable for more activities than going to the coffee shop (and getting a pumpkin spice latte…lol). Just my 1.5 cents...thanks for your reply. Speaking of work shirts, I'm about to score the sax blue - beautiful color contrast, yet subtle.
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Looking at the size chart for these (with a focus on the small size), the measurements look a little larger than the claimed measurements for the IHSH-268-RED and IHSH-299-PUR, the two UHFs I already own.
Is this intended, or due to some measuring quirk? If so, is this part of a trend toward slightly larger sizing in general?
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Wouldn’t read too much into these minor size variations. It happens with every run, because they’re made by humans.
The UHF patterns are locked in and probably won’t change. There has been sleeve length variation that can be significant, but the rest is just sewing differences.
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100% @sabergirl , plus even different colour dyes cause the fabric to behave differently
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@SKT
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Thanks brother!
It’s almost only posts about sizing for the SAX, so cool that you like it as well. It’s also my most worn one and that’s why I got myself second one. I just could not stand the thought of finishing it off one day and having to wait for doubtful restock in some distant future.
