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RIP Filthy Mike

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    misfitlife
    Raw and Unwashed
    Joined: 9 Jan 2019

    I never met Mike and didn’t know him personally but we chatted on IG and this forum. He was so helpful and such a kind soul. This is heartbreaking. Rest In Peace Mike.

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      Eisenherz
      Iron Heart Deity
      Joined: 8 Mar 2016


      R.I.P.
      Filthy
      😞

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        Oaktavia
        見習いボス
        Joined: 12 Jun 2019

        Always rock the #filthycuffs

        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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          goosehd
          Mod Squad
          Joined: 8 Apr 2016

          Such mixed emotions today…the sadness of losing a friend and the joy of us joining together and sharing our love for him and each other.

          "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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            Mizmazzle
            見習いボス
            Joined: 29 Jun 2021

            A song for Filthy feel free too listen. Popped in my head nothing professional but out of the heart

            Incredible. This is quite special @Heavy_blue

            In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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              Oaktavia
              見習いボス
              Joined: 12 Jun 2019

              @goosehd:

              the joy of us joining together and sharing our love for him and each other.

              This right here I was pondering last night reading through this thread.

              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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                mclaincausey
                見習いボス
                Joined: 12 Apr 2013

                Here’s another from Mike’s trip out to Golden. He brought me a mug and some special beers from the Coors brewery he was working at. Beers are long gone but never letting go of that mug even if it’s a Steelers mug 🙂

                He also gave me a Merz heavy tee that I already cherished, a bit more now.

                Love you Mike.

                Think it, be it.

                last edited by 28 Jan 2023, 15:21 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                  AdamC
                  IHUK Crew
                  Joined: 12 Jan 2018

                  Such sad and shocking news.

                  Some beautiful tributes in this thread to show how loved Mike is around these parts.  RIP Filthy

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                    501IH
                    Raw and Unwashed
                    Joined: 22 Jul 2011

                    After reading these very sad news, I'd like to add my condolences to the many already posted.
                    My good thoughts are with Mike's parents and relatives, I'm sorry for your loss and wish you peace and strength.

                    I only had a few direct exchanges with Mike, but, like likely everybody who is on this forum, I felt I knew him. He was just literally always present, a prolific poster with a most profound love of denim in general and the IH brand in particular. I always found he was generous, a good - if troubled - soul, and what I believe is called a "genuine guy".

                    It's terrible to lose him. He will be remembered, without any doubt, by this worldwide community to which he so extensively contributed.

                    R. I. P. Mike. Farewell.

                    Keep your jeans on–-and let nothing come in between you and the denim !

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                      Jdub
                      Raw and Unwashed
                      Joined: 23 Sept 2015

                      RIP Filthy 😞

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                        atm23
                        Raw and Unwashed
                        Joined: 30 Apr 2014

                        This is so sad. I send my condolences to the family and loved ones. I remember @Filthy notoriously boiling his jeans and always posting fade pics with his sandals. This is such a gut punch to the community. He will be missed. RIP Mike.

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                          atm23
                          Raw and Unwashed
                          Joined: 30 Apr 2014

                          @Oaktavia:

                          @goosehd:

                          the joy of us joining together and sharing our love for him and each other.

                          This right here I was pondering last night reading through this thread.

                          That rough tough Break the Needle IH community.

                          last edited by 28 Jan 2023, 16:35 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                            Madame Buttonfly
                            IHUK Crew
                            Joined: 28 Sept 2009

                            I was shocked and saddened when Giles told me the awful news about Mike yesterday, and am still at a loss for words.  The tributes on this thread demonstrate what a lovely, lovely man he was - kind, generous, passionate about lots of things (especially Iron Heart) and adoring of his cat, Pickles.

                            He was loved, and will be missed enormously.

                            @Filthy:

                            I think Pickleses favorite thing besides begging for food is kisses 😘😘😘

                            AKA Mrs G

                            last edited by 28 Jan 2023, 16:55 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                              Stass
                              Joined: 7 Jan 2020

                              I was very heartbroken to hear this news… Mike was such a great dude and reached out to me on multiple occasions about fading jeans and taking photos of faded jeans. I will sincerely miss him…<3

                              last edited by 28 Jan 2023, 17:01 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                pacreamer
                                Haraki san Student
                                Joined: 4 Mar 2017

                                Rest easy, Filthy.

                                last edited by 28 Jan 2023, 17:44 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                  steelworker
                                  見習いボス
                                  Joined: 16 Apr 2014

                                  aw Mike

                                  Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                                  Well, I have others.

                                  last edited by 28 Jan 2023, 17:59 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                    neph93
                                    見習いボス
                                    Joined: 18 Aug 2014

                                    For Filthy…

                                    When I started on the forum around 2013 Mike was already there. At that point his forum nick was @FilthyBloodJunkie. I remember raising my eyebrows at that. It didn’t sound good at all. It wasn’t either, Mike had a long history of serious drug abuse.

                                    Which points to something interesting regarding this thing of ours. We present ourselves in all kinds of ways here, as well as in other forms of social media. We may misrepresent, lie, or hide things. We may be open about some things but not others, or we may indulge keyboard warrior oneupmanship. Ironically, Mike did none of those things. His old nick was accurate. He used to be a junkie. He didn’t need to cover that up. He was always Mike, whatever his forum nick, at least until he settled on «Filthy». At which point he was already a legend.

                                    So who was Filthy? He loved cats. He loved his Mum. He loved Iron Heart, zombies, vaping and pepperoni pizza. He was the most irreverent motherfucker I’ve met. And he was certainly the gentlest and kindest of us. He would help anyone here if he could, and he often did. Many of you will be familiar with the blue totes you get from Self Edge when you buy something. I lost my one that I got with my first pair of IH, mentioned it and he sent me one of his all the way PA to Norway. He secretly included an amazing silver skull ring of his that I had admired. Must be worth  a few hundred dollars. He did it as a surprise. Madness.

                                    Speaking of which, we know Mike died suddenly at the age of 44. Those of us that interacted with him for any period knew he was open about his mental illness. He would commonly laugh and joke about his suicide. It wasn’t an “if” but a “when” for him. For my part I accepted that, but secretly hoped, and believed, it would never come to that. He was too full of love and laughter, surely. Maybe it didn’t. Maybe his recently diagnosed heart condition took him. At the end of the day it doesn’t matter. He’s gone now and we’re much, much poorer for it.

                                    Mike and I had our last communication a while back. Sometime in October or November. He was not in a great mood and was being negative about a lot of things not least the migration of the forum to a new platform. He wrote with some self deprecating bitterness that the “legend of Filthy” could die with the old forum and he wouldn’t be back. He didn’t live long enough to see that it won’t happen. It won’t be allowed to happen. I for one will remember Filthy, the man and the legend. The forum will remember him. Mike was one of the most beautiful people I’ve never had the pleasure of meeting and I loved him.

                                    Goodbye mate. “We’ll always have cameltoe paradise”.

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

                                    • Virginia Woolf
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                                      Oaktavia
                                      見習いボス
                                      Joined: 12 Jun 2019

                                      @neph93:

                                      the “legend of Filthy” could die with the old forum and he wouldn’t be back.

                                      He told me this too, and that he only told you and no one else. Also asked me not to tell anyone so he could become a legend of the old IH forum. Guess he got what he wanted there, but more than he could have imagined.

                                      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

                                      last edited by 28 Jan 2023, 19:41 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                        going_to_battle
                                        Joined: 16 Aug 2019

                                        I'm so sorry to hear about Filthy's passing. He was one of the iconic members of the Iron Heart community. I loved reading about his bonkers exploits trying to shrink shirts, wash jeans, etc. The stuff of legend.

                                        last edited by 28 Jan 2023, 20:05 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                          BlueBlood
                                          Haraki san Prodigy
                                          Joined: 2 Jan 2022

                                          I'm very sorry to hear about Mike. I'm relatively new here and I don't think that I ever had an interaction with him. I regret not getting to know him better. Anybody who likes both IH and Mickey's is definitely somebody that I could hang with.

                                          I've enjoyed reading the posts from others about not only his passion for the brand, but also his kindness and generosity.

                                          last edited by 28 Jan 2023, 20:22 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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