IH-888-XHSBB - 25oz Selvedge Denim Medium/High Rise Tapered Cut - Black/Black

[Salted Racer]

Fair enough sir—makes complete sense. I will treasure them even more now

[Oaktavia]

@Salted:

I will treasure them even more now

For real though, that's how I feel about my pair of 777XHSbb. It is a bummer for the folks who missed out, but it makes them rarer than other denims of it's kind. Makes owning a pair special and I'm stoked we hopped on ours when we could.

[Mizmazzle]

Man, bummed I didn’t realize what I was missing out on when these last dropped. Would love a true black 25oz denim in the 888 cut. Guess the ib would be the only black(ish) option in 25oz. Any pointers I might be missing out on? Wonder if the UHR would ever come in a black…

Basically wanting my next pair to be black not OD. Love me some 25oz…what’s a boy to do??

[Giles]

@Mizmazzle:

Guess the ib would be the only black(ish) option in 25oz.

Nope, fades to blue.  these are 19 not 25, but you get the drift….

https://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=14334.msg659779#msg659779

UHR will not come in black...

[Mizmazzle]

Well, sheet! @Giles guess my closest bet at this point is the 21oz SBG then??

[Filthy2123ozjunkie]

Gave them a trip through the worsher… I dunked them under cool water about a minute, folded them I half, and rolled them up from the hems to them waist. I ran them on a cold, shot cycle, delicate/hand wash, no spin.... Dripped dry over the furnace vent. I ran them through the dryer (after they were completely dry) to soften them up because they were like sand paper... There's absolutely no marbling or streaks or anything disagreeable. I'm very happy

The white streaks and spots are snow flurries

[Oaktavia]

Hell yeah buddy @Filthy love that you're wearing them hard nowadays.

[A Former User]

Amazing @Filthy

[AdamJ]

Stellar example of the 25oz black/black fades, best one I've seen yet. This pair came in for repair recently

[goosehd]

@AdamJ You make me want to buy a pair of black jeans…something I never thought I would say.  I love black Type III’s but the jeans never interested me….until now.    Great job!!

[AdamJ]

@goosehd thanks! Should add a note to the above, they aren't mine  just a pair that came through for repair

[goosehd]

Then I take it all back…get to work slacker  Have a great weekend @AdamJ

…and still a pair of lovely jeans.  Whoever did that, Great Job!!

[AdamJ]

@goosehd however I will keep being the advocate for all the black denims out there!

[Oaktavia]

HOLY MOLY those look amazing @AdamJ I assume they have been washed a ton? I reeeeeeally dig how the black arches and W stand out like crazy on that pair. Might need to give mine a few more washes…

[atm23]

@AdamJ Wow! Those look amazing! Curious as to how many washes and how many days worn?

[AdamJ]

@atm23 they're 2 years old but I am unsure how much wear/washes they've had I'm afraid. They came in to Josh for repair so I borrowed them for some pics!

[A Former User]

@AdamJ danggg dude those look stunning!

[Oaktavia]

I'm going to take an educated guess and say that pair has been washed at least a dozen times, maybe quite more. My pair of 777XHSbb are much darker and around the same age with more contrast overall and have been washed 8 times in a machine with 140 or so wears.

[Mizmazzle]

Geez these are sick!! Hoping one day a pair will pop up on the Buy/ sell thread!! I have a pair of SBG getting hemmed right now I look forward to getting into. But that 25oz!!! Believe it was the great bearded one him self, @Oaktavia that said' @25oz in Black Black…no brainer!!" These dropped when I was first getting into IH...sadly at the time I had to brain!!

[Oaktavia]

@Mizmazzle I remember asking Filthy Mike what type of black denim I should go for, the SBG 21oz or the XHSbb. He was the one who recommended the latter and I'm so glad he did. Eventually it became the no brainer for me and knew Mike really knew his shit after that!