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    Mizmazzle
    見習いボス
    Joined: 29 Jun 2021

    I was wondering, how is the black over dye process different from the indigo black process. The black ODs fade to a sort of washed out grayish blue, while tie IB seem to turn all the way back to blue…how is each applied that they would fade away in such different ways?

    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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      pmadison95
      Haraki san Prodigy
      Joined: 10 Jun 2022

      @Mizmazzle The way I understand it is that an indigo x black fabric has an indigo dyed warp yarn and a black dyed weft yarn. These two yarns are then woven together on the loom. The over dying process happens after the fabric is already woven together. So in this case I think they take a "regular" blue denim with and indigo warp and a white or off white weft and dip it in a black dye.

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        Giles
        IHUK Crew
        Joined: 22 Sept 2009

        Correct….

        "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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          Gammaman
          Raw and Unwashed
          Joined: 30 May 2014

          I don't know if anyone has asked this question before but are all the Iron Heart buttons all made of brass and coated in another metal like copper or aluminium oxide as the silver ones underneath look brassy with wear?

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            Daniel San
            見習いボス
            Joined: 2 May 2020

            why are the collars of the 526 vests smaller compared to the jacket collars ?  ::)

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              Nocturama
              Haraki san Prodigy
              Joined: 1 Jan 2023

              Does hickory denim, by definition, only use indigo as the dye colour, or is ‘black hickory’ a thing? Or any other colour, for that matter….[emoji848]

              #JustStopCrocs

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                Daniel San
                見習いボス
                Joined: 2 May 2020

                @Giles
                @Alex
                found this on ebay classifieds Germany 🤔
                is it original?

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                  Giles
                  IHUK Crew
                  Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                  Yes…..H makes a few (very few) each year, how on earth it got on to eBay, I don't know...

                  "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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                    Daniel San
                    見習いボス
                    Joined: 2 May 2020

                    @Giles
                    Where are they sold ? It says only 100 made , is that correct ?
                    You were faster

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                      Alex
                      IHUK Crew
                      Joined: 28 Sept 2009

                      Who is selling it, @Daniel San ? A German, or are you seeing a Japanese for sale listing on the German eBay?

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                        Daniel San
                        見習いボス
                        Joined: 2 May 2020

                        @Alex
                        Its a german seller on the german Ebay he is from Nürnberg

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                          Alex
                          IHUK Crew
                          Joined: 28 Sept 2009

                          Can you send me the details via PM please @Daniel San

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                            Daniel San
                            見習いボス
                            Joined: 2 May 2020

                            Of course , one minute please 👍

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                              scooter
                              啓蒙家
                              Joined: 26 Dec 2015

                              Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.

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                                Giles
                                IHUK Crew
                                Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                @Daniel:

                                Where are they sold ? It says only 100 made , is that correct ?

                                They should not have been sold, they were giveaways, primarily for Japanese retailers.  No idea how many were made.

                                "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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                                  jerkules
                                  啓蒙家
                                  Joined: 26 Aug 2018

                                  Just noticed that, since the forum change, I’m back to being “Raw and unwashed”. My post count is over 600. Any way to get me “upgraded” to my rightful status 😂?

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                                    Dmart
                                    啓蒙家
                                    Joined: 24 Mar 2021

                                    @jerkules i had the same issue. You can change it in your profile. I had to post at least once that the groups have been updated.

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                                      jerkules
                                      啓蒙家
                                      Joined: 26 Aug 2018

                                      @Dmart thanks buddy, managed to find it. Never would’ve looked there!

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                                        Mizmazzle
                                        見習いボス
                                        Joined: 29 Jun 2021

                                        Question…when an IH item goes into production, does that include the creation of the fabric as well? For example, sometimes someone will ask when a restock will be, and it’s said it just went to production so could be months until ready. I’m curious what the steps of “production” are?

                                        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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                                          Giles
                                          IHUK Crew
                                          Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                          It means that we have sent in an order and Japan have OK'd it. Sometimes the fabric will not be woven because they do not know how much to weave until we place an order. The factories we use get quiet (er) and busy at different times, we try to place orders for stuff for factories that we know are quiet, but it is an imperfect world, so that does not always work and a factory gets super backed up all of a sudden and we have to wait for a very long time.

                                          Over the last few years, we have suffered massive delays in ordering indigo 21oz selvedge garments. We simply could not weave enough of the denim. We had 4 dedicated looms running all the time just for this denim, Haraki has managed to convince the mill to increase that to 6 (all their looms are busy all the time, so it meant "stealing" those looms from someone else's denim production). So now we should have relieved the problems caused by the lack of denim, but that just means the bottleneck is now in the factories which sew up the 21oz garments, and it will take time to sort that out. You don't just turn a "make more" switch, it requires massive investment in new (old and hard-to-find sewing machines), staff and infrastructure.

                                          "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

                                          last edited by Giles 16 Feb 2023, 07:49 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
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