Ask Giles and/or Alex Anything

[Jett129]

And I kept thinking I must be using the wrong finger,cause I would switch fingers and then it would seem to work.

[Matt]

Same issue.  Figured it was my shit desert Wi-Fi.

[Kasi]

Same issue for the last 3 days

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[Giles]

Do you still have it now?

Better for me today.

[Kasi]

Seem to be ok today

Yep all good

[vaquero357]

@Giles

…what do you think? A) Cut the bail and ram it through? Or, grab a pair of pliers and rip it out from

whence it came? ???

[Giles]

Never needed to tr it myself, but this method is supposed to be the best…..

http://www.bishfish.co.nz/articles/general/hookout.htm

[vaquero357]

…oh man, I'm looking for the anesthesiologist on this one (@Anesthetist) , I don't want to know how you get it out just get it out!

[Salted Racer]

@Giles apologies if you've been asked this before but what are your thoughts on having an IH exclusive fading contest? Maybe just on the forum?

[Jcaz6996]

@Giles @Alex hope you had a great bank holiday.
What happened to the DWC why did that come to an end? just been looking through the previous comps. The best part… IH designing a pair of jeans for that year incredible , would love something like that to run again.. what are the chances? I bet there is a load of forum members who would love to be apart of this..

[Daniel San]

Good question James

[Jcaz6996]

Let’s go
2 year fading comp that’s crazy good..
With IH prizes
Entry fee to cover the prizes

[Alex]

I'll answer, though this was a bit before my time so @Giles may want to add more..

The DWC was never an Iron Heart specific contest, in the sense that we did not organise it. It was put together and run by @Megatron1505, and Iron Heart helped make jeans and sponsor/judge etc etc. I think Gavin got busy, and the admin required to manage the participants was very taxing. A break was taken at some point, and it never returned. In the interim, the Indigo Invitational was born, and I am not sure that we need two competing contests in the world. (but that is just me). If the guys from the II wanted to make an II/IH collaboration jean to coincide with a future contest, I would be open to it, but we have not been asked

[Giles]

Yes, this was a Beatle / @Megatron1505 thing, not an Iron Heart thing.

[prpx]

What kind of service/repair shop should i look for shortening sleeves on my IH-526Lod ?
Do they need the same (union special) machine used for hemming the jeans? I went to my local tailor and he just said - my machine can’t go through that

[Mizmazzle]

I had a 20oz Oni type 3 sleeves shortened. It worked. But it doesn’t look close to as clean as it did as original. My guess is that it’s quite hard to do properly.

[bryaneidins70]

If you’re are in the USA I would give this lady a call.

https://railcarfinegoods.com/

[Giles]

@prpx said in Ask Giles Anything:

What kind of service/repair shop should i look for shortening sleeves on my IH-526Lod ?
Do they need the same (union special) machine used for hemming the jeans? I went to my local tailor and he just said - my machine can’t go through that

No, there are about 13 separate machines involved I'n making a pair of jeans or a denim jacket. The Union Special 43200G, is just one of them, and all that does is sew the hem.

You'll need a very good tailor who has a bullet proof walking-foot (or something like that. But frankly, I would not bother, the risks are massive.

[prpx]

Thanks @Giles - yeah, i’ll just wear it as it is, it’s maybe a 2-3cm’s extra long

[TinMan]

@Giles after 9 years, long story… I finally soaked my IHSH 45. It got, forgot spent a couple years in garage inside a tote. Most it’s life was on top shelf of closet out of site of mind. Did I harm the denim? by letting it sit around in the raw state for so long?

Hand wash 40 c