Toughest Iron Heart denim to fade?

[AdamJ]

My first pair of 17oz natural denim did not fade quickly, the 555N I got last year, I seem to have blinked and missed the fade process and know they look pretty nice!

Easiest denim to fade - SBG

[Kasi]

Ten years of wearing IH Jeans

I can say these fades fast
25oz XHS 25oz 777, 666, 555
XHSib, 25XHSbb
21oz indigo 555 and 777
Pronto 25oz Indigo/Indigo Pronto 25oz XHS
Beatle Buster 21oz
555 21oz non sbg version
UHR 21/23oz the first version

My slowest fade are NO LOT overdyed

[SKT]

@Heavy_blue I have some 777S-142 and I’ve found them to be kind of hard to fade. Nothing like the 21L but still kind of stubborn. I’ll try and get a pic up in their thread sometime.

[louisbosco]

21L and the 17 slubs for me. couldn't really seem to get them going..

[SKT]

@louisbosco I want to add that your 21L’s look awesome though

[Daniel San]

absolutely

[louisbosco]

@SKT thank you. I, personally wasn't too happy with it. but coming off the UHR, it wasn't an unfair comparison..

[Gammaman]

These are the toughest jeans to fade but we’re made by the Works TW-634NSP. I’ve had these since 2016 worn them for about a year to work they just don’t fade but I still like them. Natural indigo hank dyed organic cotton.

[SKT]

@Gammaman Faded or not they’re a great shade of blue

[Gammaman]

Yeah a different shade of blue more old school.

[Mizmazzle]

I’m curious why natural indigo seems to be so much harder to fade. Must penetrate the fibers deeper??

[Gammaman]

Yeah these are hank dyed to and I had a look at one of the fibres and the natural indigo goes right the way through to the core.

[Mizmazzle]

Ah! Yeah that hank dying means done by hand, right?

[chrisjohnnick]

In my experience? Whichever ones I don't wear, either by being the wrong size or the wrong cut for me.

[Giles]

@Mizmazzle said in Toughest Iron Heart denim to fade?:

Ah! Yeah that hank dying means done by hand, right?

No, it means that the hanks of denim are dunked in indigo (may be by hand, but not necessarily) and the fibres absorb the indigo, as opposed to the more normal method of indigo dyeing denim which is rope dyed, where the indigo oxidised to the surface and does not penetrate the core.

[Mizmazzle]

@Giles learn something new everyday!!!

[mclaincausey]

These are my 777N about two years in to almost daily wear in sunlight.

[Brandrea]

@Daniel-San sorry to high Jack this thread, but I’ve been trying to decide whether to buy the left hand twill ….

I thought o read here somewhere that they are stiffer than the right hand twill. Are you saying L hand twill are softer?

[Daniel San]

@Brandrea
the are super soft . Same like the normal 21oz or even more soft , at least mine are.
Guess you think of the 19oz lefty , as the 21oz are not available anymore ( except Japan) .
The 19oz is a different thing , as mentioned before in this thread.

[Brandrea]

@Daniel-San thank you for that! Yes I must’ve read about the 19oz then.

Appreciate the clarification!