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    Isaias.C
    Raw and Unwashed
    Joined: 3 Dec 2022

    Any tips on not blowing out jeans? I have trouble in the crotch area. Always the first place to give out on me

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      Matt
      見習いボス
      Joined: 4 Oct 2011

      Just find a good tailor. Jeans get holes. No big deal brother.

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        neph93
        見習いボス
        @Isaias.C
        Joined: 18 Aug 2014

        @Isaias-C Yeah it’s all in the game. I find certain types of cuts are more prone to it than others. It has a lot to do with body shape. It is generally an easy fix though. I mostly fix my own. Just choose a thread and cut out a piece of denim from unwanted hems, then sew it on the inside.

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

        • Virginia Woolf
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          pechelman
          啓蒙家
          Joined: 24 Jan 2022

          Say we wanted to OD a piece of IH clothing, could it be thrown in the bath with whatever else is in process?

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            Matt
            見習いボス
            Joined: 4 Oct 2011

            You could dye it sure but the IH OD process is notoriously brutal on denim and involves some weird creole magic or something so I’m not sure how you’d replicate all that.

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              pechelman
              啓蒙家
              Joined: 24 Jan 2022

              Mostly I was thinking if something were to be purchased new that wasn't offered in od. I assumed the original stuff that is sold as OD once started as plain indigo and it wouldn't be any worse than those. Clearly this would be a final purchase, at extra cost?, and add an unknown wait time to getting the item, but just curious.

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                Matt
                見習いボス
                Joined: 4 Oct 2011

                I’ll bet You Tube can tell us…

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                  sabergirl
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                  Joined: 4 Oct 2013

                  I think that would present a big logistical challenge for IHUK. Since the OD process takes place in Japan, they would purchase the item like normal, it would be manufactured, shipped to the UK, sold to you, then shipped back to Japan to a different place to get dunked in the OD bath. Then it would ship back out to you. Or rather back to IHUK then back to you. That’s a big carbon footprint for one item.

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                    Giles
                    IHUK Crew
                    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                    @sabergirl speaketh the truth. Plus what happens if it gets knackered (we've lost a whole run of jeans before because the process is so brutal) or shrinks significantly...

                    "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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                      Nik
                      Raw and Unwashed
                      Joined: 12 Nov 2020

                      Dye it yourself @pechelman here are my 21oz 888 dyed smoke grey in my washing machine

                      IMG_3628.jpeg

                      They're very similar to the black OD that IH does, but the inside is lighter, the constructional stitching picked up less dye, and the overall colour is more navy-charcoal. I was considering doing a completely different colour inspired by the red overdid denim shirt last season but the shop only had grey. Maybe next time I'd go green...

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                        Oaktavia
                        見習いボス
                        @Alex
                        Joined: 12 Jun 2019

                        @Alex said in There's no Such Thing as a Stupid Question:

                        Why can't Yanks spell Aluminium

                        Hahahaha

                        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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                          DrPat
                          Iron Heart Deity
                          Joined: 9 Oct 2009

                          Doesn't the OD process occur with extremely hot dye in a spinning vat? I don't think it's something you can easily replicate at home.

                          Additionally, the whole purpose of overdying is to have it fade from black to indigo to white. Using black dye you buy off the shelf probably won't give you that effect.

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                            Giles
                            IHUK Crew
                            @DrPat
                            Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                            @DrPat said in There's no Such Thing as a Stupid Question:

                            Doesn't the OD process occur with extremely hot dye in a spinning vat?

                            Yes

                            "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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                              Inorganic
                              Haraki san Student
                              Joined: 7 Sept 2022

                              OK here it goes - I have a pair of 777s-142bb W:34 and I'm looking to get a pair of 777S-21oz - I was expecting that they'd line up to aW:34 as well - but it seems not - looks like a WW:33 is a better fit. I know the guide is to always look at the measurements and go with what is best...but I was surprised to see variability within a cut. So is variability within a cut (and within a material) expected? Thanks!

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                                Matt
                                見習いボス
                                Joined: 4 Oct 2011

                                Definitely. Using the size chart and not the waist size when looking at different materials in the same fit is the way to go.

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                                  popvulture
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                                  Joined: 2 Oct 2018

                                  Agreed. I've got 3 pairs of 634s at the moment, and each fits a little differently. Some are 33, some are 34. I once tried the 634 in the natural indigo, and neither 33 nor 34 were big enough. Definitely varies, chart is the best way.

                                  WTB
                                  IHSH-IHG-BLK XXL
                                  Sugar Cane Coke Stripe SS L charcoal

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                                    Inorganic
                                    Haraki san Student
                                    Joined: 7 Sept 2022

                                    @popvulture @Matt thanks gents!

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                                      Vaperfavour1313
                                      Haraki san Student
                                      Joined: 27 Jan 2021

                                      What happened to the Boot forum? I don’t see it.

                                      Make mine Indigo!

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                                        Giles
                                        IHUK Crew
                                        Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                        Which boot forum>

                                        "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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                                          T4920
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