Introduce Yourself Here

Amko

@Heavy_blue Thanks for the warm welcome. Very happy to be here.

I am from India originally. My first job was in advertising, worked a number of positions in the Middle East - Dubai, UAE, Muscat, Oman, Amman, Jordan, then in London, UK, and then in New York, NY., Orlando, FL. (in 1999) which was home base for our software development/digital marketing company. Online forums managed: Toyota, Honda, Chrysler, Volvo, National/Panasonic, Sanyo, Toshiba and IKEA - now these were all out of the UAE and focused on Middle East markets. At the risk of sounding pompous, these were first-of-their-kind projects. The online forums were all bespoke.

In 1999 I set up India's first digital marketing company, moving to the US to service several e-commerce start-ups. This was the so-called offshore development era. Yours truly typically traveled to India 4-6 times a year to liaise with customers in the States and software developers back in India.

On the personal front: I'm back in India, live near Mumbai (Bombay), semi-retired at 57, my wife also works with a 2-billion dollar product development software global enterprise and my daughter just qualified for the Bar (intellectual property lawyer, working at a leading IP development firm) and is hugely obsessed with LVMH (Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton).

The 666s will take 4-7 days to reach Mumbai and thereafter will go into the black hole of Mumbai Customs. The arcane workings of said MC are best left to the imagination. Then there is a hefty Customs Clearance cost - 31 to 35% of the invoice price, depends on the 'mood' of the Customs Examiner, who at the best of times are a jealous and spiteful bunch. But we men of Iron must soldier on, heart within and God overhead.

Looking forward to keeping you all posted, men of the Iron Cloth!

@Amko welcome again! And thanks for sharing your story! Can’t wait to see you rock those 666!

Beans

Hi y’all!

My name is Ian from Toronto Canada.

Long time lurker that recently got back into raw denim after taking a long engineered garments hiatus.

Nice to see some familiar faces/names from the Sufu/supertalk days!!

@Beans welcome dude!

Amko

@Beans Happy to meet you and welcome (back), Ian.

Shed some light on your Sufu/Supertalk days? I came late to the party.

Best wishes,
Amko

Beans

@Amko

nice to meet ya!

Sufu (Superfuture) was an amazing forum/resource during a time (2000s??) when there really wasnt a central place where people could share and learn about (mostly) mens fashion.

It was a place where I first learned about Self Edge (SF), EDC, Denim in general, WAYWT and IH (amongst lots of other culture/fashion things)!!

Sad to see when reddit showed up but it was similar to the IH board which i am very very happy to now be a part of!

rnl

Hi, I can't believe I'm back here (and also back to wearing raw denim again since the last time in 2014), It's never too late for everything right? This morning I just placed an online order from Iron Heart Germany for the last piece of IH-634S-UHR size 30 lol, I'm so hyped. Anyway, I live in Italy and looking forward to this forum.

Luijim78

@rnl hello welcome back, I'm Italian

@rnl welcome dude! Enjoy your UHR

Makarwise

I've found myself here through my constant desire to find out what works best. Waiting for my first pair of Iron Hearts to arrive (eBay 2nd hand 777s). I hope they work out. I've been a Nudie wearer for a decade and recently bought two new pairs of Samurai that I returned as they just didn't fit right. Buying remotely is not without difficulty... Other than that, I am a budding Samurai (Iaido 1st dan), work with people in nature, learn shakuhachi and hand pan, collect fountain pens, climb hills, drink weiss beer and do a daily cardinal points gratitude, like any old druid should.
Looking forward to being enlightened on the denims front

Mizmazzle

@Makarwise welcome!! Come for the advice, stay for the smart ass commentary.

Luijim78

@Makarwise welcome among us

@Makarwise welcome! Great to have you around

RobeOfTheMagi

Hello IH-Community :),

I'd like to introduce myself very briefly here. I'm Robe (which is a cheeky reference to a Warcraft 3 item and also loosely related to the beautiful garments worn here). I joined here because I love the way you interact with each other (which is not the norm in online communication, I suppose) and I have great admiration for things well made.

For some reason I have got a thing for Japanese made stuff (Seiko watches, green tea, Murakami's novels) but also everything that ages beautifully, no matter where it comes from.

My denim journey started 2 1/2 years ago when I purchased a pair of Edwin stretch denim, which have now become my main rock climbing trousers. Bouldering is another passion of mine, but work and family life do not leave much time for that ;).

I always thought that non-stretch heavy denim would be impractical for an active lifestyle until the 888 cut proved the opposite <3. Now I wear the 888s daily with great joy.

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