Iron Heart Products - What do you think we should make?

[Boit]

@Giles said in Iron Heart Products - What do you think we should make?:

We do remakes and reruns of old classics from time to time, but we can't even keep decent stock levels of our constant items. Capacity is seriously limited so what we do make is a juggling game

Excuse me if my suggestion was trite or outrageous. Probably a bit of both since it was not well received and the subsequent discussion steered in a direction tangent to my post/thought:

IH currently makes new* seasonal items and re-runs "continuous" items. I think this (smartly) serves and drives demand in different ways. And yes: occasionally some old classics get rerun (eg IHSH-332-SAX). Given the amount of discussion in this forum of cult-classics that were only once run, I was pondering what it would look like if the later were more regularly represented in what gets made. I'm imaging something akin to how Dan Smith revived Fender instruments in the early 80's with the introduction of the "Vintage Reissue" series that were made in the Fullerton plant: faithful recreations of old-classics.

Please note this (idea) is, like almost everything in this thread, a pie-in-the-sky suggestion that is absent the reality of manufacturing constraints and opportunity costs.

[Giles]

@boit I love discussions like these, it allows us to expose some of the constraints we have to work with.

In the early days, I steadfastly refused to remake earlier (usually seasonal) items. I thought that if you had bought something that was obviously limited, then seeing it remade would take some gloss off the purchase. As we got bigger and our customer base expanded, more and more people would look at the back catalogue and ask us to remake stuff, so I relented and we did start remaking stuff.

The single biggest issue we have in this regard is capacity. We just cant do everything we want (and our customers want us) to do, so walk a tightrope of seasonal innovation, remaking classics and keeping decent stock of the continuous items.

[mclaincausey]

I never understood the whole exclusivity thing. Who cares? It’s not like you’re likely to see the same flannel in everyday life. And if you do, that’s actually kind of cool.

[A Former User]

The thrill of the search of a holy grail piece is something unintentionally that happened and something i really like about IH. Also trying to create new collections and new fabrics is what happens imo when you keep trying to reinvent things with the overengineerd vibe from IH. So instead of making it all over and over again i like the ‘limited’ idea.

[Giles]

@mclaincausey said in Iron Heart Products - What do you think we should make?:

I never understood the whole exclusivity thing. Who cares? It’s not like you’re likely to see the same flannel in everyday life. And if you do, that’s actually kind of cool.

In my everyday life, other than at an Iron Heart event(or the like), I have seen a stranger wearing Iron Heart once - and that was in Japan. So when people bitch about Iron Heart getting too big/ ubiquitous, I do a Haraki eye-roll

[jordanscollected]

@mclaincausey exclusivity drives sales. Whether it's a limited run item or a core item like Wabash with only 1 left in your size. If everything had an unlimited supply the random one off colors and fabrics would be much less intriguing to buyers.

I know you know all this info, but I want to spew it out anyhow.

Life is filled with impulse decisions driven by chance, opportunity, rarity, exclusivity, FOMO, etc.

Iron Heart buyers aren't immune to a purchase driven by the above factors that they then realize wasn't the best idea after the hype settled. Or, it becomes a favorite item that has a cool story that no one cares to listen to about it.

[chrisjohnnick]

How about a set of denim coveralls? 21oz, 18oz, 17oz natural?

Or how about some bibs in 14oz?

6.5oz or 7.5oz sleeveless shirt?

21oz denim backpack?

Just rattling off some tings that have been on my brain the last couple of days as I'm getting ready for Spring and Summer.

[mclaincausey]

Not saying I’d wear them, but chambray coveralls make a lot of sense to me. I’ve got swamp nuts just thinking about heavy denim coveralls

[Alex]

Yeah, I would like to do coveralls at some point, have brought it up a couple of times with Haraki, but will keep plugging away

[BalticBob]

Blanket Lined Duck Canvas Jacket

Hello!

I have been a fan of the forum and IH for years and I have many great items which I am absolutely loving. I have waited in the shadows for a particular jacket for a few years but I have never seen it. I now feel compelled to ask about this jacket and I am really curious to know why IH doesn't do something like this.

The jacket I so love is a blanket lined duck canvas jacket (brown, black or blue). I had the original Carhartt Detroit but the fit is not on point for me. I currently own the Carhartt WIP version which is, in my opinion, a really nice interpretation of the original jacket. However, it's modernized for the masses and is somewhat 'streetware' which means it has some short comings.

I searched the forum but I could not find a topic like this so here it is:
Would IH ever make, or has IH ever made, a blanket lined duck canvas jacket with a corduroy collar. I do own the whipcord jacket which has the cord collar and ventile lining which absolutely rips (IHJ-61), but it's not warm enough for Hamburg.

Since you asked for my opinion, I would say that jacket (IHJ-61) without the button at the hem, and perhaps with a single slit breast pocket, made from the 17oz duck canvas and lined with the blanket lining from the 101J in both black and brown would mean I will likely never ever take it off ever again. I'll show myself out now.

Thanks!

[endo]

an IHJ-118 vest

[pechelman]

remake a paisley shirt and OD it

[DeeDee85]

@pechelman seconded!

[Yoprst]

It would be really nice to have those beasts with those sexy copper snap buttons back.

[FlavourFade]

I'd still love a Type 3 in the 21oz OD denim. Wearing the 777od right now and they feel so soft, I think I would pj the sh!t out of a jacket in this denim

[Alex]

@FlavourFade yeah, i don't know why we keep forgetting to do this...

[Oaktavia]

@Yoprst I think that dude might have pimped his buttons to copper snaps with those shirts, but I could be incorrect. Most shirts have that option but it does cost more cashola.

[Alex]

@Yoprst, @Oaktavia is spot on. I suspect that guy bought our workshirts with snaps then asked us to upgrade his snaps at checkout. For eg, on the indigo one:
https://www.ironheart.co.uk/tops/IHSH-326-IND.html

then:
https://www.ironheart.co.uk/pimping/ih-heavy-snap.html

[Giles]

You cant pimp buttons to snaps. You have to start off with something with snaps. Like this:

https://www.ironheart.co.uk/tops/shirts/IHSH-326-OD.html
or this
https://www.ironheart.co.uk/tops/IHSH-326-IND.html
or this
https://www.ironheart.co.uk/tops/IHSH-326-BLK.html

And you add the Copper HD Snap. Here:

https://www.ironheart.co.uk/pimping/ih-heavy-snap.html#/1122-colour-copper_hd_snap

[Giles]

Whoops, Like father like son.....