Random questions to which you seek an answer

[Oaktavia]

@Giles the top quote refers to the sample cap while the second is to the revised caps. Not sure it that helps or changes anything.

[sabergirl]

The cap was billed as selvedge when it was sold. I’m pretty sure that it is. I had a non selvedge 21oz type III that felt different.

[Matt]

Am I the only one here not at all shocked that @giles doesn’t know what he’s talking about?

[Giles]

I'm not.

Ann, thank you. I did not even think that the cap I bought back from The US to The Uk for @Oaktavia could be non-selvedge. But once the questions started I realised that I did not actually know. Well, I did once, but obviously forgot....

[Oaktavia]

@Giles seems as though it's the old 21oz selvedge with the white weft @sabergirl is this what you remember? Fascinating chat this evening.

[bluemantra]

Got a pair of jeans with two little vampire holes in the back pocket from the tag that was there I believe. Do these close up with wear and washing?

[seawolf]

@bluemantra very likely to close up and never to be seen again after washing.

[Go For Chill]

Has anyone ever installed a zipper on their heavy denim jeans? Is this considered sacrilege? Will I be walked through the street and shamed publicly?

[chrisjohnnick]

@Go-For-Chill Which cut are you wearing? I know the 634 had a zippered version (IH-634Z)

[Tago Mago]

@Go-For-Chill FYI, I have moved your question here. And no, certainly not sacrilege:

https://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/topic/5371/ih-634z-21oz-denim-straight-cut-jeans-indigo

[Mister_Brue]

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[Go For Chill]

Tago, thanks! I'm still learing where everything goes in this forum.

chrisjohnnick, I have the 634 in 21oz right now, but I'm looking at a pair of 633 in 25oz. I work in live production and half of my bathroom breaks are done as quickly as humanly possible.

[mitzimeow]

@popvulture It's interesting to see these recommendations. I appreciate them, but to be honest, I can't picture myself buying a stretcher. Maybe I'd create some kind of jig....
The question it raises to me though is why the same malleability wouldn't occur from just wearing the pants as I have for the past five months... Would cold washing them help? A while ago I dropped a spot of acrylic paint on the pants and in trying to dab the spot off the dye really bled from the area in a way that scared me from washing them for good...

[GardenState]

I am probably just not observant enough, but does IH make a "greencast" denim? I prefer black denim but am a sucker for indigo denim that has that slight green undertone to it.

[Giles]

We do not I am afraid. And the reason we stopped using Zimbabwean cotton is that it gave our denims a green cast that Haraki did not like, so I can't see him trying to add one...

[jordanscollected]

@mitzimeow I respect your opinion on it, but the $30 stretcher was the difference in me selling a $400 pair of denim at a huge loss.

To me it was a no brainer.

My first pair of raw denim jeans was some unknown brand that no longer exists and I sized them too small. I crossed my arms and dealt with it stubbornly for like 8 months thinking they would just stretch a little more and the problem would be resolved. That day never came.

[Tago Mago]

@GardenState can I interest you in a vest? This sashiko is soaked in green sulphur dye

[GardenState]

@Tago-Mago That is a handsome vest I don't think I could pull it off though. I own one vest and it's the IH duck vest based on the type 3 and it does not get an appropriate amount of love. Oh, I lied I own two vests, and they are both IH - the second vest I own is my N1 vest from this past season. So, I'm a liar. I would buy pants made out of that material though!

[cityofdelusion]

Is it possible to single or double brush duck fabric (e.g. IH-256J or the new IHJ-147-BRN) and achieve a similar texture as the inside of e.g. UHFs or moleskin?

[Giles]

No, the weave is too tight....