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    seawolf
    Mod Squad
    @bluemantra
    Joined: 28 Oct 2011

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

    “Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible” - Don Norman

    @zeebeeleather

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      Go For Chill
      Haraki san Expert
      Joined: 3 Jan 2025

      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?

      "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." -Thomas Edison

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        chrisjohnnick
        Iron Heart Deity
        @Go For Chill
        Joined: 7 Jan 2021

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

        Wants List:
        IHSH-20-Red, XL
        IHSH-208-Indigo Kersey, L-XL
        IHSH-254-Grey Kersey, L-XL
        IHSW-45 Black, M
        IH-526SV 21oz type III, 38 or 40
        IH-777S-SB size 32
        IH-777S-142 size 31 or 32

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          Tago Mago
          Mod Squad
          @Go For Chill
          Joined: 16 Jan 2021

          @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

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            Mister_Brue
            Raw and Unwashed
            @Tago Mago
            Joined: 31 May 2024
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              Go For Chill
              Haraki san Expert
              Joined: 3 Jan 2025

              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.

              "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." -Thomas Edison

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                mitzimeow
                Raw and Unwashed
                @popvulture
                Joined: 13 Jan 2025

                @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...

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                  GardenState
                  Haraki san Expert
                  Joined: 24 Jan 2021

                  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.

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                    Giles
                    IHUK Crew
                    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                    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...

                    "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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                      jordanscollected
                      啓蒙家
                      @mitzimeow
                      Joined: 13 Nov 2018

                      @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.

                      world tours:
                      888 Fat guy chocolate WT
                      Mad Red x2
                      Wabidashery

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                        Tago Mago
                        Mod Squad
                        @GardenState
                        Joined: 16 Jan 2021

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

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                          GardenState
                          Haraki san Expert
                          @Tago Mago
                          Joined: 24 Jan 2021

                          @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!

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                            cityofdelusion
                            Joined: 1 Jun 2018

                            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?

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                              Giles
                              IHUK Crew
                              Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                              No, the weave is too tight....

                              "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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                                goosehd
                                Mod Squad
                                Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                                @JamesB What are you doing in your avatar picture with the mask and bow?

                                "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                                  JamesB
                                  IHUK Crew
                                  @goosehd
                                  Joined: 2 May 2024

                                  @goosehd I was on my stag doo and we went to a place to do combat archery, was awesome!! even after a few beers we were all terrible shots but did catch one square in the face so was a good start to the day

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                                    Matt
                                    見習いボス
                                    Joined: 4 Oct 2011

                                    You got shot in the face with an arrow?

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                                      goosehd
                                      Mod Squad
                                      Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                                      I was intrigued...

                                      "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                                        Matt
                                        見習いボス
                                        Joined: 4 Oct 2011

                                        Ok, that looks pretty fun. Almost as good as what I had hit me in the face at my bachelor party…

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                                          Tago Mago
                                          Mod Squad
                                          @Matt
                                          Joined: 16 Jan 2021

                                          @Matt I'll bite. What was it?

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