Ask Giles and/or Alex Anything

[Hamza Yunus]

@Giles if it does not have an S, it is as much selvage as any other S-pair, unless it is a Duck canvas. I don't think IH makes non-selvage denim jeans at the moment. i am only talking about the listed jeans on the IH-UK webpage.

[Hamza Yunus]

maybe S shows double twisted weft construction ,no?

[Alex]

@Hamza-Yunus said in Ask Giles Anything:

maybe S shows double twisted weft construction ,no?

No. S just means selvedge, as we have said already.

There is inconsistency in the product numbers over time, for various reasons, but that is what it means. Has nothing to do with double twisted yarn

[Hamza Yunus]

gotcha @Alex

[SKT]

Now that you’ve had the IHJ-79 and IHJ-127 I’m wondering which pocket configuration you prefer?

[Matt]

So you’re saying the S stands for “S”omeday we’ll rerun the Beatle Buster?

[GardenState]

@Matt I think the "S" means that Saturday they will rerun the Beatle Buster

[Giles]

@SKT said in Ask Giles Anything:

Now that you’ve had the IHJ-79 and IHJ-127 I’m wondering which pocket configuration you prefer?

IHJ-79 by a country mile.....

[SKT]

@Giles I had an inkling that’s what you would say but glad you confirmed. I actually wish Haraki would design an updated IHV-44 with pockets similar to the 79. Maybe just one chest slash…or none.

[Giles]

I use it a lot for fishing, The outside vertical pocket openings are a dream for quick, don't-have-to-think-about-it and don't-have-to-open-the-main-zip-to-access-the-pocket, stowage of glasses, sunnies, phone etc etc

Luckily my dreams are being answered shortly

[Daniel San]

@Giles @Alex
maybe it’s asked before , but is the belt loop size different? And if so so which cut has the biggest belt loops ?

[Giles]

The same across all models....

[SKT]

@Giles ahhh..I like this.

[endo]

@Matt said in Ask Giles Anything:

So you’re saying the S stands for “S”omeday we’ll rerun the Beatle Buster?

you're not following @Matt

[jordanscollected]

@Giles Has Iron Heart Wabash been made on selvedge machine before? if not, any reason why?

[Giles]

It has not. Possibly because the machines that we use to bleach the dots need projectile loom width of fabric. Or even if we can feed shuttle loom width through the "dotting" machine, it may be super inefficient....

[jordanscollected]

Thank you I can see where that would make it inefficient.

[Buckeye]

@Giles @Alex There are many things that make IH fantastic, but among my favorite are the dedication to quality assurance (fabric, stitching, shape, etc) and precision of sizing. What other brands do you both look to as following in the same footsteps at IH; i.e., doing things ‘the right way’? I think @Olly referenced @Alex respecting Freenote Cloth in that manner on a production of the Iron Cast.

[SourPower]

@Giles do you have any photos of the titanium fishing reels you used to make?

[Giles]

This was one of them.....

https://oldtimeangler.tripod.com/index/hardyzanetireel.htm

I'll take photos of them later....