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    • AlexA
      Alex
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      @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

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      • Hamza YunusH
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        gotcha @Alex

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

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

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

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              • GilesG
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                @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.....

                "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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                • SKTS
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                  @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.

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                  • GilesG
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                    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 🙂

                    "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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                    • Daniel SanD
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                      @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 ?

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                      • GilesG
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                        The same across all models....

                        "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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                        • SKTS
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                          @Giles ahhh..I like this.

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                          • endoE
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                            @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

                            si tacuisses

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

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

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                              • GilesG
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                                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....

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

                                  world tours:
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                                  Mad Red x2
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                                    @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.

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

                                      Excess In Moderation

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                                      • GilesG
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                                        This was one of them.....

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

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

                                        "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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                                        • AlexA
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                                          @Buckeye said in Ask Giles Anything:

                                          @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.

                                          Freenote, Samurai, Stevenson Overall, Y2, Double Helix, The Flat Head.. There are a lot

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                                          • GilesG
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                                            This was the reel we made for House of Hardy, it was sold as the Hardy Zane Ti and retailed for USD10,000......🤯

                                            This is the prototype, it has a handle made out of a "plastic" type material developed by the Soviets for the International Space Station (Hardy's changed the handle for the production model)...

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                                            This is a Ti prototype for the Hardy Marksman. Hardy's did not sell the Ti version (I think mine is probably the only one in existence), but they licensed the design from us and made it out of aluminium. They made a few 100, possibly a few 1000 and it was a nice little earner 🙂

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                                            And these 2 are random 2/3 weights

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                                            I've use the one with line on a lot (paired with an Orvis 1 weight) for native brown trout and a few memorable times for Bonefish in The Bahamas. I don't suppose many people have landed a Bonefish on a 1 weight outfit 🙂

                                            "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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