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  • J
    jordanscollected
    啓蒙家
    Joined: 13 Nov 2018

    @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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      Giles
      IHUK Crew
      Joined: 22 Sept 2009

      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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        jordanscollected
        啓蒙家
        Joined: 13 Nov 2018

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

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

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          Buckeye
          Haraki san Prodigy
          Joined: 7 Aug 2023

          @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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            SourPower
            Haraki san Expert
            Joined: 10 Mar 2024

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

            Excess In Moderation

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              Giles
              IHUK Crew
              Joined: 22 Sept 2009

              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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                Alex
                IHUK Crew
                @Buckeye
                Joined: 28 Sept 2009

                @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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                  Giles
                  IHUK Crew
                  Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                  @SourPower

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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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                    Giles
                    IHUK Crew
                    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                    @Buckeye Same as @Alex , but a few more

                    White Kloud
                    Ripple Fisher
                    Zenaq
                    The Osaka 5
                    Tackle House
                    Good Art
                    and and and

                    "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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                      SourPower
                      Haraki san Expert
                      Joined: 10 Mar 2024

                      @Giles thank you so much for sharing. These are genuine treasures, I love the timeless design and raw finish.

                      I cannot even imagine the joy of hearing that small arbor 1wt setup scream after connecting with a bonefish!

                      The Zane is a masterpiece, one of the most stunning pieces of fly fishing equipment I have ever seen. I can really appreciate the connection between your passion for fishing and over-engineered “IH values”. These photos bring me back to a beautiful tarpon that I landed about 5yrs ago after a grueling fight…

                      Excess In Moderation

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                        Giles
                        IHUK Crew
                        Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                        Ive still to do a Tarpon. I’ve tied shit loads of flies and chucked them at shit loads of fish in Florida, The Bahamas, Mexico and Belize. But still they allude me.

                        "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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                        • goosehdG
                          goosehd
                          Mod Squad
                          Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                          "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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                            SourPower
                            Haraki san Expert
                            Joined: 10 Mar 2024

                            @Giles
                            IMG_6064.jpeg

                            Excess In Moderation

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                            • Sir_Cuffs-a-LotS
                              Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot
                              The Unwoven
                              Joined: 11 Feb 2023

                              but were you happy about it?? 🙂

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                                Giles
                                IHUK Crew
                                Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                @SourPower That will do nicely, and boy do I love a pair of Xtratuf.....

                                To your comment about taking Bones on a 1 weight outfit. It teaches you 2 things:

                                1. How close you can get to a fish and cast without not spooking it. I got way more hits on the 1 weight than I do on my traditional #7. However, that may also have been that out of necessity, you have to use minute flies......
                                2. That you have to know how to run mighty fast in calf deep water....

                                "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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                                  Buckeye
                                  Haraki san Prodigy
                                  Joined: 7 Aug 2023

                                  @Giles What does ‘extant’ mean in the context of IH pieces?

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                                  • MattM
                                    Matt
                                    見習いボス
                                    Joined: 4 Oct 2011

                                    That they are in semi regular production as opposed to being a seasonal release not to be rerun.

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                                    • seawolfS
                                      seawolf
                                      Mod Squad
                                      @Buckeye
                                      Joined: 28 Oct 2011

                                      @Buckeye long ago, there used to be an archive of all of the “extinct” products that wouldn’t be rerun, and in contrast, as @Matt pointed out, the “extant” products are regularly restocked and very much “alive” in the manufacturing pipeline.

                                      “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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                                        Buckeye
                                        Haraki san Prodigy
                                        Joined: 7 Aug 2023

                                        Thank you @Matt and @seawolf!

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                                        • ArkimeedizA
                                          Arkimeediz
                                          Raw and Unwashed
                                          Joined: 25 Dec 2024

                                          Do items purchased from the RE:LOVE shop count towards vouchers?

                                          ...many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip

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