Iron Heart X Simmons Bilt Horsehide Western Shirt - The Pale Rider - Natural

[matt_rost]

According to my wear records, I've worn the shirt for 187 days over the past 10 months (minus the very hot summer months). The leather has noticeably softened again in the last four weeks.

[indigostiff]

Pale rider tea at church with RRL…

[Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot]

[Graham]

@Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot When are you sending that to me for some 17MM Good Art snaps?

[Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot]

@Graham ha! Still cycling everyday with Winona at the moment, but that sounds like the perfect summer project, dude! Question will be how much bling???

[deanclean]

Man, every time I see an update on this topic I’m thinking/hoping it will be an update on delivery. Instead, it’s just photos of how great everyone looks in these shirts and I’m not one of them!

[Tobi]

@deanclean If you insist I can cheer you up with a photo of how not so great I look in this shirt, which is now slightly too small for me in the shoulders and p2p and had an unfortunate encounter with a black leather vest that left it zebra-fied

[Oaktavia]

@deanclean that's the way of the road 'round these parts!

[deanclean]

@Tobi let’s see it! I don’t think I’ve seen a bad photo yet.

[Tobi]

@deanclean it was a bit large when I got it around 3 years ago. Inspired by some rash experiments posted by someone else on the forum I gave it a quick cold soak. This was tightening things up a bit. Over the last years I gained a bit of weight and spend too much time swimming and on the rowing machine (in other words I got fat)... The zebra thing happened when briefly wearing a black Ondura leather vest.

[deanclean]

@Tobi looks good to me! I’ll take it off your hands.

[Tobi]

Honest: its a great shirt and if it would fit better (the photo is a bit exaggerated) I would wear it much more. If I was to improve anything I would choose a softer leather (but I think this is already happening), and add CPO style handwarmer pockets. Ah one thing to consider: the shirt flares a bit and looks a bit strange (to me) if worn open. Unlike most IH CPO's and jackets. See some pictures further up in the thread.. something to consider if you plan on wearing it almost always open (like a Type III say)...

[goosehd]

…and all buying and selling should be in the marketplace or by pm’s please.

[long_john86]

@Tobi out of interest, what size is this Tobi, and if you were to buy again from the next run, assuming you would size up?

[Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot]

@Graham does IHUK do any sort of buy 14 snaps get the 15th free, sort-o-thang???

[Tobi]

@long_john86 Size is XXL, but I would need to check if the actual sizing was the problem (vis a vis my current increased size..), or how much the shrink from the soak contributed. I am in general more going oversized these days (more like the relaxed sizing @denim-dawg has going). So likely would size up to XXXL.
No further Pale Riders in my immediate future though (neither selling @goosehd nor buying)....

[Graham]

@Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot

Full price I am afraid but I will make sure that they don't fall off :p

[goosehd]

@Tobi I did not mean to offend you and if so I apologize. I was just restating the rules of no buying and selling outside of the forum’s marketplace and/or by private message. With two individuals doing the “I’ll take that off of you” was what I was addressing.

[Tobi]

@goosehd fair enough.. and thanks for keeping this forum a nice place! Can't be easy to balance proactive intervention with this diverse crowd!

[long_john86]

@Tobi gotcha. All useful for future reference, many thanks. I think we are similar sizing and I too prefer a more relaxed fit. it’s funny how since 2020 I have crept up from XL to XXXL in most of my shirts. I’ll just go with I was buying too small in the first place, rather than I have put on some Dad bod