IH-526L - 19oz Left-Hand Twill Selvedge Denim Type III - Indigo
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@branpureza we share the same concerns man. I just want to be able to wear my denim and wabash shirt under and I feel like if I went with XL (my normal IH shirt size,) I would only be able to wear a T under it. The chest measurements of the XL were already smaller than my wabash and western measurements.
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@Mizmazzle you nailed your fit brother. Even pre wash it didn’t look too big on you at all just the sleeves and the length a little which were guaranteed shrinkers.
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@worn2fade I mean…the chest and shoulders were pretty wide pre wash. They both def came in. Not as much as the arms and length granted.
My own personal shrink results are documented in the threads. But they were pretty spot on with the IH shrink tests.
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@Mizmazzle yeah but your chest and shoulders look much better than mine pre-soak lol. Mine has a lot more room if you compare both pictures.
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@Mizmazzle honestly, maybe it’s not too different lol. I may just be over thinking this but I don’t know man, I have the worst luck with jackets and the fact that it’s raw doesn’t help at all.
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@worn2fade said in IH-526L - 19oz Left-Hand Twill Selvedge Denim Type III - Indigo:
@branpureza we share the same concerns man. I just want to be able to wear my denim and wabash shirt under and I feel like if I went with XL (my normal IH shirt size,) I would only be able to wear a T under it. The chest measurements of the XL were already smaller than my wabash and western measurements.
I got an XL with the biggest chest measurement they could find (23.5”)
Hot soaked it for an hour, let it dry, then hot soaked and hot washed it… then threw it in the dryer for a while. It fits pretty good now but to get that much shrinkage that I think you’re looking for you will have to wash and dry the crap out of it. I’d rather start smaller and not have to blast the crap out of it.
For reference I’m 6’2”, 195lbs.
IG: branpureza
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@worn2fade I hear ya dude. It’s nerve wracking for sure. I can tell you that I had another lefty before this one I found used but still unwashed. It fit pretty good at first…then I washed it and I couldn’t wear it anymore. I tend to err on the side of “slightly bigger is better than too small.”
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@branpureza I’m 5’11 & 195lbs with a 43” chest.
My chest measurement on this jacket is 24” with a 20.7” shoulder.
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@branpureza do you layer anything underneath your jacket aside from a T-Shirt? & do you know your actual chest measurement?
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@worn2fade it may be a little bit on the larger side after the shrink, but if you want to layer it, that may be a good thing. Mine is this way...this jacket is great for layering if you allow room for it. This one is a tough call...if it were my jacket, I would take the plunge.
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@worn2fade I haven’t tried anything other than a t-shirt under it.
My chest relaxed is around 45”.
I have to have at least a 23” PTP on my shirts.
I lift weights and am more top heavy… (I need to do more more legs lol)
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Comparing the jacket to my best fitting iron heart shirt these are the measurement losses I need for an exact match:
1.25” shoulder loss
0.25” chest loss
1.25” arm length loss
0.40” arm width lossConsidering I’ll be layering this shirt under it for example ima just trust the process. I doubt the shoulders will lose 1.25” since the shrink test was more around an inch after soaking and washing but I’m hopeful this will work out.
The last picture is how the shirt fits me.
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@sabergirl said in IH-526L - 19oz Left-Hand Twill Selvedge Denim Type III - Indigo:
Seems like you should just go for it! If you want to be sure to be able to layer shirts underneath. Turn it inside out, soak it through, get a hot wash done no spin and let ‘er rip
This right here buddy!
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Special thanks to Alex F. for getting the measurements I needed! Fits just how I like my truckers. Highly recommend this jacket to anyone on the fence.
PS @worn2fade I soaked two 526Ls both within the the recommended IH temp (30-40C) 1hr, then into the machine for a gentle wash on cold no spin. Both jackets .5 inches off the shoulders, 1 inch off the length sleeves/body. Chest shrinkage was minimal.
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Dear denim brothers and sisters, I was pleased to see a lively discussion about the fit of this wonderful jacket from IH. Here is my humble opinion on the matter. Let me start by saying that playing with raw denim is always a gambling - no manufacturer can give you guaranteed results, it is always your own experiment. Another question is in what capacity are you going to use this jacket - if as a coat, of course you need a size up. If as a denim jacket, all you can wear under it is a shirt or a T-shirt. I don't see much point in shamanic dancing with a tambourine around the wrong size and in boiling the unfortunate jacket in boiling water. Just take your size, but that's another story. I'll tell you mine.
In the case of one washed denim, I'm quite happy with IH size L, but the thing is that raw denim L after soaking/washing does not exactly fit the L of one washed denim. It's somewhere in the middle, i.e. slightly larger than one washed L size. That's why I decided to take the M size as the closest to the L size one washed. The only measurement where I risk is the chest (P-2-P), but even if there is a little more shrinkage than I expect, I asked myself - how often do I wear a denim jacket buttoned up to all the buttons? Not often, extremely not often. This is my approach to the size of this jacket. You can, of course, have your own. -
@worn2fade Don’t go by your shirt measurements when choosing a jacket, they are completely different. My type 3’s are all much smaller in the chest, waist and opening than my westerns or work shirts but it is still no problem to wear the jackets over my shirts. If you match your jacket measurements to your shirt measurements, you will probably get a very loose fitting jacket.
Also, this latest batch seemed to run a little big. I sized down from my usual L to a M.These are estimates for shrinkage in percent, I think it’s fairly accurate.
https://forum.ironheart.co.uk//post/900956Heres my own jacket pre/post wash.
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@worn2fade said in IH-526L - 19oz Left-Hand Twill Selvedge Denim Type III - Indigo:
@jpvisual thanks for the visual man (pun intended.)
I’ll prob do the hot soak and wash on hot as well to get the maximum I can out w/o including the dryer.
Just have to go to a laundromat, I have a top loading washer and I don’t want the agitator to mess anything up.
Getting the biggest washer at the laundromat is the way to go. You also want to throw in all your old black tees or night clothes and black socks that you don’t care about getting stained in with it if you’re going to use the dryer. The jacket by itself will not tumble correctly in the dryer… it will just bunch up and get hung up on the side agitators. It needs other pieces of clothing to make it cartwheel through the cycle. My family used to own a laundromat and I worked there when I was a kid. People used to always come to the desk asking why their shirt or pair of pants was still damp when it was all they had in there…. They need other clothes to make them tumble.
IG: branpureza
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@branpureza long time lurker first time responding, but this might be some of the most valuable advice in this thread.
