The Evolution of Iron Heart

[phoenixinflight]

@Oaktavia bit of wishful thinking, I guess! Stranger things have happened in the world of IH, surely but another reminder of the difficulty of weaving these heavy fabrics

[Boit]

My collection, from 2009 to present…

The beginning: Ande Whall Cougars in 12oz STF Cone Mills Selvedge (Retired)

First Pair of IH: 634S-21oz (Retired)

SExIH07 - 19oz RHT OD/IND (Retired)

Samurai 710 17oz Shadow Denim, 19oz xx (Retired)

SExIH09(?-Indo collab) - 19oz RHT (Retired)

SExDB AI Hank Dyed - 16oz Slub (Retired)

SExSC Collab - LHT 12oz (Retired)
Wharehouse - Grey/White Denim 12oz RHT

SOC - La Jolla (Retired)

IH-777S-14bb (Retired)

IH-777S-17N (Retired)

IH-777S-14BR-OD (Retired)

IH-888s-19L (Current Rotation)

IH-888-18V (Current Rotation)

SExIH25 - 633,19oz OD (Current Rotation)

SExIH25 - 633,19oz IND (Current Rotation)

IH-633-21oz SBG (Current Rotation)

[wjw]

@Boit all look great, especially like your Evo on your 634S-21

[Boit]

@wjw, thanks for the complement. IIRC, IH was know for being slow faders…but the deadstock cone was even less willing to give up the indigo. I actually bought the SExIH07 before the 634’s. But at the time they were my go to and thus worn till they started needing regular darning.

[Oaktavia]

@Boit phenomenal

[phoenixinflight]

@Boit wow, quite the journey and so many different pairs! You've given me a preview of where my 634S' may get to, but I'm hoping to get any serious wear like in your second set of photos Sashiko stitched. Where do your retired pairs go? Some people chuck em up on the wall, which is cool.

It's funny though, I think some pairs stand out more when there's still some dark (indigo or otherwise) character in them. Makes me excited to eventually secure an IB pair, though I'm gonna hold out for a 888 XHSib, so I'll need to be patient and give my 21oz some hell till then.

[wjw]

@Boit you darn it yourself?

[Boit]

@wjw heck no. https://www.indigoproof.com/
Unfortunately by the time I got many of the pairs back, I had moved on and much of the darning is still very stiff. Lots of lessons learned over the years. I am pretty excited about my current rotation. They are all starting to pop.

My 40yr old body wont ever get into 32 ever again. I’ve not decided what I want to do with them. Maybe my boys will want them when they get bigger? Thought about having them folded and stacked on a shelf to display them in my office?

[wjw]

@Boit what are some of those lessons?

[Boit]

@wjw dont wait to get em repaired, get all the shrink out before you set the creases, crocking is real, patience…fades happen with time(wear), it’s a dice roll whether you get frisked goimg through security checkpoint wearing heavy denim,…

[RobeOfTheMagi]

I had my 888s professionally repaired

by https://www.instagram.com/wabi_sabi_denim/ .

[J-IV]

@Boit said in The Evolution of Iron Heart:

, it’s a dice roll whether you get frisked goimg through security checkpoint wearing heavy denim,…

It’s almost a 90% certainty for me when I’m wearing IH flying domestically in the States. I’m used to it now. It’s always the button fly area too..

[Lowlander]

@RobeOfTheMagi amazing repairs! Really cool.