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[northsouthdenimguy]

@GraemeE

Congrats!

I’m surprised the shovel could withstand something like that and not bend or break

[GraemeE]

@northsouthdenimguy it was right up to the point of breaking when I kicked the plate under

5 more seconds and it would have snapped

I was wearing no PPE and had no pre task plan ( my safety directors at work would have had a shit fit)

[northsouthdenimguy]

@GraemeE

USA! USA!

[Rustygate37]

I would of used a sky hook… but ok

[SKT]

Has anyone ever sprayed their IH denim with permethrin to help with ticks and chiggers? Can’t imagine it would have any negative effect but I’m hesitant to try it.

[Matt]

Yes. It’s fine.

[Oaktavia]

Does anyone have any faded black IH duck photo examples? I've scoured and can't find much at all. Thanks.

[Aetas]

@Oaktavia here you go.

IH-801
More than five years in use. Definitely more than 150 wear days.

[Oaktavia]

@Aetas awesome, those fades are nice and chill. I have a new pair of the bib version and they have taken up the spot in my rotation over my pair of indigo 805s.

[tody]

@Oaktavia you found a pair of black 806? i have one too, from grailed. cost me and arm and a leg, but it's a great piece.

[Oaktavia]

@tody yeah buddy I have them on me right now! All thanks to @Clint_D Definitely a great piece and I quite like the dark grey triple stitching.

[Go For Chill]

In light of the 666UHR drop, I’m curious if there are any additional cuts to be expected in this final run of UHR, or is the 666 the last of them?

[Giles]

You can find that out by going to the UHR products and clicking on this:

See more here:

https://forum.ironheart.co.uk/topic/19715/restock-estimates-on-product-pages

[ROman]

@Go-For-Chill In the newsletter I received today it mentions that this 666 run of UHR will probably be it for UHR.

[Oaktavia]

I have so many freaking jeans. Another pair arrived today (thanks @Inorganic!) and I literally just added it to the pile. Nope, I don't want to sell any of them. I've gone over my list many times. Each of them is special to me.

So anyway, to get on with it, my question is: have any of you started to see things differently than you did before? As in maybe it's time for a break from hyperfixating on one pair to fade them to hell and back? I do not want to underestimate the awesomeness of a well loved and faded pair of jeans. But I suddenly have an existential light bulb in bright indigo glowing over my head.

Maybe I should just take a year off? During this time, embrace the variety and pleasure of wearing all of my denim in a large, diverse rotation? Different jeans every 15 days and repeat for 365? That's like, what...24 wears each in a year? Does any of this actually matter? Where does the realness lie? One pair for a year? 15 pairs for a year? Do any of you think like this? Perhaps summer break has me thinking too much. But I think I am onto something here. Because if I keep up wearing one pair for 150 to 300 or so wears (depending on the denim and how quickly it fades), I won't be wearing certain pairs until a decade from now. What if I die tomorrow? I'll lay to rest knowing I never wore those SBGs, Prontos, SE collabs, etc.?

Does anyone care to chime in, perhaps you have had similar lines of consciousness?

Edit: more to note: I have never had a large rotation before either. No more than two or three tops, with one that is my main pair. I have mentally formulated two additional scenarios:

2. Having a main pair to fade to feck but have two days out of the week to explore a rotation. Say, Tuesdays and Thursdays, for example. This would certainly help prevent my future students from asking why I literally wear the same clothes to work every day (which gets old).

3. Going hard af with one pair every 100 days. 100 days, boom next pair, 100 days boom, next pair and so on.

Now please excuse my blatant neuroticism, my ADHD and OCD are in full force this afternoon.

[dirtyframer]

@Oaktavia personally im a big fan of having a rotation, options and choices are great! I may never get the grail fades but I will have ultimately enjoyed my experiences with many product types and fits.

[Giles]

@dirtyframer said in Random questions to which you seek an answer:

personally im a big fan of having a rotation

Me too, of one......

[goosehd]

Rotation…wake up and pick a pair, wear it for a day, maybe a week, maybe a month. Don’t track wears, don’t track washes…enjoy what I have for what it is. Really well made clothing.

[Oaktavia]

@Giles said in Random questions to which you seek an answer:

@dirtyframer said in Random questions to which you seek an answer:

personally im a big fan of having a rotation

Me too, of one......

LOL not helpful but it might be The Way after all...

[Oaktavia]

@goosehd said in Random questions to which you seek an answer:

Rotation…wake up and pick a pair, wear it for a day, maybe a week, maybe a month. Don’t track wears, don’t track washes…enjoy what I have for what it is. Really well made clothing.

This is where my original stream of cognative diarrhea began. I would love to enjoy a fruit salad instead of the same apple every day. Even if it's the best apple in the universe.