IH-666S-UHR - 21/23oz Ultra Heavy Raw Selvedge Denim Slim Straight Cut Jeans
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@Goz The back rise shrinkage was .35". So in line with what others have reported and not more than .5". My front rise shrank about .3". So the rise doesn't shrink all that much.
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@Nobunaga Thanks!!
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Post soak w a couple dims
Pre/post soak
Waist - 34 / 32.5
Thigh - 12.25 / 12
Knee - 9 / 8.75
Hem -8.75 / 8.25
Length - 36.5 / 35About as tight as I can go. Waist is already loosening up after an hour wear and some stretching.
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@Denimhead-0
1.75” 1.5” shrink in the waist? More than I would expect but always possible. What was your method for soaking/washing? -
@goosehd 1 hour warm soak, followed by washing maching, removed before spin, then hung overnight. I’m wear now, so will post waist again as they are loosening up already. I was suprised by the inseam as well.
IG - gratefuldenimhead (jeans and boots), Norseamerican (bicycles)
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I suspect they may be perfect, aside from the Thigh after some hard wear.
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@Denimhead-0 Inseam looks pretty normal…the waist would be outside of the normal. Did you mean .75” shrinkage from 34 to 33.25?
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@goosehd I measured 17” presoak, 16.25” post. Could be user error
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@Denimhead-0 user error here and I should have posted 1.5” instead of 1.75”. Need to put my hearing spectacles on…
Going to pour a cup of coffee now.
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I had no idea that hearing spectacles were really a thing…Laura and I have joked about one of us not being able to see or hear and that the other needed to put them on.They are real…
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@goosehd No worries, I will update post wear. I don’t want to unbutton for a couple hours…my thumb is too sore
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Finally earned my U-Wings. These are hard work and I salute those of you who have gone down this route... The whole thing is an ordeal: rough as stone pre soak I did a presoak try on and broke a sweat. Even turning them inside out was hard, hanging took about 15 pegs (I need better pegs). I am now giving them the first try on - to @Denimhead-0 's point - how do you even do the buttons!? I have done 2 and that will do for today!!!
Sizing - they were smaller than I wanted but rolled the dice. They are the lowest I could go and I am hoping to stretch slightly beyond originally.
: 1 hr soak / 30 degrees quick wash / no spin and line dry. I imagine there is some shrinkage to go as I did it for a short while but I will have to take that out another time and to hell with it... Before / After on a tag size 36:
Waist 37.8 > 36.8
Thigh 13 > 12.6
Knee 9.5 > 9 (9.1 maybe)
Inside Leg 36.5 > 35.1
Front Rise 12.2 > 11.8
Back 14.7 >14.2Also new to 666. Its tighter / slimmer throughout than I expected. More 555 than 684 at 1st glance. Like the cut though.
Update... < 24hrs later. Wore a couple of hours last night and maybe 6-7 today. All measurements at prewash (some a bit bigger). Suspect they will go further.
The Denim is like double heavy weight 14oz IH denim in some ways. I think I prefer it to the 21oz stuff.
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@will6er said in IH-666S-UHR - 21/23oz Ultra Heavy Raw Selvedge Denim Slim Straight Cut Jeans:
I am now giving them the first try on - to @Denimhead-0 's point - how do you even do the buttons!? I have done 2 and that will do for today!!!
A little button hole TLC with a pair of needle nose pliers is my method.
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Curious on the initial soak and wash instructions found here: https://ironheart.co.uk/pages/product-care-guidlines
Why do the instructions call for drip drying your UHR after the initial soak and then washing? Why not soak and then straight to washing without first drying? I assume there's reasoning behind this but I'm too dense to pick up on it.
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@will6er as odd as it seems the best thing I have found for "adjusting" the button holes is a ring sizer wand.
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@dirtyframer drum sticks work as well…
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@goosehd I never thought of those!! My middle son has drum sticks laying around every nook in the house
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To loosen up the button holes I've always just used the cap end of a Sharpie marker and wiggle it around. Has worked perfectly for me.
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Thanks all- I am in the game with working buttons. I reckon 9 hours of wear and can do the fly, its softish and can see slight honeycombs.... They are too small for me but I knew that and I WILL break them.
