IHJ-150-BRN - 20oz Paraffin Coated Duck Chore Jacket - Brown
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@gneicher mine is still molded to my body hanging in my closet since early spring. It looks like I just took it off. I ended up taking the snappies out like @Tom-Longarms did to make them (sleeves) longer. This created some small holes so I made some minor repairs and put a couple patches over the holes. I'll take pics and share.
Edit: sorry, was referring to the cuffs and the arm length:
I understand that now the taping from the inside is now on the outside. With that said, I am happy the length of the sleeves are longer as they looked comically short on me, as they did with Tom's. So I am glad I did this. I do not recommend others taking on this endeavor unless you are fully aware you are essentially destroying part of the jacket and it will need to be repaired. So these are not instructions as much as they are a warning.
Anyway, I am excited to wear this again when the temps cool down. As you can see, it looks almost like a jungle on the property. Paw paw trees freaking everywhere.
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@Oaktavia yes which snappys are we talking about? Haha!
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@gneicher I'm looking forward to the season changing to get mine back on. I wore it as much as I could last year, and it did soften up a lot in the arms. The body can still stand up on its own. I eventually got to the point I could easily button it up, which helped with softening the fabric to the point it started to drape better.
I would recommend wearing as much as you can. It'll definitely get better with age.
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After loving all the photos @Oaktavia has posted I was inspired to try and track one of these down (somehow I totally missed the original release!) and I recently managed to pick up a brand new one in a size large.
I think a medium probably would have been my ideal fit to be honest, as It is fine when buttoned up and just a bit baggy at the back when un buttoned. But as chore jackets tend to be a bit looser/oversized I think I can just about get away with it, plus it works well for layering. - but it is such a great jacket, I love it and so I think I can just overlook any size issues and just wear it in a looser fitting style
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@Darth-fader Looks perfect to me. You will like it even more with wear. Can't wait to wear my black one again this fall.
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@Darth-fader Looks great! Chore coats are a bit looser fitting to allow for easy movement and layering.
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Fit is spot on!
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my chore took an absolute battering in the rain last night and held up fantastically - its such a good outlayer, I love this thing, probably my favourite iron heart purchase so far!
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@Darth-fader It is a proper rain shield. My black version is back in daily use. Goal is that some day it will be soft and pliable, but it will probably take ages. My better half has a thrifted 17oz type 3 that just feels incredibly nice. I guess with this 20oz+paraffin coat we won't know until someone has worn theirs for a very long time.
Almost makes me wanna pull the trigger on this brown one as well since my size is still there. I will reconsider if by any chance it will go in the outlet later due to only having couple of odd sizes left.
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Update: Well. Something came over me and I just got one of the last 3 in my size. My IHJ-150-BLK is too good so I probably won't regret having a brown one as well. Classic duck color.
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@Northman definitely the right decision - congrats!
