• Home
  • Recent
  • Calendar
  • Register
  • Login
  • Home
  • Recent
  • Calendar
  • Register
  • Login
Iron Heart Forum
Iron Heart Forum

Iron Heart Fall/Winter 2025 Collection Preview - Now Live

Does anyone else not *get* chainstitch runoff on shirts?

The Resource Centre
53
109
41.0k
Loading More Posts
  • Oldest to Newest
  • Newest to Oldest
  • Most Votes
Reply
  • Reply as topic
Log in to reply
This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
  • M
    mclaincausey
    見習いボス
    Joined: 12 Apr 2013

    I like em. I knot em and leave em. But I definitely hear where you're coming from too!

    Think it, be it.

    last edited by 8 Sept 2013, 01:27 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
    • S
      Snowy
      Joined: 15 Jun 2012

      I've taken it off 1/2 of mine, and left it on the other 1/2. If they stand out or get in the way they come off. There's no functional reason for them…

      last edited by 8 Sept 2013, 02:23 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • S
        Scottystyles
        Joined: 25 Jun 2013

        I think on the flannies they look cool. But the one colour dressier shirts I think it makes them look a little unclean or less smart on that bottom edge.

        last edited by 8 Sept 2013, 09:02 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • D
          den1mhead
          Raw and Unwashed
          Joined: 6 Oct 2014

          Surely the feature of a chain stitch run off on a shirt like the IHSH-102 is the same as a selvedge seam on a quality pair of jeans. It's presence alludes to; the level of quality and skill as well as the specialist machinery  involved in realising the product.

          last edited by 1 Jun 2015, 00:03 5 Jan 2015, 23:55 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • T
            thewickett
            Raw and Unwashed
            Joined: 6 Aug 2010

            I think it is a cool detail, but I usually cut it off.

            last edited by 6 Jan 2015, 00:03 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • D
              den1mhead
              Raw and Unwashed
              Joined: 6 Oct 2014

              @thewickett:

              I think it is a cool detail, but I usually cut it off.

              @thewickett I am usually so ocd around loose cotton threads that I even amaze myself by not only leaving them but loving the fact that they just hang out !!!

              last edited by 6 Jan 2015, 00:07 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • S
                Snowy
                Joined: 15 Jun 2012

                @Snowy:

                I've taken it off 1/2 of mine, and left it on the other 1/2. If they stand out or get in the way they come off. There's no functional reason for them…

                Thought about answering, scrolled up abit and saw ^. Still same answer now :). Go past me! 🙂

                last edited by 6 Jan 2015, 09:46 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • M
                  Maynard Friedman
                  Joined: 3 Jan 2013

                  I always cut them off, they remind me of scruffy rats tails.

                  last edited by 6 Jan 2015, 10:05 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • M
                    motojobobo
                    啓蒙家
                    Joined: 22 Aug 2015

                    I only became an IH customer in 2015, and after those two years I'm still cutting off the chainstitch runoff on all my tops, all seven of them so far.
                    I guess I mostly do it because it would look odd around my community and I would need to answer questions about those 'dangling threads'. However, as I get more familiarized with the intricacies and quality of the IH builds, I feel I'm slowly getting closer to the point where an eventual next shirt will keep its runoff.

                    The journey is the objective.

                    last edited by 11 Oct 2017, 19:47 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • G
                      Giles
                      IHUK Crew
                      Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                      It's a good excuse to evangelise 🙂

                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

                      last edited by 11 Oct 2017, 19:49 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • M
                        manufc10
                        Iron Heart Deity
                        Joined: 14 Mar 2015

                        I cut all of mine off.  Just don't like them.

                        last edited by 11 Oct 2017, 19:49 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • N
                          Nomad
                          Raw and Unwashed
                          Joined: 17 Jul 2015

                          The blonde says it reminds her of tampon strings. Great.

                          Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

                          last edited by 11 Oct 2017, 19:53 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                          • G
                            gaseousclay
                            Joined: 4 Nov 2016

                            I like them and keep them on.

                            if anyone asks what they are just call them 'stringleberries.'

                            WTB:
                            IHSH-129 size L (blue)
                            IHSH-19

                            last edited by 11 Oct 2017, 19:53 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                            • U
                              UnTucked
                              Joined: 16 Nov 2014

                              "I think your shirt is breaking….."

                              No, Baby... That's SWAG! [emoji41][emoji41][emoji41]

                              In search of:
                              IHV-04, med.
                              IHSH-185, large
                              IHSH-186, large (khaki, and green)

                              last edited by 12 Oct 2017, 00:30 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                              • C
                                Chris
                                Raw and Unwashed
                                Joined: 28 Jun 2010

                                @manufc10:

                                I cut all of mine off.  Just don't like them.

                                Same.  Just cut some off a newly purchase shirt yesterday, in fact.  My dislike of them overcomes even my powerful laziness.

                                last edited by 12 Oct 2017, 02:47 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                • S
                                  Seul
                                  Joined: 24 Nov 2009

                                  They mess with people with OCD so I keep 'm on… I'd even attach some if I could...

                                  last edited by 12 Oct 2017, 03:31 A 1 Reply Last reply 11 Apr 2025, 22:38 Reply Quote 0
                                  • J
                                    joesaintjohn
                                    啓蒙家
                                    Joined: 9 Aug 2012

                                    I leave them. On everything. Always. #prostringleberries

                                    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

                                    Fat dudes need good clothes too.

                                    last edited by 12 Oct 2017, 04:18 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                    • M
                                      manufc10
                                      Iron Heart Deity
                                      Joined: 14 Mar 2015

                                      @Chris:

                                      @manufc10:

                                      I cut all of mine off.  Just don't like them.

                                      Same.  Just cut some off a newly purchase shirt yesterday, in fact.  My dislike of them overcomes even my powerful laziness.

                                      So true^^  I feel you!

                                      last edited by 12 Oct 2017, 06:12 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                      • G
                                        gaseousclay
                                        Joined: 4 Nov 2016

                                        Another reason I keep them on is should I choose to sell a shirt the buyer might prefer those little details. cutting them off might effect the value. I have never had anyone ask me what a chainstitch runoff is anyway so people don't seem to notice

                                        Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk

                                        WTB:
                                        IHSH-129 size L (blue)
                                        IHSH-19

                                        last edited by 22 Oct 2017, 15:30 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                        • S
                                          sonoma
                                          Joined: 28 Nov 2017

                                          i think the chain stitch is way cool..it says the shirt is quality..thats my take…..

                                          give peace a chance …..

                                          last edited by 24 Jan 2018, 00:29 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                                          • First post
                                            Last post
                                          Copyright Iron Heart 2022.