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

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    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.

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      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
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        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
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          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! 🙂

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            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
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              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.

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                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

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                  manufc10
                  Iron Heart Deity
                  Joined: 14 Mar 2015

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

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                    Nomad
                    Raw and Unwashed
                    Joined: 17 Jul 2015

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

                    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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                      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

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                        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)

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                          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.

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                            Seul
                            Joined: 24 Nov 2009

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

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                              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.

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                                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!

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                                  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
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                                    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
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                                      Gulliver
                                      Raw and Unwashed
                                      Joined: 25 Apr 2023

                                      On seeing the chain stitch run off on my IH Chambray for the first time, my brother remarked that it looked like I’d dressed as an Orthodox Jew. I’d not considered that and it did make me laugh

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                                        mclaincausey
                                        見習いボス
                                        Joined: 12 Apr 2013

                                        I like it. I don’t care too much one way or the other. Overlock runoff I trim from sleeves on the IH thermals though because it’s annoying.

                                        Think it, be it.

                                        last edited by 10 May 2024, 20:25 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                          mclaincausey
                                          見習いボス
                                          @Gulliver
                                          Joined: 12 Apr 2013

                                          @Gulliver I’ve had that thought and even though I’m a gentile I like it 🤣

                                          Think it, be it.

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