IH-666S-UHR - 21/23oz Ultra Heavy Raw Selvedge Denim Slim Straight Cut Jeans

[will6er]

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 >14.2

Also 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.

[Pointman]

@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.

[Pointman]

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.

[goosehd]

@Pointman I throw them straight in out of the soak to no detriment.

[dirtyframer]

@will6er as odd as it seems the best thing I have found for "adjusting" the button holes is a ring sizer wand.

[goosehd]

@dirtyframer drum sticks work as well…

[dirtyframer]

@goosehd I never thought of those!! My middle son has drum sticks laying around every nook in the house

[Nobunaga]

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.

[will6er]

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.

[Pointman]

Trying to summon the courage to put on my new magic standing denim. It’s 95F and only 53% humidity out today. I expect Iron Heart to cover the cost of a custom denim coffin.

[bob_z]

Hi guys. I got mine through the process of soaking and the first wash. I was wondering do you guys start wearing the jeans while they are still damp or should I let it dry out completely?

[Denimhead 0]

@bob_z I wait til they are fully dry to avoid “knee pockets” or “knee bags”.