Toughest Iron Heart denim to fade?

[A Former User]

I think i can agree on that.. 21oz is a ‘slow’ fader but all the good fade examples looks stunning tho! But not that high contrast or so. I was always intrigued by Mike’s aka Filthy his honeycomb game even on the 21L. I think a lot of the fades are also regarding to the fit. A 555 wil get sharper fades then a 634 imo. Since i read the full article about starching your denim etc i started to dry my hands in my kneeholes or just spray them wet before i’ll go out of the door. The honeycombs feels a lot more crispy and start to pop even on my 634 for example. Not as strong as on my 555 UHR, but it’s there. What’s also a thing is that a older worn and faded pair 21oz feels heavier after a while. I received a Beatle Buster 21oz the other day and it almost felt like a 25oz weight wise. It’s all just my humble experience and i just love to talk about IH.. so sorry for the long story haha

[the246guy]

The 21 oz from my point of view are the roughest and toughest ones to show some fade. Seems like they take ages.

[A Former User]

Anyone experience how the 14oz fades? I’m intrested in the broken twill, but never had a 14oz at least not from IH.

[the246guy]

As the weather here is warming up, I might start to wear my 643's in 14 oz. But looking from the fabric, I can say that they should definitely fade faster than my 21 oz.

[Giles]

@the246guy said in Toughest Iron Heart denim to fade?:

The 21 oz from my point of view are the roughest and toughest ones to show some fade. Seems like they take ages.

There are no fade-examples of our 14oz Broken Twill yet. What the various versions of the 14oz Right Hand Twill fade like are no indication of how the Broken Twill will fade.....

[A Former User]

@Giles do you enjoy your 14oz G?

[Giles]

I've had a few pairs - love them all....

Here's my first pair....

[AdamJ]

My first pair of 17oz natural denim did not fade quickly, the 555N I got last year, I seem to have blinked and missed the fade process and know they look pretty nice!

Easiest denim to fade - SBG

[Kasi]

Ten years of wearing IH Jeans

I can say these fades fast
25oz XHS 25oz 777, 666, 555
XHSib, 25XHSbb
21oz indigo 555 and 777
Pronto 25oz Indigo/Indigo Pronto 25oz XHS
Beatle Buster 21oz
555 21oz non sbg version
UHR 21/23oz the first version

My slowest fade are NO LOT overdyed

[SKT]

@Heavy_blue I have some 777S-142 and I’ve found them to be kind of hard to fade. Nothing like the 21L but still kind of stubborn. I’ll try and get a pic up in their thread sometime.

[louisbosco]

21L and the 17 slubs for me. couldn't really seem to get them going..

[SKT]

@louisbosco I want to add that your 21L’s look awesome though

[Daniel San]

absolutely

[louisbosco]

@SKT thank you. I, personally wasn't too happy with it. but coming off the UHR, it wasn't an unfair comparison..

[Gammaman]

These are the toughest jeans to fade but we’re made by the Works TW-634NSP. I’ve had these since 2016 worn them for about a year to work they just don’t fade but I still like them. Natural indigo hank dyed organic cotton.

[SKT]

@Gammaman Faded or not they’re a great shade of blue

[Gammaman]

Yeah a different shade of blue more old school.

[Mizmazzle]

I’m curious why natural indigo seems to be so much harder to fade. Must penetrate the fibers deeper??

[Gammaman]

Yeah these are hank dyed to and I had a look at one of the fibres and the natural indigo goes right the way through to the core.

[Mizmazzle]

Ah! Yeah that hank dying means done by hand, right?