Iron Heart Products - What do you think we should make?
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there was not disjointedness in materials and cuts as far as I'm concerned in the Melton M-65. Didn't the denim one do well, or at least pique a lot of interest? If anything, that seemed more disjointed to me.
That’s very true. While an actual USM woolen m65 has probably never been a thing, a denim one certainly hasn’t. Also, wool is a military field jacket staple in Scandinavia and the UK. The vintage Norwegian m43 analogues in wool are beautiful.
There are some fantastic m65 iterations coming from IH in the FW18/19 season, in some very relevant fabrics (duck for example
). Wool is also making another appearance soon as a peacoat and there’s no better match than that. Exciting times for jacket fans. -
There are lots of grey, black, & navy wool outerwear options out there. There are few or no indigo options.
Indigo-dyed cotton is great, but it obviously doesn't have the same characteristics as wool and it's not as useful outdoors (at least here in Seattle…) Now, waxed indigo cotton... hmm... :-\
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Another medium weight unbrushed flannel work shirt - eg IHSH-201 in a different colourway - would be great - 201 is really versatile weatherwise.
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The black & red Meltons -IHJ-1? love to see that come back.
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Just spitballing. The Kersey did well:
Charcoal Kersey “Untucked” work shacket
Quilt/blanket lined body
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I’d buy that.
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The black & red Meltons -IHJ-1? love to see that come back.
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IHW-02 I mean. Is it my ineptness with iPhone or does tapatalk suck?
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The black & red Meltons -IHJ-1? love to see that come back.
IHW-02 I mean. Is it my ineptness with iPhone or does tapatalk suck?
Could be both [emoji1]
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I would like to see a workshacket version of the IHW-01 (Wool CPO). All details the same (Same buttons, not snaps), but instead of western, a workshirt.
Also, I would love to see the IH "field jacket liner" (IHJ-30) make a return.
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Question:Has it ever been considered to make a purpose built inclement weather "clothing system"?
The US Army, and I imagine other militaries around the world, have a cold weather clothing system that is designed with layers that gradually add warmth and protection, and can be worn as a system, or as individual pieces. Below is a link to what I'm referencing.
https://adsinc.com/product-category/apparel/clothing-systems/gen-iii-ecwcs/
The first 2 layers, and the last one can be ignored.
Even just adding a microfleece jacket and a gortex shell to the current line-up would close the loop and basically be what I'm describing.
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To my eternal disappointment, the IHJ-30 sold badly. I was so looking forward to issuing it in different colour iterations annually….
It was ahead of it's time…..
(Or maybe just ahead of MY time)But, I bet if you replaced the duck with whipcord or the lightweight denims…......
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I was just thinking about getting a liner for the winter so I can keep the Wabby CPO as the outer layer.
Didn’t even know that one existed.Is there none laying around anywhere G?
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