Iron Heart Products - What do you think we should make?
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I have some IH shirt with asymmetrical pockets (e.g. left breast with pen pocket on a work shirt) and have seen it on some outerwear, though I think this style of shirt is of an earlier era of work wear than IH typically patterns on. I'd be surprised to see it but it would be novel in such a heavy Wabash.
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I think I'm with the majority here in saying that I prefer a symmetrical design. There are so many cool jackets and shirts out there that are, in my opinion, ruined by asymmetrical and wacky repro pocket designs. It works for other people but it's just not for me.
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I think I'm with the majority here in saying that I prefer a symmetrical design. There are so many cool jackets and shirts out there that are, in my opinion, ruined by asymmetrical and wacky repro pocket designs. It works for other people but it's just not for me.
+1
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I very much dislike those pockets, along with the other vintage worksheet details: watch pockets, cigarette pack pockets, chin tab, ventilated yokes. A little bit goes a long way. Not a fan of double elbows either but those are fairly discrete.
I do like a pen slot…
I actually find the pen slot on the UHFs don’t fit most modern pens. With a flapless pocket I don’t really see the point. But it is unobtrusive enough that I don’t mind it being there.
The asymmetrical pockets on Pike Bros workshirts kept me from buying and ultimately led me to IH, so I do have to thank them for that.
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Agreed, they are really more like pencil pockets. They look cool, but a little more space would be great for pens of various sorts.
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I actually find the pen slot on the UHFs don’t fit most modern pens. With a flapless pocket I don’t really see the point. But it is unobtrusive enough that I don’t mind it being there.
Same here. The slot is actually pretty useful for pencils, as non-mechanical ones don't have a clip, so it keeps them upright and accessible. Pens are easy to just clip into place. But, as you said, the slots are unobtrusive, so it's not really a big deal. Making them large enough that a Sharpie marker would fit easily would still be nice, though.
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A vote against any changes to the pencil slot - aesthetically it’s the perfect width imo
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Work jacket in charcoal Melton wool. I could do self collar or not.
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Not a fan of asymmetrical pockets. My thoughts are that they had a use for specific objects/products at some point in times past, but they are no longer regular use today. I don't mind the look of assym pockets, prefer sym pockets, and both should be big enough to be useful for modern items.
Not a fan of pen slots either. I can see they are useful for pencils without a clip. But the pen slot makes the rest of the pocket too small to be useful. I have a couple of work shirts from other brands that had pen slots, and I picked out the stiching.
The best detail I've seen for pens is one that Wrangler uses on their westerns - there's a slot on top of the pocket flap, so you put a pen in the pocket without having to open the flap, and when the flap is closed the pen doesn't keep it half-open.
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Not a fan of asymmetrical pockets. My thoughts are that they had a use for specific objects/products at some point in times past, but they are no longer regular use today. I don't mind the look of assym pockets, prefer sym pockets, and both should be big enough to be useful for modern items.
Not a fan of pen slots either. I can see they are useful for pencils without a clip. But the pen slot makes the rest of the pocket too small to be useful. I have a couple of work shirts from other brands that had pen slots, and I picked out the stiching.
The best detail I've seen for pens is one that Wrangler uses on their westerns - there's a slot on top of the pocket flap, so you put a pen in the pocket without having to open the flap, and when the flap is closed the pen doesn't keep it half-open.
Yeah I've worked in and around auto shops for the past 22 years and that's how most of your affordable Dickies/Red Kap/etc. basic work shirts are designed. Single most handy as fuck design ever. Whoever had that idea should win a Nobel peace prize. You're grabbing for your pen 100's of times a week especially if you use hand written work orders.
I'm not sticking any pens in my UHF's pockets though so the design doesn't bother me at all. I've had way too many pens leak on my shop work shirts over the years. Yeah don't baby your clothes, wear the fuck out of them, they are bullet proof, etc….but I'm not ruining a 300 dollar UHF with an ink stain.
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Yeah I've worked in and around auto shops for the past 22 years and that's how most of your affordable Dickies/Red Kap/etc. basic work shirts are designed. Single most handy as fuck design ever. Whoever had that idea should win a Nobel peace prize. You're grabbing for your pen 100's of times a week especially if you use hand written work orders.
I'm not sticking any pens in my UHF's pockets though so the design doesn't bother me at all. I've had way too many pens leak on my shop work shirts over the years. Yeah don't baby your clothes, wear the fuck out of them, they are bullet proof, etc….but I'm not ruining a 300 dollar UHF with an ink stain.
+1 to everything said here
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I would love to see and unbrushed Ultra heavy flannel.
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Seeing the recent Wabash CPO made me think of this:
Black 12oz wabash "Untucked". At the rate I'm wearing my Untucked it's going to need a buddy soon…
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I would absolutely love a short sleeve western shirt in a lightweight fabric.
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I would absolutely love a short sleeve western shirt in a lightweight fabric.
If you were in the game two or three years ago you’d be laughing now. There were loads knocking around. This is the first S/S collection I can remember without any short sleeves. The reason being they tended to end up in The Outlet…
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I would absolutely love a short sleeve western shirt in a lightweight fabric.
If you were in the game two or three years ago you’d be laughing now. There were loads knocking around. This is the first S/S collection I can remember without any short sleeves. The reason being they tended to end up in The Outlet…
A day late and a dollar short as usual.
