Iron Heart Products - What do you think we should make?
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yes yes yes Eisenhower jacket
maybe out of the west point materials
definately in BLACKI feel like the only colors an Ike should be is OD-107 or khaki(tan)
The choice of materials is a no-brainer for me… 100% WOOL with cotton twill lining. IMO the 'westpoint' fabric makes a nice shirt, but is too insubstantial for a jacket.edit- But of course I'm not exactly after a classic Eisenhower jacket from IH... a classic jacket in great shape can be found for dirt cheap on ebay or in almost any army surplus store in the USA (and probably in other countries too). What I would be after is a Harakified version, classic but modern at the same time and built like a Mack truck
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I've seen some requests for more buffalo check previously….
In my opinion, that would be a safe choice and pretty boring. If buffalo check is going to be done again why does it have to be color/black? I've seen navy/grey and navy/tan buffalo check vintage frostproof flannels that looked sick.
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Gray + Turquoise = Incredible.
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id be all in on that G&T
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It may be boring, but above all, Iron Heart is a business. Forgive us if we back some bankers which then gives us the financial breathing space to allow us to experiment with some stuff that we are not sure will sell so well. It is mine and Haraki's money that we invest in new product, no one else's, that gives us some freedom to choose what we do….We could be accused of being boring by churning out the IH-634S year after year with no innovation, but it is the IH-634S that is the financial back bone of this company....Without the IH-634S, there would be nothing....
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how bout more flannels????
what??
sounds like they could have an audience. serious the way the 70, 12, 19, 11 (& a few more i can't think of at the moment) where they are made in one or two traditional colors & then one untraditional color (purple,orange, brighter green,sky blue, pink). can't please everyone, but that's about as close as you can get without putting too much skin into the game. unbrushed or lightly brushed. herringboner or plain.
(skin in the game = amount of risk you are assuming)
oh & while you at it make some blue jeans out of the flagship denim
**will go sit in the corner
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serious though, people are very passionate about this stuff. even though most of us only own one or two pieces the way this operation is conducted most on the forum have a very real connection to the product. hence strong reactions to things we like & do not like. i feel you mikec & finn & the rest of the Iron Heart massive for expressing your take on what should/shouldn't happen with products and such. once you experience quality it's pretty hard to take a downgrade. Iron Heart is really the pinnacle of quality (most times one or two missteps imho) so it is understandable we all don't want it to be downgraded in any form.
okay enoough for me. thinking like that makes my head hurt & i smell bacon
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i heart the 70 but hey that just me !!!!!!!! I'd like to see a nice heavy duty silver iron heart ring as I'm in the market for one right now….. wink wink nudge nudge
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Just discovered this thread. I've already mentioned this idea to Giles and a few others here, but I'd love to see a super black 816 cut, just to have pants that I can wear to work that don't fade and at the same time have the full-on IH vibe. I seem to remember that there were shirts made of 16oz super black denim, so if Giles or Haraki thought the 21oz was too much, perhaps 16oz would be a possibility? I'd be happy with either.
