Where does everyone live?

[unharmed]

Great place to start, FBJ. My favourite pair.

[Filthy2123ozjunkie]

Yep, I just got them today, and I could't be anymore happy. Thank you.

[misterjuiceman]

Hi guys–here from the east coast of the US!

[denimeric]

[hectic]

welcome, denimeric, good to read you

[hectic]

Nice to see you too, misterjuiceman

[hectic]

feel free to ask away, this is a friendly place for new joins.

[Snowy]

Echoing hectic. Welcome T-Bone, redbluegreen, Leshiy, Fab, cyco, Jared_Lee, hexdrin, FilthyBloodyJunkie, misterjuiceman, denimeric, feel free to ask away in the right place, never a better bunch of peoples.

[Mild7]

^ Snowy, where in Aus you at?

[Snowy]

Sydaney, and you? I think I read Mlbs??

[Mild7]

Yeah man, Melbourne. I'm born and raised Belrose, Bowral, Cootamundra.  Moved to Melbourne in '88.
Ill shout out when I'm in Sydney, would be cool to meet an IH fan.

[Snowy]

Nice one, and like-wise will like you know if I'm heading down that way. That's a wide variety of towns/cities, would make for a good catch up!

[davito]

Welcome everybody have fun, lots of great people and knowledge around

[Sugar Mountain]

Australians – I met a Melbourne-based IH convert while in Hong Kong. He was buying a pair of 634S and had been wearing Flat Heads for a long time IIRC. Keep your eyes peeled!

[Bluegrass]

I'm 53, live in Louisville, KY - got "back into" raw denim a few weeks ago and now I'm "ate up".  Started with pair of Beatle Busters from Self Edge - couldn't believe it when I got them, so impressed.  Now I'm hard pressed to take them off - wife thinks I've lost my mind - I don't think so.  Been reading everything I can about raw denim and Iron Heart.  Love it.  I wear almost nothing but jeans, but now I'm dissatisfied with all my "mere mortal" jeans.  I say I got "back into" raw denim - we all wore 501 STFs and converse and red wings when I was in high school and college, but somehow got away from it.  This is fun.

[Mild7]

@Sugar:

Australians – I met a Melbourne-based IH convert while in Hong Kong. He was buying a pair of 634S and had been wearing Flat Heads for a long time IIRC. Keep your eyes peeled!

Thanks SM, will do.

That's cool Bluegrass. I like your name too.

[MidValleyFarm]

Might as well get around to making myself known, as Gavin and I have had a hell of a time sorting out trans-atlantic forum/email naming conventions (perhaps a title for someone's doctoral thesis someday):

My name is Patrick, I'm 26, recently married, and self-styled archivist/archaeologist/artist for Mid-Valley Farm outside of Portland, Oregon, US, established in 1865 and held in my family to this day.

I take a naturalistic view of denim, that it has a life of its own in symbiosis with my own and as such, I ment all its cuts and wounds so as to show their scars.  I like things that will age because of the life I put them through, and that will require care on my part to ensure their continued livelihood.  As I grow, they grow with me.

[Seul]

MidValleyFarm: you'll fit right in… I like your style already...

[Sopiarz3]

Hello everyone.

From Chicago.  Been wearing raw denim for about 2 and a half years.

[Giles]

Sopiarz3 - welcome….