The Evolution of Iron Heart

[Giles]

My TWHR01 are about a year old now, and need a little bit of a rebuild by the master.  Just going to give them a wash and ship them out to Hachioji.  These are the before pics, when I get them back I'll post the after pics:

And this is a tiny hole on the left knee, but it'll get bigger and fail if I don't get it sorted

[Beatle]

giles - wait for that Union 43200 and repair them urself..chainstitch all the way..lol

[Giles]

TWHR01.

So they're washed and ready to be shipped - they didn't really need a wash - but I thought it would be rude to send them for repairs unwashed.  So this is 12 months of wear, I would reckon worn about 70% of the time.  1 soak and 4 washes:

[Guest]

Those look really nice. What strikes me are the cuff tears. I get those only in the back but not in the front. But all my jeans where I had that are only 11-12oz, maybe that plays a role.

[Beatle]

Thanks, Giles. Love them*

[Guest]

@tfar:

Those look really nice. What strikes me are the cuff tears. I get those only in the back but not in the front. But all my jeans where I had that are only 11-12oz, maybe that plays a role.

Nope, I get cuff tears on my IH 634S and 1534. I manage to do that because I pound the pavement walking and walking, sometimes 15 miles per day (on the weekends).

[Beatle]

SEXIH07bk

**12/18/09 - 03/21/10

3 months, 0 washes, 0 soaks**

[Dchill]

lookin' good beats, I like.

[Beatle]

Thanks* only another month before it´s time to washy washy wash….

[shoque]

yeah those are incredible!

[Dchill]

I'm def lookin' forward to seeing what they look like after the wash.

[Beatle]

yeah - me too..should be really interesting to see how well the overdye holds up at 40C and a spoon of soap*

[Dchill]

I was actually just about to ask you how you planned on washing them.  A spoonful of soap huh?  What kind?

[Dragon]

Nice evo pics Beatle!

I should start doing the same with mine.

[LandoCal126 0]

G, those are incredible looking! I can't wait to get myself a pair!

[Giles]

Thanks Lando.  Just asked Haraki toi make me a load more.  They seem to have struch a chord…G

[DougNg]

Beats, is it just me or are your jeans fading from black to white? I thought they were supposed to fade from black to blue to white?

This weekend will be my first weekend home in over a month. With a little luck I will be able to post up pics of my SEXIH07 indigo's after 3-4 months of wear (and a lot of travel) and my IH messenger bag with 7 months of use (1 soapy soak)

[Seul]

Yep they fade to white apparently… Not stoked on that... Some areas are more blue, though... In the long run, it'll be blue, I guess/ hope...

[Beatle]

different light will bring out different shades of blue or grey …
and Seul - every denim that is rope dyed will fade to white - the original core color of the cotton threads.

You just actually made me very happy by pointing that out - cause the biggest question with overdyed is whether or not it "penetrates" the yarn all the way through to the actual core and thus won´t give u high contrast fades. I am delighted to know that this isn´t the case ***

[Guest]

Yes but I think Seul, like me, was disappointed it wouldn't fade to blue BEFORE it finally fades to white. Well, we'll see how it looks in a month and from then on forward.