IH-666S-21OD - 21oz Selvedge Denim Slim Straight Cut Jeans - Indigo Overdyed Black
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Curious how soft these are… I've got two pairs of 21oz 666 (one regular 21, one 21L) which are both nice and soft. I also have an overdyed IHSH-178, and it's pretty damn stout/creaky. I know it's different denim, but does the overdying process have as much of a stiffening effect on the 21oz?
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Cool—cheers, Giles!
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@PV/ATX:
I also have an overdyed IHSH-178, and it's pretty damn stout/creaky. I know it's different denim, but does the overdying process have as much of a stiffening effect on the 21oz?
The traditional 21oz I already very soft, becoming more so with wear and the OD'ing only accelerates that. The denim the IHSH-178 is made of starts off very stout, the OD'ing isn't the reason for that.
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Ahh, gotcha. I've got a pair of the 666s 18oz raw, and though they're definitely not as soft as the 21oz, they're still moderately forgiving. I think I assumed that the OD started out as that denim before the overdye process, but I guess that could be a totally different 18oz?
Regardless, happy to know that the 21oz OD fabric is soft, just wanted to explain my faulty logic haha. I really like my IHSH-178 but having a jean in that fabric might go beyond my personal threshold
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@PV/ATX:
Ahh, gotcha. I've got a pair of the 666s 18oz raw, and though they're definitely not as soft as the 21oz, they're still moderately forgiving. I think I assumed that the OD started out as that denim before the overdye process, but I guess that could be a totally different 18oz?
There have been two 18oz. The now extinct OG version that was originally first used on the first ever 666 iteration (IH-666S) and the new 18oz vintage style. I believe that is the what the IHSH-178 is made from.
I’m wearing my new pair of IH-888s-od made from 21oz now for the third time and it really is soft, thick and supple. Great stuff.
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Nope, the IHSH-177 and 178 are made from the OG 18oz. We have just used the final meterage of that denim on the current production runs of the IHSH-177 and 178. On the basis that they will sell fast, they always do, we are sampling both CPO's in the 18oz vintage denim.
So Neph, you were before your time
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Nope, the IHSH-177 and 178 are made from the OG 18oz.
So Neph, you were before your time
That makes more sense as the vintage 18oz is a lot more forgiving than the og version. It also makes me getting my hands on a 178 even more of a prerogative.
Just to quote myself, it would carry on a fine tradition of me fucking up on OD CPO’s if I didn’t get a 178. I managed to fail on numerous occasions to get my hands on a 99 as well… maybe I should just wait for the new version. The vintage 18oz is wonderful stuff and I suspect the shirt would be a very different and quite unique beast when compared to its predecessors.
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Ha, that's pretty interesting — I'll have to compare my OG 666s with the 178 when I get back home. I love em both, just for some reason the CPO always seemed much stouter to me, so I like said I guessed the stiffness came from that dyeing process, in the sense that denim often stiffens up quite a bit after a wash.
In general I wear the jeans and wash them a whole lot more than the CPO though, due to the fact that we pretty much get hardly any real winter here, so the jeans have likely just broken in a lot more.
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I’m talking about the fact that the actual fabric feels more substantial on the shirt than the jeans. I’m sure it’s just my imagination.
Could be something to do with the way the the fugitive dye saturates the fabric. I think I know what you mean. My od’ed 21oz Type III feels heavier and thicker to the hand than standard 21oz. I do love all these odd deviations and mysteries with these fabrics.
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Just procured a pair of 33s. REALLY looking forward to getting 'em.
Now the wait…
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So I just bought a pair of these at Burg und Schild. Will have them hemmed before I can show fit pics. Back to my first ih fabric.
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@Max:
So I just bought a pair of these at Burg und Schild. Will have them hemmed before I can show fit pics. Back to my first ih fabric.
I only have the 666-21s and I think they are my jam.
im jonesing for an over dyed pair:) -
I just read the measurements and am afraid the thighs might be too tight but I tried them on and compared them to the 777 od
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Impatiently awaiting a restock on these… I wonder if the mainstream trend back to wider lower legs (ie boot cut) will see the 666 cut doing well? I have 2 pairs of 666, and I love that wider look whilst retaining the slim top-block. I think paradoxically it suits skinny legs, alleviating the 'tuning fork' look.
Anyhoo, just drooling out loud anticiping an OD pair.
