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Iron Heart Fall/Winter 2025 Collection Preview - Now Live

There's no Such Thing as a Stupid Question

Some Really Boring (but useful) and Some Really Interesting Stuff!
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  • J
    Jieshou
    Joined: 7 Sept 2017

    Thanks, Giles!

    last edited by 17 Mar 2018, 10:21 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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      bryaneidins70
      Iron Heart Deity
      Joined: 24 Feb 2017

      Why don't the retailers iron the shirts before photographing/modelling them?

      'Fail we may…Sail we must'

      last edited by 24 Mar 2018, 06:38 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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        Giles
        IHUK Crew
        Joined: 22 Sept 2009

        Don't know I am afraid….

        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

        last edited by 24 Mar 2018, 08:02 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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          hairydangler
          Joined: 22 Oct 2017

          There's a distinct lack of short sleeve shirts available. Why? Do most people just roll up their lighter weight long sleeve shirts in the summer?

          Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk

          last edited by 3 Apr 2018, 04:21 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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            Giles
            IHUK Crew
            Joined: 22 Sept 2009

            We make them, they don't sell (well, they do in Japan).  I used to think it was because the sleeves were too baggy, so we modified them on a couple of shirts last year, still did not sell.

            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

            last edited by 3 Apr 2018, 06:09 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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              Steffen
              Joined: 26 Jul 2017

              @daltmeyer:

              There's a distinct lack of short sleeve shirts available. Why? Do most people just roll up their lighter weight long sleeve shirts in the summer?

              Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk

              Exactly that is what I do and I think it looks better.

              last edited by 3 Apr 2018, 07:55 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                Bill C
                Raw and Unwashed
                Joined: 22 Mar 2016

                fabric weights - how does this work? For example, my IHSH-201 (6oz) feels more like my IHSH-21 (10 oz) weightwise than my IHSH-133 (6oz) …

                Profile pic “The Gosport Queen”

                last edited by 3 Apr 2018, 17:53 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                  Giles
                  IHUK Crew
                  Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                  Weight per square yard of loomstate fabric….

                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

                  last edited by 3 Apr 2018, 17:53 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                    Bill C
                    Raw and Unwashed
                    Joined: 22 Mar 2016

                    @Giles:

                    Weight per square yard of loomstate fabric….

                    if so, why is the 201 much heavier than the 133? -not complaining, just interested  🙂

                    Profile pic “The Gosport Queen”

                    last edited by 3 Apr 2018, 20:41 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                      Giles
                      IHUK Crew
                      Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                      Is it, or does it just feel it?

                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

                      last edited by 4 Mar 2018, 21:17 3 Apr 2018, 21:15 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                        Bill C
                        Raw and Unwashed
                        Joined: 22 Mar 2016

                        @Giles:

                        Is it, or does it just feel it?

                        fair point - feels noticeably thicker/heavier - both great shirts anyway!

                        Profile pic “The Gosport Queen”

                        last edited by 3 Apr 2018, 22:13 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                          Giles
                          IHUK Crew
                          Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                          If a fabric is very tightly woven or if it has a load of sizing agent (often starch) left in the fabric, it will feel heavier than a loose weave or one with no sizing agent left in it…

                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

                          last edited by 4 Apr 2018, 05:42 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                            neph93
                            見習いボス
                            Joined: 18 Aug 2014

                            I think it's also easy to be fooled as the layman only has the garment in his or her hand or body, not the square yard of cloth on a scale. So a 10oz chambray, which as you say is thin and tightly woven, will feel lighter than a 10oz denim that is coarser and thicker.

                            «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                            We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

                            • Dame Vera Lynn
                            last edited by 4 Apr 2018, 06:14 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                              Bill C
                              Raw and Unwashed
                              Joined: 22 Mar 2016

                              ah, ok, I understand now - many thanks both  🙂

                              Profile pic “The Gosport Queen”

                              last edited by 4 Apr 2018, 06:23 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                Chris
                                Raw and Unwashed
                                Joined: 28 Jun 2010

                                It's weird how an item can play tricks on you.  I have two pairs of jeans that are the same size and the same weight denim, different manufacturers.  I was absolutely positive one pair was much heavier than the other, until I weighed them.  Exactly the same weight, down to the tenth of a pound.

                                last edited by 4 Apr 2018, 14:09 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                  sonoma
                                  Joined: 28 Nov 2017

                                  in regard to the comment about short sleeve shirts..i personally perfer to roll up my sleeves..just my opinion..

                                  give peace a chance …..

                                  last edited by 14 Apr 2018, 15:36 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                    neph93
                                    見習いボス
                                    Joined: 18 Aug 2014

                                    @sonoma:

                                    in regard to the comment about short sleeve shirts..i personally perfer to roll up my sleeves..just my opinion..

                                    The same. Works for me.

                                    «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                                    We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

                                    • Dame Vera Lynn
                                    last edited by 14 Apr 2018, 16:24 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                    • Matty123M
                                      Matty123
                                      Raw and Unwashed
                                      Joined: 4 Apr 2017

                                      Me too, but I can’t roll up iron heart sleeves. My forearms are too big. I stretch the shirt out too
                                      Much. But I’m a fan of the look

                                      Maybe so. Maybe not

                                      last edited by 14 Apr 2018, 16:53 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                      • scooterS
                                        scooter
                                        啓蒙家
                                        Joined: 26 Dec 2015

                                        Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.

                                        last edited by 14 Apr 2018, 17:08 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                        • Matty123M
                                          Matty123
                                          Raw and Unwashed
                                          Joined: 4 Apr 2017

                                          Kinda lol. Not bragging just facts.

                                          Maybe so. Maybe not

                                          last edited by 14 Apr 2018, 17:09 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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