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Some Really Boring (but useful) and Some Really Interesting Stuff!
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    Bill C
    Raw and Unwashed
    Joined: 22 Mar 2016

    @Bill:

    @neph93 , @LewisStonehouse - thanks both, much appreciated!

    .. and thanks @Giles !

    Profile pic “The Gosport Queen”

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      Giles
      IHUK Crew
      Joined: 22 Sept 2009

      That's what I'm paid to do.  The others deserve the thanks, not me.  But thanks…...

      "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

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        Oaktavia
        見習いボス
        Joined: 12 Jun 2019

        @neph93:

        @Oaktavia:

        @Giles:

        Probably not.  We do so many of them in so many different colours, we simply can't take them all/create threads for them.  I don't even know what the model number is…...Sorry

        I was wondering about a model number as well…did not see one on the SE website. It would be cool if maybe we could make a post topic that features all printed t-shirts. Is there one like that that exists or no?

        There is not, but as a group effort it would be fun. Everyone can take pics of the tees’s they own, supplying lot numbers where known. We can copy post from/link to, the existing tee threads, and build an informal, gloriously chaotic, woefully incomplete, catalogue. I love it.

        Haha well thought out response, Reuben. I have recently purchased a few IH t-shirts and I would like to add those to this sort of thread…now what should we call it? "Random Printed T-shirts"? "Show us your printed tees"? ...

        IG: electricindigowizard

        "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

        WTB: IH-526V-XHS - XL/XXL
        IHJ-32 - XL/XXL

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          David K.K. Hansen
          Joined: 12 Nov 2014

          I've been experiencing lately, that I don't get e-mail notifications for all the thread I'm subscribed to.  Seems to be random which threads I'm subscribed to that I get notifications.

          Has anything changed in that regards or is a fault of some sorts?

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            Giles
            IHUK Crew
            Joined: 22 Sept 2009

            Noy that I know of I am afraid, but I don't do subscribes.  We'll try and find out….

            "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

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              David K.K. Hansen
              Joined: 12 Nov 2014

              Thanks G!

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                cwcaswell
                Joined: 28 Jun 2021

                Gonna test the limitations of the title here …

                If I were to visit the production shop in Japan, is there a possibility of having a custom piece done? I plan on spending 3 months in Japan early 2022 and I love the idea of having a sample made of a type 3 jacket. I’d be bringing some Pendleton wool for a lining on it.

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                  Giles
                  IHUK Crew
                  Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                  Absolutely zero I am afraid…...We are not a custom shop, so anything like this becomes a major aggravation......Sampling an item costs twice as much as making the same thing once it is in production, we may have to sample multiple times with no possibility of recouping that investment in a production run.  Sorry.....

                  "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

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                    Bill C
                    Raw and Unwashed
                    Joined: 22 Mar 2016

                    To hem or not to hem …

                    Have quite a few IH tops now, but just received my first pair of IH jeans (1955S). Absolutely perfect fit, but as expected a few inches of extra leg length.

                    Ideally, I’d wear them with a single cuff. Should I get them hemmed by IHUK now, or double cuff them and wear them/wash them a bit first to see how they settle in?

                    thanks - Bill

                    Profile pic “The Gosport Queen”

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                      neph93
                      見習いボス
                      Joined: 18 Aug 2014

                      Hmmm…. There won’t be any shrinkage to speak of, but they will rise a little with wear as creases form.

                      On the other hand, heavy wear with a double cuff may cause damage to the fabric which may affect your hem job/single cuff.

                      On balance, if they were mine, I’d get them hemmed now.

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

                      • Dame Vera Lynn
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                        Jett129
                        見習いボス
                        Joined: 17 Aug 2011

                        @Bill C If you plan on putting them into a traditional clothing drier,I would leave an extra 1/2 inch just to be on the safe side.

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                          Bill C
                          Raw and Unwashed
                          Joined: 22 Mar 2016

                          thanks @neph93 , @Jett129 !

                          Profile pic “The Gosport Queen”

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                            EB50
                            Raw and Unwashed
                            Joined: 18 Feb 2020

                            Which weight of indigo/black denim will fade faster 19oz. or 14oz.

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                            EB

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                              Giles
                              IHUK Crew
                              Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                              No idea, sorry…..

                              "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

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                                neph93
                                見習いボス
                                Joined: 18 Aug 2014

                                I’d imagine the difference is marginal to none. And at the end of the day the major differential will be whichever pair you will wear the most.

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

                                • Dame Vera Lynn
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                                  kornnn
                                  Banned
                                  Joined: 1 Oct 2021

                                  I once had black jeans with a shiny effect. The fabric may have been impregnated with something. But the effect persisted even after washing. Has IH made something similar before, or is IH going to do it in the future?

                                  Maybe model 634S-18P has a shiny effect?

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                                    mclaincausey
                                    見習いボス
                                    Joined: 12 Apr 2013

                                    I think the answer is "no," but you definitely see a similar sheen on some of IH's denims initially, and sometimes in some lights my IH-666S14OD have a similar sheen, though less uniform and concentrated in high-wear areas.

                                    Think it, be it.

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                                      DrPat
                                      Iron Heart Deity
                                      Joined: 9 Oct 2009

                                      Looks like the shine is from a wax or oil treatment.  Check out the oiled M-65 that was just released.

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                                        EB50
                                        Raw and Unwashed
                                        Joined: 18 Feb 2020

                                        Does the 555-02 stretch as much as the 555-01?  The thighs and back of the knee are a little tight after the soak.

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                                        EB

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                                          Giles
                                          IHUK Crew
                                          Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                          They'll stretch, but typically not as much as the 21oz

                                          "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

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