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Some Really Boring (but useful) and Some Really Interesting Stuff!
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    Alex
    IHUK Crew
    Joined: 28 Sept 2009

    All our jeans come unbuttoned, one of the team will button the top button so we can take an accurate waist measurement prior to shipping. That said, some of us do require a tool to assist them on the heavier denim… @AdamC  😶

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      hairydangler
      Joined: 22 Oct 2017

      Try some leather oil on the button holes to help stretch them out. Use needle nose pliers to stretch them open a bit.

      Sent from my SM-N975U using Tapatalk

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        Paul9221
        啓蒙家
        Joined: 19 Apr 2011

        Dang!  I didn't think I could appreciate the IHUK team more than I already did!  Y'all must have amazing hand-shakes, ha!

        Thanks, Alex!

        P.S. I would probably use that tool, too, Adam! 😃

        Blanket-line all the things!!!

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          Paul9221
          啓蒙家
          Joined: 19 Apr 2011

          @daltmeyer:

          Try some leather oil on the button holes to help stretch them out. Use needle nose pliers to stretch them open a bit.

          Sent from my SM-N975U using Tapatalk

          I have a few systems in place for this…I put a sharpie through the hole and kinda wiggle it around.  I use needlenose pliers like you mentioned.  Normally, after a few rounds of buttoning/unbuttoning, it becomes pretty simple.  For some reason, the top button is just giving me a lot of trouble this time.

          If it doesn't lighten up by tomorrow, I'll try that leather oil idea.  Thanks!

          Blanket-line all the things!!!

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            Alex
            IHUK Crew
            Joined: 28 Sept 2009

            @Paul9221 The two things I have seen used which are not the button-doer-upers that we have (which we are trying to get pushed into production for distribution with jeans) are either needlenosed pliers pushed into the hole and then opened firmly for a minute or so, or alternatively a tapered ring sizer inserted into the hole to speed up the stretching of the buttonhole

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              Filthy2123ozjunkie
              見習いボスー
              Joined: 21 Jan 2013

              @Alex:

              All our jeans come unbuttoned, one of the team will button the top button so we can take an accurate waist measurement prior to shipping. That said, some of us do require a tool to assist them on the heavier denim… @AdamC  😶

              Lmao, this sounds like my dream job. I'm proud of how strong my fingers are now.

              Great question @Paul9221

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                AdamC
                IHUK Crew
                Joined: 12 Jan 2018

                I have mastered all but 25oz @Paul9221 when we do a size run chart from tag 28 to 44 in 25oz my thumb wouldn't survive  😃

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                  Matt
                  見習いボス
                  Joined: 4 Oct 2011

                  I find if you put one edge of the button in then move your finger around the button hole in a circular fusion on the outside, kind of like the way they put tires on rims, you can get them pretty easily.  Even the 25s.

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                    Paul9221
                    啓蒙家
                    Joined: 19 Apr 2011

                    @Alex:

                    @Paul9221 The two things I have seen used which are not the button-doer-upers that we have (which we are trying to get pushed into production for distribution with jeans) are either needlenosed pliers pushed into the hole and then opened firmly for a minute or so, or alternatively a tapered ring sizer inserted into the hole to speed up the stretching of the buttonhole

                    A tapered ring-sizer!  Of course!  That's a brilliant idea!  I have one of those.  I'll give it a shot.

                    Blanket-line all the things!!!

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                      Paul9221
                      啓蒙家
                      Joined: 19 Apr 2011

                      @AdamC:

                      I have mastered all but 25oz @Paul9221 when we do a size run chart from tag 28 to 44 in 25oz my thumb wouldn't survive  😃

                      Ha!  There's no shame in that!  I have a couple of 25oz en route right now (XHSib & XHS), and after spending all day fussing with these XHSMB, I'm dying a little inside at the thought of having to go through it all over again with those two.

                      Blanket-line all the things!!!

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                        Paul9221
                        啓蒙家
                        Joined: 19 Apr 2011

                        @Filthy:

                        @Alex:

                        All our jeans come unbuttoned, one of the team will button the top button so we can take an accurate waist measurement prior to shipping. That said, some of us do require a tool to assist them on the heavier denim… @AdamC  😶

                        Lmao, this sounds like my dream job. I'm proud of how strong my fingers are now.

                        Great question @Paul9221

                        Maybe I should have IH ship all of my 25oz denim to you first, and then I pay you to ship them to me with the button hole loosened 😃

                        Blanket-line all the things!!!

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                          Paul9221
                          啓蒙家
                          Joined: 19 Apr 2011

                          @Matt:

                          I find if you put one edge of the button in then move your finger around the button hole in a circular fusion on the outside, kind of like the way they put tires on rims, you can get them pretty easily.  Even the 25s.

                          I do this when I have nails, but I just trimmed them and I just couldn't get my fingers around the edge.

                          First world problems, I know.  It's just that you guys are the only ones who will understand my pain 😃

                          Blanket-line all the things!!!

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                            Pete
                            Haraki san Student
                            Joined: 16 Feb 2021

                            Does anyone know what shirt this is - is that grey or olive?

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                              Paul9221
                              啓蒙家
                              Joined: 19 Apr 2011

                              @Pete my guess is the IHSH-204-GRY:

                              https://www.ironheart.co.uk/extinct/ihsh-204-gry.html

                              Blanket-line all the things!!!

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                                Pete
                                Haraki san Student
                                Joined: 16 Feb 2021

                                Thanks Paul, I think you’re right - hope we get an olive version one day!

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                                  Paul9221
                                  啓蒙家
                                  Joined: 19 Apr 2011

                                  @Pete:

                                  Thanks Paul, I think you’re right - hope we get an olive version one day!

                                  Me too!

                                  It never occurred to me that there are no olive UHFs until someone mentioned it in one of these threads. I have a feeling we will see some next year.

                                  Blanket-line all the things!!!

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                                    Anesthetist
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                                    Joined: 14 May 2011

                                    @Paul9221:

                                    @Pete:

                                    Thanks Paul, I think you’re right - hope we get an olive version one day!

                                    Me too!

                                    It never occurred to me that there are no olive UHFs until someone mentioned it in one of these threads. I have a feeling we will see some next year.

                                    Me too!

                                    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

                                    IG: bluehandsslim

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                                      BruneyK
                                      Joined: 24 Dec 2021

                                      Hi everyone,

                                      If I want recommendations (don’t necessarily have to be IH) regarding best sweatshirts, where should I be posting please?

                                      Thanks for the add by the way, hope everyone’s having a great Christmas!

                                      Kurtis

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                                        Jett129
                                        見習いボス
                                        Joined: 17 Aug 2011

                                        You could post in Random Questions to which you seek an answer.

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                                          Bill C
                                          Raw and Unwashed
                                          Joined: 22 Mar 2016

                                          I noticed that some of my selvedge jeans have an “overlocked” seam on the inside leg and some have a “double-felled”(?) seam. The double-felled seam is arguably more attractive when turned up, but are there other reasons for using the overlocked seam instead?

                                          thanks - Bill

                                          Profile pic “The Gosport Queen”

                                          last edited by 20 Feb 2022, 20:53 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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