Dawson Denim
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Dawson Denim is a different proposition to Iron Heart.
Kelly and Scott make everything in-house, and they're a very small scale producer. It's more of a cottage industry. I haven't taken a close look at their jeans recently, but they're nicely finished. Their aprons are great.
Iron Heart is a bigger operation, and Haraki's ethos is to make the toughest and most stubborn denim around.
At the end of the day, I don't think that there's necessarily a qualitatively better jean. Dawson's might be a bit better finished, Iron Heart's is almost certainly more durable. Buy whichever you like, buy both.