The Iron Heart Website - a Pictorially Embarrassing Journey…

[Dion]

@Filthy:

I always loved the selvedge edge on the V3 the best. That's what the site looked like when I first saw it.

Seconded! I was also intrigued by the red W on black denim ;).

[manufc10]

This is so cool! 

[Aetas]

" Click the image to see the site …."
...and see the whole IHUK world on one web archive time line. 
This recommendation evolves to one of the biggest time guzzlers in IH life. 

[Aetas]

Great journey!

[Filthy2123ozjunkie]

@Giles:

How's this for our first ever product page?  Yeah, I know, a little lacking…...

https://web.archive.org/web/20070602114043/http://www.ironheart.co.uk:80/html/indigo634s.htm

Wow I think it's about time those silver rivets made a comeback! I'll bet a deadstock pair of those would be worth a couple grand now.

[Chris]

Have to admit, my only regret with buying my IH-634S is that I didn't spring for the rivet upgrade.

[Matty123]

@neph93:

@Chris:

Do you have approximate dates for when each version was in use?

If you click on the links to go into the actual archived site you get a date tracker.

Show off.

[Snowy]

v3 is a perfect minimal site/design IMO. I still like how it looks. Not the best for a retailer/seller as it hides all the product, but design was on point…

[Giles]

The minimum run for silver rivets is an awful lot, I may do at some point…..

[louisbosco]

i think i remember v2..

[Appfaff]

Jesus, I remember V1 as well as the Flat Head UK webshop. I used to stalk those sites like a hawk, only looking as I could never afford anything.

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[Seul]

Flat Head UK webshop was also Giles… But you knew that probably...

[Giles]

Shit, I forgot all about that. Let me see if I can find some imgaes….

[Appfaff]

^yep - first “high end” jeans I bought were TFH 3005 from DC4. Kinda wish I had bought 634S instead.

We know how that first purchase influenced the rest, however…

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[Giles]

Here's a super nerdy observation (sorry @deadendpro )…

When I was running both ironheart.co.uk and flathead.co.uk, I did not advertise that both were me.

A certain forum member (see above... :)) noticed that the fades on the jeans I was wearing on both sites were obviously both mine.  Cover blown....

[deadendpro]

@Giles:

Here's a super nerdy observation (sorry @deadendpro )…

When I was running both ironheart.co.uk and flathead.co.uk, I did not advertise that both were me.

A certain forum member (see above... :)) noticed that the fades on the jeans I was wearing on both sites were obviously both mine.  Cover blown....

Hahahaha, it also serves to stand that at this particular time I had already begun my steady friendship with Ginno and Derek and Kiya of Self Edge SF fame! They had that insider knowledge, and after becoming a forum member, it all fell together! happy to have been and continue supporting such great people all these years!

[Megatron1505]

Fond memories of V2 ️

[cityofdelusion]

Sharing a screenshot of V4 for purposes of completion which - if I'm not mistaken - is missing in this thread:

Good old times when I first discovered IH and this design was still live at the time. I guess some would consider it not great for today's standards, but it is beautiful in a nostalgic way - just like the OG IH bell logo of that time - "rough", but with a very IH-esque touch to it.

[cityofdelusion]

...but V5 was my favorite of all:

Doesn't get more IH than this...

[Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot]

Great thread, very cool to see all this