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Yo guys
I am planning to buy a pair of 717 Chinos, i was wondering can i get 2 cm (0.8") shrinkage in the front rise if i super hot soak?
Of that specific pair the rise measures 29.5 cm (11.61").
Because i don't live around the corner here i will order them from the japanese Iron Heart site. Do you think they are willing to measure a pair for me or is that something japanese shops don't do?
Cheers
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Can someone tell me when the IH634S had a Crotch Rivet?
Did a search but nothing relevant
Thanks
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Yo guys
I am planning to buy a pair of 717 Chinos, i was wondering can i get 2 cm (0.8") shrinkage in the front rise if i super hot soak?
Of that specific pair the rise measures 29.5 cm (11.61").
Because i don't live around the corner here i will order them from the japanese Iron Heart site. Do you think they are willing to measure a pair for me or is that something japanese shops don't do?
Cheers
That much shrink in the rise can be asking for a lot. The 717s come unwashed so everything will shrink up to some degree or another. Personally I would go for it and if you only get a quarter inch of shrink that extra half inch of rise won't really be an issue anyway.
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@LONANRANGER If memory serves the 634s was available with a crotch rivet by request only many moons ago, c.2008 or '09, or maybe a little earlier. Back when you could get silver rivets, too. Wish I would've gone for the silver…
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@LONANRANGER If memory serves the 634s was available with a crotch rivet by request only many moons ago, c.2008 or '09, or maybe a little earlier. Back when you could get silver rivets, too. Wish I would've gone for the silver…
@sabergirl - Thanks for the response - picked up a pair of as new unworn IH634S with a crotch rivet and wonder when they were made
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Hello @Giles. I'm about About to soak my Pronto 10th anniversary. Suggestions for temperature? I want to get all The shrink out. Thanks
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Soaking in its own does not cause shrinkage, you need to agitate too. I do in hottest water I can put my hands in….
Yes I plan on agitating too. My hands can take about 125 degrees F. Been carrying pizzas trays for years. Hot stuff. Muchos gracias amigo.
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@Sreeni I have no idea.
Size variance from the mean varies from model to model, denim to denim, workshop to workshop, seamstress to seamstress. In broad terms, the heavier and stiffer the denim is, the larger variation we get from the mean, but we don't log that sort of information….
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@Sreeni I have no idea.
Size variance from the mean varies from model to model, denim to denim, workshop to workshop, seamstress to seamstress. In broad terms, the heavier and stiffer the denim is, the larger variation we get from the mean, but we don't log that sort of information….
@Giles Alright, thanks a lot!
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The patch on my 634S are beginning to crack. I've never soaked or washed them. That happen to anybody else?
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@Matty123, how often do you oil the patch?
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The patch on my 634S are beginning to crack. I've never soaked or washed them. That happen to anybody else?
Happens all the time and very quickly if you don't oil the patch.
thank you my man. ive been using saphir reno on the patch until i can get some neatsfoot or redwing boot oil.
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Mink oil is cheap and if you whack it on both sides and edges you won't have to do it more than two or three times a year, depending on wear/washes etc. That being said I've taken to smearing olive oil on mine whilst I cook. Does a great job. (Credit to Mr. G. Padmore for that one).
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Mink oil is cheap and if you whack it on both sides and edges you won't have to do it more than two or three times a year, depending on wear/washes etc. That being said I've taken to smearing olive oil on mine whilst I cook. Does a great job. (Credit to Mr. G. Padmore for that one).
Righteous. Thanks for that tidbit
