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    • SeulS
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      All taken care of. Thanks.  🙂

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      • Matty123M
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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

        Maybe so. Maybe not

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        • GilesG
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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….

          "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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          • Matty123M
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            @Giles:

            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.

            Maybe so. Maybe not

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            • SeulS
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              Folks: do something nice and vote for this video… It's my brother's... You'll have to register but it's quick and easy, I promise 🙂 Much obliged  😘

              http://www.dmcdjonline.com/view/XvFalAkW7G/

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              • SreeniS
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                @Giles - On average, how often do you see 'rogue' pairs of IH jeans with thigh measurements greater than expected? Thanks! Like @zatenm , I wish many of the IH jeans for size 30 had a bit room for thighs.

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                • GilesG
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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….

                  "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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                  • SreeniS
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                    @Giles:

                    @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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                    • Matty123M
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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?

                      Maybe so. Maybe not

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                      • dylantbmayesD
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                        @Matty123, how often do you oil the patch?

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                        • neph93N
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                          @Matty123:

                          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.

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

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                          • Matty123M
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                            @neph93:

                            @Matty123:

                            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.

                            Maybe so. Maybe not

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                            • neph93N
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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).

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

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                              • Matty123M
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                                @neph93:

                                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

                                Maybe so. Maybe not

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                                • gaseousclayG
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                                  don't know if this has been answered before but i'm curious why some shirts have the chainstitch runoff while others don't. I noticed that pretty much all Western UHF's don't have it but denim Westerns do. likewise, the UHF workshirts have the runoff as well as other random workshirts. Is there any significance to this?

                                  WTB:
                                  IHSH-129 size L (blue)
                                  IHSH-19

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                                  • Matty123M
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                                    Hello @Giles. Are there any raw 634 jeans in the works? In any weight. Collaborations or otherwise? Thanks

                                    Maybe so. Maybe not

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                                    • GilesG
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                                      By raw you mean unsanforised and unwashed.  If so, only these:

                                      https://www.ironheart.co.uk/jeans-just-jeans/#/jeans_cut-straight/denim_finish-raw

                                      And nothing being worked on.

                                      Sanforised and unwashed:

                                      https://www.ironheart.co.uk/jeans-just-jeans/#/jeans_cut-straight/denim_finish-sanforized_but_unwashed

                                      "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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                                      • S
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                                        @neph93:

                                        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).

                                        Mink oil is a product I actively avoid, for the same reason that I won't wear fur.
                                        There plenty of ways to take care of leather without killing yet more poor beasties.

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                                        • GilesG
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                                          Yep, I kill olives…...

                                          "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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                                          • S
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                                            Good man. 😀

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