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    • GilesG
      Giles
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      Our products are made in Japan, we run the International operations from Gosport in the UK and have a US based website.

      https://www.ironheart.co.uk/content/about-iron-heart

      "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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        TSG
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        So Giles, you are in Gosport, with Adam. Love that ferry!

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        • GilesG
          Giles
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          Have been for 14 years…..

          "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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            Steffen
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            …with Adams and other charming people  😉

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            • T
              TSG
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              Yes, a lot of Adams over there! You are all lucky guys (and girls?) working with such great products. It amazes me that Gosport is the home of IH UK, I lived in Alverstoke for many years, and we never had anything like IH in Gosport before. A real backwater! Times change. Keep up the good work.

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              • GilesG
                Giles
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                It still is a backwater, that's why we like it…..

                You needed one of these:

                https://www.ironheart.co.uk/extinct/iht-3004.html

                or

                https://www.ironheart.co.uk/extinct/ih-gt.html

                "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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                • AdamJA
                  AdamJ
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                  @TSG:

                  Yes, a lot of Adams over there! You are all lucky guys (and girls?) working with such great products. It amazes me that Gosport is the home of IH UK, I lived in Alverstoke for many years, and we never had anything like IH in Gosport before. A real backwater! Times change. Keep up the good work.

                  I have lived in Alverstoke for 24 years so you can only believe my luck when I found IH only 2 minutes down the road!

                  The devil is in the detail..

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                    TSG
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                    You are lucky! I live in Japan now…. a few thousand miles away. But the online shop is terrific.

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                    • T
                      TSG
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                      Wow Giles, so Gosport is now the coolest backwater in the UK. Love those T-shirts, pity they are extinct!

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                      • GilesG
                        Giles
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                        The other day Rachel from Good Art sent an email to a potential customer (which she cc'd to us) saying. "We have retailers in London, Paris, Gosport and Vienna"

                        PRICELESS

                        "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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                        • neph93N
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                          @Giles:

                          «We have retailers in London, Paris, Gosport and Vienna"

                          That, or some IH tailored version, needs to be on a t-shirt/sticker.

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

                          • Alan Turing
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                            TSG
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                            I am a fan of Tintin, have been since I was a kid. I live near a small town in Japan called Maebashi. There are only three Tintin shops in Japan, Tokyo, Kyoto and …....Maebashi. Kind of similar. I was shocked to find that shop when I arrived here twenty years ago!

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                            • mclaincauseyM
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                              I've heard a lot about RHT versus LHT over the years, but I've never understood: why is the warp typically under more tension in LHT than RHT? Why wouldn't it simply be a reversal of the twilling with no discernible difference other than the direction of the twill?

                              Think it, be it.

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                              • gaseousclayG
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                                And speaking of twills, has IH ever done a broken twill denim?

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

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                                • mclaincauseyM
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                                  That one I can answer in the negative.

                                  Think it, be it.

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                                  • GilesG
                                    Giles
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                                    @mclaincausey:

                                    I've heard a lot about RHT versus LHT over the years, but I've never understood: why is the warp typically under more tension in LHT than RHT? Why wouldn't it simply be a reversal of the twilling with no discernible difference other than the direction of the twill?

                                    Because in LHT, the process of weaving tightens the spun yarn as it weaves, in a RHT the process of weaving loosens the tension in the spun yarn - typically the warp and the weft yarns are spun (twisted) in the same direction.  Does that make sense?  I can provide more data when I'm not in bed and have the relevant books to hand….

                                    "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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                                    • GilesG
                                      Giles
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                                      @Max:

                                      Will there be a release schedule for the spring / summer stuff? Or does it already exist and I didn't find it?

                                      It's now here @Max Power

                                      https://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=12603.msg595805#msg595805

                                      "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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                                      • Max PowerM
                                        Max Power
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                                        Thanks a lot! Seems like I have to wait a Long time till the shorts hit the store. Given our current temperatures I might be able to wear them already in the mid of march.

                                        @elclintor:

                                        > I don't care what people say.. The Max Power way is the right way…

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                                        • rocketR
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                                          @Giles:

                                          The other day Rachel from Good Art sent an email to a potential customer (which she cc'd to us) saying. "We have retailers in London, Paris, Gosport and Vienna"

                                          PRICELESS

                                          golden

                                          rocketrocksrox 🤙🏼🤙🏾

                                          It's all humbug, like everywhere
                                          R.I.P. Geo

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                                          • mclaincauseyM
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                                            @Giles:

                                            @mclaincausey:

                                            I've heard a lot about RHT versus LHT over the years, but I've never understood: why is the warp typically under more tension in LHT than RHT? Why wouldn't it simply be a reversal of the twilling with no discernible difference other than the direction of the twill?

                                            Because in LHT, the process of weaving tightens the spun yarn as it weaves, in a RHT the process of weaving loosens the tension in the spun yarn - typically the warp and the weft yarns are spun (twisted) in the same direction.  Does that make sense?  I can provide more data when I'm not in bed and have the relevant books to hand….

                                            Thanks, I think I'm getting a mental image.

                                            Think it, be it.

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