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    Streetwise Hercules
    Raw and Unwashed
    Joined: 15 Jan 2015

    It’s unreliable technology @Madame Buttonfly
    I mountain bike locally with a few buddies and it’s as if the app can’t draw straight towards the end of a ride. It’s always the last few miles between The Greyhound in Aldbury and home.  😉

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      Madame Buttonfly
      IHUK Crew
      Joined: 28 Sept 2009

      Yep, I couldn't agree with you more @Streetwise Hercules  - totally unreliable/inaccurate.  I'd only had a few bottles glasses of prosecco before mowing the lawn…  😉

      AKA Mrs G

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        louisbosco
        啓蒙家
        Joined: 21 Feb 2013

        i'm more interested in how you walked over the pond. gotta teach us all a trick or two..  😛 😛

        "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

        • Harvey Specter
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          ROman
          Haraki san Prodigy
          Joined: 5 Jan 2015

          @Madame:

          Yep, I couldn't agree with you more @Streetwise Hercules  - totally unreliable/inaccurate.  I'd only had a few bottles glasses of prosecco before mowing the lawn…  😉

          @Madame Buttonfly Did you also have the dumbbells' in hand????

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            Giles
            IHUK Crew
            Joined: 22 Sept 2009

            Paula is mowing the lawn atm.  Expect another exciting Strava update soon…. 😃

            "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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              Jett129
              見習いボス
              Joined: 17 Aug 2011

              Moving forward will all over-dying be done with the new Mad Black technique?

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                Giles
                IHUK Crew
                Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                No, it is really, really involved and complex, so therefore really, really expensive….

                "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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                  Palmer
                  Iron Heart Deity
                  Joined: 4 Jan 2019

                  As I've worn my 666s-142 more recently and washed them for the first time I've noticed a horizontal crease going across one of the thighs. At first I thought it was a crease from washing but after soaking the thigh and even trying to iron it out it hasn't gone away. This line is visible on both sides and you can feel it on the weft side.

                  Any idea what this is? I've never seen anything like it.

                  last edited by 23 Jun 2020, 04:22 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                    DrPat
                    Iron Heart Deity
                    Joined: 9 Oct 2009

                    It looks like a crease from washing.  It’s happened to me before even when machine washing on the gentle cycle and no spin.  It should become less noticeable with wear.

                    How did you wash them?

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                      Giles
                      IHUK Crew
                      Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                      It looks like an "imperfection" in the denim.  The loom probably had some sort of hiccup.  With the old shuttle looms that sort of thing happens e.g. a warp breaks, the loom has to be stopped to mend the warp and when restarted the loom takes a little time to get up to full speed.  I can't tell how bad it is from the photo, it may have been missed at QC or it was felt that it was OK to pass.  Does it bother you?

                      "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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                        Palmer
                        Iron Heart Deity
                        Joined: 4 Jan 2019

                        Coincidentally I just saw that someone posted a pair of Rogue Territory jeans on Reddit with a similar but more severe defect.

                        If it's going to look like this down the road it will definitely bug me. From your experience if you think it will look more or less normal down the road I can live with it. It's interesting that it took about a month of wear for me to notice it, because to be honest I like to look at my jeans every day and observe how they evolve.

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                          Giles
                          IHUK Crew
                          Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                          I do not think they will look like the RGT's, that is def something we would have kicked out in QC.  Can you feel any difference in the fabric if you brush over it with you fingers?

                          "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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                            Palmer
                            Iron Heart Deity
                            Joined: 4 Jan 2019

                            Yes. More so on the weft side but on it can be felt on the deepest part of the line on the warp side.

                            last edited by 23 Jun 2020, 05:59 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                              Giles
                              IHUK Crew
                              Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                              You'll likely get some sort of uneven fade there with time if the face of the fabric is higher or lower in that place that on the rest of the denim…

                              "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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                                Palmer
                                Iron Heart Deity
                                Joined: 4 Jan 2019

                                That's what I figured. Guess I'll find out soon enough.

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                                  kkibbey23
                                  Haraki san Prodigy
                                  Joined: 16 Oct 2013

                                  I can’t remember…. so I’ll ask here 😃

                                  Is the 25oz IB coming in other cuts? 777....I think I remember seeing that.

                                  Planning my fall

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                                    Giles
                                    IHUK Crew
                                    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                    Yes, all the key cuts…555, 634, 666, 777 & 888

                                    "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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                                      kkibbey23
                                      Haraki san Prodigy
                                      Joined: 16 Oct 2013

                                      Thanks G

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                                        Giles
                                        IHUK Crew
                                        Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                        Same for the regular XHS too…..

                                        "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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                                          motojobobo
                                          啓蒙家
                                          Joined: 22 Aug 2015

                                          I feel I ought to know the answer to my own question but I don’t even after 3 and a half years after buying my first IH pair of jeans. So, for the forum members more observant and smarter than I…

                                          Which IH cut is most similar to the Self Edge 633 cut?

                                          The slight differences in how IHUK and SE measure jeans adds to my confusion as even a slight 0.2 inch difference in thigh width means a whole lot in the comfort department. At this point I’m thinking that the three “closest” cuts to the 633 are 666, 777 and 888. With the main differences between them being: 666 is narrower at the thigh; 777 is more strongly tapered from the thigh all the way down to the hem; and 888 having a higher rise. I’m only drawing these conclusion based on owning one pair of 666 and one pair of 888…and also a single pair of 633. So not based on much, really.

                                          As I’ve noted before, so far my most comfortable cut is the 633 but I want to get the most similar IH proprietary cut firmly figured out. Nailing this will give me quite a few more fabric options, especially urgent in light of the recently announced incoming ones. Therefore, telling me to stick to the 633 won’t be enough guys.

                                          The journey is the objective.

                                          last edited by 3 Jul 2020, 18:55 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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