Random questions to which you seek an answer

[jacoavlu]

better off to find jeans you like and have the suspended shanks added

[Giles]

Which is dead easy to do

[bagley920]

@Giles:

Which is dead easy to do

Says the guy that works on jeans every day haha

[Giles]

Go here.  Spend USD5 and get a hammer.  Job done…

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LOOK-INSIDE-FOR-FINE-JUMBO-NO-SEW-JEAN-TACK-BUTTONS-/120634360488?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item1c165e42a8#ht_847wt_1413

[jacoavlu]

well, I think the whole becomes easier when your limiting step becomes finding a tailor that can add suspender shanks, and you jean choices are unlimited, rather than searching for quality jeans in the cut your dad wants that already have suspender shanks, where your choices will be few

[jacoavlu]

or better yet, you can do it yourself

[Dirty Denim]

Nice Giles,  Thats pretty darn cool.  I will def experiment with those on a pair

[babyknight]

What was happening on the forum on December 17, 2010 at 4.15pm that led to 348 people being online (the most ever according to the stats on the cover page)?

[Giles]

I asked myself that day, and have been asking ever since.  Still have no clue….

[Seul]

I posted me skirt pic…

[Morose_Penguin]

What is the deciding factor on whether a particular fabric or pattern becomes a western or a work shirt (or both)? And is it just one person's decision or is input taken from all areas?

Sorry if this has been asked before, I've been wondering for a while.

[Morose_Penguin]

@Seul:

I posted me skirt pic…

[Giles]

It goes like this when I am in Hachioji….

H Here is a sample
G Great I like that
H Good
G Western or Work?
H You choose
G Thanks, what sort of buttons or snaps?
H You choose

Or

H This is a work shirt coming out soon
G Cool

Or

H This is a western shirt coming out soon
G Cool

Or

G I want to do this shirt in this fabric, what do you think
H Cool

[hectic]

@Morose_Penguin:

What is the deciding factor on whether a particular fabric or pattern becomes a western or a work shirt (or both)? And is it just one person's decision or is input taken from all areas?

Sorry if this has been asked before, I've been wondering for a while.

Fabric weight can be a factor; Westerns look good with snaps and a light material could not support snaps. Also, works shirts are more suited to buttons (a corollary to the above)

[zhivago]

@babyknight:

What was happening on the forum on December 17, 2010 at 4.15pm that led to 348 people being online (the most ever according to the stats on the cover page)?

Beatle Buster release I believe?

[Morose_Penguin]

Thanks for the info :). I should have expected something like that.

[Giles]

No, I dont think so…..I am sure the BB's released later than this....

[Chris]

Yeah, I remember when it happened; there was nothing special about that day and the traffic more than tripled.  No explanation for it whatsoever.

[zhivago]

Hmm interesting. Sorry for offering up bad info.

[zhivago]

For what it's worth…BB release 12/7/10, no help with the mystery of the 17th. Funny I have thought about this more than once and always thought it was the Buster's. Great question BK.
@Giles:

They're up on the site…...............

http://www.ironheart.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=134