Posts made by cander49

Got it; love it. Pics to come. This will work well for me to dress up what is frequently perhaps an overly casual look while working at a university in a hot, very humid environment (a lot of 6.5 and 7.5 oz tees with shorts).

Saw this one in the catalogue today when receiving my indigo sashiko blazer. Beautiful! This is my favourite of the upcoming season!

I recently bought a fixer-upper house in Sydney and nearly all my budget is going into doing the renovation the right way. Haven't bought anything beyond a couple tees in the last 8 months or so because my closet is already so full of amazing IH pieces. But, I saw this in my inbox this morning and it was 100% me, so I grabbed one. Guess I can save money on lighting somewhere to justify it.

Still a favourite.

Just grabbed one of these from SE when they added a bit more stock online and happy with it. Had previously sold a navy N1 when moving down under, but I realised that was a mistake and it would have been the perfect jacket for mild winters here (but nice when often in areas without heating at a fairly cold temperature for a long period of time). Navy wasn't really the right colour for me, having pets, but the olive is terrific. Compared to my older navy (2018 IHM-29), it seems that the same size has slightly longer sleeves and a slightly shorter but slightly looser body. Quite happy with it, particularly the longer sleeves. Will take a pic with it whenever I remember.

It just came to my attention that there's an "Iron Heart Canning" company that cans beers and often leaves off the "Canning" portion of the name. I realize that IH wasn't the first use of the name (there's a 1992 movie), but with Marvel and a beer company both using the same name, is that a concern to the IH brand?

Picked up a pair at SENY recently. Wife and I will be moving somewhere quite a bit more humid in ~6 months, and I found 25 oz denim rather unpleasantly sweaty while visiting, so bought something much lighter. 

A sharp new pair of jeans really pairs well with my color 2 wing tip Aldens. I definitely new yellow shirting to go with my Phin /Ebbets Ukraine colors cap. 

Regarding sizing, are the measurements taken with or without the waistband stretched?

Thanks! She's really great! She probably has 30 pieces of her own, and I'm up to maybe 5 for me.

100% linen shirt made by my wife, 6 oz loopwheel pocket tee, IH-721-Nav, Alden whiskey shell PTBs.

Sized up one from my 555 denim size, paired here with a 6 oz loopwheel pocket tee, Alden whiskey PTBs, and a custom shirt by my wife with linen shifting fabric from Tesuti fabrics.

Hadn't seen that these existed before! I was in need of a nice pair of chinos, so glad they were in stock inmy size! Looking forward to these arriving!

Haha thanks @Aetas!

Well… I've got a new favorite hat / shirt combo! This is currently a one-off Ebbets designed by my wife and me with our cat as the art! It remains to be seen if this ends up as a future charity run on our Instagram page -- for now I have the only sample! 

My One Star got dressed up for a cold winter wedding at Emerald Lake in Canada this weekend. As I said to my wife, "this is still the single best thing I've ever bought from Iron Heart."

555-XHSib + Alden whiskey shell blucher + cotton shirting by my wife (which we jokingly call Iron Daria  :D) + doggo.

Wow @spitfiredealer! I was already sold, but now I'm really sold. 

I think that it's worth noting that synthetics are largely outperforming down in most ways at this point (though not in weigh yet, which is something you asked about). So, perhaps that better breathability is part of why @Giles has mentioned not overheating like crazy in this, and I should note that I feel the same way. I think the hand pockets are nice here, and I don't really need more than what it has. It's not terribly cold where I live, but I did bring it home to my parents' house in Minnesota this year and it was fine n temperatures as low as ~0 F / -18 C. I guess I had moderate level gloves on in that kind of weather, but in any temps where it's not cold enough that I'd just want gloves regardless, the hand pockets are totally fine.

Weight wise, it's not that heavy. As mentioned, synthetic currently requires a little more weight for the same warmth than down, but some of my other IH jackets (thigh length hooded alpaca, One Star leather with that pretty heavy metal belt, etc) feel like they're heavier to me. I don't feel like weight of the jacket has ever been something I've considered when wearing this. Perhaps the staff have exact weight stats on it? I wouldn't think weight is going to be a factor here unless you're looking to do some serious through-hiking and absolutely need to minimize mass (in which case, down is the only real option).

@Chain$titch:

@Giles:

When I first tried this on, I thought it would be too warm for anything or anywhere I did or went.  I then wore one for 2 weeks in mixed weather, what is outstanding about this jacket is that it regulates your temperature really well.  In cold it gives you warmth, in milder temperatures it just does not get too hot….No idea how it does that....

@Giles
@cander49

So… I CAN ski in this..?

Absolutely. When it's around freezing, I ski in my quilted light parka (ihj-100) + a hardshell, and when it gets much colder than that, I ski in this beast.

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