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Me and the lady this morning 🥰

IH666 21 oz selvedge
18 oz SBG CPO Western

@FireGX dude I love this jacket. I’ve wanted a storm rider forever but the quality of original Lee ones is kinda shit haha. I did get a small. Small UHF is the perfect fit for me and so is the jacket. If you’re between sizes I’d maybe size up. The quilt on the sleeves make them a bit tighter than my type 3 IH jacket. I’m 5’10” 155 lbs if that helps at all

Hi, I’m Andy, and I’m an Iron Heart addict. It’s been eight days since my last purchase

As a side hustle, I buy and sell vintage guitars and after a particularly lucrative flip last year, I treated myself to a 21 oz selvedge Canadian tux. Things have… escalated from there.

At this point I’ve got five UHF westerns, one of which is overdyed black, a 14 oz indigo overdyed black western, a pair of 21 oz 666 SBGs, a 5 oz western SS for the summer and an oiled ODG N1 and 16 oz SBG western in the mail from a couple forum members.

I now have a closet full of lesser shit than doesn’t get worn while I rotate my modest (so far) collection of the good stuff. I’m the type of dude who goes to a restaurant, finds one thing he likes, and just orders that thing every time he goes back. Never been a label whore before in my life but here we are haha

Aside from Iron Heart specific stuff, I’m a devoted husband and father of two, devout practitioner of mindfulness meditation and ashtanga yoga, and a bluegrass guitarist, mandolinist, and singer.

Thanks for having me

Got baked af last night and made a new profile pic. Only god can judge me

Just found this thread. Bunch of dudes that are pumped on being dads? I’m in the right place. Me and my little homie on the back porch watching the storm tonight

My boys hangin at the skate shop this weekend 🛹

@Ross SECURED

Got them today. Ten minutes and a bloody thumb later, I’ve got em on. They’re tight in the waist so I’ll follow @neph93’s advice and wear them for a week or so before a soak and wash. They are no joke but they aren’t as heavy as the Wills jacket (thank god) I guess because of the wax they put on it or something. I love these. Lookin’ forward to breaking them in for sure

Had a bit of a situation with mine a few days ago. I grabbed a spray bottle of water to help set the creases and immediately felt a weird warm sensation on my left arm. Felt the spray bottle and the water was cold so immediately was like “that’s not water.”

Immediately put my arm under cold water till it was soaked, then threw it in the tub to soak submerged in cold water.

Turns out it was bleach. The bottle was labeled water and I have long covid so I couldn’t smell it. Just glad I figured it out and took action immediately. Could have been a LOT worse. As a result the left inner arm is just slightly lighter than the right. Good times. But hey maybe once I fade it all the way down it’ll balance out. Still super thankful to have gotten one of the last two of these in my size. Rather than be bummed about it, I’m looking at it like it’s just part of the story of the evolution of the fade. As my signature below says:

“The root of all suffering is the giving of fucks”

Gettin’ ready for a mile run to break these beasts in ASAP. Iron Heart track suit. Day old IH-555-XHS and 2 month old IHSH-295-IB. Dedication to the fade

Any pickers in here??

Here’s a video of my duo playing a gig a while back and another quick one of some woodshedding.

What y’all got?

https://www.instagram.com/p/CuubBMnrtCu/?igsh=dXR5NW85MXFmeDc2

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CumrIlqLGAh/?igsh=MTF3aWVudTZpaTh3aQ==

Trying to pull off a guitar capo pocket fade. Luckily the pocket is tight enough that it’s stayed put over the past few weeks of daily wear

Here’s some pics of my 1938 D28 and a video of me playing it in the backyard over the summer. It’s a monster

IH-666S-21 in the shot there

@Oaktavia hell yeah man, this was my oldest’s jacket when he was just a little guy. Now he’s four and wears nothing but Transformers t shirts. Maybe I’ll get him an Optimus Prime back patch and style him out again

Getting up to speed on some mash style bluegrass on the 1934 Gibson L00

Video link:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CumrIlqLGAh/?igsh=MTF3aWVudTZpaTh3aQ==

Hanna Hats of Donegal Tweed JP Cap. Hand made to order in Ireland. Searched high and low for a proper 100% speckled wool tweed newsboy with slim sides. This thing is the cat’s pajamas

Waiting on DHL to to deliver my Storm Rider today ‍

@LewisStonehouse also not sure if you saw my other post in the guitar section but peep the 1938 D28. This thing is a dang old hoss

Oh and here’s the guitar

Just scored a pair of these today. I have no experience with raw denim but Ross and Josh were super helpful walking me through sizing and stuff. I’ve also never worn the 555 cut, coming over from 666. Got em hemmed cause as Ross said, gotta soak and wash em anyway and at that point returns are no go. Stoked to see how they are