Yeah, I echo the above. It's exceedingly rare that I'm not wearing or carrying something procured from Rivet and Hide. The recent Flat Head card holder release was awesome.

Yeah, I echo the above. It's exceedingly rare that I'm not wearing or carrying something procured from Rivet and Hide. The recent Flat Head card holder release was awesome.

Not a big one, but I noticed that the Obenauf's range of products appears at the end of the OGL page - potentially a mistake?

At the bottom of the forum homepage, the recent posts link in the grey bar no longer appears to work. Affected link.

Awfully tempting - may I ask what is meant by "Prairie Horsehide"? As no such information appears to be on the SB website. Thanks!

I wonder what the story is with Nine Lives right now. Kotaro Sato departed it would seem, and socials/product releases seem to be very quiet. I like their aesthetic and own a few items. It would be a shame if it's the end.

@Alex:

@tody:

Does personal taste play a role? I certainly believe so. I find, and I'm sorry to say so, most of the current UHF butt ugly. The 335 was my take from the lineup, but that was about it. The 340 I probably would have taken if I hadn't bought a previous iteration of that design used on eBay before. I have the last two crazy check flannels from the years before, but the colours of the 336 make me cringe. Sorry.

I actually agree with you, to a lesser degree here. I think this seasons flannels was one of the most polarising of recent years, and also there were some similar colours (anny and other sax, for eg).

I do check the R&H Sayonara page more often than is probably healthy, and a number of loud shirts from a variety of brands have been sitting there for a very long time, in a range of sizes, at a steep discount too. So perhaps something a number of brands will be revisiting.

Just adding my two cents as a customer since 2017, and lurker since 2015, who has purchased a number of UHF shirts.

I alas agree with others on the UHFs that the issue is obvious and fundamental: they're ugly. I find the shades of green and blue really odd - neither dark, nor light.

It might be a different story with the nicer shade of (emerald?) green that was used on the 203/206. I should add that I would snap up a 264 emerald green/black ombre in a heartbeat.

Could an issue be the lack of pattern symmetry at the front? Not all previous collections have been fully symmetrical, but these stand out to me.

It is the main reason I opted against the 335. Great idea and nice colours but lacking in final execution. I hope slow 335 sales do not dissuade you from making more herringbone UHFs - there's so much potential there.

With the ombre shirts, 180, 203/206s, and 230, the patterns line up better with shirt when it is buttoned up. These are much more appealing designs, in my view.

The front of the garment is the customers' first impression. The 336/342 and how the white doubles up clumsily at the front, it is a surprising lack of attention to detail. I concede that I am fussy, and usually opt for less loud designs. However, IH also prides itself on the details.

On non-UHF garments, and looking at the outlet, I think you could reduce your outerwear offering, with more focus on your own icons.

Outside of the denim jackets (including rider's jacket), no light cotton piece of IH outerwear has ever done it for me. But I could be wrong, I don't have access to the sales figures, of course.

I also snapped up a IHW-11 at full price and was surprised to see it end up in the outlet. So what do I know. No regrets on that one, by the way. I hope that my comments are read as constructive as I intended. Thank you.

@AdamJ:

@popvulture No indigo, it's purple/black ombre

Wunderbar! Will it be available in XS as well? 

Lovely news. Best of luck through these times to you and the team Giles.

@Giles:

1. The Simmons Bilt Jacket was made from Italian hide
2. The COO rules allow you to declare an item that is sufficiently made up of components from other countries, as COO of the country where it is made.  In this case, we complied
3. We got the duty refunded after a lot of shag and hassle, which sort of proves many of my points

Glad you got the duty back Giles, quite right. Ill-will doesn't surprise but incompetence less so. The deal was finalised mere days prior to the need to apply it. It's an impossible (if deliberately manufactured) situation.