Had to represent at the local rink with my 11-year-old daughter today … it’s our favorite Sat afternoon hangout …

Spontaneous Dr visit bathroom selfie
Ignore the toilet (at least it proves I lifted the seat!)
SEXIH25 633 (day 1)
9526PJ Superblack

Saturday Iron Heart dump run.
My wife’s like, “When are you going to take that thing off?”
It’s coming along nicely.
Every once in a while I wish I went with a 44 instead of 42, but then 10 minutes later I love this size. The arm holes are a liiiiiiiittle snug is the only issue I have.

Hey everyone! I'm Devin - based in Maine. Recently got back into the denim scene after I lost some weight and pulled out an old favorite pair of Levis's with amazing fades that I'd totally forgotten about. Put em on and it was game on. Got me searching and learning (and buying!) again so here I am! Just got a few pieces of IH and love them. I've been part of other online communities (watches and guitars) and am excited to get to know this group. Love all the info and sharing I see here.

Fresh out the paper bag! This is an XL. Fits a touch tighter than my XL type III Superblack (tho the measurements were darn close) but the XXL measurements on these looked a little too big for my liking. I tried a thin layer under it and it worked.
What do we think!?

Couldn’t wait LOL. Had to confirm the 888 fit cuz I want to potentially buy more before the fall and this is my first pair. Really pleased with how these turned out post soak/wash. Love the weight and feel of these right from day one. Gonna have to rotate them in until summer heat is too much.

I did 30 min soak and significant hand agitation with water as hot as I could possibly tolerate. Hot hot. Did lots of agitation. Drained. Refilled with fresh hot water. Repeated 3 times.
Drip dry.

Numbers pre and post soak below.

W 18.5 / 17.75
Thigh 13.75 / 13.25
Knee 9.5 / 9.2
Hem 9 / 8.75
Fr 13 / 12.5
Br 16 / 15.5
Inseam 37 / 35.5

Legit shrinkage that I was hoping for.

@Malkior Looks great.

I recently picked one of these up second hand and have fallen fully in love with it. They are bad. ass.

BUT .... I have some questions about the button holes. Many of them see to have extra threads and frayed edges. The very bottom one is clean, but the others all have a little something going on.

Is this normal? Should I be concerned? Should I repair it? Do it myself? Send it off somewhere? Cut it away? Anyone else also see this? I've seen a little of this before on other jackets but not quite to this extent.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Here's a clean one:

Here are some frayed holes:

And here are two with lots of extra thread:

I agree with @indigo_fades.
@mecken88 that jacket is sick! All of these are!
Uh oh ….

@Luijim78 Great to meet you thanks for the welcome!

@Sunnergren Välkommen!! (My wife is Swedish
Also recently joined. Vi ses!

Couldn’t wait LOL. Had to confirm the 888 fit cuz I want to potentially buy more before the fall and this is my first pair. Really pleased with how these turned out post soak/wash. Love the weight and feel of these right from day one. Gonna have to rotate them in until summer heat is too much.

I did 30 min soak and significant hand agitation with water as hot as I could possibly tolerate. Hot hot. Did lots of agitation. Drained. Refilled with fresh hot water. Repeated 3 times.
Drip dry.

Numbers pre and post soak below.

W 18.5 / 17.75
Thigh 13.75 / 13.25
Knee 9.5 / 9.2
Hem 9 / 8.75
Fr 13 / 12.5
Br 16 / 15.5
Inseam 37 / 35.5

Legit shrinkage that I was hoping for.

Had to represent at the local rink with my 11-year-old daughter today … it’s our favorite Sat afternoon hangout …

@Mizmazzle Dang that is surprising on the length. She still hangs real sweet though! Love how it's looking.

@GoodtimeJohnny I dig how those 634ibs are hangin' and fadin'. Are those 14s?

@Denimhead-0 great fit! - cool (and encouraging) to see the difference post wash. I just opened mine and tried them on and man they feel stiff and unwieldy and … “big-ish” … though I think it’s partly the ultra raw denim and 37 inch inseam. Just feels like a lot of denim! Never had something like this. If they shrink like everyone says they do they should be great …

now can I wait until the fall? …

Bump. Price drop to $300 shipped.
Also still open to trades.

Very cool. Yeah I dig how it turned out a lot.

Agree this turned out fantastic. Was it a hard process? Messy? Worth the effort? Makes me want to give it a try on something ….

@iamjustdanny that’s a long time but they’ll be perfect for the comp!

@Oaktavia man that’s quite a line up to have waiting for you. I was hoping you’d respond
Super interesting stuff!