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Stunned by the electric blue of these UHRs!

A big Thank You, from me to Alex, Giles, Paula, the entire Iron Heart Crew and all the denimheads who attended for a truly awesome weekend. Here are a few memories of Saturday.

These 25 oz XHS were my first Iron Hearts bought in May 2014, size 34. They stretched and became too big so I sized down to a 32, and didn't wear the size 34s much. In time they shrank so I have started wearing them again but the patch had gone quite brittle and was discoloured.

I noticed a small pile of random patches in the workshop at last September's party including a new patch with the exact same model and size as my 25 oz size 34s but then forgot about it until a couple of weeks ago when I asked Josh if he still had it. He did!

Josh has now done an excellent job at replacing the patch and even returned the old one!

@swiss-jeansfreak and I started getting very excited about the raw 24.8 ounce Extra Hard SG9903s! I could see where you could get 2 pairs raw in different sizes. He sussed it out and when I went to look again next morning one of the two pairs had gone! He admitted he was the guilty party. I quickly snaffled the last pair, a size 32 hoping they would fit. Well they do and were so much easier to do up and less course than my 2016 size 32 UHR634s.

@weftyarn I will bring the bibs again!

Walking around a garden in Kent and spotting Iron Hearts on the man with the black dog. 634s may be?

Here they are at the piano! I so love this non- washed unsanforized 24.8 ounce denim and those lovely big almost square pockets that I have gone for a pair of SG9904s with the narrower hem as well ! SG9903 for boots and SG9904 for trainers.

Here are my raw unwashed unsoaked SG9903s after about 4 months wear. They lose more indigo at wear points every day. ![IMG_20250308_1041265.jpg]

@Jeansman said in IH-634S-UHR - 21/23oz Raw Selvedge Denim Straight Cut Jeans - Indigo:

The 634 UHRs have such lovely fading that I thought I ought to break an unworn pair that I bought in December 2016. It took lots of tugging and a sore thumb before I could do up the top button, the waistband is so tight. However I managed in the end and they are comfortable to wear. I have put some Observer books in rear pockets to help stretch them out a bit.

I started wearing these on Monday. When they are on, they are lovely but getting the buttons done up is difficult as the waistband is tight at the front (not as much at the back) and is not pliable, though they have yet to see water (and won't for a while). I can't resist wearing them even though my thumbs hurt. I always worry about shrinkage but it has never stopped me wearing a pair - the tighter they are, the more they have to be worn.

@indigo_nico My December 2016 edition UHRs are also on about 39 days of wear since I took the labels off and started to wear them in September. They have yet to see water apart from the odd raindrop. The darker photos are probably the truest colours.

@Kasi I will bring mine.

Mine don't have an S in them. What is the difference, please?

The 634 UHRs have such lovely fading that I thought I ought to break an unworn pair that I bought in December 2016. It took lots of tugging and a sore thumb before I could do up the top button, the waistband is so tight. However I managed in the end and they are comfortable to wear. I have put some Observer books in rear pockets to help stretch them out a bit.

@Jeansman said in IH-634S-UHR - 21/23oz Raw Selvedge Denim Straight Cut Jeans - Indigo:

The 634 UHRs have such lovely fading that I thought I ought to break an unworn pair that I bought in December 2016. It took lots of tugging and a sore thumb before I could do up the top button, the waistband is so tight. However I managed in the end and they are comfortable to wear. I have put some Observer books in rear pockets to help stretch them out a bit.

I have now worn these for most of the past 8 days. Before I put them on, I think for a moment about my sore thumb, but something compels me to wear them regardless. It is certainly much easier than it was a week ago, when I was thinking I would have to give up on them. It also helps to keep the bottom button done up when I take them off - one fewer to battle with when putting them back on again. I don't normally cuff, but I didn't want indigo on my Ons.

@indigo_nico yes: I always wear them raw for a few weeks and will them wash them for the first time. @Giles will say you need to soak them before wearing to avoid damage to the constructional stitching as the coarse fabric can cut the stitches which need to bed in. Personally, I have never had the problem.

This is a pair I bought in December 2016 and started to wear in early September 2024, after 2 months - see posts in IH-634S-UHR - 21/23oz Raw Selvedge Denim Straight Cut Jeans - Indigo in https://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/topic/12082/ih-634s-uhr-21-23oz-raw-selvedge-denim-straight-cut-jeans-indigo/7?=1731827530284
The dark photos are intended to try to recreate the actual colours. IMG_20241116_1052396.jpg IMG_20241116_1054144 IH UHR size 32 at 2 months top front.jpg in https://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/topic/12082/ih-634s-uhr-21-23oz-raw-selvedge-denim-straight-cut-jeans-indigo/7?=1731827530284

My 2016 UHRs have now had one wash no soaks. Here they are after 6 months wear.

I am not taking part, but wearing my IH805 bibs over my barely worn IH21/23 UHRs is making the fades come out nicely on them!

@Anesthetist:

Resurrection time! For some reason my old 1101s felt so good today. Ridiculously soft and light as a handkerchief with lovely vertical fade. Anyone else still rocking some FC?

I haven't bought any Full Count since the arcs went. However, I have a good stock of new and used FC1101XX, FC1108XX,  FC1109-21OZ, FC1101XXEX and FC1904 with arcs for when the fancy takes me so I am not fussed about the change. Alas I have only one pair of FC1109 21OZ with the red tab. Here are some of them. s  as the other pairs were bought in the UK. I also have some new and used  Type 1 FC2743  and Type 2 FC2812 jackets which I think are terrific.