no curl on my collar, but assume you can correct this w/ a bit of water and making sure that it lays properly when on a hanger, I've found that the arm creases reset a bit whenever I wear in the rain - this one gets early fall over a t-shirt AND under a coat wear as the season gets colder, unfortunately I only sized to a 42 (same as my steer oil ones), but the stiffness of this leather makes it so I need to wear the leather a bit to warm it up before the first two buttons stop popping open - still a great piece though and first foray into the eco-horse. Have a Y2 piece from Lua arriving in Dec/Jan that should be a monster to break in.

@Anesthetist said in Y’2 Leathers….:

@Kjunx nicely done! I love the looks of it, color me jealous

Not much of a photo poster but here’s the y2 scar chore after unboxing. Fit is a bit stiffer/tighter than the suede (to be expected) but will likely break in with wear. need to get a picture of it next to my weathered KB140 while it’s still in its pink era.

Top to bottom (KB-140-T, Chore Jacket Tan Suede, KS-11)

I had the same issue (choosing which one)… so now I own the navy, black, and camel/tan (doh!) - the black one dresses up best, but the camel/tan gets the most compliments. Personally I’m not a huge fan of contrast stitching which is what kept me away from the navy at first (picked that one up second hand) but honestly with the nap of the roughout you don’t notice it as much - might be the same for the olive ?

@Anesthetist - … skipped the navy and olive but I did pull the trigger on the pre-order for the scar kakishibu ; same sizing on all my Y2 (40)

I took a long route on sizing for the Y2 Chore as I'm in between an IT48 (Belstaff), US38/Small or US40/Med (Schott), Small (Allsaints), and typically 40 (Y2 and DoubleHelix). I burned shipping $ and ordered both a 40 and 42 in the suede versions with the idea of returning the size that didn't work. I tried them on w/ single layers, light sweater, and a flannels). I will say, this particular cut that TJ designed is forgiving (i.e. you can go up or down a bit w/ reasonable margin of error).

Ultimately I stuck with the size 40 for the chore (across the board for my Y2s) based on this trial/error along with some big forum help here from @Anesthetist and others on comparable fit to other styles (it looked a bit more fit/polished on my frame IMHO). I have plenty of room to move, and a bit of room to layer, but 9 / 10 if I'm wearing this I'm not layering too heavy or I'm wearing an heavier coat on top. For reference I'm a IH Large in shirt sizes.

Hope this helps.

....have personally used the cornstarch/baking soda method on an IH-suede collar oil before and it worked magic.

Well...when the site is up and running you have a veritable army of resources here on the forum to help the IHcrew test out the new site. You should launch a separate page dedicated to 'bugs' found. Will help in fast identification and likely reduce downstream costs due to order mistakes, etc. - most folks here I've met are good humans and happy to just click away but you could always run a context to identify bugs at a 1 euro per bug amount :). Looking forward to checking out the new site and throwing down a test purchase !

Thank you so much !! Can’t tell you how helpful those couple shots were ! Think I’ll go up a size to a 42 to give myself a bit of room for layering.

@Anesthetist & @Autorotate - Thanks again for the help sizing; I ordered a 40 & 42 to compare and while the 42 fit; it was a bit too boxy in the chest (shoulders were slightly big which resulted in it fitting too loose w/ just a T-shirt on; fit was better with heavy layering). 40 allows me to wear a heavy sweater or t-shirt ++ flannel underneath which frankly is all I’d need. Grabbed a black and a tan

I had the same issue (choosing which one)… so now I own the navy, black, and camel/tan (doh!) - the black one dresses up best, but the camel/tan gets the most compliments. Personally I’m not a huge fan of contrast stitching which is what kept me away from the navy at first (picked that one up second hand) but honestly with the nap of the roughout you don’t notice it as much - might be the same for the olive ?

I think you’ll be OK; looks similar to a water spot that I get on my SS-13 (Camel Steer oil Western) that disappear with a bit of time and weather exposure - but yes small bit of corn starch or baking soda and a drop of H2O goes a long way (and unfortunately time and reapplications) - might be leftover residue that some water will take away or just in need of a mustang paste application. I use mustang paste on most of my horsehide jackets w/out darkening substantially. Goodluck and don’t stress, leather is pretty resilient!

no curl on my collar, but assume you can correct this w/ a bit of water and making sure that it lays properly when on a hanger, I've found that the arm creases reset a bit whenever I wear in the rain - this one gets early fall over a t-shirt AND under a coat wear as the season gets colder, unfortunately I only sized to a 42 (same as my steer oil ones), but the stiffness of this leather makes it so I need to wear the leather a bit to warm it up before the first two buttons stop popping open - still a great piece though and first foray into the eco-horse. Have a Y2 piece from Lua arriving in Dec/Jan that should be a monster to break in.

....have personally used the cornstarch/baking soda method on an IH-suede collar oil before and it worked magic.

Size Table isn’t rendering properly on the following page (N1 Vest ) - Browser (iOS)

https://ironheart.co.uk/collections/vests/products/ihv-46-kha

Cheers,

K

Well...when the site is up and running you have a veritable army of resources here on the forum to help the IHcrew test out the new site. You should launch a separate page dedicated to 'bugs' found. Will help in fast identification and likely reduce downstream costs due to order mistakes, etc. - most folks here I've met are good humans and happy to just click away but you could always run a context to identify bugs at a 1 euro per bug amount :). Looking forward to checking out the new site and throwing down a test purchase !

possibly user error (ie ME) but the link to this forum’s page (555 SBG) from the product page appears to be broke. I had to run a search to get here. Again, could be user error, but figured I’d call this out in case it happened to others. Cheers.

@coldcashandcolderhearts what size do you have for the leather western vs the vest (e.g. same size 42 Y2, ~38M IH) or did you have to size up for the vest to work)? Thanks !

@WhiskeySandwich how’s the leather squeak breaking in ? It’s hit or miss on my Y2s on how much and how long this exists.

@Darth-fader helpful; Thank you.

I’ll report back here with where I landed with my fit. Hopefully will be helpful to others as they look to guide any preorder decisions.

Update: Received the size 38 today and unfortunately it’s a tight fit in the shoulders and upper chest with a t-shirt when zipped - severely limiting mobility. no way I could wear with a hoodie or UHF. I’ll have to size up to a 40 (not currently in stock). Otherwise it’s a gorgeous jacket; wish it fit me on this go around; very different cut than say the Iron Heart N-1 in size Medium.