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This has been my uniform lately.

IHJ-54
Black tee
888-XHS
Wesco

IHJ-61
888-XHS

I kind of hate this photo of me, but it was all I could manage to get in my short elevator ride.

The IHJ-54 always comes through for me.

Johnny Cash
IH Tee
888
Wesco

And standing awkwardly, about to get some headshots taken.

I filed for a patent this morning, so I'm officially allowed to share this with the world. I've been designing this for the last 4 months and it's finally done!

My hedgehog cactus sharing its gorgeous flowers with me for one day.

@CosmoSix5 said in IRON HEART WAYWT - 2025 EDITION:

eBay grail shirt delivered from California in 2 days.. Post office must be making doge adjustments lol. Usually a full week easy.

Let's keep the political commentary out of the forum, please. Baiting comments like this don't serve any purpose around here.

Story time:
I had foot surgery in July. One of the catalysts for pursuing this surgery was that my Mister Lous became unbearable to wear. I first sought out custom boots about 16 years ago because I had mild discomfort on the top of my foot. That search led me to Wesco, and I happily ordered custom-fit boots for years that felt great. Fast forward to a few years ago when I ordered my first pair of off-the-shelf Mister Lous from IH, and they felt okay for a while, but the discomfort on the top of my foot became so bad that I had to stop wearing them about a year ago. I went to a podiatrist who diagnosed me with a type of bone spur on top of my right foot. It was probably slowly growing for decades, and in the beginning it was uncomfortable to wear certain footwear, but towards the end of my journey, it was painful most of the time because the bone spur was pushing against a nerve that runs on top of the foot. The surgery recovery was pretty brutal, but I got through it. A couple of weeks ago I tried on my Mister Lous and the right one hurt a little going on and I quickly realized my foot was too swollen to wear them and had to take them off. It was so painful getting it back off again. My podiatrist urged me to keep trying though. Well, a few days ago I tried again, and to my surprise, they were actually comfortable. I wore them all day, and wore them all day again yesterday. These boots have never been as comfortable as they are now, and I'm elated. Anyway, here's my brand new (to me, again) pair of Mister Lous!

My first par of IH jeans. Circa 2011.

Seeing the loyalty program go away as a measure to protect the brand actually feels like the best loyalty program of all. And while vouchers may be disappearing, there are plenty of things that remain that foster real loyalty.

Free repairs for life is a loyalty program. This forum is a loyalty program. Having access to open discussions like this with the owner(past or present) is a loyalty program.

I’ve seen a lot of changes in the nearly 15 years I’ve been part of this forum, but two things have always been consistent: first, the transparency on full display from IH, and second, the fact that we’re all a bunch of quality-obsessed denim nerds who have a place to gather and obsess over the minutiae of the products we use every day.

Vouchers going away changes nothing for me. I appreciated them when I received them, but I never really missed them when I didn’t.

Not the most conventional tool, but a shop apron is absolutely a tool. Having some of my most-used hand tools at the ready is super important, and rather than buying something that already exists that I'd likely be unhappy with, I decided to make my own fully custom apron.

This was nearly 80 hours of labor, and a shit ton of leather!

My wife came home with this amazing staghorn fern the other day. These things are so rad!