So this arrived today. Feeling pretty lucky. I've tried to buy many items from Ship John with zero luck thus far. Just happened to catch the Ship John live stream where Mike announced they were selling this all black / dry wax version of the Wills. I believe this only 1 of 30 pieces. Sorry for the terrible pictures. Much better on their website obviously.

Never posted a fade pic. Not near the photog some of you gentlemen are. Been wearing these on and off for about a year and half rotating with some 888XHSIB

Pretty happy with how this turned out. I'm kinda short and boxy myself.

Black sashiko before and after shrinking.

Indigo in the same size to give an idea of how it will break in

Little over a year of wear. Supposed to be Buck Brown, but almost positive they're Tan Oiled Latigo.

Looking forward to pairing it with the all black Wills I was lucky enough to snag last year. Starting to show a little breaking in in the elbows and the shoulders. As you can tell from the chair I put it on and my hat, it is not really a black but a dark grey. Probably darker than the battleship gray, but not a true black in my opinion.

Just got my invoice for the black Sashiko

Completely agree with @DeeDee85. I think the black W is going to look great. In fact, I was already considering trying to carefully sharpie it. This is a plus to me. Really hope the measurements work!

The 21oz sashiko used for the 397 but dyed SBG, gun metal buttons in a CPO.

@Cymro The IHSH-411 and 412-Blk are my favorite shirt fabric yet from Iron Heart. Especially in the sun. It's awesome to watch the transition as the sun hits the indigo. A little mesmerizing actually. Need to wash mine again soon.

@FlavourFade I also use google pay and have had good luck with it. Have the indigo sashiko, the black sashiko and managed to snag the blacked out Wills to. Not gloating, just to inform you I have had luck with google pay. I'd keep an eye out for a while after they ship the pre-orders. Wouldn't be the first time they had "extra" that they just put on the web site. They did that with some Kristofferson's and the hickory striped western shirt. I am quite certain they did it with some indigo sashiko shirts as well.

@Brock Agree with you. I didn't dry mine, but my washer has an extra hot setting. That made it shrink quite a bit without drying. It especially narrowed the arms a lot and brought the length up a quite a bit but not enough for my liking. @Blanco I also found them to be a bit long. I took both my indigo and black sashiko shirt to the tailor and had them shortened a bit. Just my two cents. I have pictures from much further up of before and after too if you care to see how just an extra hot wash worked. I took it out right before the spin cycle.

@Chibs yes. I agree, it's a sign. Love mine. I may try again. Seems like this is a different fabric. That's seems like justification enough

@Bailey Thank you Bailey! Even better chart actually! Have a great evening.

@ShopatIronHeart very good. Thank you for the quick reply. They usually match after each run, but are different. I thought one had been updated.

@ShopatIronHeart is the size chart on the forum or product page accurate for this run? Really hoping it's the forum.

@Denimhead-0 I actually tried the way they recommended with just a cold soak. Didn't do much at all. Then I tried a hot soak in the bathtub. Definitely shrunk a bit and dyed the water black, but I still wasn't happy with the fit. So I threw caution to wind and put it in the washer on extra hot and took it out right before it started the spin cycle. Actually did the same thing with the indigo. The agitation probably helped the most? I don't know, I'm not an expert by any means. Just worked for both of my Ship John sashiko shirts.

@northsouthdenimguy thank you!

@atm23 That is an awesome jacket. I can't say with any certainty, but I feel like the IHV-50-IND is the same material as well. If not, I cannot tell the difference when I put them side by side.