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.

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

Black sashiko before and after shrinking.

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.

@MrJay @FlavourFade I hope it's not jeans. I love Ship John, but none of the bottoms they have made since I found out about Ship John have worked for me. Run a bit narrow for my build. Or if it is jeans, I hope they run a bit larger in the thigh and butt.

@northsouthdenimguy while both dark, I certainly feel they are far enough a part to warrant buying both if a person wanted to. For an Iron Heart comparison I'd say it's like SBG vs. IB. I think the black will end up a smoky Grey and well we've all seen how Mike's indigo version turned out.

Just got my invoice for the black Sashiko

@northsouthdenimguy while both dark, I certainly feel they are far enough a part to warrant buying both if a person wanted to. For an Iron Heart comparison I'd say it's like SBG vs. IB. I think the black will end up a smoky Grey and well we've all seen how Mike's indigo version turned out.

Just at my local tailor in Des Moines, IA. I wrote Ship John before I did my first one. They said to wash it and let it dry first and the fabric is much easier to sew. They thought any tailor should be able to do it. I believe @hgering27 did as well. He may have someone he suggest. He gave much more detail about his tailoring than I could.

@nixage Hemmed my indigo and black sashiko-ori shirts. Really happy with how they turned out.

@Chibs To me the material used for the IHV-50-IND and the material used for Ship John's Sashiko-ori are almost indiscernible. I will try and take a picture of them together today.

@MrJay @FlavourFade I hope it's not jeans. I love Ship John, but none of the bottoms they have made since I found out about Ship John have worked for me. Run a bit narrow for my build. Or if it is jeans, I hope they run a bit larger in the thigh and butt.

Here's my black one hemmed. I have really gotten use to the spacing.

@SonnyTheElder in post 2078 and 2079 you can see how my black sashiko shirt looks shrunk and what my indigo one looks like after being hemmed. They are the same size. Spacing is definitely off and that was a concern to me, but decided it was less of a concern then how long the shirt was on me.

Format has changed, but same problem

@AdamJ When you try to select a size it drops down to product description and the rest of the page disappears

@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.