Posts made by talexander

@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.

@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.

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