The Strike Gold
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What do you guys think of these 1109s? I'm a bit on the fence because the waist feels a bit loose (these pics are post soak). I knew going in that these tend to have room in the top block if you go tts. I got a 32 (waist measured 33 pre-soak). I just couldn't imagine sizing down.
Anyways, the denim is amazing. Hopefully once the top block settled in with some creases I'll be more satisfied. Should I have sized down one?
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I like them, but if you were going to size down you might look at the 05 cut, since the 09 is already so tiny with the taper. 05 is basically the same cut sans the taper towards the cuff
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I was going for taper, pretty much looking for a tight fit. I think they actually look pretty awesome. I'm pretty sure sizing down would have made the rise unbearable.
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never underestimate the power of a future machine wash and the power of a belt to keep the waist where you want it to be
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never underestimate the power of a future machine wash and the power of a belt to keep the waist where you want it to be
Yep. I hot soaked for an hour but I'm pretty certain a hot wash will finish off the shrinkage. Gonna wait until I've got about 6 weeks or so of wear and then hot wash time!
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Perfect!
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Agreed. Love the fit. If it were me I'd fold the cuff ribbing on the sleeves back halfway on themselves, I think it'd look even better. $0.02
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I would recommend against doing that….imo it'll work to loosen the cuff and it won't necessarily snap back. Also, there's probably more shrink everywhere (i.e. Sleeves) so it'll look better later
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That's never been my experience with a sweat, particularly with thin ribbing like that. Indeed I've even rolled a thick IH Henley over the cuffs of my IH sweat, which is far more drastic, with zero lasting effect on the cuffs.
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Nice job sizing it. I think these shirts are best once machine dried and fully shrunk - it makes them feel even more thick and dense and cozy. Also I love how once you wear them a little the sleeves start looking like the Michelin man's arms.
Thanks, Yea I sized kinda big to start out with and now it’s pretty snug and fluffy too! Mostly dumb luck and fear on my part. super happy.
Agreed. Love the fit
Me too
I was able to stretch/shrink it into the perfect shape.Also just pulled a cotton fiber out of my sweatshirt that was just shy of 1.5 inches! Regular cotton is about 7/8ths of an inch, so this means SG sweats are also long staple cotton!
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Now that I finally have my sweatshirt I think I’ll do a review.
My take on SG sweats:Measurements lined up with Self-edge’s description. Pre-soak the sweatshirt seemed ok overall, but appeared at first to be nothing that special compared to my IHSW-10 (which is very special). Then I warm washed it/hot dried it and…. Totally transformed the sweatshirt into something amazing: Lost lots of length, a lil width, and got much softer and fluffier. Also I have read that arms on the XL can shrink to 24 inches, but I just easily stretched the arms to about 26+ inches. I did notice very slight uneven shrinkage from the sweatshirt getting wrapped up in itself in the mashing machine, but literally just several seconds of stretching took care of that. Basically this is a super pliable material.
Fit: body shrinks to be short, but can be stretched, also the hems and cuffs are snug fitting keeping the sweatshirt in place (not to low/doesn’t come up). I would say the body fits like a medium-large (on my extra large) and the arms are fitted and can shrink/stretch many inches either way in length if needed
Details:
Seems are really well done and are about twice as heavy as my IHSW-10 (two strands instead of one) and the seam thread also appear to be shiny (Mercerized?) cotton instead of synthetic (which can also be nice).As for the finish, the SG sweat is very smooth on the outside as if the cotton is combed before being fed into the loop wheel machine. The inside has many soft loops in it which gives it a unique feel and also seems to give the material great loft. Also the cotton can’t be emphasized enough, it’s just under 1.5 inches which is noticeably longer than my iron heart sweatshirt’s cotton which is also long staple cotton, so this gives the sweatshirt many additional benefits for comfort and durability.
The hem, collar, and cuffs seem durable are very tightly woven with the hem being circular (a nice touch). Again the stitching is superb with great details such as neck V and flat seeming from the sleeve overextended slightly under the armpit.
Overall this sweatshirt is one of the best garments I own. It has amazing warm, soft and pliable long staple fabric that perfectly molds to the body. Extremely comfortable overdone stitching which should wear long and well. Details are excellent and finish is clean and well executed. Basically this sweatshirt is mindblowingly nice and perfectly complements my growing Iron Heart collection.
