IHSH-85- The Johnny Cash Too - Superblack 12oz Selvedge Denim Western Shirt
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Restock on XL?
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I reckon a restock is inbound any day. However, I'm totally torn over if I'll ever be able to fit this beauty properly. I've got an IHSH-33 in XL, it's been washed and worn a'plenty and the current measurement is 23.5" pit to pit. This is quite snug for me, all other areas of the shirt is fine.
The IHSH-85 in XXL is 23.6" in pit to pit before shrinkage. I'm thinking that after a soak the pit to pit measurement will become dangerously close to being uncomfortable for me to wear. That means I should go for a XXXL (24.6" pit to pit), but seeing as I'm not a tall person (178cm) I'm afraid that the rest of the shirt will make me look like I've wrapped myself around a black tent…
Giles, just curious: why is it a few select Iron Heart garments aren't soaked beforehand to get the final shrinkage out? I understand with raw denim, but why not for Super Black? The rider's jacket in Super Black seems to not shrink?
If all else fails, I'll skip the IHSH-85 and get the charcoal flannel that'll hit us later this year.
...or maybe I'll get both. ::)
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Go with the xxl and if it's too small I'll trade you for my xxxl (washed once).
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I do not know when next restock is.
Re: Soaking. If we are concerned about how the fabric will behave (19L is a great example), we will soak. If we believe the fabric to be stable, then whether we soak or not depends on which side of the bed we get out on the day we conceive the product.
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Go with the xxl and if it's too small I'll trade you for my xxxl (washed once).
Crap, I just realised I never replied to your generous offer! I'm still a bit torn about sizes (not that anything is in stock at the moment), but if I do go the XXL route I will most certainly let you know how it fits!
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@den213:
How come this Super-Black shirt has a selvage detail and the 666SB / 9634Z don't? Sorry if it was already asked…
Totally different denim
IHSH-85 = 12oz
666SB = 21oz SuperBlack
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Well, maybe the Boss did not care if the standard SB denim is cellbitch or not. I have the 9526V and the non-selvedge SB is nothing to feck with.
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When I started working with Haraki almost 10 years or so ago, selvedge was not that important to him. He had designed some denims for the biker market in Japan, and as long as the denim performed the function it was required to do, he did not care less (nor did most of his customers) whether it was selvedge or not. One of the 3 denims he sold at the time was projectile loom woven 21oz superblack.
As we worked together more, and I opened up the western market, the issue of selvedge became more and more important, because that is what the majority of customers prefer. So, if we can make a fabric that is good enough for our needs on a shuttle (therefore selvedge) loom, we will.
Yes, we can make the 12oz superblack denim on a shuttle loom, so we do. We can't make the 12oz UHF on a shuttle loom, so we don't.
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This thread definitely deserves some more pics, even shitty mobile ones. This shirt has been on my list for quite a while and thanks to @Hereforthebeer I finally got it . Superhappy about it!
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It looks great @mental floss . Glad it worked out!
