Iron Heart Products - What do you think we should make?

[Chaintitch]

@sabergirl @Hematoma @Alex

Snaps on a Type III: can we make it happen??

[Alex]

Perhaps, but I am not sure that Haraki would be that into the idea. He tried snaps on a T3 vest but under the brand Ignition. If he had wanted to do it for IH, he would have already, I suspect

[goosehd]

@Alex ...also the 25oz Type III IH vest...

[sabergirl]

There was an IH Sherpa lined corduroy type III w/snaps once! My grail

[Matt]

@Karol I think @Alex would say “Never say never.” But it’s probably ok to think it.

[Alex]

@goosehd that was due to necessity, not a stylistic choice on his part. It was impossible to use the tack buttons

[Chaintitch]

@sabergirl said in Iron Heart Products - What do you think we should make?:

There was an IH Sherpa lined corduroy type III w/snaps once! My grail

Why can't we have nice things?

[goosehd]

@Matt I love reading between the lines....========================

[goosehd]

5%
________ = "Never say never"

10%

[Karol]

@Matt @goosehd the hope dies last
Actually can anyone explain what’s the issue with the 21oz LHT? It’s not like the other idea with 25oz stretchy washed denim. 21oz LHT exists already while the other would require development

[goosehd]

@Karol I know that @Alex and @Giles has referenced capacity issues in the past and am quoting one of G’s responses. There are excellent suggestions made all of the time, brought forth on items to be made or remade, but there is only so much that can be done with limited resources.

@Giles said in Samples - New Products We Are Working On:

During the lockdown in Japan virtually all foreign workers went home and were not allowed back in.  So mills and factories have been running at approx 60% capacity for a couple of years.

Japan is opening up again now, so things will get better.

How we fix this as a company was one of the major talking points when @alex and I were in Japan a couple of weeks ago.

One of the factories that makes a lot of of our stuff was remarkable.  They have built a lot of housing onsite for the foreign staff, they have individual kitchens in each apartment and a massive communal kitchen.  They also have a massive vegetable garden so produce can be grown on site. Alex and I were totally blown away with the care that the owner of the factory and his wife took of their "family"….

[Alex]

^pretty much

[Giles]

We are officially at full capacity in all our workshops.

[goosehd]

@Giles said in Iron Heart Products - What do you think we should make?:

We are officially at full capacity in all our workshops.

...and still can't make everything we hope, dream, and suggest. Capacity is capacity and there is only so much time, people, and machinery to make the things that we want. It's a good thing to dream, but sometimes reality dictates otherwise.

[Karol]

@goosehd thanks for finding this!
I always try to read up before asking those type of questions but I feel that after almost one year I just scratched the surface of all the knowledge that is already in the forum.

[SKT]

@Karol 21 Lefty one of my faves. Would love to see a comeback

[Tago Mago]

@goosehd I think you'll find that the result of that equation is actually 50%

[goosehd]

@Tago-Mago smart ass…

[goosehd]

Please note that everyone’s suggestions for products are valuable to some degree. Some are great and come to fruition when time and space allows, others get a polite nod of acceptance, and other’s get downright rejected.

Ask @Giles, @Alex, or @endo how many times their idea’s have been shot down or ask Giles what it means when Haraki gives him the look.

[pechelman]

does anyone track suggestions?
I was just envisioning a google sheet where we could all see, in one condensed place, what was suggested, when, who, and with a reaction from the IH Crew of their expected likelihood of it happening, and if so, when in very rough terms of something like 1,3, 5, or 10 years. Could you all make that? Want help to get it started?