Iron Heart Products - What do you think we should make?
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@shubharamani:
Shorts wouldn't interest me AT ALL. Men's shorts would look retarded on me (not short-short enough) plus – Oakland/SF/Berkeley never gets hot enough to justify wearing shorts. But here's what I'd be interested in : A pair of 22-oz cotton duck pants -- similar to the Super Blacks. I don't do sub-21-oz in pants, period. Button-fly preferred but zip would be OK. I remember more than 3 years ago, Derek pulled out a pair of these from the dark annals of Self Edge San Francisco stock...asked me if I wanted them for $100. Don't know if they were 21-oz but they sure looked and felt it. Their style was identical to the Super Blacks, except zip fly. As I remember, those did not resemble today's 16-oz ducks which Giles has on his website. To this day, I regret not snatching those. They were in my size too ! Haraki-San...if you are listening ? I think there would be a big demand for 21-22-oz cotton ducks styled identically to the Super Blacks.
I've got a pair of those, they're 16oz. G
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The Double Knee is OK but I'm hung up on the 21-oz. I'm sure that 16-oz probably feels plenty heavy enough but I prefer heavier weight for the money. That's why I don't buy Flathead, Skull or any other brand…I'm addicted to the ultra-heavy-weight pants, and that's why I gravitated to Iron Heart in the first place.
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@shubharamani:
The Double Knee is OK but I'm hung up on the 21-oz. I'm sure that 16-oz probably feels plenty heavy enough but I prefer heavier weight for the money. That's why I don't buy Flathead, Skull or any other brand…I'm addicted to the ultra-heavy-weight pants, and that's why I gravitated to Iron Heart in the first place.
The reason we don't make them at the moment is that we can't even find 16oz Duck that Haraki feels happy with - same reason the Cotton Duck Riders Jacket is no longer made. When I was last at IHHQ, I saw some samples of some super heavy fabrics which will emarge as jeans later in the year - watch this space…
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I'd like to see some olive green duck pants.
Sounds great! Glad to hear it may be coming true!
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@shubharamani:
Giles, something like the Heavy Black Denim Western shirt IHSH-08 in an olive green or khaki duck would be beautiful ! Also, seriously – RED would kick ass ! An IHSH-08 in bright fire engine red would be sharp.
There's something in the pipeline that may work for you, let you know as soon as I am able
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Cuss me if this is repeat, but is there any plans for a polo shirt variant?
I currently buy them by the lorry load in semi-disposable fashion from American Apparel and it would be nice to have higher quality item. Perhaps using that loopwheeled(?) sweat fabric?
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I agree a Polo would be nice. I wear those a lot. I doubt it will fit in the biker philosophy of the brand, though. For the best quality polos there are two easy and two not so easy to find answers.
The easy ones are Lacoste and Ralph Lauren Polo. Both have very good quality and a Polo shirt should be good for five to ten years depending on how often you wear it.
In the not so easy to find category are Cerruti and John Smedley. The Cerruti is in the same price category as the above. They make polos in mercerized cotton that are wonderful. Mercerized cotton looks like silk (shiny and fine but thicker than silk) and is very long living. John Smedley is from England and costs a fortune. I had this shop in Switzerland where the stuff was kind of affordable (say $100 instead of $220 retail in US). Unfortunately, I don't get to go there anymore. I still have more than a dozen of their polos, though. Some have holes under the arms just from friction. I need to take care of those. Others have a tiny hole where the belt buckle rubs. The long staple Sea Island cotton is the most luxurious of all cottons but this stuff is so fine that it is not really hard wearing. If Giles were able to source these at a good price and sell them under the table, I'd gladly buy some because they look great with jeans for the non-biker.
Red jeans? Hm? On the other hand, I could imagine ORANGE jeans very well. There could be reflective material on the hems and back pockets. That would make it a great choice for visibility while riding a bike. Also orange jeans with black boots will look smashing. I'd buy one. Just got a pair of light weight orange pants from RL on sale for $19. The slim chino cut on those is absolutely perfect including the details. It's the perfect flat front chino except that the material is a bright orange and light weight cotton cloth.
Till
