Introduce Yourself Here
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Though I've posted here from time to time in the past, I haven't properly introduced myself in this thread, and it's high time!
My name is Tyler and I've had the Iron Heart bug since I inquisitively walked into Self Edge 9 years ago to see what "that heavyweight Japanese stuff" was all about, but 100% certain that I'd be content with my Nudies, and would under no circumstances be insane enough to breach the $300-mark for a pair of jeans. That resolve lasted less than a second after touching the first pair of 634s hanging on the rack, and that trip to Self Edge drastically altered my life. My first two pairs of jeans from Self Edge were Iron Hearts (both the SExIH01 collabl and the SExIH03 cyclist collab) and they helped form a deep love for the brand, particularly the 21oz denim.
The next couple years involved me buying and selling a lot of jeans to find what I liked/what fit me best, moving to Los Angeles, developing an obsession with Mister Freedom, and eventually, being hired as the first employee at Self Edge Los Angeles. While in Los Angeles, I got away from IH, less because of the weather relative to heavyweight denim (as most of you here know, 21oz IH Selvedge denim is plenty comfortable in weather that permits the wearing of ANY kind of pants), and more because I got intrigued by the esoterica of Levis replicas, and more esoteric workwear. Though I'd describe LA as the lull with my relationship to Iron Heart, I have been wearing my IHB-01 (Super Heavy Cowhide Belt-Natural Leather, SE exclusive) everyday for almost 8 years, so I never really got that far from it! Additionally, I picked up the Dark Rider Flannel, which was an all time great IH piece done in collaboration with SE (which I managed to lose a couple years later…shame, it was my favorite shirt) and IHSH-21-indigo Chambray, which fits me better than anything I own to this day!
I moved to Portland, OR in 2013 to open and manage Self Edge Portland. It didn't take long being in Portland to realize that there's no better climate for owning lots of Iron Heart, and also that there's no better clothing to be heavily invested in than Iron Heart (adding bits of merino wool base layers as needed from your chosen provider of such things) if you live in the Pacific Northwest! Though my closet is incredibly minimal these days, I have my IH belt, a heavyweight hoodie, the aforementioned chambray (and it's counterpart in black, a recent addition), a recent Black/Grey UHF (closest replacement I'm likely to get for my Dark Rider, also an incredible shirt!), and a heavily adorned Sonny's Vest (IH-9526V). I'm not wearing any IH jeans right now but the last pair of jeans I wore for any duration of time were my 21oz. 633s that were worn for about a year and turned out beautifully. My younger brother and former SE co-worker Jonathan have inherited the awesome IH jeans I amassed while wearing those (634S-B, 9634s, IHxB01 UHR) and then promptly shrunk myself out of...fortunately both of those guys wear their jeans hard, so I get to see my old jeans aging beautifully.
I left Self Edge at the end of 2015 to launch a denim-repair brand called Indigo Proof, with my good friend, repair-wizard, Rain Delisle. We're both partial to Iron Heart, and are very happy at how many Iron Hearts have been sent in for hemming/repair in our first month! All of the repair work Rain does is incredible, but the way that the darning sinks into the heavy fabrics of Iron Heart denim is truly something unique and is just one more reason why Iron Heart are amongst the best jeans to own the world over!
I'm excited to be a more regular participant here, and catch up on some of what I've missed has been going on in the broader Iron Heart world...so much good stuff, and so many people having fun!
-Tyler
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Hi guys. Greetings from Edinburgh. Long time lurker here and find this forum a mine of information and inspiration. I've got quite a few IH items now, but my main focus seems to be on vests and shirts (although I also have the 634S and 526J), although it can't stay that way forever.
I'm looking forward to the upcoming releases and hope to check out exactly what's meant to be so good about the UHF on a trip to London and R&H soon.
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Hello everyone. I've been researching heavier flannels lately, and figured I would join the forum. Can't wait for the release of the purple ones again, I'll be one of the first in line. Gonna have to try the 21 oz denim too at some point; you know, for science reasons…
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Welcome, we have another Pittsburgher or two roaming around these parts. My brother lives in Morgantown so I make it up to that area pretty often. Good climate for wearing lots of IH!
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Hello and G'Day from an antipode, and welcome to the forum @corked99.
Addictive personality sounds really as if you've come to the right place… :D. The one problem with so many jeans, I find (besides troublesome effects on ones credit card statement) is not fading them well, or at all.
Incidentally, I do like your forum name! Hopefully you uncork something on occasion as well...
Enjoy it here!
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@C64:
Hello everyone, I'm from Camden, London and have been into vintage and repro selvedge denim since the last days of the 80s.
Very nice community of forum posters here and I hope to contribute too.
~ C64
Welcome!
(Camden Town isn't the worst place for vintage & repro selv. denim aficionados
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Hello everyone,
Wanted to thank you guys in advance for the wonderful info on here. Kaiju and clothing dork, here. Currently living in Seattle
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welcome @Hip hop robot tattoo
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@Hip:
Hello everyone,
Wanted to thank you guys in advance for the wonderful info on here. Kaiju and clothing dork, here. Currently living in Seattle
Hello @Hip hop robot tattoo ! I do love Seattle…
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@Hip:
Hello everyone,
Wanted to thank you guys in advance for the wonderful info on here. Kaiju and clothing dork, here. Currently living in Seattle
Welcome, from Ballard!
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Hi guys and gals my name is Joonas Knuutinen and I work for Pinkomo clothing store in Helsinki, Finland.
We have quite a collection of Iron Heart garment in stock and we have enjoyed every piece of it!
I will be posting item stories and pictures to our store thread in Iron Heart Retailers thread.Cheers,
Joonas
