I own the 777-XHS, 777-XHSib as well as the 555-XHSib. All are 32” and hemmed to about 34”. Lockdown was tough but short in Taiwan. Combined with record high temperatures it made it thoroughly impractical to wear these jeans indoors when we had temperatures of 36-37’c daily. I came across the 777-XHSib last week and tried them on, basically they don’t do up. Despite monumental efforts the top button stubbornly refuses to meet. The other 2 have been suitably broken in and are nice and soft. I decided to give them a long soak as they haven’t been worn. Maybe this wasn’t the wisest decision.

Any suggestions apart from the obvious to lose a couple kilos ?

I own the 777-XHS, 777-XHSib as well as the 555-XHSib. All are 32” and hemmed to about 34”. Lockdown was tough but short in Taiwan. Combined with record high temperatures it made it thoroughly impractical to wear these jeans indoors when we had temperatures of 36-37’c daily. I came across the 777-XHSib last week and tried them on, basically they don’t do up. Despite monumental efforts the top button stubbornly refuses to meet. The other 2 have been suitably broken in and are nice and soft. I decided to give them a long soak as they haven’t been worn. Maybe this wasn’t the wisest decision.

Any suggestions apart from the obvious to lose a couple kilos ?

This guy Farid Mohd I know. I worked with him in Macau, he was working in the same hotel as me. he went back to Malaysia and then 6 months resurfaced in Macau in another hotel. Slippery character as Arthur Daly would have said, Terry would probably have sorted him out.

@Torsten:

Farid Mohd
No.206 kg bunga mas
Jalan Pantai Cahaya Bulan
15300 Kota Bharu KTN
Malaysia

Credit card scams

Panudet Sukhom
131/13 The Chindasook Construction
Saunpak 25
Talingchan 10170
Thailand

Paypal scams

Gotta say, this denim really is the best. I am on the 555-XHSib version but this one is going to be hard to pass up. I know  the 6 weeks of pain is often spoken about in hushed tones but the results speak for themselves.

@Kasi:

@Jackhammer:

@Kasi:

@thincrustpizza:

These are gonna take some work. 1 day wear, post hot soak.

Need hammer the hell out of them, to achieve that look. That only way.

Just tried my pair on,

Be brave

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Bravery, or deep vein thrombosis….....it’s a mighty long journey even allowing for the 4 hour lay over in HK. I’ve just soaked them this morning, hoping they will soften up a little

@Kasi:

@thincrustpizza:

These are gonna take some work. 1 day wear, post hot soak.

Need hammer the hell out of them, to achieve that look. That only way.

Just tried my pair on, my fourth pair of 25 IH 25 oz and these are in a different league in terms of stiffness. The buttons especially are almost impossible to button up. I tried buttoning up the jeans before putting them on and it was almost impossible.

I’ve got a 15 hour flight from London to Taiwan next week and am considering breaking them in on this long flight however I haven’t soaked them yet and I’m not sure how my circulation in the legs will hold up.

I’m probably gonna come in for a lot of abuse and online ‘trolling’ over what I am going to post but I need to get this off my chest as it’s been bothering me for some time now.
I’m not one for contributing much to this forum, one or two silly posts in 12 months barely warrants any justification for my continued inclusion, I’d rather let my jeans do the talking however on one thing i am adamant. The choice of 25 oz denims is pitifully low, for a company that prides itself on their heavy denim the choices on offer are becoming less and less every day. The 666XHS is ‘where it all began’ yet for the past 2 years IH has been unable to fix the run1 and run2 .In the meantime we can all continually choose the 777’s. The talk recently was about the 555 XHSib 25oz. Upon closer inspection I figured I could use these jeans yet low and behold, this pair of 25oz jeans is now endangered like some panda in a zoo in a Chinese city.

The roll-call of extinct jeans  grows by the month like some long list of never-to-be-seen-again classic cars. Please ironheart there are people out there who choose your jeans for the sheer weight of your denim not to visit the website and reminisce over what might had been had I pulled the trigger and bought this or that pair of 25oz jeans ‘when I had the opportunity ‘

dividing my time between Macau and Taiwan…...hot and humid which should help with great fades

these have restored my faith in the 777 cut. earlier this year, I purchased a pair of the 777 25oz and no matter how I tried, I just couldn't get them to work, love was in short supply then I went on  a crash diet and took the plunge with the 777/UHR…..Now I'm thinking should I take the plunge with the 25oz and see whether we can make it work...

is this model in the same family as the pronto PIH family ? I have the PIH-5DCS and they are the best pair of Iron hearts I have worn (so far)