IHSH-21-BLU - 10oz Selvedge Chambray Work Shirt - Blue

[Heavy Duty]

After only a dozen wears or so i lost two button reinforcers which resulted in the left hand cuff button coming off and the upper chest one hanging loose :(. Can these reinforcers be picked up from say a craft shop easily? As i've not wore mine since as i was so disapointed that this happened so quick.

[Giles]

@Heavy:

After only a dozen wears or so i lost two button reinforcers which resulted in the left hand cuff button coming off and the upper chest one hanging loose :(. Can these reinforcers be picked up from say a craft shop easily? As i've not wore mine since as i was so disapointed that this happened so quick.

Wow, that is disappointing.  I'll get some shipped to you.  Giles

[Heavy Duty]

@Giles:

@Heavy:

After only a dozen wears or so i lost two button reinforcers which resulted in the left hand cuff button coming off and the upper chest one hanging loose :(. Can these reinforcers be picked up from say a craft shop easily? As i've not wore mine since as i was so disapointed that this happened so quick.

Wow, that is disappointing.  I'll get some shipped to you.  Giles

Yeah Giles i was rather gutted to be honest as when i first got hold of it and saw those reinforcers i thought "nice touch" only to find out that some were not quite up to the job. I'm sure it was just a bit of bad luck in my case and anyways 100 % of the product is not going to be 100% all the time some small issues will creep in now and again but thanks very much for the impending replacements i appreicate it greatly.

[Giles]

Haraki responds:

Mr G
I'm sorry
I send buttons with next shipment.

[Omega Man]

Ok G.  I  know you and Haraki-san stand by your products.  These are the same buttons/reinforcers used in the IHSH 35, IHSH21bk, IHSH26, IHSH26bk.  I know who to call if/when I need replacements!

[Dchill]

Yeah, my top button is about to fall off too…..

[Giles]

Haraki is very embarrassed by this.  He is looking into the issue so that we can make sure that we attach these buttons on a better fashion going forwrad.  In the mean time.  If anybody needs replacements, please just drop me a PM.  Giles

[Splattered]

The official JP site lists the IHSH-21 as new … something about a new fit? They still have the old and new versions up? Sorry if this was discussed elsewhere...

[Giles]

I think he just means, new run.  No discernible difference with the ones I got last week.

G

[Geo]

Giles

Sorry to say 3 buttons hanging off my new shirt after only 2 days - I think there is to much tension in the thread, one of the reinforcers is cracked.

No biggie for me - I tend to cut buttons off and re-sew using a threaded shank . . . good for heavier materials

Geo

[Giles]

Geo,  Sorry about that.  Yes, we had a problem with that batch which Haraki has now fixed.  I have spare buttons here if you need any…Giles

[Geo]

Apologies and buttons not necessary Giles

This is a top class piece of clothing which I am seriously impressed with (and anyway I have my own personal little thing about how buttons should be attached).

Ask Haraki what he thinks of threaded shanks or shanked buttons - using a heavy material the fastener needs some play, a bit like the button fly on denims

[Giles]

The ones you have are OK.  What the factory did not do this time was give some play in the button, he specced about a mm of give.  They sewed them on tight and the pressure just busts the thread.  G

[Geo]

gotcha boss man

cheers

[fifediesel]

Hey folks - any ideas on how to approach repairs for this?  The area on the left elbow started to wear out a bit and it finally broke open the other day.  I noticed that a lot of my shirts have a little extra wear on the left elbow so it obviously has something to do with how I'm sitting at work.  But that said I'm a bit disappointed that this shirt hasn't stood up to the rigors of the modern desk job.

Any suggestions?

[Omega Man]

How long ago have you had this shirt?

[LandoCal126 0]

@Omega:

How long ago did you get this shirt?

Since May 22nd, 2010. Just looked back into the thread.

Fife, what surface is your elbow on? Also, do you rub it subconsciously? It is only chambray. The wear has nothing to do with the construction. I figure if I don't wash my shirts until they really need to be, that this will happen eventually. I am sure you could have it reinforced with the darning machine through SE. How many times a week do you wear it? Sorry, just curious…

[Simon]

I've been wearing mine hard for longer than that and it still perfect, thats some serious wear right there.

If you ask Giles he might be able to pick you up a scrap of the chambray material whilst in Japan, you could then patch it over the top. I've got a vintage chambray patched like that, it looks quite nice in a work wear kind of way.

[Omega Man]

@Simon:

….........thats some serious wear right there.

+1.  What did you do to get this?  I wear a dress shirt and sit in front of a computer all day.  My shirts occasionally get blow out like this.  Of course, fabric will wear thin/out over time, but I would have never thought it could happen so quickly.  You must have done some serious damage 

[fifediesel]

@Omega:

@Simon:

….........thats some serious wear right there.

+1.  What did you do to get this?  I wear a dress shirt and sit in front of a computer all day.  My shirts occasionally get blow out like this.  Of course, fabric will wear thin/out over time, but I would have never thought it could happen so quickly.  You must have done some serious damage 

That's the thing - I don't do shit.  I have a regular old desk job.  For the most part I think it's funny that I wear Iron Heart at all since I hardly do anything rugged.