IH-301S
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Wow, that is an amazing fit!
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Exactly two years ago today, I put on my first ever pair of Iron Heart jeans, a pair of 301S, newly purchased from, and hemmed by SENY. I would wear them for my flight home to Norway from New York.
For the past year or so I'd been slowly getting into good denim after first being turned onto Hiut Denim, then to Livid Jeans who were making jeans by hand from Japanese and American Selvedge here in Norway. I'd decided that my trip to NY would see me buying my first selvedge from a proper Japanese brand so before travelling to NYC I'd researched a number of brands available from BiG and SENY. IH were of course amongst them and I was interested in trying on the 666 and BB's. Upon reaching SENY I was a bit disappointed to find that the 666 and BB's I tried on didn't "wow" me straight away. At that point the salesman (Thomas?) took out the 301's and I fell in love.
What I know now is that the fit that was great then and there would be loose and baggy a few weeks later, but at the time I was smitten. Those jeans, despite loosening up as only the 21oz can, and being hemmed too long, have been constant companions for the last two years and I love them for that. They were also my introduction to the wider world of Iron Heart, and I love them for that too. I´m only slightly ashamed to admit that I've become something of a (42 year old) fan boy over the last two years, no thanks to this forum. I have started forcing myself to mentally catalogue the IH I own before making yet another purchase in order to make sure I only order things "I need" (that's "need" in the first world sense of the word, obviously). I now know lots more about IH, their denims and fits, what works and how to buy. I have a wardrobe full of denim, shirting, vests, t-shirts etc, all bareing the IH brand.
My 301's were soon replaced by a snugger pair of 555's as my 1st choice jean, but that really marked the start of their journey properly. Good jeans only reach their true potential when you stop giving a shit and just start wearing them. The 301's became my "round the house" jeans (lounging, cooking, DIY, fixing, playing with the kids, hiking etc), and last summer I built a veranda and a glorified shed in them. Over the last two years they've been worn about 200 times, washed about four times, (once on 60C as they were extremely dirty which fekked the patch). They have a decent hole in the back of the thigh from an exposed screw tip and the hem is shredded at the back of both legs. The crotch gave out completely after their glorious summer of carpentry and was re-built by my local seamstress, who is always amazed when I bring her things from Iron Heart. She coos over the quality and design, and frets that she won't manage to do a good job on such heavy fabric.
They are like the proverbial pyjama bottoms now, soft, loose, airy and comfy. I look forward to taking them to my parents house in Spain this summer where I'll put them on every morning and loaf around in them and a pair of flip-flops until it gets too warm and time for the swimming pool.
Here are some pics anyway. Not high contrast, "sick fadezzz, brah", and not really "vintage" fading either. Just somewhere between well-used and fairly battered. I'm also shite with a camera so these don't do them justice; but you get the idea. Happy birthday jeans!
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Agreed.
My 634s, my first IH purchase, turn six at the end of July.
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Although the waist is about 5" too big now, a long shirt and a belt help to make them work, somewhat
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Worth a look!
https://www.heddels.com/2016/11/fade-friday-iron-heart-301s-5-years-8-months-3-washes-7-soaks/
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Probably about 2.5 years wear, last few months pretty heavy idgaf wear.
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good fit that i fall in and out of love with
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I'm going to ask a question that may have been asked before (though I have done a bit of searching). I have a pair of IH-301N that I absolutely love. I'll add pics at some point to demonstrate fades, but they're coming along nice.
I have an opportunity to buy an almost unworn 14 oz. version, 1 size up from my current pair for a really good price. Do you think if I purposely tried to shrink them, I could get them down anything beyond a negligible amount e.g. a full size? I was thinking after I treated the leather patch for protection, a very hot soak, extra hot wash with agitation and extra hot dry. I'd need to do something in there to make sure weird lines didn't set in which I haven't figured out yet.
The price is so good, I am considering just experimenting, but that said, I could put it towards something else. Have any other scientists out there tried something similar?
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I wish you luck, but what I’ve found the more I want something like this to work, the less it does. The 14oz will shrink a bit, but in my experience they will slowly stretch accordingly.
Like hot washing and drying my 21oz, I would hope would shrink a bit, and no such luck.
If the price is that good, I would buy them and test it out.
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I would recommend just removing the patch and re-sewing it on if you decide to 1-purchase them and 2-boil them.
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The 301N came up smaller than the 14oz version as well. Chances are you will never get the fit you are wanting
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Worth asking but what i'd thought. Sounds like it won't work. Thanks for the feedback all!
