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Best posts made by Chap
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RE: IRON HEART WAYWT - 2023 EDITION
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RE: IRON HEART WAYWT - 2023 EDITION
14 oz broken twill in the house
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RE: IRON HEART WAYWT - 2023 EDITION
Out for (japanese) dinner wearing japanese stuff
FDMTL Haori
Samurai T
Momotaro Sashiko vest
IH 18oz Beatle Buster
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RE: Grilling, Smoking, BBQ, etc. WAYCT (What Are You Cooking Today) Outdoor Edition
Been to Japan a few weeks ago. The first thing I ordered when I came back was a shichirin. First couple of grills
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RE: IHJ-75-BLK - Primaloft Mountain Parka
A cold and rainy day in Kyoto... ready for hot ramen
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RE: IH-666S-21 - 21oz Selvedge Denim Slim Straight Cut Jeans - Indigo
My sons 19th birthday today and his first pair of IH, couldn't be happier with the fit. Doesn't he look great? He will join in for the party in september.
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Meet-up with Giles and Alex at the Kolesch tannery
In December Giles, Alex and I went to see the tannery where the leather for the Big Bucks is produced. Very impressive to see how they work.
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RE: IHJ-75-BLK - Primaloft Mountain Parka
The Beast helped me a lot to get through that wet winter/spring
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RE: The Iron Heart 20th Anniversary Party
Time flies last bottle opened today
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RE: IH-526J-WH - 21oz Selvedge Denim Modified Type III Jacket - White
Spring is in the air…
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RE: What's your favorite Beer?
Bevog's latest addition to their extinction is forever series is a fruity slightly creamy easy drinking oat pale ale. Awesome!
https://bevog.com/collections/who-cares/products/hyacinth-macaw
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RE: Iron Chef WAYCT - What Are You Cooking Today
A very traditional Austro-Hungarian dish: Goulash with Serviettenknödel. The Knödel is made of old bread, boiled in a kitchen towel, sliced and roasted in butter.
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RE: IHSB-BIGBUCK-NAT - Deerskin Western Shirt 'The Big Buck' - Natural
@goosehd I am well, thanks buddy. Took me a while to get used to the new forum
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RE: IH-634S - 21oz Selvedge Denim Straight Cut Jeans - Indigo
IH 21oz will always be my favorite denim ️
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RE: IHSB-BB-NAT - Natural Horsehide Jacket - The Bareback
You want me to return it?
If it's not too much trouble…....
I can return Maddy
Giles sent some shower caps too…
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RE: IHSB-BIGBUCK-BLK - Black Deerskin Western Shirt - The Big Buck
@Barbarian:
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Unfortunately I also have to say that I was really dissapointed about the leather quality of this shirt.
It feels amazing, no question. But there where severe marks on it, one was nearly a hole where the leather was really thin.Perhaps better Alcantara with the next shirt @Barbarian Dave ?
A few thoughts about this leather for those cityslickers…
The leather is made of hides from deers living in the woods and mountains of Germany and Austria. They are no livestock and not kept in barns like cows. They run through woods and across the hills, the male have antlers and fight with each other during rutting season. Of course they get wounded and get scars. These animals are smaller than cows, the hides therefore are smaller too. Deer are shot by hunters. Usually the younger and smaller ones are shot because of the meat being easier to use. The big males are shot more seldom and mainly because of their huge antlers. It is therefore difficult to get larger pieces of leather without any scars. This is no problem with the traditional Lederhosen which are made of several small pieces but difficult for shirts and jackets... not to forget the bullet-hole.
The tanning is done in an old and traditional way the so called Sämischgerbung. The tannery making the hides for Ironheart is the last one in Germany and there are only a few others left in Austria. Tanning this way is enormously labour-intensive and time-consuming. For those german-speaking:
https://www.gerberei-kolesch.de/herstellung This is no industrial tanning the result is a super soft but hard-wearing leather but again with a sometimes uneven result keeping the natural surface of the hide alive.
The tanning results in a beige-coloured leather (you can see it on the inside of the shirts). The dyeing again is then a very labour-intense process. The natural dyes are applied to the surface by hand with brushes several times. The leather is not dip-dyed, the colour is only on the surface and the leather does not absorb the dye consistently leading again to a sometimes uneven result. From the starting point with the tanning process to the final leather it takes at least one year! This is not just leather it is a cultural heritage... just like traditional Japanese indigo dyeing perhaps. I think everyone getting one of these shirts should have that in mind and treat it with respect to the animal that hide he is wearing and the people behind the making...