Posts made by fifediesel

Is the one available at James Dant actually a different shade of brown or is it the lighting? And if it's the same exact jacket as what is available from Iron Heart, which one more accurately represents the color?

https://jamesdant.com/collections/iron-heart/products/ihsb-sav-brn-iron-heart-x-simmons-bilt-horsehide-savannah-jacket-brown?variant=45744225157339

Will this get restocked?

A couple ideas:

1. A ranch coat with a shearling collar either in a rough leather like this one or corduroy.

https://simmonsbilt.com/products/ranch-jacket

2. The same split steer leather used in the type III but in a different cut. Something more traditional for a leather jacket.

https://www.ironheart.co.uk/jackets/IHJ-49-BLK.html

Like this?

https://www.ironheart.co.uk/jackets/IHSB-SAV-BLK.html

I was hoping the camo jacket wouldn't have printing on it.  Looks great otherwise.

@Giles:

We are re-running these…..

Any changes for an XXXL in the re-run?  Tried this on at Self Edge today and the XXL was just a touch too small.

Probably the nicest jacket I've ever put on and only the size kept me from buying it.

Really tempted but only if I can get confirmation on what the damage looks like with the patch removed.  Who wants to be the test subject?

@Giles:

What, like this?

http://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=5435.0

(and I have 2 pairs for sale, both lightly worn.  @Madame Buttonfly size and my size…..)

Just like that, actually.  I'm a US size 12 if that helps.

A hiker book like this Viberg one would be awesome.

What retailers are getting them?

I posted something similar before but this remains at the top of my list.  An Iron Heart made corduroy ranch coat with sherpa lining would be amazing.

Thankfully I checked my email this morning.  Got the last one in my size.

I hope it will be available without the patch.

This is going to be an expensive winter.

Sizing down one probably wouldn't work if I every want to wear anything but a t-shirt underneath.  The fit is actually really solid with a hoodie but less so with a flannel.  Decisions, decisions.

I'm on the fence if I should keep it.  The arms are LONG but of bigger concern is how bulky they are.  They are noticeably larger than a lot of the other IH type IIIs, especially in the upper arm area.

Wondering if this is accentuated by the stiffness of the denim and if it will look ok when it breaks in.

@Graeme:

Sorry for the thread hijack.

@fifediesel Indigofera do a Ranch Jacket in various fabrics. Hepcat have one in stock in a broken twill, which should fit you. (Their L is about the same as an IH XXL - they come up very big!)

I was in London a year ago and tried on the black denim version at Rivet and Hide.  I found it to be ill-fitting and not nearly nice enough for the price - hence my desire that Iron Heart make one.  Thanks for the heads up, though.

@Giles:

We vowed never to make anything in China after we made these….

What about an updated version?  It's a pretty traditional puffy coat style.  More current take would be awesome.

@Giles:

The reason Haraki decided to get the jacket made in China, was that it is/was ridiculously expensive (and remember that is us talking) to get a similar quality down jacket made in Japan….

I would be totally OK with a PrimaLoft jacket but done in a classic down coat style.

What would be even better would be an updated Iron Heart take on this classic style.  The overall quality of jackets has grown by leaps and bounds since the 04 came out.

I assume this goes without saying but the blue buffalo check has been a white whale for many an Iron Heart fan.  I sincerely hope there isn't a shortage (of large sizes especially).  In other words - order as many as possible.