Haraki-san (owner and inspiration behind Ironheart) brings the world the first raw Ironheart jean.

Limited to 400 pairs worldwide

In its raw state the denim is about 21.5oz, after washing or soaking this increases to a hefty 23oz or so.

The denim was actually woven accidentally when experimenting for a new 21oz denim for the "regular" IH634S, but Haraki-san loved the denim so much he knew he would end up making a jean out of it. Well 5 years later, and a tweak or two here and there, here it is.

These jeans are not for the faint of heart and you'll need to invest time, effort and patience breaking them in. As Haraki-san says "It's like raising a rebellious baby". In the words of one of our favourite customers "jeez, they're radacular" (radical and spectacular).

There's about 10% shrinkage in the leg after the first couple of soaks or washes and because the denim has not been tampered with, there's going to be some serious seam-skew. If you like your side seams at the side, then buy a pair of IH634S!!

The artisans who make these jeans in the factory have to successfully demonstrate their ability to "extreme-sew" when constructing a pair of "normal" IH634S, before we let them loose on a pair of the 5 Year Anniversary specials. And even then, they have to hand-make custom components for the sewing machines because in their "off-the-shelf" spec, even our super-tough machines simply can't sew the individual pieces of denim together.

And the noise in the factory when these are being made -it's like Hades! The multiple thicknesses of denim actually have to be beaten into submission with heavy hammers before we can get them through the sewing machines, mercifully the production runs are so small, that it's only a short visit to Hell. This is no ordinary garment factory.

All new buttons and rivets in bronze coloured brass.

Turned up you'll see very clearly the diagonal weave, it is a 3:1 right hand twill.

Both the warp and the weft are pretty slubby, so expect high contrast fading on the seams.

And we use 4 different types and 5 different thicknesses of yarn when constructing these jeans, each yarn chosen specifically for the job it has to do. Typical Ironheart passion and attention to detail.

"This denim is not processed. It will shrink and skew. I have made this pattern "shrink to fit", after washing or soaking a couple of times it will shrink to tag-size

When you get your jeans, soak them in a bath tub of cold water overnight. Turn them inside out and then wash them in a washing machine at no hotter than 30 degrees C, you do not need washing powder or detergent

Don't spin too fast and don't put them in a tumble dryer, it is far better to allow them to air dry (still inside-out) in the sun, try to smooth all wrinkles in the fabric before the jeans get too dry

After the initial soak, the leg will shrink about 2", after the wash, there will be further shrinkage of about 1". So in total you will get about 3" shrinkage. Please bear this in mind if you are hemming before washing

Click on the pics to see a pair drying after the Haraki-san recommended soak & wash

To best determine which size you need to buy, please measure a pair of your current favourites and compare against the second table below - DO NOT take as fact the size printed on the tag of your current jeans

Take a look at how we measure our jeans here

If you want a shorter inseam, just drop us a mail

All the above sizes are in inches

If you don't mind waiting a few weeks extra fior delivery, we will get these shortened in the factory to your chosen length
(just let us know in the "Message to Ironheart" field when checking out)

5 Year Anniversary Straight Cut
IH-634SR

Size

28*** 29 30*** 31*** 32*** 33*** 34 - Sold Out 36 - Sold Out 38*** 40

If there are asterix's next to the size you are after, this means that we only have the Japanese Edition of the jean. Identical in every respect to the Western Edition, but the inseam is 2 inches shorter on the Japanese version.