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IHSH-339-SAX - Ultra Heavy Flannel Blanket Check Work Shirt - Sax Blue
Iron Heart - Ultra Heavy Flannel Blanket Check Work Shirt - Sax Blue
It's UHF season. We look forward to this time of year every season. We know each time a production is completed, we're going to be surprised by an even better product than we could imagine the moment we open the box. The details never fail. The construction never fails. But no matter how much we understand what's coming, the heavy yet fluffy nature of this fabric knocks us off our feet.
The blanket check is a nice change up on the classic "big check" patterns of UHF past. We reckon this is a bit of a "look what we can do now" flannel as it mirrors the color of the 20th-anniversary flannel exactly. For further explanation, the 20th Anniversary flannel was a reproduction of their very first flannel. While an updated weight, it was still a 20-year-old pattern. This is the 2022 version built for a whole new era. In person, it really impresses. The smaller pattern made us all stop and stare in the studio and we think it will probably do the same on the streets.
- Made in Japan
- Work shirt
- Iron Heart original 12oz ultra-heavyweight sax blue blanket check flannel
- Aspero cotton
- UHF (ultra heavy flannel)
- Single brushed on face and double brushed on reverse
- Black cat's eye buttons
- Two external button fastened chest pockets
- Single and double needle stitch construction
- Yellow bobbin thread and chainstitch run-off
- One-washed - potential to shrink half a size with continual or very hot washing/tumble drying
| Tag Size | XS | S | M | L | XL | XXL | XXXL | XXXXL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shoulders | 16.4 | 17.4 | 17.7 | 18.6 | 19.3 | 19.9 | 20.9 | 21.6 |
| Length | 27.3 | 28.1 | 28.5 | 29.1 | 29.5 | 30.3 | 30.8 | 31.4 |
| Chest (P2P) | 20.4 | 21.1 | 21.7 | 22.5 | 23.3 | 23.9 | 24.5 | 25.4 |
| Waist | 19.3 | 20.0 | 20.6 | 21.5 | 22.1 | 22.9 | 23.6 | 24.5 |
| Opening | 19.8 | 20.6 | 21.1 | 22.3 | 23.0 | 23.7 | 24.3 | 26.2 |
| Sleeve | 25.3 | 25.6 | 25.9 | 26.5 | 27.4 | 27.9 | 28.3 | 29.3 |
| Sleeve Opening | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.2 |
A variance of +/-.5" is within tolerance.
Fit Notes: Shop owner Tommy is wearing a medium in this piece. We would recommend for anyone who already doesn't know their Iron Heart size to buy a size bigger than your normal choice. If you're a medium, go for a large. While the work shirt is roomier than the western, it's still always a good idea to size up once. 99% of our returns are because an item is too small, so please pay attention to those size charts. Tommy is 5'10," 165lbs with a 40" chest.
Note: These flannels didn't arrived one day late, so we didn't have time to shoot them on body. For reference, check out the following:
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