Winthorpe
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- Seattle, WA
IH's denim jackets receive positive attention here. Iron Heart does not make leather jackets. Instead, IH partners with a controversial leather jacket manufacturer that many here disfavor.
That is not true for all their leather jackets. IH also partners with Four Speed leathers, a Japanese manufacturer. The models are IHJ-35 and IHJ-54 (and there are more I believe).
I went to IH Hachioji (about 30 minutes from Tokyo if you take the fastest train) this June and tried on the IHJ-35. They had sizes up to XXXL and I felt were a better fit for Western builds than most of the other Japanese jackets I tried on. For me personally however they were too wide in the shoulders (and a bit too short).
As far as Japanese high-end jackets go I thought they were a good deal too (when compared to The Real McCoy’s J-100, for instance, or what leather jackets go for on Four Speed’s website).