Just for your reference: It's mo-mo-tah-ro, not mo-mo-tare-o
@johnnyregs23782 жыл бұрын
Sashiko actually is a type of fabric weave as well, its most commonly used in Gi's and other martial arts clothing. It's also called rice weave or in the west we know it as Dobby. It's all the same.
@brianagee27903 жыл бұрын
Negative reviews can really kill restaurants. If you've got a good one that restaurants would probably appreciate you putting one in
@TheIronSnail3 жыл бұрын
Great idea!
@ZacharyRoland3 жыл бұрын
Sashiko is a method of weaving fabric in addition to being a stitching/repair method. So while we think of sashiko as the fun patterns we use to mend our jeans & other clothes, this jacket's material being called sashiko is also correct.
@arizaldimas17182 жыл бұрын
Agreed. He really needs to read more about sashiko fabric itself. Cheers
@christianamato41933 жыл бұрын
Every time I say I'm not gonna buy any more jackets this year, you pump out another video. And I have an internal struggle.
@benschafer33053 жыл бұрын
I can relate to that 😅
@TheIronSnail3 жыл бұрын
Hahahahaha you can do what i do and buy and then deeply regret spending more money and then stress about it but also be incredibly excited
@TheIronSnail3 жыл бұрын
Oh geez it’s a real thing
@christianamato41933 жыл бұрын
@@TheIronSnail I currently have 3 jackets on the way to me. Both the regret and the excitement are real.
@blueband81143 жыл бұрын
The only struggle i have, is my wife saying 'how much' and 'you don't need anymore clothes'.
@iCarotte3 жыл бұрын
Hey ! To answer some of your questions, The leather patch is sheepskin, even in Japan. Momotaro uses occasionally deerskin but not on this product. For the indigo dye, the threads used for the momotaro's sashimi is not dyed as intensely as for their jeans, that's why the colour look lighter. Also every Momotaro's products are one washed, and the dye is inevitably altered in the process, but no bad shrinking surprises ! For the painting, Momotaro uses a screen printing techniques for all printings. So as the fabric as a lot of textures, it's a bit harder to have a perfect clean print on this particular fabric. For the regular 2nd type denim jacket, no pink stitches as the inseam of their jeans, but it's selvedge ! Same pink as for their jeans !
@TheIronSnail3 жыл бұрын
Hey ty ty ty! Tons of useful info!
@AnimeShinigami132 ай бұрын
By their nature, natural dyes like indigo are going to fade. Their reactivity is why artificial versions are so common. Add in that the chemistry of indigo is different from that of normal fabric dyes even among the natural colors. Natural dyes are like the best laid plans of mice and men, they don't typically survive the washing machine battlefield! Most natural dyes are made with some form of acid. Even if they don't start that way, the alum used as a mordant is slightly acidic. So is the cream of tartar you add to enhance dye uptake. With indigo though, you need to use strong alkali. It starts as Indoxyl and goes through two more compounds before it becomes the classic indigo. Red and blue are two of the most difficult colors to find in nature. Natural dyes like indigo also don't like to stay when used on any kind of artificial fiber. In order to work best, the fabric or yarn needs to be au natural.
@nickswinford62693 жыл бұрын
I believe this is actually a dobby weave. I have a momotaro chore coat/deck coat in the same fabric and they call it a dobby weave. I could be wrong but it looks identical. Keep it up man, good stuff.
@TheIronSnail3 жыл бұрын
Interesting! Looking up dobby weave now!
@kentaro61633 жыл бұрын
Hey, your local Japanese guy here (technically half-japanese... and born and raised in Sweden... but still!) and also proud owner of a sashiko jacket, although from Japan Blue! About the sashiko aspect of the jacket: It's in the style of Dogi (martial arts clothing), which used to be made by hand stitching, but because of cost efficiency and technological advancements, nowadays use a special kind of loom to weave the sashiko (also called sashiko-ori or sashi-ori) into the fabric, which creates a more uniform look than the boro style that is more "authentic" sashiko. If you look at the blue "dots" of the jacket, you can see that they are in fact, small stabs. which is what sashiko can be translated as! Tldr: The jacket is in fact a sashiko jacket, but uses a modern loom to create the fabric instead of hand stitching. Hence, it's not because these jackets are often "sashikoed" that they're called sashiko jackets, but because of the sashiko-ori fabric itself.
@TheIronSnail3 жыл бұрын
Fascinating info! Thanks for the read!! Going to look into it more now
@mastershredder200222 сағат бұрын
I own one of these jackets and I get compliments on it wherever I go. Both in my imagination.
@AwAlRiZzLa3 жыл бұрын
Boro is such a beautiful art form
@TheIronSnail3 жыл бұрын
200% agreed!
@nicknac51503 жыл бұрын
This video got me to look into Momotaro. As a new denim head with a pair of Bravestar and one in Freenote I wanted to find a denim jacket. I ended up buying this exact same jacket after watching this very video. Thanks man. Love your work!
@TheIronSnail3 жыл бұрын
So glad to hear it!
@ElNietoPR3 жыл бұрын
You’re criminally underrated/unsubbed. You obviously put in a lot of time/work into these videos. You’re also charismatic and funny. Anyways, enough of the compliments. I have the RGT Sashiko Cruiser, and I got to say, it’s my favorite/comfiest jacket! Been trying to get those fades going! I think you’ll like it and can’t wait to see your video about it!
@TheIronSnail3 жыл бұрын
Hey thanks so much! And YES I can’t WAIT to get that jacket it looks insane
@norbertoperezlara5883 жыл бұрын
Duuuuuude I just found your channel and I happen to fucking love your vids! I recently got myself into the denim world and your videos are not only entertaining but also really helpful, keep it up!
@TheIronSnail3 жыл бұрын
Hey ty!!
@mrlolmaster10193 жыл бұрын
edo period in japan was when japan was isolated for 250 years from 1603 (year queen elizabeth I died) - 1858 when the us stormed in and made japan sign the treaty of ami6ty and commerce on 29th July 1858
@TheIronSnail3 жыл бұрын
Ah, thank you!! I’m reading about it now!
@northeastwanderer3 жыл бұрын
"""Sashiko""" jackets have such a cool look to them. The plain weave and indigo color mesh real well together. Looking at a piece form Taylor Stitch in that fabric. Great video as always!
@TheIronSnail3 жыл бұрын
Thank you thank you! And TS makes amazing sashiko jackets!
@AnimeShinigami132 ай бұрын
Glad you mentioned the tale of Momotaro. Japanese mythology is one of my favorites and its FULL of bizzare beasts. Look up the woodcuts of Toriyama Sekian for some examples of how medevil Japanese people viewed their world. From piles of skulls who stare at the general responsible for their deaths to a giant face cackling on the horizon and a cute furry racoon like creature capable of using its testicles to turn into things. No I'm not joking. That is a creature in Japanese mythology that exists. It is not Sashiko. My mother does a more ornamental version of Sashiko called slow stitching. Her work takes patches from our old clothes and cloth stashes that have been sitting around forever, and then embroiders freeform designs, almost like a painter on a canvas. She hangs them on her wall. I have a handbag she made for me by hand with this technique, originally for foraging, but then my favorite store bought handbag that had a lot of pockets finally tore to pieces in the wash. I even tried mending it with a piece of embroidery floss from mom's supplies. But it didn't hold up. Plus the zippers broke, and I had to cut them off or get them snagged on my clothes. I literally wore out my previous handbag to threadbare status. I had other handbags and I could have gone to goodwill to get another one. I don't like those prissy designer looking things that are teeny tiny eeny weeny. I'm a crafter and a forager, my shit has to hold a lot and take a beating. Did you notice? Hold up a picture of your jacket next to that Japanese firefighter coat. The armband matches the waist on the firefighter's coat. ;) In fact the firefighter's coat strongly resembles the modern denim one you were showcasing. I really have to clean my worktable with all the scrap cloth and yarn, all the herbs and flowers and seeds and all the dishes of dried plant material intended for the dye pot. Tonight I'm trying to troubleshoot fallout 76 and combing dogbane fiber for spinning while I listen. But I wanted to share one of the materials I'm experimenting with with you. Dogbane is a wild plant related to both milkweed and oleander. Although the living plant material is very poisonous, just like its relative, (Oleander in fact is so poisonous that in poisoning murder cases the cops could consider it a potential murder weapon), the dogbane stalks die back in the autumn, the poison returns to the root system and the plant leaves behind a tall, dark brown, craggy stalk. These stalks are harvested, crushed, peeled, and what peels away are long ribbons of auburn gold/brown bast fiber attached to a sort of bark. "Bast" in the textile industry is a fiber that comes from the inner bark of a plant. The chips of stalk leftover from dogbane processing go into my garden, where any remaining poison decays. Unlike their heavy metal relatives, poisons from plants and fungi can decompose. So poisonous plants and fungi are safe to compost. Then the more meticulous work begins. If I were to put these ribbons immediately onto my spindle to spin they would snap once spun tight enough. I use pet detangling combs and slicker brushes to seperate the fiber from the outer bark. Sometimes a damp hand helps, the material is very absorbant and softens in response to being dampened just like cotton or linen would. If the bark bits aren't removed it will cause tangles or worse, weak points in your finished yarn. Then I fold the brushed fibers over a hook and either twist them into a strick to be spun later or start spinning them on a homemade drop spindle. I made it from air dry modeling clay, a dowel, hot glue, and a hook. I have a smaller spindle for working more delicate fibers made from fimo, an old knitting needle, and hot glue. Now I'm experimenting with homemade plant dyes and different forms of homemade looms. I'm not a fashionista. I started doing this because of how much I hate fast fashion. Just hating a thing doesn't fix it though. What does is understanding it and making the right choice the easiest one. If you want Iron, I can tweet you the videos that got me interested in fibercrafts and arts.
@blueband81143 жыл бұрын
The subtle battle stripes on the jacket you sold are so much better.
@TheIronSnail3 жыл бұрын
Ugh tell me about it
@SpaniardDH3 жыл бұрын
The way he edit his own phone number hahahahah. It was an instant like for me hahahaha. So hilarious!!
@TheIronSnail3 жыл бұрын
Hahaha ty!
@jconnway3 жыл бұрын
Really great content man, stay consistent and you’ll do fantastic on this platform
@TheIronSnail3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@Remedy1024 Жыл бұрын
I bought the new version in black today. What can I say? The jacket is insane. I’m Totally in love 🙋🏼♂️
@DressForAfrica Жыл бұрын
Congrats, man. Always good to buy something, and really like it. Stay blessed
@Crazyk100 Жыл бұрын
That restaurant is down the street from the house I grew up in. Has been there a long time, and I love their sushi.
@jimmydgrant3 жыл бұрын
They do indeed use the pink selvedge ID on their jackets.
@TheIronSnail3 жыл бұрын
This is the worst best news ever
@jimmydgrant3 жыл бұрын
Really looking forward to a video on the RGT sashiko. And getting mine of course. I’m gonna look pretty silly wearing that thing in July with cargo shorts.
@NekogoahIgowakay3 жыл бұрын
Soaking your clothes in water to either enter (yeah don't do that) or escape a fire is probably one of the surest ways to boil yourself alive. Water soaked fabrics conduct heat WAY faster than dry ones. If you ever find yourself trapped in a fire you would be much better off shielding yourself with something dry and organic like a wool blanket than something wet or synthetic. All that said that was a pretty neat bit of history, video is MUCH LIKE
@TheIronSnail3 жыл бұрын
Agreed don’t ever do that! And TY!!
@nalinjain734311 ай бұрын
I just figured it out! Its called Kendo! Kendo fabric that is used in Judo and Kendo uniforms
@badnoosbears3 жыл бұрын
Dig the jacket, but what sweater is that? Looks comfy as hell. Edit: The Iron Snailers need a sweater rundown.
@TheIronSnail3 жыл бұрын
Sweater run down sounds like an AMAZING IDEA It’s the LL Bean commando sweater!
@rubberlover6663 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I kinda dig the one you sold more. You don’t know what you got ‘til it’s gone, I suppose? Been there
@TheIronSnail3 жыл бұрын
The age old saying is true once again!
@jamescooper79573 жыл бұрын
Those rest stops on the Palasaids used to be seriously sketchy but it seems as though you made it.
@TheIronSnail3 жыл бұрын
I got a feeling they may be sketchy but it looked nice and clean when I went!
@bayu61703 жыл бұрын
solid content dude, keep on creating vids like this!!
@TheIronSnail3 жыл бұрын
Ty! I will!
@yangyangliu37703 жыл бұрын
Always learning smth new at ur channel!
@TheIronSnail3 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it!!
@GabobStrulli2 жыл бұрын
Mmmmiiiaacheeeell, great video again, love yaaa! Keep going
@cd65813 жыл бұрын
WOAHHHHHHH you’re the guy from raw denim Reddit with the gf. Hype bro 😎
@TheIronSnail3 жыл бұрын
HA yes!
@GabobStrulli2 жыл бұрын
the golden time of michael-in-car product reviews
@JFANderful3 жыл бұрын
You're pronouncing momotaro wrong it's momotaro not momotaro
@TheIronSnail3 жыл бұрын
Hhahahahaha oh wow i love this comment
@justynmoore96703 жыл бұрын
I just went to see if I could find that same jacket you sold on eBay, and there's one for sale but it's a size 40! Lol
@Manuortizp3 жыл бұрын
I really hope The Iron Snail ™️ makes a type II denim jacket!
@TheIronSnail3 жыл бұрын
Me too!!
@terry74413 жыл бұрын
That jacket is slick. Have you tried Billy Reid? I just got a moleskin trucker and it's pretty great.
@TheIronSnail3 жыл бұрын
I have not yet!! I’ll look into them!
@justynmoore96703 жыл бұрын
Great video! Just curious what brand is the henley you are wearing at the beginning of the video?
@TheIronSnail3 жыл бұрын
J. Crew!
@MikiBlue3 жыл бұрын
Did you sell the jacket on eBay?
@TheIronSnail3 жыл бұрын
I did not!
@blueband81143 жыл бұрын
Love my Momotaro slubby jeans.
@TheIronSnail3 жыл бұрын
Can’t beat them!
@JoeyDecay Жыл бұрын
I'll buy it now. But it is probably too late and I don't have any money. But. Yeah nice Eminem bars
@mentalmadness9783 Жыл бұрын
Where to get this jacket in 2023?! And in Sweden?
@JFANderful3 жыл бұрын
So you've had a lot of type 2 and type 3 denim jackets but where are the type 1 and the lee's?
@TheIronSnail3 жыл бұрын
Been thinking about a type 1 recently!! And a Lee Stormrider 😍
@fullmetalroyal12163 жыл бұрын
That looks like the long haul in waffle from Taylor stitch
@TheIronSnail3 жыл бұрын
Very very almost spot on color! If you look close at the two fabrics though the weave is pretty different
@latetodagame18922 жыл бұрын
I can't follow you on Instagram! But I will!
@mattlesicko64403 жыл бұрын
New music Friday is cool but The Friday Iron Snail video is better
@TheIronSnail3 жыл бұрын
Top tier A+ 100% comment
@PaulAndBiscuit2 ай бұрын
Can you do a review of your BJ jacket?
@JoeyDecay Жыл бұрын
It's okay. I'm going to be just fine
@jamessteel42433 жыл бұрын
have you looked into kapital as a brand?
@TheIronSnail3 жыл бұрын
Not as much as I should BUT i did see they have a really cool sashiko jacket but it just looked really short from what I remember
@olivierorban7873 жыл бұрын
Oris momotaro!!!
@MisterKnightly3 жыл бұрын
What? No way! *I* was born from a peach!
@TheIronSnail3 жыл бұрын
Phil!!!! This jacket is made for you!
@wongus1003 жыл бұрын
What were the green trousers in this video?
@TheIronSnail3 жыл бұрын
Uniqlo!
@carljuztine33282 жыл бұрын
pretty good video
@iDigress77timesАй бұрын
It's ehh dough (Edo period).
@Catartist70003 жыл бұрын
FUSION!!!
@TheIronSnail3 жыл бұрын
FUSION!
@hugosoberanes83093 жыл бұрын
We have the same dimensions? Interesting
@TheIronSnail3 жыл бұрын
Interesting indeed
@JoJo-ul4qs3 жыл бұрын
Do you have a PO Box 📦?
@TheIronSnail3 жыл бұрын
I do not! DM me on IG if you wanna get in touch!
@willfigueroa42133 жыл бұрын
Soggy boy fire fighters. Nice.
@TheIronSnail3 жыл бұрын
The soggy boys are coming to save the day!
@capitantilapia3 жыл бұрын
FUSION
@latetodagame18922 жыл бұрын
I thought you were going to tell us about a woman you lost... not a jacket!
@POVShotgun11 ай бұрын
momotareoh lmao
@trevorroth70543 жыл бұрын
Basket weave
@CanadianPenny10 ай бұрын
I'm sorry, no matter how cool their fabrics are, their branding kills any enthusiasm I have for them. Those bands are just too big and obvious. No way I'm paying that much to advertise for them.
@TheLoneLander6 ай бұрын
Whatever you say
@JFANderful3 жыл бұрын
Raw american selvedge isn't even the best alternative to japanese selvedge denim. A whole nother fabric is a better..
@TheIronSnail3 жыл бұрын
It’d be too obvious!
@maxkovacs76383 жыл бұрын
I like what i see
@TheIronSnail3 жыл бұрын
This is the best news
@xbq803411 ай бұрын
桃太郎🍑
@sflanr57053 жыл бұрын
Tah
@TheIronSnail3 жыл бұрын
🤦♂️
@sflanr57053 жыл бұрын
@@TheIronSnail 😂
@anupbanerjee68293 жыл бұрын
You have crapped over the name, Jersey boy. It’s NOT MomoTAYro it’s MomOHtaro. It’s insulting to the brand. About Shishiko read about it in Heddel
@TheIronSnail3 жыл бұрын
Hey! From what others have said it’s actually “MomoTAHro” not what we were saying