The Iron Shirt

Iron Shirt

The powerhouse of HebTroCo overshirts

It’s heavy, it’s tough. Long-lasting and full of character. Each shirt cut and sewn for us in London from our pattern.

Clean profiles packed with functionality. Zero-fuss press studs and plenty of pocket space to stash your bounty, including our famous “bag for life” inside pockets.

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Selvedge Denim - Indigo

15oz indigo selvedge denim from the Candiani mill. Solid brass press studs. Made in London.

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Lovat Moleskin

Heavyweight 15oz moleskin that looks like suede and feels softer than a mole’s ear.

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Jute

Halley Stevensons 15oz twill with a dry wax finish.

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Selvedge Denim Double Black

16 oz Candiani selvedge denim in the blackest black.

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The Story

A love of the heavy sounds of Lee “Scratch” Perry gave us the ambition several years ago to make the Iron Shirt. If you don’t know the tune you need to search out ‘Disco Devil’. Back then our idea was a bit of a joke but it turns out that we were deadly serious.

The truth is we sent the wrong denim to our supplier to make this shirt. It was time to restock our Selvedge Denim Overshirt but instead of ordering 8oz shirt denim, we ordered the 16oz that we use for our M16 jeans and jackets. Oh heck.

We knew something was up when the factory said that the denim was a bit stiff and that they were having problems getting the finished shirts into our standard bags. 200 shirts arrived in a courier van that was riding low into its suspension. The boxes were very heavy.

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Then bad got worse…

The standard press studs that are perfect for our usual 8oz shirt were not suitable for the heavier cloth. Breathe and the shirts popped open. Despite this apparent tragedy we couldn’t help thinking that the shirt was actually really good.

In this business we’ve got used to dealing with problems. After all we started the company just as the Brexit vote happened followed by Covid and the non stop apocalypse that’s followed. Keep calm and carry on making really good stuff is the mantra. It’s worked so far and fingers crossed the good ship HebTroCo will steer a successful course through the stormy sea that is life.

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Anyway….

After a tense session with the pliers it turned out that our amazing factory could swap out the press studs for some heavy weight ones. 2,400 press studs later and we have a shirt made to jacket weight and specification, that we never would have dared to do.

Sometimes you’ve just got to put on your Iron Shirt and dance with the disco devil.

Archive

Some Iron Shirts come and go. Here’s the archive.

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Grey Moleskin

Special edition made from leftover 12oz heavyweight moleskin previously used for trousers.

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Indigo

The original Iron Shirt that started it all. 16oz dark indigo Candiani selvedge denim.

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Brown Moleskin

Special edition made from leftover 12oz heavyweight moleskin previously used for trousers.

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Khaki Twill

Halley Stevensons 15oz twill with a dry wax finish. Limited run.

It’s a tough beast of a shirt – hard as nails, stiff as a board. Been walking around like a robot for a few weeks Had a few random positive comments, for the shirt, not for me I had some of the original overskirts and this is a step forward in design with the concealed hand pockets, cut and finish Size is great as XL is normally too small and XXL too big, but this hits the sweet spot With some time, love and care it going to be brilliant and no need to ever buy another shirt (well until the next release) Made in the UK, doing things right is the right way

reviewed by Martin Ward

Received my Black iron shirt today. Arrived nicely packaged. Kept missing out on this item due to selling out quickly but finally got my hands on one. Well worth the wait, what a piece of kit. Pockets are great especially the two big inside ones. I will definitely use Hebtroco again. Top quality gear. Believe in the saying you get what you pay for and you certainly do with this shirt. Well done Hebtroco.

reviewed by Rob Sharman

Got the iron shirt as a birthday present for my other half and he loves it! He wanted something tough enough for work (he fettles espresso machines) that he’s happy to keep on for the pub afterwards. It’s certainly a substantial item! The fabric is hefty but not too stiff. Nice fit (one size up from usual was perfect). Looks like it will last a lifetime and fit in everywhere it goes.

reviewed by Kath

Absolutely in love with the iron shirt in double black. Perfect fit for my rotund body (went for size XL). Not stopped wearing it. The design and quality is excellent and well work the money

reviewed by Colin Spencer

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