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post #3811 of 6051

12/26/12 at 8:26am

Herr Brun

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Originally Posted by henrikc

If I'm not mistaken, I bought the exact same double monks. Mine shipped the 19th, so I guess yours are finished too. Have you asked if they can ship them individually?

I guess they could but I'm not paying for that.

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12/26/12 at 10:02am

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Originally Posted by Herr Brun

Meermins are the best shoes in the price range. Carmina too expensive.

NOT that much difference between Meermin or Carmina MTO cost.

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12/26/12 at 10:35am

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Originally Posted by d0h15

Finally had the chance to take a picture of my newest acquisition:
Double Monks in the Light Brown Rapello Suede on the Hiro last. Due to the current weather conditions I haven't taken them for a walk yet. I sized down half a size on Pepe's recommendation and they fit pretty well, however the leather seems to be pretty hard (judging from the few walks I had around the house).

nice! wear them in good health!

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12/26/12 at 10:42am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Herr Brun

Meermins are the best shoes in the price range. Carmina too expensive.

not that much more expensive; look here

http://www.carmina.telemaco.es/familia.asp?idfamilia=12124352

and here

http://meermin.es/catalogo2.php?id=7

post #3815 of 6051

12/26/12 at 11:06am

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Originally Posted by azumi

Okay, I hope that you are right in this case although the Meermin cannot compare to St Crispins.

Nope, but its 80%+ there at 1/3 the price? And Zonkey Boots is 85% there at 2/5 the price and runs by the same guy that started Saint Crispins factory?

Quality can be have for a price.

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Originally Posted by kwhunter

not that much more expensive; look here

http://www.carmina.telemaco.es/familia.asp?idfamilia=12124352

and here

http://meermin.es/catalogo2.php?id=7

I would gladly trade my gemmed shoes for handwelted shoes and receive a 20% discount any day.

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12/26/12 at 11:11am

OzzyJones

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Originally Posted by SoGent

NOT that much difference between Meermin or Carmina MTO cost.

Carmina have a 50% up charge for MTO, charge more for shipping and are more expensive to begin with. We're not comparing the same animals here gents. If you don't want to wait( and it's not usually 5 months, that's for the group MTO where 2 months of that is waiting for the leather) go elsewhere but expect to pay a considerably higher price. IMO!

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12/26/12 at 1:39pm

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Are these MTO or did you simply ask if they had the double monks in light brown suede?

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12/26/12 at 1:50pm

Frankie22

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Originally Posted by kwhunter

not that much more expensive; look here

http://www.carmina.telemaco.es/familia.asp?idfamilia=12124352

and here

http://meermin.es/catalogo2.php?id=7

You're comparing the LM line, Meermin's quality to price/style ratio on the "normal" line is unmatched.

As far as LM goes, Sure I could buy a fugly boxy pair of AE's for 3 hundo and some change, or some Carminas for 450-500, but why? Because SF groupthink says Carmina is the better shoes by default?

With regard to MTO? it's not even close, Meermin by a country mile.

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12/26/12 at 3:08pm

sicknote

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Pepe just sent me the pictures of my finished mtos and another shoe i was waiting for

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12/26/12 at 3:49pm

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Originally Posted by Frankie22

fugly boxy pair of AE's

easy does it

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12/26/12 at 3:50pm

Frank the sheep

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Quote:

Originally Posted by d0h15

Finally had the chance to take a picture of my newest acquisition:
Double Monks in the Light Brown Rapello Suede on the Hiro last. Due to the current weather conditions I haven't taken them for a walk yet. I sized down half a size on Pepe's recommendation and they fit pretty well, however the leather seems to be pretty hard (judging from the few walks I had around the house).

You have the perfect shoe for those conditions, just spray them with water repellent suede spray.

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12/26/12 at 4:47pm

Frankie22

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Originally Posted by Quadcammer

easy does it

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12/27/12 at 2:33am

Estryl

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Quote:

Originally Posted by sicknote

Pepe just sent me the pictures of my finished mtos and another shoe i was waiting for

Not to crazy about the single monk style...but the brown tone is insane!! super nice!!!

Plus, the blue double monk looks really really nice as well!!! congrats!

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12/27/12 at 3:02am

d0h15

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Quote:

Originally Posted by robgaines

Are these MTO or did you simply ask if they had the double monks in light brown suede?

I just asked around mid-october if they had them in light brown suede. Back then they just had started the production in light brown.

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Originally Posted by Frank the sheep

You have the perfect shoe for those conditions, just spray them with water repellent suede spray.

The photos give a false picture of the weather conditions. It was a mix of a lot of rain and snow the days before, my shoes were usually soaking wet within 30 minutes. Weather conditions have improved so I'm already looking forward to taking the shoes for a walk icon_gu_b_slayer[1].gif

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12/27/12 at 6:13am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by sicknote

Pepe just sent me the pictures of my finished mtos and another shoe i was waiting for

Those MTO's are incredible. I'd like to get something like that myself. I have the blue suede double monks and I love them. Can't wait until print to rock them again.