Why no love for John Lobb

Sure I see some threads and a number of posts.

However I have yet to find an appreciation thread like there is for Gaziano & Girling, Edward Green, Crockett and Jones, ior even Carmina.

The threads that do exist don't tend to come up as often as those mentioned above.

I guess there's just not that much interest or such a big following for John Lobb????

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Originally Posted by gegarrenton 

Well, I love John Lobb, have a few pairs, but don't really feel the need to start a thread about it.

Understand, I just thought I would test the waters and see why one didn't exist.

Besides the other threads for other shoes sure were great assistance to me when first buying some of their shoes.

Where to buy, last sizes and so on.

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Originally Posted by HRoi 

SF loves John Lobb. i don't know why there never has been an appreciation/porn thread for it, but if you started one i think it will grow as big as the EG and GG threads

I've been giving it some thought.

The problem is I won't even have my first pair until they arrive in the next couple of days.

Being such a rookie I wouldn't be able to start with the normal info on the places to buy and so forth.

Anyway I guess I'll see what feedback I get on this thread before I make my next move.

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Originally Posted by bengal-stripe 

Every year in October we have a thread here, discussing the new JLP "St Crepin" style.

I wasn't aware of that, but do you know why there isn't one like the others mentioned above?

Thanks,

Dan

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Originally Posted by usctrojans31 

Just a theory, but to me, Lobb doesn't have the pull of a cult brand like G&G, nor does it have the pseudo "discovery" element of Carmina. I remember a period where every new shoe post was Carmina. Perhaps Lobb is just taken for granted, its fans are more understated, or others just aren't very vocal about it. Just because you start a Lobb thread doesn't mean that you have to be the resident expert in the thread!

I actually thought that some of the same things you had mentioned might be the case.

I was and I am still a bit hesitant to start one, because of that lack of knowledge and a bit of fear that I might be stepping out of bounds. 

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Originally Posted by bengal-stripe 


Here are some:

http://www.styleforum.net/t/318562/john-lobb-2012-st-crepin

http://www.styleforum.net/t/232538/my-john-lobb-2010-st-crepin

http://www.styleforum.net/t/231838/cannot-wait-for-john-lobb-2010-st-crepin

http://www.styleforum.net/t/217951/new-shoes-arrived-today-jl-st-crepins-2009

Thank you sir.

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Originally Posted by gegarrenton 

 

Certainly. I think eventually all those threads devolve into reams of pictures of the same shoe though.

 

But, hey, this thread may be the new Lobb thread. They are the only shoes I buy, so I will keep a look out here.

It's worth a shot anyway.

I actually did create another thread after a couple of posts on this one. A couple of people recomended it, so I created the John Lobb Appreciation Thread.