Carmina Shoes - Definitive Thread (reviews, advice, sizing, etc...) - official thread.

[Meelypops]

Come on, Carmina are not bad. They’ve got QC issues like any other company ??‍♂️?

Think he means customer service as well as QC.

 

[zag73]

Lol.. I have tried them all .. all the way from Seiko to Lange! They are no better than Carmina.

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Wow! Forget the bottom two! The Lange! ? Incredible watches! Have you not had good experiences with Lange?

 

[zag73]

Think he means customer service as well as QC.

I guess we all go by our own experiences, which is fair enough. I will say though that they do, in my experience, have more QC issues than the other makers.

 

[nishant]

Wow! Forget the bottom two! The Lange! ? Incredible watches! Have you not had good experiences with Lange?

Lange - 1. The scratch on date window is a tooling mark and a sign of craftsmanship
2. The plentiful dust specs = watches are not meant to be photographed
3. A misaligned hour marker = well within our range of QC.

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I went .. My Seiko performs a 100 times better in that dept and costs a 100 times less.

 

[Berto1]

Today, wearing the same boots as @Berto1

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Really beautiful

 

[JoeBlack0]

???? carminagate in the making.

Indeed. Incredible how many issues came out, of course @Carmina can make a good pair of shoes but the customer service has been nothing but ridiculous.

 

[zag73]

Lange - 1. The scratch on date window is a tooling mark and a sign of craftsmanship
2. The plentiful dust specs = watches are not meant to be photographed
3. A misaligned hour marker = well within our range of QC.

?

I went .. My Seiko performs a 100 times better in that dept and costs a 100 times less.

Wow! This is an eye opener.

 

[zag73]

Anyway, seasonal greetings to you all ????

 

[budapest12]

Anybody know what model and last? Box says 923 forest but that looks different online with a pronounced split toe that is clearly missing here. Thanks.

 

[Kimistry]

So I recently received my penny loafers Genova last 7.5 UK. I usually wear 7.5 for rain and Inca lasts but this Genova seems a bit small. Anyone else feel the same?

I also purchased shoe trees and here is where it gets weird. I now have 3 different types of Carmina shoe trees. The ones I received with the loafers are the ones in the far left. But they honestly seem better suited for the Inca last and the ones on the far right seem better suited for these loafers. So my question is whether you guys have received different trees for different lasts too? I would probably just use these new hinged trees with my Inca shoes but they are sized 7 and my shoes are size 7.5, and they do seem a half size too small. are there half sized for these hinged trees?

 

[CrashBurner]

I’m very much a light weight in my experience with @Carmina having just ordered my 6th pair of Cordovan boots. Thankfully I’ve not had an issue that has concerned me and have always found them to be easy to deal with.
I have had cause to contact another maker about the QC of their Cordovan boots; their response was less than acceptable - send them back at my own cost (extremely expensive from my location back to the UK). I couldn’t believe they would let that particular pair leave their factory in that condition.
That said, I’m not invalidating anyone’s QC issues.

 

[Rodolphe]

i find wool works well, but I certainly experienced a little sweat here and there. Cashmere is super nice, but longevity is lower. Washing is a little complicated for both. For socks almost pure cotton works best for me. Very comfortable, no sliding, no sweat, longevity good and just throw them in the washing mashine in a net.

Oh and it doesn't matter what shoe as long as its a good leather shoe.

Full cotton works very well for sweat absorption, but it keeps less heat...
Half size up is the better option for me. Better sweat evacuation, better isolation against conduction cooling and better blood circulation in toes because they are less tight, and the more blood circulates, the warmer the toes.

Sure. You know the leather heel pad that Carmina uses on all shoes? Ok - imagine that for the entire inside of the shoe. It makes it very comfortable. So, just imagine this but all the way down the footbed.

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I tried the full leather insole with a Crockett Belgrave Handgrade. It was very confortable but I had the feeling that my feet slided a little bit inside the shoes, so I don't know what thinking about this option...
I am interested by your opinion on it.

 

[Rodolphe]

I'm going to play the devil's advicate, but for my part, with my only 3 orders (and 2 more before the end of the year), I had no problem. I would say even more, I changed about 10 times my mind on my 2 mto. Enought to drive nuts the CS, but they made all the changes before begining the construction. I was amazed...

 

[Neville Southall]

Full cotton works very well for sweat absorption, but it keeps less heat...
Half size up is the better option for me. Better sweat evacuation, better isolation against conduction cooling and better blood circulation in toes because they are less tight, and the more blood circulates, the warmer the toes.


I tried the full leather insole with a Crockett Belgrave Handgrade. It was very confortable but I had the feeling that my feet slided a little bit inside the shoes, so I don't know what thinking about this option...
I am interested by your opinion on it.

No sliding at all. Not one bit.

 

[flylikeneagle]

Anybody know what model and last? Box says 923 forest but that looks different online with a pronounced split toe that is clearly missing here. Thanks. View attachment 1298742 View attachment 1298743

Shape looks forest to me. I have this model but with split toe in bourbon cordovan. Were these from the outlet?