Crockett & Jones MTO Central

[Gabru]

Well these again

 

[mdubs]

Well, those are looking absolutely marvelous!

-Mike

 

[Wowee Zowee]

Can a kind soul repost the link to the spreadsheet please.

 

[Misterg12]

Well these again
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Spectacular!! One day I will own a pair of these ..... one day.

 

[Misterg12]

If the fine folks on the double leather side would come on over the the dainite sheet we would have us an order

 

[Gabru]

Well, those are looking absolutely marvelous!

-Mike

Thanks Mike..

Spectacular!! One day I will own a pair of these ..... one day.

Thanks M, I am sure you will. Good luck !

 

[DXBMark]

Can a kind soul repost the link to the spreadsheet please.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...MnwLZw_BRkxZV59z6rk5SvZhk/edit#gid=2136376802

There you go

 

[Falu_al]

Hey fellas,

See that we have a lot of excitement here with several GMTOs running at the same time (alas, fewer that are being finalized...) but hey, that's the charm of SF GMTO isn't it!

We had Cigar/Brown shell PTB Grasmere confirmed, but a few just dropped out. Need three more to confirm for Dainite. Versatile shoe that works quite well for winter weather in the city.

For boot lovers, we also have a Cigar/brown Galway that's also stuck at 10. Only two more needed for the Dainite option here.

 

[chipshot]

First run GMTO Lindrick leather soles. I need to add my name to the Whiskey Leather Sole All
Eyelet list. Enjoy the games this Sunday. Yesterday’s college games were outstanding.. NFL kneeling dudes today? Who knows.. bunch of million dollar babies.. love baseball

 

[MSAINT]

C&J Snowdon MTO handled by m0m0ne

 

[mrjamescost]

C&J Snowdon MTO handled by m0m0ne

There is no doubt in my mind that if C&J brought these out into their main collection they would sell like hot cakes.

 

[shunted22]

There is no doubt in my mind that if C&J brought these out into their main collection they would sell like hot cakes.

I doubt we'll see any more of these, apparently they were a huge PITA to make.

 

[mrjamescost]

I doubt we'll see any more of these, apparently they were a huge PITA to make.

I can well imagine. The moment I posted my comment I thought, yes, these would sell like hot cakes, but they would be so labour intensive that there would be a lot of sulking faces at the C&J factory and a several month waiting list. I think I had to wait a couple of weeks for my Snowdon boots, which are a size 9, the most popular of all. ‘Zug’ leather would be more difficult to work with I imagine.

 

[saurabh]

I can well imagine. The moment I posted my comment I thought, yes, these would sell like hot cakes, but they would be so labour intensive that there would be a lot of sulking faces at the C&J factory and a several month waiting list. I think I had to wait a couple of weeks for my Snowdon boots, which are a size 9, the most popular of all. ‘Zug’ leather would be more difficult to work with I imagine.

Yes apparently it took them few tries to make these boots correctly.
I had a detailed reply for the delay from C&J.
The delay of 8 months was due to the following reasons:
The boots being very difficult to make as they are Veldtschoen construction and is lasted inside out. The Burgundy Zug Grain being a very thick and tough leather makes this procedure even more difficult.

The first delay was due to the pattern not pulling over the last correctly, as the skins are very rigid and have very little give in them. This meant that they had to be re-cut as there wasn’t enough margin to attach the uppers correctly to the ribbing, without the risk of it coming away, so hence a new batch of leather had to be ordered and all the uppers re-cut with bigger margins.

The next delay was due to the bellow tongues not sitting right on the boots and the factory made the decision they were not happy with how they turned out. They did not want to simply send out a batch of boots, which may have been ill fitting or not the correct aesthetics.

After working on these technical issues with the tongues and adjusting the patterns they were able to make the boots correctly.

 

[mrjamescost]

Yes apparently it took them few tries to make these boots correctly.
I had a detailed reply for the delay from C&J.
The delay of 8 months was due to the following reasons:
The boots being very difficult to make as they are Veldtschoen construction and is lasted inside out. The Burgundy Zug Grain being a very thick and tough leather makes this procedure even more difficult.

The first delay was due to the pattern not pulling over the last correctly, as the skins are very rigid and have very little give in them. This meant that they had to be re-cut as there wasn’t enough margin to attach the uppers correctly to the ribbing, without the risk of it coming away, so hence a new batch of leather had to be ordered and all the uppers re-cut with bigger margins.

The next delay was due to the bellow tongues not sitting right on the boots and the factory made the decision they were not happy with how they turned out. They did not want to simply send out a batch of boots, which may have been ill fitting or not the correct aesthetics.

After working on these technical issues with the tongues and adjusting the patterns they were able to make the boots correctly.

That is very interesting. I never realised it would cause so many issues. I wonder if any seconds from this batch end up in the factory shop... hmm...