The Armoury - Official Affiliate Thread

[Douglas]

Been a while since I've ventured into MC so somehow I missed the Armoury opening, but I am looking forward to visiting my next trip to HK. SHould be in February or so. Best of luck with the venture, gents, and hope to be a customer very soon.

 

[yfyf]

Originally Posted by Douglas

Been a while since I've ventured into MC so somehow I missed the Armoury opening, but I am looking forward to visiting my next trip to HK. SHould be in February or so. Best of luck with the venture, gents, and hope to be a customer very soon.

Thanks Douglas, do stop by sometime. We have a couple events going on in Feb, G&G's trunk show + unveiling of their new line and also an eyeglasses maker called Nackymade from Kobe.

Sanguis: we'll get a little diagram up showing how the chest is measured, the charts are correct, though.

 

[luk-cha]

Originally Posted by yfyf

Vintage Oak. That dude above knows his stuff. (he also took the picture)

cheers!

one of my better pictures too

 

[ThinkDerm]

Originally Posted by yfyf

Thanks Douglas, do stop by sometime. We have a couple events going on in Feb, G&G's trunk show + unveiling of their new line and also an eyeglasses maker called Nackymade from Kobe.

Sanguis: we'll get a little diagram up showing how the chest is measured, the charts are correct, though.

eyeglass maker sounds interesting!

 

[Odd I/O]

Originally Posted by FidelCashflow

I just ordered my first pair of Carmina's. So excited!

Do you have more shoes in store than on your website? I noticed a few styles here I didn't see on the website.

Where does Carmina sit in the hierarchy of high end shoes (Crockett and Jones bench and handgrade, Edward Green, Vass)?

 

[FidelCashflow]

Originally Posted by Odd I/O

Where does Carmina sit in the hierarchy of high end shoes (Crockett and Jones bench and handgrade, Edward Green, Vass)?
To be honest I never even thought about it. I haven't seen the shoes in person yet so I can't judge with any certainty. Just eyeballing it from all the pics, looks better than C&J handgrades. The leather looks more antiqued as opposed to C&J benchgrade shoes where the leather colour is perfectly uniform. They have a shoe which is almost a dead ringer for the EG Dover and the apron is clearly hand-stitched (I know of only 1 C&J handgrade shoe that is done like this - it's their most expensive one and it doesn't look half as nice.) I know they are all Goodyear welted and made in Spain. I haven't seen the soles so I can't tell if they have concealed channels or not, but I would imagine they do. Price is quite reasonable. I'll post pics and my thoughts once I get my hands on them.

 

[yfyf]

I won't draw any direct comparisons between our shoes and other makers but I do have some photos for people to get a better sense of Carmina's standards.

 

[aj_del]

Originally Posted by FidelCashflow

To be honest I never even thought about it. I haven't seen the shoes in person yet so I can't judge with any certainty. Just eyeballing it from all the pics, looks better than C&J handgrades. The leather looks more antiqued as opposed to C&J benchgrade shoes where the leather colour is perfectly uniform. They have a shoe which is almost a dead ringer for the EG Dover and the apron is clearly hand-stitched (I know of only 1 C&J handgrade shoe that is done like this - it's their most expensive one and it doesn't look half as nice.) I know they are all Goodyear welted and made in Spain. I haven't seen the soles so I can't tell if they have concealed channels or not, but I would imagine they do. Price is quite reasonable.

I'll post pics and my thoughts once I get my hands on them.

Interesting, I was under the impression that they were comparable to CJ benchgrades rather than handgrades. Quite possibly, I am wrong ....

Which CJ handgrade are you talking about in the bolded text ?

 

[Mr. Moo]

The Carmina split toe derbies are pretty damn sweet. Is that last anything close to C&J 325? I have a wide foot. What does shipping run to the US?

 

[Mr Herbert]

yeh was going to ask how the split toes fit - are they an F equivalent?

 

[yfyf]

Originally Posted by Mr. Moo

The Carmina split toe derbies are pretty damn sweet. Is that last anything close to C&J 325? I have a wide foot. What does shipping run to the US?

USD 45 for shipping to the USA. The Alcudia is true to size, you might feel it a bit at the pinky if you have a wide foot. The Inca last is much better for wider feet, easily my favourite last (and very successful in the store as well).

 

[FidelCashflow]

Originally Posted by aj_del

Which CJ handgrade are you talking about in the bolded text ?

The Banbury loafer, it's around 75 pounds more than the other handgrades on account of it's handstitched apron - still not as nice as the Carmina's

 

[Mr. Moo]

Originally Posted by yfyf

USD 45 for shipping to the USA. The Alcudia is true to size, you might feel it a bit at the pinky if you have a wide foot. The Inca last is much better for wider feet, easily my favourite last (and very successful in the store as well).

Thanks. That is too bad... the pinky toe is the one place that hurts for me if the shoe is too small.

 

[Odd I/O]

Originally Posted by FidelCashflow

To be honest I never even thought about it. I haven't seen the shoes in person yet so I can't judge with any certainty. Just eyeballing it from all the pics, looks better than C&J handgrades. The leather looks more antiqued as opposed to C&J benchgrade shoes where the leather colour is perfectly uniform. They have a shoe which is almost a dead ringer for the EG Dover and the apron is clearly hand-stitched (I know of only 1 C&J handgrade shoe that is done like this - it's their most expensive one and it doesn't look half as nice.) I know they are all Goodyear welted and made in Spain. I haven't seen the soles so I can't tell if they have concealed channels or not, but I would imagine they do. Price is quite reasonable.

I'll post pics and my thoughts once I get my hands on them.

Looking forward to your first hand experience with them. Does the price you quoted above include shoe trees?

Oh and would be nice to know what brokerage/duties/custom fees you get hit with. Hopefully not a lot.

 

[aj_del]

Which shoe is the split toe one in this pic, the one next to the split toe boot PG's pic from his brog