WESCO
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Giles - What about an Iron Heart/ Wesco collaboration? Nothing says stubborn motorcycle wear like an Aero/Iron Heart leather jacket, and a Wesco/ Iron Heart pair of Engineer boots!
My brother-in-law recently got his custom Boss boots with a credit card pocket on the inside. Wish I'd thought of that. Great place to keep some cash for an emergency when traveling.
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I am talking to Wesco about that possibility at the moment. The major issue that needs to be resolved is that Wesco have a sole distributor in Japan and thus even if I and Haraki designed and commissioned them, any sold in Japan would have to go through (for that read, "give money to") the current distributor. That makes the whole thing far less attractive to Haraki and me….
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That makes sense. There's a big market for Wesco boots in Japan, and you wouldn't want to miss out on that business opportunity. However, Iron Heart and Wesco have an international demand separate from Japan that could surely make the collaboration worthwhile, in my humble opinion
If you could work something out with Wesco, what sort of boots did you have in mind?
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I had not got as far as specifying models or thinking what they could be. I have just started the discussions with them to see what the possibilities are….
In general, boots are a bitch to retail. It is super difficult to get the size/quantity accurate so we get left with odd sizes etc, with Haraki selling too it helps spread the risk of ending up with stuff that does not sell.
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both of those are beautiful. Did you get the heel lowered at all? Im not familiar with many of Wesco's features
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What's the waiting period at bakershoe for custom Boss?
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As of June 4th, from Bakers Facebook
Whites: 8-9 weeks
Nicks: 12-14 weeks
Wesco: 14-16 weeks (+$125 to rush the job and cut the time in half
Drew's: 6-12 weeks
Bakers: 10-12 weeks -
Looking forward to seeing the factory when I'm in Oregon this coming October, love the fact the Oregon
has no sales tax as well…
