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Wesco - Production and sneak peeks

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    SilverKing
    Joined: 26 Jul 2014

    @Giles:

    OK.  One of the reasons I love this job is that nothing goes quite to plan, so the art of getting where you want to end up is often a series of tweaks.

    I love the Burlap leather that Wesco does, the feel of the smooth out is almost sensual, so I had this "brilliant" idea. Lets take the same hides, subject it to the same tanning process but make it in Olive Drab.

    So Chris at Wesco jumped on the idea.  And we made one sample hide.

    Bugger, we got the recipe wrong.  Personally, I hope these are my size, because I will wear the crap out of them in the certain knowledge that the green will mute with the appropriate abuse.

    For the production run, we'll get the green a lot more drab…

    (annnnnd please, no Robin feckin Hood jokes)

    Is this one considered the 'boss toe' or something else?

    A drab green might be up my alley.

    last edited by 27 Jul 2014, 10:22 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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      superfuzz
      Joined: 31 Dec 2012

      That's the regular jobmaster toe. G can confirm.

      Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

      last edited by 27 Jul 2014, 12:55 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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        SilverKing
        Joined: 26 Jul 2014

        @superfuzz:

        That's the regular jobmaster toe. G can confirm.

        Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

        Was afraid you'd say that.

        last edited by 27 Jul 2014, 13:23 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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          Giles
          IHUK Crew
          Joined: 22 Sept 2009

          On a Boss it is called a Boss Toe.  On a Jobmaster it is called the Jobmaster Toe.  Effectively the same thing….

          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

          last edited by 27 Jul 2014, 13:32 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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            khaki8
            Joined: 1 Dec 2011

            G…those are epic!!! Really Epic.....keep the color as it is..

            last edited by 28 Jul 2014, 21:02 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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              Giles
              IHUK Crew
              Joined: 22 Sept 2009

              I am changing the colour to more of a khaki.  I know that the bright green above will tone down with wear, but I am convinced trying to sell them in that colour will throttle sales.  What is your size?  We may be lucky, these may work for you…..

              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

              last edited by 29 Jul 2014, 08:47 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                seawolf
                Mod Squad
                Joined: 28 Oct 2011

                11.5, and I like green.

                “Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible” - Don Norman

                @zeebeeleather

                last edited by 29 Jul 2014, 13:39 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                  Giles
                  IHUK Crew
                  Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                  I know they are not 11.5.  I think they are 10D.  But I am in Sicily and the boots are in Gos Vegas…..

                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

                  last edited by 29 Jul 2014, 13:43 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                    seawolf
                    Mod Squad
                    Joined: 28 Oct 2011

                    That's quite alright. Green boots would have been fun though 🙂

                    “Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible” - Don Norman

                    @zeebeeleather

                    last edited by 29 Jul 2014, 13:47 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                      Chris
                      Raw and Unwashed
                      Joined: 28 Jun 2010

                      Green boots are fun.  I recommend that everyone get a pair.

                      last edited by 29 Jul 2014, 16:09 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                        Megatron1505
                        見習いボス
                        Joined: 10 Jul 2011

                        Would they fit a UK 10  😶

                        Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

                        last edited by 29 Jul 2014, 20:17 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                          Chris
                          Raw and Unwashed
                          Joined: 28 Jun 2010

                          I'm pretty sure that you and Giles wear the same size, or very close.

                          You do need a pair of Wescos…

                          last edited by 29 Jul 2014, 21:34 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                            Megatron1505
                            見習いボス
                            Joined: 10 Jul 2011

                            I really do, I saw some beautiful footwear at Fish and Chips and I'm going to need some shortly. As Ned Stark would say, "Winter is coming".

                            Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

                            last edited by 29 Jul 2014, 21:42 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                              bagley920
                              Joined: 10 Oct 2011

                              Before he got his head chopped off! Just saying…

                              If I am not I, who will be? -Henry David Thoreau

                              last edited by 29 Jul 2014, 23:20 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                Bluegrass
                                Joined: 25 Jan 2013

                                OMG.  I just found this thread.  Where have I been?  With my "boot problem"… I am blown away by some of these builds.  Awesome.

                                last edited by 30 Jul 2014, 02:58 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                  Giles
                                  IHUK Crew
                                  Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                  Is that question directed at me?

                                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

                                  last edited by 30 Jul 2014, 06:35 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                    Bluegrass
                                    Joined: 25 Jan 2013

                                    No, at me  😠 I thought I was well-informed about such things.  Do you plan to sell online, through your retail partners, or both?  You are doing some great stuff - really enjoyed flipping through this last night… I've been eyeing wescos for awhile but have resisted pulling the trigger so far.

                                    last edited by 30 Jul 2014, 20:58 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                      Giles
                                      IHUK Crew
                                      Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                      IH/Wesco collabs through the IH website and the new Wesco Europe site (will be a few months away), Wesco Europe builds through the Wesco Europe site plus any retailers who want to stock them.

                                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

                                      last edited by 31 Jul 2014, 05:27 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                        Giles
                                        IHUK Crew
                                        Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                        @Winchy  or @dylantbmayes please can you look at the size of the green and brown Jobmasters and post here.

                                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

                                        last edited by 31 Jul 2014, 05:28 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                          Winchy
                                          Raw and Unwashed
                                          Joined: 28 Sept 2009

                                          They're a 10D.

                                          last edited by 31 Jul 2014, 09:02 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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