Wesco - Production and sneak peeks

[Bluegrass]

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

[Giles]

Is that question directed at me?

[Bluegrass]

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.

[Giles]

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.

[Giles]

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

[Winchy]

They're a 10D.

[Megatron1505]

Probably won't work for me unless they fit like a UK10.

@Giles were they too small for you? I think my feet are slightly bigger than yours.

[Giles]

@Megatron1505:

Probably won't work for me unless they fit like a UK10.

@Giles were they too small for you? I think my feet are slightly bigger than yours.

It was mainly a width/instep problem for me.  I was unable to get them on due to my wide foot and high instep, so I do not know what they actually fit like.

[Megatron1505]

I also have a high instep, so that more than likely rules me out to rock the green machines, super shame as they are bad ass 

[JCMx800]

Any samples in +- us8.5? At best located at Vater & Sohn?

[Giles]

The samples are for showing potential retailers/customers what we can do, not adorn peoples feet.  The current exception are the green ones, because the green is not what we will go into production with…..Sorry........

[JCMx800]

I want to be a happy customer would love to order one, but I wanna check out the lasts and sizes. Looking forward

[Bluegrass]

Can anyone with White's and Wesco comment on sizing?  Same/similar? Or Viberg/Wesco?

[Chris]

I wear the same size in all three.  I'm not sure that's normal, though.

More specifically- 10D in the Viberg service boot (2030 last), 10D in the White's Semi-Dress (both standard and Swing lasts), 10D in the Wesco Jobmaster (whatever their standard last for that model is).

[Bluegrass]

Thanks Chris, helpful - I'm 12D in Viberg and 12.5D in White's - so I think I'd be safe with a 12.5D in a Wesco.

[Bluegrass]

@Giles:

Iron Heart/Wesco
Boss
9"
Motor Patrol last
Rough out and smooth brown domain
Custom vintage style roller buckles
#705 Vibram
Double midsoles
2" longer instep strap
Standard heel height

Are these a soft toe??  They are just beautiful.

[Giles]

No they have a structured MP toe…

[grandmasterben]

Hey g, when you say you're in talks about horse, do to mean horsehide or horsebutt? And do you think both will eventually have a makeup? And how's the talks lookin ??

[Giles]

Not Shell.  We will use the area between the shells and the fronts - it is called the "Strip".  This allows us to get nice thick horse, the fronts (FQHH) do not yield thick enough leather for booting.

I have ordered samples.  Because the Strip is quite narrow, we may have issues with large vamped boots…..

[grandmasterben]

Dang, hopefully you can ge a 9" engineer out of it… For some reason wesco was never on my radar, but after looking at the more style-driven makeups I can see that they're pretty much exactly what I'm looking for. Would adding toe tracks be an option, or is that not really wesco's thing? I don't think I've seen a pair with them