Field Leathers

[Monitor]

How long does it take to make one detailed jacket anyway? I can remember some saying that a machinist makes one jacket a day if everything goes right but I think they had the lining and cutting done by someone else .
So can we calculate how many orders he has taken on to create these lead times ?
When a bigger shop makes you wait 12months with 10 ? machinists but a small shop ?

Yeah, that's what I don't understand either. There are so many videos on Youtube of people making an entire leather jacket in one afternoon. I follow two guys on Insta that post videos where they make a leather jacket entirely by hand in two days!
There are setbacks, of course; You run out of this or that but none of this explains the 2 plus years lead time, especially since none of these makers actually drown in orders. What happens that you suddenly need years to catch up with an order?

ToJ happened because they could no longer pump out, what, 100 jackets a day? But until they could, they did.

 

[Marc mndt]

If I remember correctly Greg once told me he can sew one jacket a day. What costs time though is communicating with customers (some customers literally send hundreds of emails), pattern making and design tweaks. That's why the collabs are so lucrative: standard sizing of one and the same design with the cutting done in bulk.

 

[Bennarion]

 

[cbez]

Same with the PNW bootmakers. If your customers will pay a year in advance with no refunds, why not take it?

Hopefully he's not behind and using next year's payments to pay the bills.

 

[Squirrel_hero]

If I remember correctly Greg once told me he can sew one jacket a day. What costs time though is communicating with customers (some customers literally send hundreds of emails), pattern making and design tweaks. That's why the collabs are so lucrative: standard sizing of one and the same design with the cutting done in bulk.

He posted he was going to allow made to measure for this new collab. Not sure how I feel about that since it’s now been 9 months waiting for my order.. why do these collabs get priority over people who paid almost a year ago or more.. truly frustrating

 

[Bfd70]

That is a fair question to ask him. No answer would definitely put him on the no buy list from me. I’m sure he’s a great guy, but at this point Greg Field and Fields Leather are not the same thing

 

[Marc mndt]

So I'm wondering a couple of things:

1) The question raised by @Squirrel_hero : why are collab jackets prioritized over regular orders?

2) What is the added value of having a 'Carl Murawski' approved type II if it's up to the costumer to configure the jacket (choose the leather, lining, thread color, pocket shape). I thought the whole idea behind these CM collabs was to get a jacket that reflects Carl's design vision. Think of the B3 jacket that featured handwarmer pockets because Carl wants his jackets to be practical or whatever.

3) Why use roughout leather when the jacket is fully lined. You might as well use split suede, right?

 

[cbez]

Roughout is still thicker, more durable, and often has a more interesting nap than suede. Also it is probably easier to source quality roughout. Think of suede as the bargain bin scraps.

Regarding the 'collab' you know why; marketing lol.