I would tend to agree. In my experience with tailors and shoemakers, I find the Italians to be the most grandiloquent and the British to be the least, with the French falling somewhere in between. Generally speaking of course.Sometimes these things are cultural
It's funny, but I don't find the BK posts condescending at all. I find them supremely patient, considering the remorseless hostility they attract from certain quarters here.
BK are trying to build a successful, high-end, artisan business in the middle of a truly ruinous Greek economy. I think we can cut them some slack.
+1Yep. And agree with Tomasso too, a couple of posts above.
This is one of those situations where the quality and fineness of a natural product is measured with/against its functionality and durability. Best quality and best for purpose, not always the same thing. If a maker with experience finds what they think fits both criteria, good on them.
More info on this thread about leather types than previously available on FL, I think. So all good.
Right on pipvh...and someone who narrows his choices due to a feeling a vendor is "bombastic" seems to be cutting off his nose to spite his face....
muddies water, misses point AND associates favoured manufacturer with least-favoured manufacturer in one post, while citing favoured manufacturer's innovative use of niche hide. Grand slam!Kudu is a hide that comes with a warning that it can be heavily scarred - barbed wire, thorny bushes etc. Aero did a short-lived run of them, and some of the last ones were made from this leather, but it came with it a 'buyer beware' warning. Not a fan of the stuff itself, felt to spongy and irregular for my liking, but as ever, it's storses for courses
muddies water, misses point AND associates favoured manufacturer with least-favoured manufacturer in one post, while citing favoured manufacturer's innovative use of niche hide. Grand slam!
Sheesh!
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"tbh: set out your stall clearly and without hyperbole"
Never take your own advice.
muddies water, misses point AND associates favoured manufacturer with least-favoured manufacturer in one post, while citing favoured manufacturer's innovative use of niche hide. Grand slam!
Sheesh!
"tbh: set out your stall clearly and without hyperbole"
Never take your own advice.
That my be your sense but I've only seen two cases where somebody wasn't happy with what they wanted. One saw a too grainy jacket for their taste and ordered one spec'd with smooth grain before they sent the grainy out. The other was Jeff M. here on the FDL which they made right evidently. Andy has consistently said try it, if you don't like it return it or maybe you know otherwise.Perhaps, but it's also the sense that, with any company that proclaims it products as being second to none not just this sector, if you're less than delighted with their item you're sent, then it's your fault, not theirs.
Superfluous, well said above... as you noted, where Andy crosses the line (IMHO) is when he states the motives for other's decisions, which is pure speculation on his part. It should also be noted that he did the same with Shinki ("I can only assume Shinki finds top grain good enough so they have no interest in producing anything better. Another reason is that their suppliers do not have anything better to offer.") Really, the largest tannery in Japan cannot get top quality horsehide from which to produce full grain???
It's very easy to educate us about leathers without ever bringing up a specific company or tannery, OR, just stating why he prefers a certain leather.