John Lobb Appreciation Thread

[sevenfoldtieguy]



I like the william but if I could find the wallace i'd be all over it.

They will still make it thru their By Request service.

 

[Ode4Minerva]

Wilkes Bashford online store is having a sale on few of the John Lobbs. Just picked up a couple.

 

[TtownMD]

Good sale but no sizes left

 

[Ode4Minerva]

Reach out to Cathy Ubell to verify that your size is unavailable. Sometimes the humans and the computers cross-communicate.

 

[TtownMD]



Reach out to Cathy Ubell to verify that your size is unavailable. Sometimes the humans and the computers cross-communicate.

Left her a voice mail thx u

 

[dahl5yankees]

Claymoor's List had a great post with pics yesterday
of their tour of John Lobb's factory.

Enjoy!

http://www.claymoorslist.com/?doing_wp_cron=1436015878.5113060474395751953125

 

[chogall]

Claymoor's List had a great post with pics yesterday
of their tour of John Lobb's factory.

Enjoy!

http://www.claymoorslist.com/?doing_wp_cron=1436015878.5113060474395751953125

Not Claymoor's picture/tour. It's content created opener.jp, a Japanese web magazine.

They did credit openers, but the link was broken.

 

[Zapasman]

Do they use reinforcements in the whole upper?.

Do they mix chrome and veg leather for the lining?

Heel leather stiffener and celastic stiffener for the toe cap?

 

[chogall]

heel and toe stiffeners are both celastic.

 

[Zapasman]

heel and toe stiffeners are both celastic.

Ok thanks, It seemed to me from the pic that the heel stiffener came with leather. What are those reinforcements for?. I see them in some makers.

 

[CrackedCrab]

Pulled out the Chambords today

 

[Nikola]

Are there any JL trunk shows in Europe anytime soon? I would like to order a MTO pair without a surcharge ..

 

[chogall]

Ok thanks, It seemed to me from the pic that the heel stiffener came with leather. What are those reinforcements for?. I see them in some makers.

Toe/Heel are Celastic.

Linings are used to reinforce uppers. Some makers (Vass) uses leather, some makers uses linen/cloth.

 

[Zapasman]

Toe/Heel are Celastic.

Linings are used to reinforce uppers. Some makers (Vass) uses leather, some makers uses linen/cloth.

Chogall, I see a leather heel/counter stiffener in "that" pic. I see a mixture of chrome and veg leather for lining too.

In between of the upper and the lining, I see some linen/cloth (same as in the first pic ) as a reinforcement.

My cuestion is, are all those linen/cloth reinforcements always needed?. Do they use them just for models with a narrow waist?. As far as I understand, those reinforments are not much used. Thanks.

 

[chogall]

Chogall, I see a leather heel/counter stiffener in "that" pic. I see a mixture of chrome and veg leather for lining too.

In between of the upper and the lining, I see some linen/cloth (same as in the first pic ) as a reinforcement.

My cuestion is, are all those linen/cloth reinforcements always needed?. Do they use them just for models with a narrow waist?. As far as I understand, those reinforments are not much used. Thanks.

In the second picture, there's a white sheet of fabric, which is most likely Celastic.

Regarding the reinforcements, I am not a shoemaker so I could only state from my observations.

Most machine made shoes have cloth reinforcements around the vamp area to increase its durability and to retain shape.

As for hand made shoes/bespoke shoes, I know Vass uses leather reinforcements on the side of the vamp, to increase its durability. JLP/Berluti bespoke uses cloth reinforcements across vamp in addition to leather reinforcement strips on the side/edge of the vamp. And they sometimes put thin line of cloth/leather reinforcements around sewing/top line edges