Hi, original poster here.
First, I posted originally not to call out a maker or a group of makers, but to generate a discussion about how the internet and forums shape our views about products, and there has been some great discussion on that ;thanks to all. In regards to Himel, I would like to thank them for participating. As superfluous ponted out on his companion thread, no individual is always going to reach their highest standard on every attempt. Himel has mad most of their customers happy, and again thay offer certain services ,in regards to bespoke fitting, that are not available from certain other makers. Mr Himel points out, I think very reasonably, that certain aspects of reproducibility are more difficult to achieve given one off type work than for standard sizes and runs. The Aero contributor points out that certain repairs are more difficult given different construction techniques, and that has been confirmed apparently , by Dena returning a jacket without a repair, due to its being to difficult to disassemble. My take on this is that certain trade offs are inevitable. What constitutes a priority for some may be trivial to others. Obviously there are certain standards which should be upheld, but within these limits, each maker may have diffirent tolerances. Whether paying more should result in higher tolerances is an open qusetion, but I think mos would feel that it probably should, unless there is some overwhelming positive aspect to the experience that completely dominates the decision(i.e the only maker willing to make a size 62 leathertogs A).
Oh ,and in regards to having my jacket remade, I think that would be a waste of a nice jacket. But if you want to give me a discount on a new one!!!
First, I posted originally not to call out a maker or a group of makers, but to generate a discussion about how the internet and forums shape our views about products, and there has been some great discussion on that ;thanks to all. In regards to Himel, I would like to thank them for participating. As superfluous ponted out on his companion thread, no individual is always going to reach their highest standard on every attempt. Himel has mad most of their customers happy, and again thay offer certain services ,in regards to bespoke fitting, that are not available from certain other makers. Mr Himel points out, I think very reasonably, that certain aspects of reproducibility are more difficult to achieve given one off type work than for standard sizes and runs. The Aero contributor points out that certain repairs are more difficult given different construction techniques, and that has been confirmed apparently , by Dena returning a jacket without a repair, due to its being to difficult to disassemble. My take on this is that certain trade offs are inevitable. What constitutes a priority for some may be trivial to others. Obviously there are certain standards which should be upheld, but within these limits, each maker may have diffirent tolerances. Whether paying more should result in higher tolerances is an open qusetion, but I think mos would feel that it probably should, unless there is some overwhelming positive aspect to the experience that completely dominates the decision(i.e the only maker willing to make a size 62 leathertogs A).
Oh ,and in regards to having my jacket remade, I think that would be a waste of a nice jacket. But if you want to give me a discount on a new one!!!
I really wanted to see Dave’s reply to Holly’s post since I know their approaches are completely different.
