Persimmon
Well-Known Member
I saw the posting from a member (cmjordan77) this morning stating that he had spoken to John Chapman and that he had placed his order.
At last the book is opening up. Good news indeed .
The interesting thing was the details about cutting the waiting time and the hiring of new staff to make that happen.
"I spoke to John tonight. Super nice guy. He is hiring some new folks and he said he hopes the wait time will be cut to 4 months. I ordered 1 tonight with him."
I guess my thoughts are who will be making the jackets then ?
JC has on this Forum built up a reputation second to none but if he does not have full control will the quality of work suffer, no matter how well the intension is.
Would you want JC to make your jacket individually for you (as before) or have him maybe work on it / parts of it / supervise the work on it ?
I am sure the former.
Eastman mass produce their jackets and they get a lot of flack on here (some fair and some perhaps a little less than fair - I have been in both camps I think !!) but thats the way of scale of production.
Recently John Lever picked up his new Eastman and praised the timeworn effect and even more so when he found out Gary did it especially for him.
Would we all be more happy if Gary Eastman made the jacket we ordered all by his own hands ?
I think yes.
Its just a friday morning thought but will "Original" -worked by JC jackets be worth more in the future ?
Will the quality shine through as before ?
At last the book is opening up. Good news indeed .
The interesting thing was the details about cutting the waiting time and the hiring of new staff to make that happen.
"I spoke to John tonight. Super nice guy. He is hiring some new folks and he said he hopes the wait time will be cut to 4 months. I ordered 1 tonight with him."
I guess my thoughts are who will be making the jackets then ?
JC has on this Forum built up a reputation second to none but if he does not have full control will the quality of work suffer, no matter how well the intension is.
Would you want JC to make your jacket individually for you (as before) or have him maybe work on it / parts of it / supervise the work on it ?
I am sure the former.
Eastman mass produce their jackets and they get a lot of flack on here (some fair and some perhaps a little less than fair - I have been in both camps I think !!) but thats the way of scale of production.
Recently John Lever picked up his new Eastman and praised the timeworn effect and even more so when he found out Gary did it especially for him.
Would we all be more happy if Gary Eastman made the jacket we ordered all by his own hands ?
I think yes.
Its just a friday morning thought but will "Original" -worked by JC jackets be worth more in the future ?
Will the quality shine through as before ?