Wool Bush Shirt ...

[littlebiglane]

I make that 37...must be enough for a decent price, provided theres enough wool blankets!

Am enquiring now. Christmas and New Year has provided a lull in proceedings

 

[deenewcastle]

Am enquiring now. Christmas and New Year has provided a lull in proceedings

A guide price might alter the final count

 

[BushEd]

I'm excited

 

[littlebiglane]

Okay. Prototype made (minus detailing such as lacing closure at neck/head opening at moment - this will be added or zip). The prototype is basic shirt (hood and longer back) plus kangaroo pocket.

Will be looking at it on Saturday and take some photos......

 

[Mesquite]

Okay. Prototype made (minus detailing such as lacing closure at neck/head opening at moment - this will be added or zip). The prototype is basic shirt (hood and longer back) plus kangaroo pocket.

Will be looking at it on Saturday and take some photos......

Sounding good LBL

No idea yet of what sort of price they'll be coming in at?

 

[littlebiglane]

No idea at moment. Got to factor in the quality of materials - these blankets are nearly 20-quid a chuck and are nearly like thick wool felt in quality. Add in tailoring costs and the profit margin for the business it is being commissioned off (which includes the seamstress) then we are probably looking at around half the cost of a Swanni Bush-shirt.......However - cannot confirm this until I have sight of it and understand what further needs to be done to it.

I'll let you know when I pop in and view the MK1 prototype on Saturday.......

LBL

 

[TeeDee]

Teaser Photo;-
http://www.endicotts.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=75&products_id=1930




Thanks to Twodogs for spotting this.!!

 

[treadlightly]

Could you please add me to the list. And Happy New year to you all.

 

[TeeDee]

Could you please add me to the list. And Happy New year to you all.

1 Mesquite
2 korvin karbon
3 techworm
4 Chris the Cat
5 welshwhit
6 lewiman201
7 BushEd
8 coln18
9 verloc
10 Pepperana
11 Leonidas
12 Torak
13 Lincs Bushman
14 markheolddu
15 sasquatch
16 legin
17 The Cumbrian
18 bushcraftsman
19 Spikey DaPikey
20 Pandabean
21 Littlebiglane
22 MikeE
23 calibanzwei
24 Tetley
25 Melonfish
26 TeeDee
27 kpmoloney
28 kawasemi
29 HarryHawk
30 Scottforsythe1
31 Goatboy
32 Chrisj
33 deepforest2501
34 Cliv
35 Peterlee_Paddler
36 Northsky
37 Smokoe
38 Treadlightly

 

[Enzo]

1 Mesquite
2 korvin karbon
3 techworm
4 Chris the Cat
5 welshwhit
6 lewiman201
7 BushEd
8 coln18
9 verloc
10 Pepperana
11 Leonidas
12 Torak
13 Lincs Bushman
14 markheolddu
15 sasquatch
16 legin
17 The Cumbrian
18 bushcraftsman
19 Spikey DaPikey
20 Pandabean
21 Littlebiglane
22 MikeE
23 calibanzwei
24 Tetley
25 Melonfish
26 TeeDee
27 kpmoloney
28 kawasemi
29 HarryHawk
30 Scottforsythe1
31 Goatboy
32 Chrisj
33 deepforest2501
34 Cliv
35 Peterlee_Paddler
36 Northsky
37 Smokoe
38 Treadlightly
39 Enzo

Cheers

 

[OliveDrabnotDPM]

Ditto lots of others re price, but count me in...

1 Mesquite
2 korvin karbon
3 techworm
4 Chris the Cat
5 welshwhit
6 lewiman201
7 BushEd
8 coln18
9 verloc
10 Pepperana
11 Leonidas
12 Torak
13 Lincs Bushman
14 markheolddu
15 sasquatch
16 legin
17 The Cumbrian
18 bushcraftsman
19 Spikey DaPikey
20 Pandabean
21 Littlebiglane
22 MikeE
23 calibanzwei
24 Tetley
25 Melonfish
26 TeeDee
27 kpmoloney
28 kawasemi
29 HarryHawk
30 Scottforsythe1
31 Goatboy
32 Chrisj
33 deepforest2501
34 Cliv
35 Peterlee_Paddler
36 Northsky
37 Smokoe
38 Treadlightly
39 Enzo
40 OliveDrabnotDPM

Cheers

 

[Mike8472]

please can i be added to the list

 

[Mesquite]

please can i be added to the list

1 Mesquite
2 korvin karbon
3 techworm
4 Chris the Cat
5 welshwhit
6 lewiman201
7 BushEd
8 coln18
9 verloc
10 Pepperana
11 Leonidas
12 Torak
13 Lincs Bushman
14 markheolddu
15 sasquatch
16 legin
17 The Cumbrian
18 bushcraftsman
19 Spikey DaPikey
20 Pandabean
21 Littlebiglane
22 MikeE
23 calibanzwei
24 Tetley
25 Melonfish
26 TeeDee
27 kpmoloney
28 kawasemi
29 HarryHawk
30 Scottforsythe1
31 Goatboy
32 Chrisj
33 deepforest2501
34 Cliv
35 Peterlee_Paddler
36 Northsky
37 Smokoe
38 Treadlightly
39 Enzo
40 OliveDrabnotDPM
41 Mike8472

 

[Mike8472]

thanks!
looking forward to seeing the finished artice!!!

 

[Leonidas]

Got to factor in the quality of materials - these blankets are nearly 20-quid a chuck and are nearly like thick wool felt in quality. Add in tailoring costs and the profit margin for the business it is being commissioned off (which includes the seamstress) then we are probably looking at around half the cost of a Swanni Bush-shirt.......

As a sanity check......
Assuming you used an entire blanket per shirt that will be £17.95 'retail' per blanket for the good blanket.....and assuming you could not get at least one shirt from the cheaper blanket as the stripes (on the cheaper blanket) would be cut away from the shirt template in any case!

Am all for business making a profit....a question!
If the material is already being priced retail (Nearly £20), I assume the 'profit margin' for the blanket is already built into the equation as you are quoting a full retail price not a wholesale price ....obviously it would not be charged twice...
I may have I misread...? Just checking..

Base 'cost' of the material and a full hour of a seamstress' time (Which should be plenty for a professional seamstress' plus other consumables for the manufacturing process.....the actual cost to produce this should be in the region of £20 > £25......if not less.
Then it is a question of how much profit you want to make....!
Given the real things are being sold for around £100, that should leave you with 100% profit if you retail at £50.....

Not bad

Hope this helps.
Tom

 

[oetzi]

Definitly interested, if affordable for me!

1 Mesquite
2 korvin karbon
3 techworm
4 Chris the Cat
5 welshwhit
6 lewiman201
7 BushEd
8 coln18
9 verloc
10 Pepperana
11 Leonidas
12 Torak
13 Lincs Bushman
14 markheolddu
15 sasquatch
16 legin
17 The Cumbrian
18 bushcraftsman
19 Spikey DaPikey
20 Pandabean
21 Littlebiglane
22 MikeE
23 calibanzwei
24 Tetley
25 Melonfish
26 TeeDee
27 kpmoloney
28 kawasemi
29 HarryHawk
30 Scottforsythe1
31 Goatboy
32 Chrisj
33 deepforest2501
34 Cliv
35 Peterlee_Paddler
36 Northsky
37 Smokoe
38 Treadlightly
39 Enzo
40 OliveDrabnotDPM
41 Mike8472

42 oetzi

 

[HillBill]

I like the look of that, id be interested in a couple depending on price.

1 Mesquite
2 korvin karbon
3 techworm
4 Chris the Cat
5 welshwhit
6 lewiman201
7 BushEd
8 coln18
9 verloc
10 Pepperana
11 Leonidas
12 Torak
13 Lincs Bushman
14 markheolddu
15 sasquatch
16 legin
17 The Cumbrian
18 bushcraftsman
19 Spikey DaPikey
20 Pandabean
21 Littlebiglane
22 MikeE
23 calibanzwei
24 Tetley
25 Melonfish
26 TeeDee
27 kpmoloney
28 kawasemi
29 HarryHawk
30 Scottforsythe1
31 Goatboy
32 Chrisj
33 deepforest2501
34 Cliv
35 Peterlee_Paddler
36 Northsky
37 Smokoe
38 Treadlightly
39 Enzo
40 OliveDrabnotDPM
41 Mike8472
42 oetzi
43 HillBill

 

[susi]

As a sanity check......
...snip ...the actual cost to produce this should be in the region of £20 > £25......if not less.

Out of interest, what are you considering to be the hourly cost of the seamstress?

 

[littlebiglane]

As a sanity check......
Assuming you used an entire blanket per shirt that will be £17.95 'retail' per blanket for the good blanket.....and assuming you could not get at least one shirt from the cheaper blanket as the stripes (on the cheaper blanket) would be cut away from the shirt template in any case!

Am all for business making a profit....a question!
If the material is already being priced retail (Nearly £20), I assume the 'profit margin' for the blanket is already built into the equation as you are quoting a full retail price not a wholesale price ....obviously it would not be charged twice...
I may have I misread...? Just checking..

Base 'cost' of the material and a full hour of a seamstress' time (Which should be plenty for a professional seamstress' plus other consumables for the manufacturing process.....the actual cost to produce this should be in the region of £20 > £25......if not less.
Then it is a question of how much profit you want to make....!
Given the real things are being sold for around £100, that should leave you with 100% profit if you retail at £50.....

Not bad

Hope this helps.
Tom

Hi. Not sure the point you are making. I am sure its a positive contribution If however anyone is thinking about the value of it then I think that taking a perfectly saleable dutch army blanket and cutting it up (thereby removing its resale value in its current form) then having someone measure, cut, pin, sew - seams and hems etc - possibly to different size requirements - add eyelets or zips or pockets or buttons might be more than an hour of someone's time. If not then they are hightly skilled indeed....and we should then be paying for their expertise! I don't expect someone to work on or below minimum wage in a sweatshop to get this done at the 'right' price either. I don't want at this stage to get drawn into an argument over the whole thing and I am happy for anyone to scrutinize the costs when I know what they are. I for one - as in the spirit of the group buy - am not motivated by profit. The market will take what the market will take. If its a good product at a good price then we will be interested. If its a great product at or around £50 or £60 then I'm up for it. However I have not seen the item in the flesh yet.

Just on a note of the 'real thing'. This will be made of much heavier guage material and the original Swanni retails at near £120 nowadays I think.

LBL

 

[littlebiglane]

1 Mesquite
2 korvin karbon
3 techworm
4 Chris the Cat
5 welshwhit
6 lewiman201
7 BushEd
8 coln18
9 verloc
10 Pepperana
11 Leonidas
12 Torak
13 Lincs Bushman
14 markheolddu
15 sasquatch
16 legin
17 The Cumbrian
18 bushcraftsman
19 Spikey DaPikey
20 Pandabean
21 Littlebiglane
22 MikeE
23 calibanzwei
24 Tetley
25 Melonfish
26 TeeDee
27 kpmoloney
28 kawasemi
29 HarryHawk
30 Scottforsythe1 (withdrawn)
31 Goatboy
32 Chrisj
33 deepforest2501
34 Cliv
35 Peterlee_Paddler
36 Northsky
37 Smokoe
38 Treadlightly
39 Enzo
40 OliveDrabnotDPM
41 Mike8472
42 oetzi
43 HillBill