Post by Marcus on Nov 21, 2011 14:42:07 GMT -8
All,
If anyone intends to get anything from GWM, you had better act soon. The German wool will no longer be restocked once it runs out and they are on the fence about restocking anything US. They don't make Brit or French stuff anymore. For anyone doing German...I highly suggest you get whilt the getting is good. Remember THEY HAVE LAYAWAY!!
From the GWM website concerning German wool:
"GERMAN WOOL: (NOTE: The uniform shop always closes for the holidays from Thanksgiving to New Years - we still take orders for delivery in the new year). Our German wool is made in Philadelphia, Pa. by Churchville fabrics. It is "heather weave", meaning the raw yarn is spun, dyed and then WOVEN into cloth as in WWI. When our last bolt (we are on it now) of 1910 wool is gone, we are not restocking. We have stopped making overcoats EXCEPT the STONEGRAY (& GERMAN trousers) until that wool is gone (2 bolts left). We are ONLY making tunics & trousers from the remaining 1910 wool since that is the basic set needed in the field. Custom making WWI uniforms was NEVER profitable. Others will discover that IF they attempt to make the same quality product we did - but I doubt if anyone ever will. The only reason we got into the uniform business was to ensure growth of the WWI hobby. No one was making German uniforms. We have made 247 1910's & 235 1915's in about 25 years (not including overcoats, trousers etc.). These 500 uniforms brought WWI reenacting to what we see today."
If anyone intends to get anything from GWM, you had better act soon. The German wool will no longer be restocked once it runs out and they are on the fence about restocking anything US. They don't make Brit or French stuff anymore. For anyone doing German...I highly suggest you get whilt the getting is good. Remember THEY HAVE LAYAWAY!!
From the GWM website concerning German wool:
"GERMAN WOOL: (NOTE: The uniform shop always closes for the holidays from Thanksgiving to New Years - we still take orders for delivery in the new year). Our German wool is made in Philadelphia, Pa. by Churchville fabrics. It is "heather weave", meaning the raw yarn is spun, dyed and then WOVEN into cloth as in WWI. When our last bolt (we are on it now) of 1910 wool is gone, we are not restocking. We have stopped making overcoats EXCEPT the STONEGRAY (& GERMAN trousers) until that wool is gone (2 bolts left). We are ONLY making tunics & trousers from the remaining 1910 wool since that is the basic set needed in the field. Custom making WWI uniforms was NEVER profitable. Others will discover that IF they attempt to make the same quality product we did - but I doubt if anyone ever will. The only reason we got into the uniform business was to ensure growth of the WWI hobby. No one was making German uniforms. We have made 247 1910's & 235 1915's in about 25 years (not including overcoats, trousers etc.). These 500 uniforms brought WWI reenacting to what we see today."
