Whitcomb & Shaftesbury

[wasser]

Anyone have any experience with these guys ?

[Concordia]

Not directly, but I see now that John McCabe has moved there to run things. He was a fantastic cutter at Dege before they imploded in the early 90s, and then at Kilgou for many years.

They seem to have a budget bespoke line much like Kilgour's old entry-level program. Cut & fitted in London, made in India, at half the price of their London product.

[NJS]

Not directly, but I see now that John McCabe has moved there to run things. He was a fantastic cutter at Dege before they imploded in the early 90s, and then at Kilgou for many years.

They seem to have a budget bespoke line much like Kilgour's old entry-level program. Cut & fitted in London, made in India, at half the price of their London product.

Sweated Asian labour is taking over the world. In the Parish of Luxulyan, Cornwall is to be found Luxulyanite, which is a rare and beautiful form of granite. In fact it was chosen for the 1st Duke of Wellington's sarcophagus. Nearby St Austell is being 'regenerated' with a lot of matchbox construction but the EU (apparently) is funding the paving of the Fore Street (which is more or less a ghost town, owing to the 'supermarkets' that ring the town). They are funding it to be paved with granite four inches thick that has been imported from China. This is but one example of how the world is going mad and one reason why countries like China will dominate all markets within the next ten years. So watch your backs.
NJS