fast delivery
(2020-12-23)
received the items very quickly and they are all spot on thanks
Vastly superior to the standard reproduction puttees
(2020-10-28)
The difference in quality between these and the regular puttee repros are unreal. especially when you've put them side by side Definitely worth spending close to double what I did on the regular long puttees (also sold on this site).
The wool is sturdy and soft, not coarse and scratchy like the cheaper kind. The wool is definitely thicker too, giving them a better structure and warmth when wrapped. Andmost importantly of all--on these you can actually see the weave of the puttee, giving them enough stretch to be wound around the leg normally without needing to fold them into a herringbone pattern. Which to my knowledge, makes these Fox style puttees unique compared to all other repros I've seen on the market.
As far as negatives go, just like the other reviews have said, the Fox label came sewn in backwards and on the wrong side of the puttees, and the pins were located in the middle instead of on the edges. These weren't a big deal to me as I do not reenact and I bought these for practical use instead.
I did, however, elect to move the pins to the correct locations, and on this subject I must caution people to be careful when handling the pins. The metal the pins are made of do not seem to be very sturdy, and one of the arms on the "right" tab broke off the first time I unfolded it. It still has one arm to keep it secure to the puttee and it probably would've broken eventually anyway with how fragile that arm was, but of course having both intact would have been preferable. The left tab was fine and is quite secure after putting it in the right spot.
The wool is sturdy and soft, not coarse and scratchy like the cheaper kind. The wool is definitely thicker too, giving them a better structure and warmth when wrapped. Andmost importantly of all--on these you can actually see the weave of the puttee, giving them enough stretch to be wound around the leg normally without needing to fold them into a herringbone pattern. Which to my knowledge, makes these Fox style puttees unique compared to all other repros I've seen on the market.
As far as negatives go, just like the other reviews have said, the Fox label came sewn in backwards and on the wrong side of the puttees, and the pins were located in the middle instead of on the edges. These weren't a big deal to me as I do not reenact and I bought these for practical use instead.
I did, however, elect to move the pins to the correct locations, and on this subject I must caution people to be careful when handling the pins. The metal the pins are made of do not seem to be very sturdy, and one of the arms on the "right" tab broke off the first time I unfolded it. It still has one arm to keep it secure to the puttee and it probably would've broken eventually anyway with how fragile that arm was, but of course having both intact would have been preferable. The left tab was fine and is quite secure after putting it in the right spot.
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