With Saint Crispin's I share a special personal story. The founder Michael Rollig visited me with his first models around 1989 in my last store, the legendary haberdasher Heinrich's and I was immediately convinced of its quality.
In addition to top names such as The Armoury - Hong Kong, Doublemonk - Melbourne, Leffot - New York, Leather Foot - Toronto, Brycelands - Tokyo, Skoaktiebolaget - Stockholm and Pauw - Amsterdam, we belong to this small group of Saint Crispin's dealers.
Today, Mr. Phillip Car leads the company and has brought it to its world fame. In the small workshop in Brasov, Romania, only a few employees create no more than 1500 pairs of shoes a year and more than 400 working steps are put together by hand to produce such a work of art.
The circle of shoe aficionados counts Saint Crispin's to one of the best shoes in the world or as formulated by the shoe-making colleague Dieter Kuckelkorn: "These are the best shoes in the world."
CHARACTERISTICS
Mod.: TREE H
Last: classic - must be named on MTO
Mat./Col.: natural wood - depends on market offers beech, cherry or cedar
Size: as showed, must be named on MTO
100% Handcrafted in Brasov - Romania!
The second photo shows a sample and a finished shoetree.
ABOUT SAINT CRISPIN'S
Michael Jondral shares a deeply rooted and truly unique history with Saint Crispin’s: when the brand’s founder knocked on his door over 20 years ago, Michael Jondral became his very first customer worldwide, accompanying the journey of these extraordinary shoes from day one. Today, Phillip Car guides the company with that same uncompromising devotion. In a small workshop in Brașov, Romania, a tight-knit team crafts fewer than 1,500 pairs of shoes per year in a familial atmosphere. In over 400 individual steps of pure, masterful handwork, they create far more than just footwear, a wearable piece of art. Among discerning shoe aficionados, Saint Crispin’s has long been considered the ultimate pinnacle, and we are profoundly proud to feature these masterpieces of artisanal perfection in our collection.