About Those Frye Boot “Benchcrafters”
February 1, 2012 at 10:13 PM Leave a comment
A friend gave me a pair of Frye shoes the other day. They came with a rustic cardboard tag advertising Frye’s as “Benchcrafted Since 1863:”
The first pair of Frye Boots were benchcrafted in 1863. What made them America’s best then still holds true today. Frye quality is timeless. Since 1863 Frye leather products have been benchcrafted from the finest full grain leather uppers and genuine leather…
So I’m thinking:
Not only that, but the address on the tag says:
The Frye Company, 160 Great Neck Road, Great Neck, New York 11021
Moving on, I imagine bent-over, gray-haired sweet old men wearing tiny wire-rimmed glasses who smell of leather dye working in Great Neck, New York benchcrafting away.
But then I look inside my new shoes and gosh golly gee, what do I see? “Made in China.”
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