12 Developments from HQ and what’s next.

Estimated read time:
[Image: Kicking up some dust in the Judean desert on an epic adventure. And yes, for you eagle eyes, I kept my COURG at EST and used the bezel for IST.]

Greetings courageous crew! Wow. I can’t believe it’s been one year since we started fulfillment on the first COURG production run.

After a year of mostly feeling like I mostly trekked the e-commerce wilderness, it’s time to take a breath, and get my bearings. So, I wanted to debrief with you all about what we’ve worked on this year and where I hope we’re headed.

“You can choose courage or you can choose comfort, but you cannot choose both.” Brené Brown

TL;DR

  1. Redux & Co. 2016: Beyond the comfort zone
  2. Mission Accomplished: Flyboy Nicholas, Wings for Wishes
  3. The Redux & Co. Workshop
  4. 2016 strap build in progress
  5. Limbo: Strap changer multitool order
  6. Navy Squadron special edition
  7. R&D: Seeking new ballistic nylon material + technology
  8. Welcome, Glazy — client care+support extraordinaire!
  9. E-commerce stack build out
  10. 2017 Projects? Paging IP attorney?
  11. Fulfillment & repair operations migrate Stateside
  12. 17 Book recommendations from my 2016 stack

Continue reading →

Production SITREP: Helvetica, Titanium Hardware, 20ATM

Estimated read time:

#COURGcrew — October SITREP.

Thrilled to report we’ve made steady progress in the last few weeks. This got a bit long as usual, and I hope you enjoy this dispatch from the ground crew hard at work here in the hangar.

DANGER

If you haven’t already, FILL OUT YOUR SURVEY NOW so we can include your order in the first production wave … we’ll wait right here for you … until this MONDAY.

SITREP TL;DR

  • Mission on schedule
  • Survey lock and load: 19OCT (MONDAY)
  • Production underway for Ti grade 2, pressure tested to 17ATM
  • Ti grade 5 prototype near completion, pressure tested to 20ATM
  • Helvetica for Type-A
  • Exclusive titanium strap hardware confirmed
  • Multiple order shipping & freight no added cost
  • Horween leather patterns in motion
  • Fly Boy –> Superbowl Boy
  • Check this space for HQ dispatches

Continue reading →