Carbon Fibre Collar Stays

[Brother D]

I take my "bones" out before they go to the cleaners, which involves pushing/pulling them into the collar pockets everyday. You'll only slide your fingers against CF with exposed edges once and these are cut - not molded...
I'm oout.

Edited by Brother D on Friday 20th February 06:50

[Lazadude]

ecsrobin said:

Haha whilst I wasn't being serious with my original post, that was a nice backer update to wake up to

Yeah, I backed them from early on, nice to see a shout out last night. Thinking one of each...

[jwo]

I have backed too (as a direct result of seeing this thread.... Fed up of my metal ones, and plastic ones (which I use when going through airport) are busted!

[CharlieCrocodile]

Look what's just arrived!

[soad]

A good gift for a man who has pretty much everything!

[Brother D]

So now you have hands-on, are the edges cut or molded? Can't quite see from that picture

[McSam]

I rather like 'em. Those blue ones have turned out really good, I only have black.



They're not as stiff as I expected, which is probably a good thing, they feel about right. The edges appear to be cut rather than moulded, but they're smooth enough so shouldn't cause an issue. You certainly couldn't cut yourself on one. One minor annoyance is that the weave isn't parallel to the edges, but this isn't Pagani, realistic expectations and all that!

[CharlieCrocodile]

They're cut, my blue ones are certainly more flexible than the yellow ones which feel thicker.

[malks222]

the yellow ones are probably more flexible because of the materials used. I suspect the yellow/black weave is a carbon/kevlar mix. kevlar give more flex to the material carbon being more brittle.

where the blue mix i think could be carbond fibre and possible coloured fibreglass weave, making a bit brittle.

[anonymous-user]

I find the carbon fibre makes a huge difference to my shirts power to weight ratio. More aero too.

[ecsrobin]

Mine arrived too in blue.

For the money paid I'm very happy and to have something delivered in good time from initial backing is nice. I will no longer have back issues from carrying around those heavy brass collar stays!!

[ThunderSpook]

Wife saw them, asked how much I paid, asked why I couldn't just make my own.

[ThunderSpook]

Used mine for the first time today. Seemed pretty good.

[youngsyr]

ThunderSpook said:

Wife saw them, asked how much I paid, asked why I couldn't just make my own.

It's not difficult or expensive, even in carbon fibre.

[Grafton]

Hi Guys,

Finally got on this site and wanted to thank everyone for the support during this project. Any issues hit us up and we can help out. We are making sure our customers come first.

You also might want to check out our newest project. Just kicked off on Kickstarter...Cufflinks. We will be adding more colours this time around. So look out for red and sliver!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1217606464/ca...

We do love everything carbon and really hope to be more active on this site!

Thanks for the support.

Rob and Miles!

[THP150]

Yep, put my pledge in for a set of the blue cuff links.

Are you planning on doing any thinner collar stays, as all my work shirts seem to have very thin stays.

[Lazadude]

THP150 said:

Yep, put my pledge in for a set of the blue cuff links.

Me too

[Grafton]

THP150 said:

Yep, put my pledge in for a set of the blue cuff links.

Are you planning on doing any thinner collar stays, as all my work shirts seem to have very thin stays.

Hi send me an email and maybe we can sort something out for you. [e-mail]

[Grafton]

Thanks for your support here!

Here are some of the thoughts from how things should be finished:

So the edges of the cufflink face are going to be waterjet cut, then buffed to a matte finish. The cufflink face will be gloss. The body will be gloss sides when we have the moulds we are having made from the kickstarter funds. So everything that isn't a thin edge will be gloss and anything with more than a 2mm width will be gloss.

We are also be adding red and silver tops!

Hopefully all goes well. Thanks again!

Rob and Miles

[Grafton]

Hey All,

Thanks again for everyones support.

As per usual we are coming out with another project. We aren't selling anything but thought you all might want to have a look.

Carbon Fibre sunglasses. We think these came out really nice and will be coming out soon.

You can also get a free pair here if you have some email addresses. www.graftonindustries.com

Take a look and chat soon.

Rob and Miles