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H modified the shoulder strap length for my C24, but there is a limit - they did not extend the length for my bag for more than a few inches (I think more the merrier but they refused). But getting a few more is better than nothing.

I waited for 6 months for it (as the bag had to be sent back to Paris, and mine has exotic materials on it, so the application for CITES took long time). I paid around USD600 for it. FYI, the leather for my bag is black box. I guess that’s why it was more expensive.

csetcos said:
Thank you!! Looking forward to hearing some thoughts from them!!



H did indeed modify my friend’s strap. There is a leather craftsman who works at this particular store (one of the largest stores in the US) and did the work himself.

He first looped a bolduc ribbon through the bag to determine length and then requested a strap with unfinished ends to be sent in that particular length.

Once the strap was in, she brought her bag to the boutique where the old strap was snipped and the new strap was sewn on. This was a C18.
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footlocker said:
H modified the shoulder strap length for my C24, but there is a limit - they did not extend the length for my bag for more than a few inches (I think more the merrier but they refused). But getting a few more is better than nothing.

I waited for 6 months for it (as the bag had to be sent back to Paris, and mine has exotic materials on it, so the application for CITES took long time). I paid around USD600 for it. FYI, the leather for my bag is black box. I guess that’s why it was more expensive.
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Thank you so much for sharing @footlocker!!! I went for it. Will post pics soon of my C24 Bleu Izmir!!
 
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PJW5813 said:
I don't, but it did occur to me that a large C could be a good bag for guy.
I doubt Hermes modified your friend's shoulder strap (not that you suggested the modification was by Hermes).
Any non-Hermes changes like that would mean that Hermes would refuse to work on it in the future.
This would also seriously affect its future value.
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H made me a new extra long strap for my tool box. They used the leather and clip from the original strap and sewed a new canvas strap on it. I can't remember the cost, but it wasn't much. I did have to wait until the canvas came from Paris (it was done at Madison for me) but they said if they had a piece of the canvas webbing in stock they would have done it much more quickly. As mentioned above, we used a piece of ribbon to measure how long I wanted it.
 
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