Success Stories

MAINLAND BOOT COMPANY

 

In 1890 John Brown Frame arrived in New Zealand from Scotland with two men called Craigie and Thompson.  They settled in Dunedin, at that time the commercial capital of New Zealand with the wealth generated from prime agricultural activity and the gold strikes in the area.

 

They made boots for the local Farmers to start with.  From this activity there emerged the company of J.B.Frame and Sons.  The tradition continued for four generations, making army boots, ice skating boots, motor cycle boots etc.

 

In 2004 Greg and Mike Frame decided to concentrate on their retail interests and sold the plant to Joe Burdis, who had for many years had a business in Christchurch making cutting knives, and supplying components to the footwear manufacturers, in addition to running a pattern service and trading in Cutting equipment.

 

The plant has now been relocated in Christchurch some 250 kilometres north of Dunedin.  With the technical assistance of “Old Charlie” who had worked for over 40 years at Frames, the new staff recruited in Christchurch, and having much other shoe making experience, have learned the secrets of the Frame’s boot.

 

A range of these is still available featuring the unique features of the long established product.  You can view some of these in our Picture Gallery in the Industrial Footwear section, which has easy links into the Mainland Boot website.

 

The illustration below illustrates the anatomy of this hard wearing, hard working product.

Anatomy of Mainland product

Mainland

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