Shoes that look better with age...

[mikecch]

Thanks for the zug-dump Paul T

I think the Shoe Healer has a special make of AS zug-grain boots as well, in a darker espresso colour.

[Paul T]

Cheers, Mike. Do you mean THese Brogues?.

THey are lovely, altho I'm going to steer clear of the zug or scotch grain brogues, as the variations are then endless.

SHoehealer Special Zug brogues

[mikecch]

^ Ah I see. Yeah, those...looks fantastic!

I'd like a pair of Culfords or Kelsos without the toe-cap stitching.

[LFC4ever]

These are lovely

Selkirk MTO (Walnut waxy, toecap stitching omitted)

http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/forum/showthread.php?93998-Alfred-Sargent-quot-Kelso-quot&highlight=Selkirk

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[Tiro]

these came in the mail today, thanks jstarvin

[mikecch]

These are lovely

Selkirk MTO (Walnut waxy, toecap stitching omitted)

http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/forum/showthread.php?93998-Alfred-Sargent-quot-Kelso-quot&highlight=Selkirk

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Thanks for that!

Seriously thinking about getting a Culford MTO (although this seems a no-no atm?), or dyeing a pair black myself.

BTW, Melbourne now has Grenson and Loake (at a store called Beggar Man Thief).

[Paul T]

I bet you can get a Culford MTO - maybe try try shoehealer, or go direct?

[mikecch]

^ Alright then, my Whites MTO funds will go to AS instead...will contact Shoe Healer now.

[LFC4ever]

Guys when I asked A Fine Pair of Shoes for the Culford in a particular size earlier this week they said yes, it would be £245. Found them on Tredders for £204 so went that route. But I guess if they'll make the standard to order I'm sure they'd make it in a different leather.

Paul - those Bureau ones are amazing, they also do a dainite outsole toecap version with hook fastening can't decide which I like the best ( but I better not buy either).

[Paul T]

^ Alright then, my Whites MTO funds will go to AS instead...will contact Shoe Healer now.

They also mention MTO on Sargent's blog

[mikecch]

^ Cheers Paul, I just figured Shoe Healer has free international shipping (I know AS does discounted shipping too).

I'm keen to have the Culford made in black zug, veldtschoen, double-mid-sole with commando sole, no toe caps, and a different (higher and more roomy) last - there lies my problem though, I have no idea of the different lasts AS uses apart from the regular ones (this is where I hope Shoe Healer will be able to help me.)

[LFC4ever]

Coniston photos (cheers CTB)

[LFC4ever]

C and J Skye

[CrashTestBrummie]

Shit the bed, I turn my back for a couple of hours and come back to an orgy of country boots...

LFC, thanks for the pics of the Skye and Coniston - they will both be mine, one happy day in the future...how do you find the fit on the Skye? I've seen a pair that are an 11 (I'm normally 10 - 10.5) and I keep on going back to them, trying to convince myself that it'll be just fine...

Paul - great work to get all those beauties in one place. I'll get some pics up up the Lotus once they've been resoled and I've given them a decent once-over.

A few pics to keep in the spirit of the last couple of pages:

Tricker's Grasmere - could have gone down half a size but glad I didn't as these, along with the Arran below, are probably the comfiest of the boots I own...the zug is ageing beautifully:

Tricker's Eaton - essentially a MTO semi-brogued Stow. You know you're onto a winner when people stop in the street and comment:

Tricker's Burford - that beautiful marron colour mentioned a couple or three pages ago:

Tricker's Stow - pulled the heel tab off one of them in the week, being fixed as we speak!

Crockett and Jones Arran - same kind of vamp as the AS posted by Paul, except these are stitched under instead of over:

Just sneaked in and won a pair of C&J George boots on eBay for £11, battered to fuck but I'll see what can be done with them...

[hollowsleather]

"Shoes that look better with scotch grain"

[LFC4ever]

CTB - LFC, thanks for the pics of the Skye and Coniston - they will both be mine, one happy day in the future...how do you find the fit on the Skye? I've seen a pair that are an 11 (I'm normally 10 - 10.5) and I keep on going back to them, trying to convince myself that it'll be just fine...

I'm a 10.5 - 11 in the Trickers with a 5 width, 10.5 with 6 width, although can wear 11 in 5 width with thicker socks. 11E is perfect in C and J Skye and Conistonand it turns out 11F in Alfred Sargent is great. I would think therefore that the 11E in the Skye might be little big but you could use an insole?

[CrashTestBrummie]

Insole it may have to be then...cheers!

[devilish]

Place holder post for my pair of C&J Islay. Took some pictures but won't have time to upload until later but wanted in on the orgy of Brit boots. Ok here you go. First one is most accurate color wise.

[baldy]

wow, your collection has grown so much CTB! I remember not too long ago you just started to wear boots

[CrashTestBrummie]

wow, your collection has grown so much CTB! I remember not too long ago you just started to wear boots

I used to have around 50 pairs of trainers...now I've around 20...

Found a new obsession, maybe?

[rayw44]

After looking at that slide show that was posted awhile back (here: http://riotgeer.blogspot.com/2009/01/veldtschoen-photo-essay.html), I began wondering about whether all stitch down construction is in fact veldtschoen. Does anyone know about this?

I ask because Wesco and Viberg both use stitch down construction on most of their boots, but they don't seem to "stitch down" all the way around the shoe. My Wescos show that only the vamp is really stitched down, which must mean that they are not a true veldtschoen construction, but they do seem like a hybrid of sorts.

You can see that the edge of the vamp folds back under near the seam:

Picture 926 by ray.wendolowski, on Flickr[/img]

[edmond]

what jeans are those rey?

[CrashTestBrummie]

SC40200? Natural indigo?

[edmond]

yeah looks really good

[rayw44]

what jeans are those rey?

SC40200? Natural indigo?

They are made using that denim, but by Artist Denim. I really like them, and highly recommend them. Check the thread here for more info:http://www.superfuture.com/supertalk/showthread.php?t=224236

[edmond]

usign that same denim? or something else that looks like it?

[rayw44]

usign that same denim? or something else that looks like it?

From what I've been told, he has a small supply of the exact same denim Sugar Cane used, but I only heard this in the thread.

[fre-co]

Paul, you can add the C&J Snowdon to the list there.

This thread has gone English boot mad! Wonderful stuff. Perhaps I should post an update on mine soon.

[Paul T]

Paul, you can add the C&J Snowdon to the list there.

This thread has gone English boot mad! Wonderful stuff. Perhaps I should post an update on mine soon.

Done. See, I'm being educated.THanks fresco.

As one of the first here to champion Brit boots.. what's your perception of the heirarchy of quality, especially of Sargents, Cheaney, C&J & Trickers?

[riff]

Whoa! What an explosion of British beauty!

Great photos Paul, LFC4ever & CTB! You inspired me to post my pairs, and are sorely trying my self control in not purchasing...

Tricker's Stow:

Tricker's Hermann:

My oldest, in need of a re-sole. C&J Coniston:

Family pic