Happy Hooligan

Levi still makes 501's at their San Fran plant. 99% are now made overseas or south america, but if you know where to look you can still get USA 501's (not LVC's either!)

But I just buy t he LVC's myself.... which as far as I know are all US made...

Looks like Raw Selvedge to me...

What's up with this pack? I actually forgot they went on sale on the 1st.

But if I have a big foot... say 11.5. They assume I wear a 40 inch waist and have a 34 inseam and wear a 3XL shirt?

Who are they selling it to? The midwest America?

synthi.. very elegant boots.

rira: Allen Edmonds currently or did have a sale going on. They had the McAllister in brown/white for I think 200 or something like that...

just find someone who's flying where you want your boots... Have them wear them on the plane and pick them up at the airport...

I'm tellin' you greg... get them in an 11C and when you're done just sell them to me...

Awesome idea! Can't wait to see them.

TMADD i love the cigar indys...

I just bought two new pairs of LVC... 55's and 37's. I think it'll be nice to see some dark indigo next to my 405s...

I've really enjoyed this thread. I've learned quite a bit and even convinced me to get my 405's.

I think a separate collection would be fine. I just don't want to miss other threads about shoes I might not know about.

One of these weekends I'm gonna have to go over and check this place out...

I couldn't help but post this auction for a pair of Alden State Trooper boots. Guy says they're only available to the state trooper. Too wide for me but impressive boots never the less...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Alden-State-Trooper-Police-Boots-11-5E_W0QQitemZ150213336229QQihZ005QQcategoryZ63850QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Chicken: those jumpers turned out awesome great job!

Now a question to everyone... I saw on the lone wolfs that they have cats paws. but I'm sure their reproduction cats paws. Does anyone know how exact they are in actual material to the original? Are they just rubber soles that look like cats paws or am I questioning something that really shouldn't take up anyones time in questioning?

Alden factoids from my visit there today:

-- Harrison Ford was there about 3 weeks ago and bought a pair of Indies. The sales guy who told me this was surprised at how short Ford is compared to how he's portrayed in his movies. Like 5'7" or something..

I find it hard to believe that Harrison Ford would have to buy his own pair of Indies.

That's like Tom Cruise having to buy his own pair of rayban wayfarers.

I think that salesman was trying to make a sale...

denim:

that's funny ... you're having the exact problems I had with my Indy's... right tongue moves, right shoe lace breaks... I just tied the ends together. I then found out you can email Alden and they'll send you a pair for free...

This sounds sarcastic, but it's a sincere question to the collective wisdom here. Why don't folks talk about Timberlands? They seem to be really popular with folks in general (non SuFu-ers). I know why I'm not crazy about them, but what do others think? After all, we talk about so many other brands and styles of boots...

There are a lot of great work boots out there, but I'd say 99% of the people here have never worked in a place where a work boot of any kind was mandatory.

Most of the boots shown here are not made for the type of work that a boot like timberlands were made for. A boot like a timberland is really made to last about 6 month to a year until it's thrown out and a new pair is bought. I doubt anyone here would want their $300 -$1000 boot to last 6 months and then get a new one...

awesome pics today! Those whites are wearing on me. I still have trouble with the double sole, but I'm starting to like.

Greg, why don't you buy say size 11 shoes and sell them? I can't wear your 9's....

they used to sell those black boots alot in catalogs in the early 80's. I think they called them a tanker boot.

You could get the jungle, tanker and I forget the other style but that's what I remember...

I haven't seen them for a while and actually wouldn' t mind a pair myself...

those cigars are great! what do they run?

here's what I did to fix my alden tongue

The tongue on my Indys, right shoe, is turning to the right. Is there anyway of correcting this or should I have a cobbler sew in pieces of elastic that keep the tongue in place? I've seen it on tennis shoes, just wondering if it can be done with Indys as well.

The black Indys are real nice. I'll have to check out the ones that Tom has coming into Leather Soul in a couple months. I'm not too crazy about the commando sole though.

I had the exact same problem in my indy's. I sewed the tounge to the shoe at the top.

I posted some pics of it on this thread sometime in september I think... I'll try to do a search for them and repost them for you.

are those heels different than the standard indy?

Anybody with size 12 feet wanna get a pair of Claptons Classics?

Not my size

I just sold my pair in 11.5. I love the way they look, but they didn't fit me correctly...

if redwing sold those GT with gregs cats paws... that'd be an one hell of a boot!

Love them. Where did you get them? What size did you actually get that fit as opposed to your normal shoe size?

they remind of beetle boots I like them

Greg,

very nice.

What is with that stitching so close to the edge on the fronts of those indys?

it's all in just doing it. I usually don't wear a suit with it as my job doesn't usually require one. I go mostly with the work wear look with it. But if it's cold enough I have a nice A2, or Aero Half belt I usually go with. But I do have some vintage jackets also that look nice with a fedora. Fedoras and leather go well together. Of course just a nice pair of shoes and a fedora go well together too. As long as your fedora's isn't bright red or orange...