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Cold machine wash inside out with regular detergent, hang dry. If they are loose, then warm wash. After a while I don't even turn them inside out anymore out of laziness.

Those look great! I wish Stevenson made size 28. I would totally get a pair.

Damn those Germans are tough!

I love what Brian did with that 430 sole!

Mpukas, I had a pair of Alden Indys resoled (not by Brian) and when I first got them back the footbed felt really weird, after a couple of weeks of wearing that went away and now they are fine. So maybe just wear them a while with thick socks and it might get better.

Bummer. They look really good!

Chippewa 1901M49 Engineer boots, Cordovan color, resoled my Role Club. Handwelted. Storm welt. Role CLub half soles & heels. Replaced roller buckles with Japanese solid brass. Replaced paperboard footbed with leather. 

 

I was planning on wearing these in the DWC boot division, not I'm not sure. I'm not happy with Brian's work. The are ipeccable on the outside, but on the inside I have issues with comfort of the footbed. The edge of the footbed is raise in the front of the boot where the upper leather is tucked under, and it's irritating. At the heel where the upper leather is tucked under the leather footbed, it raises up the outer edge of the footbed causing a ridge that is also irritating. 

 

I may have them resoled my another shop. This was a waste of money. 

 

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left boot heel pad - outside edge is raised due to edge of footbed being lifted upwards, creating a ridge under my heel; 

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inside of right fore foot - the outer edge of the leather footbed is raised, creating a ridge all around my toes (f'g photo links won't rotate properly f/ Photobucket); 

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That sucks they they don't feel right after a resole. Do you have enough room to fit a thin insole?

Fanya, if you decide to go with a pair of Wescos, hit up the guys at Muskhaven, they can get you a good price and walk you through all the options.

I need to page through this thread... but looking for ideas on boots.

 

I am looking for a round toe, no toe cap, brown boot.  No speed hooks, no double outer stitching (like on whites), no Redwings, no OakStreetBootmakers.

 

I could possibly go with a plain toe cap, but I don't care for all the ornamentation that generally goes with it.

 

Thanks for the ideas!

Hey Fanya, For what you're looking for I would definitely go for a custom pair of White's, Nick's or Wesco (I'm pretty sure all three will do single row outsole stitching if asked). It'll be 3 or 4 months before you get your boots, but you'll get exactly what you want and they will last a lifetime.

Ues tee shirts are very good

 Where to cop?

Nice Flash, my 1108xx are my favorite jeans.

Wow, sweet score! Great boots!

^ Sweet!

got damn, I've come to the conclusion that the boot I've been looking for all this time is the Farmer Rancher...funny, that that's where I started with White's to begin with! beautiful pair erk!

 

That said, my next pair will be a 6" ala Farmer Rancher style, albeit from Nicks.

Aho, is that the Nick's Robert boot?

I did mean stateside, and you are both partly right. The base model Boss and Nomad are right around the same price. Doctored up Nomads are cheaper than doctored up Wescos. As of right this moment, I prefer the Wesco Boss to the White's Nomad because of the limited customization offered on the Nomad. Wesco just gives you a chance to make exactly what you want even if you have to pay quite a bit for it.

I agree. Wesco charges you for every little tweak, I can understand charging more for special leather but for thread color, heel lift, etc that's lame and it can really add up. But you might as well pony up the extra cash to get exactly what you want.

Broark, on their Instagram page Nick's posted some pics of a new low heel model, looks a bit like Viberg service boot to me. I think you might dig it. I really want to get a pair of Nick's oxfords, just don't have any extra money right now.

As someone who has used Brian for a couple resoles I just wanted to chime in. I had a pair of shoes resoled and rewelted by Willie's in LA and I think it cost about $270. They did a fine job but they actually did not do what I asked for. So if Brian is charging closer to $300 for a hand-welted resole I don't think that is too much to ask. Brian was totally great to work with and answered all my questions, plus he sent me pictures of what he was going to do and made sure that it was what I wanted. I'd rather pay more and actually get what I want. I had a pair of boots resoled at Moulded shoe here in NYC and they totally fucked up the welt in the process. It was only $150 but I wound up having to have them resoled again within 6 months.

As far as I can tell there is no one else in the US doing what Brian is doing and to get a similar job done you have to ship your boots to Japan. Brian has to make a living so it makes sense that he would raise his prices as demand for his services increases. This is a really niche market and I'm just glad that someone is doing it. So I'm happy to support him instead of shipping my boots overseas, having to deal with language issues, etc.

Yeah Domain is Wesco's new pull up leather. I think it's waxed. All the pics I've seen of it look really good. Much nicer than their standard leathers.

Other freakin' level, BTB!

Hey Kiya, when will SENY have those Iron Heart lined ombre flannels?

What's the price come out to with shipping in USD?

Those Wescos look great!

1. edmond W34 1108

2. pandaxs W36-38 1108
3. Foxy W32 1108
4. Broark W35 1101
5. Jawnzer W32 1101
6. Regedit W30 1108
7. John Chen W29 1108
8. Saintkeat W30 1108
9. Regedit W33 1108
10. 604_skyline W27 1109
11. Bill_e_jean W36 1109 or W35 1108
12.themexican w32 1109 or w31 1108
13. bloodynutz W34 1108
14. geL- w34 1109 or 1108
15. Jared_Lee 0105 w30, w29 x 2 (three pairs total for a couple friends as well)
16. Quoise1203 0105 w32
17. Brownmetallic 1108 W33
18. beardy3344 0105 w33
19. Kurintor w30 1108 or 1109
20. Artisandenim w28 1108

21. Superfuzz w28 1108

Weird that you couldn't find. Google gave the result quickly.

http://supertalk.superfuture.com/index.php/topic/140583-shoes-that-look-better-with-age-2012/?p=2922009

Thanks, I just tried the Sufu search function which didn't come up with anything. Those are some of the nicest engineers I've seen. How have they evolved? Much wear? Post some updated pics when you get a chance. This thread needs it!

Hey Indigo Eagle, I couldn't find pics of your Old Joe engineers on here. Please post some when you get a chance. Thanks!