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The thread for the horsehide footwear contest!

details

start date: 01/01/2012

entries allowed up until: 05/31/2012

finish date: 01/01/2014

entries?

each contestant may enter up to 3 pairs of new footwear

all footwear accepted as long as it is made of horse leather of any tannage

(note: most CXL are not horse in origin!)

please contact me re: your footwear details before the commencement date :)

this should be a fun and low stress contest!

updates are easy too, at it's simplest being pointing your camera towards your feet and taking a photo :P

though for judging purposes please do try to update at last once every couple of months...

participants

1. adh92

2. mikecch

> tricker's stow boot, in mahogany shell cordovan

> thorogood (for epaulet) 685-repro, in brown vegetable tanned strip (north of cordovan) horsehide

3. rayw44

4. joelz

> alden cap-toe boot, in burgundy (#8) shell cordovan

5. slab

> alden jumper boot, in burgundy (#8) shell cordovan

6. theblackgoat

> thorogood (for epaulet) 685-repro, in brown vegetable tanned strip (north of cordovan) horsehide

7. baldy

> white's semi-dress boot, in black horsehide, vegetable tanned strip horsehide

> Alden long-wing shoe, in whiskey shell cordovan

8. riff

> Viberg service boot, in black shell cordovan

> Alden long-wing shoe, in whiskey shell cordovan

9. aho

10. festival

11. marineabilly

12. smittybat

> Alden "Indy" boot, in burgundy (#8) shell cordovan

> White's semi-dress boot, in brown horsehide

13. brownmetallic

14. randomkoreandude

15. rkusmant

> Alden "Indy" boot, in whiskey shell cordovan

> tricker's stow boot, in tec shell cordovan

16. aquaphor

> rancourt moc-toe boot, in green shell cordovan

17. shogunofharlem

> alden chukka boot, in burgundy (#8) shell cordovan

> wolverine 1000 mile 721 boot, in burgundy (#8) shell cordovan

> allen edmonds Dalton boots, in walnut shell cordovan

18. vanquish gold

19. beatle

20. a.khan12390

21. sweapea

> ??? project boot

22. sriracha

23. onehundy

> White's cap-toe semi-dress boot, in black horsehide

24. hopesgone

25. khris89

26. jacquesf88

> alden stitched-toe boot, in cigar shell cordovan

27. zissou

> Alden cap-toe boot, in burgundy (#8) shell cordovan

> Alden wing-tip boot, in black shell cordovan

28. patchmb

> rrl madison boot, in black shell cordovan

29. coleslawyum

> buco engineer boot, in black horsehide

30. eggplant

> alden wing-tip boot, in burgundy (#8) shell cordovan

> Alden cap-toe boot, in black shell cordovan

31. Dave_SFU

> Alden "Indy" boot, in whiskey shell cordovan

> RRL Madison boot, in burgundy (#8) shell cordovan

32. mgc232

> Paul Smith Jones boot, in burgundy horsehide

33. mr. aa

> alden cap-toe boot, in burgundy (#8) shell cordovan

34. kansas

> alden cap-toe boot, in burgundy (#8) shell cordovan

35. dr_do0m

> brooklyn bootworks cobble hill boot, in walnut shell cordovan

prizes

each judge will select a winning entry to receive their sponsored prize!

sponsoring/judging:

1. don't mourn, organize! (scott willis) >>> hand-made double horsehide belt

2. Vintage Engineer Boots Blog (marineabilly) >>> hand-made trucker's wallet

3. summit creek dry goods (zissou) >>> set of 3 key-chains

4. Blackacre (Ray Lansburg) >>> hand-made two-tone horsehide wallet

5. Hollywood Trading Company HTC (Zip Stevenson) >>> custom made belt

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er - mine are the captoe boot, not a chukka boot, but still excited to be in.

Ooop, sorry, it was all I saw on the J Crew website. Please do let me know the specs if you can (boot model, colour, etc.)

Mike, just ordered the black HH semidress.. I'll prolly have another entry by the start date though.

Yep, done!

Do you know the details of the horsehide? E.g. tannage, tannery, etc.

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Posted · Hidden by sweapea, November 23, 2011 - No reason given
Hidden by sweapea, November 23, 2011 - No reason given

I´ll be using the leffoot Alden 403 in Horween Brown Chromexcel

I believe that Alden's brown chromexcel is cowhide, not horsehide! I'd be happy to be wrong though - sure would increase the options!!

Joelz - I'd like that too!!

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I´ll be using the leffoot Alden 403 in Horween Brown Chromexcel

I believe that Alden's brown chromexcel is cowhide, not horsehide! But I'd be happy if I was wrong, because the choices would be greatly increased!!!

Yeah, the brown CXL on 403 is not horsehide.

Just a quick note: CXL is usually not horsehide, unless specifically stated that it is CXL horse butt or the like.

Chromexcel (cxl) is Horween's brand of vegetable re-tanned leathers...the same/similar process can be used on a variety of animal hides, but usually it's done on cattlehide.

hmm.. if i can get a pair of boots that are gently used on ebay, would that still be cool?

Sorry mate, the footwear need to be new; no gently worn or NOS shoes.

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  • 2 weeks later...

Quick top of the morning poke to my fellow contestants - a small and friendly reminder to submit your entry details if you are planning to start in January :)

anyone wanting to join in please pm me!

Lots of prizes to win from our fantastic leather crafting forum members - the odds in this contest is pretty good.

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I'm hoping to get a pair of Horsehide White's SD. Baker's posted a pair of Semi Dress in #8 Burgundy Shell Cordovan that looks very nice. Either something like that or brown horsehide. I'm still in the $$ gathering phase. Hope to be able to get them ordered early in 2012.

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