Shoes that look better with age...

[superBobo]

beatle

really nice actually. One weird sole though, but its pretty low profile. How´s the quality?

[beatle]

Morning, Bobo...quality is great ...2 lines of leather in the sole, 2 lines of rubber plus the "massage" points...really comfty...

And the camel leather feels very soft, yet durable..should be interesting evo...

[superBobo]

sounds great! Where did you pick em up? any more in say... size 46? Or was it an US pickup?

[mizanation]

cant see the pics your posting B. weird but i could see the others'

could be that your firewall is blocking her picture hosting site. i can't see her pics at work either. have to wait till i get home.

[jubei]

Those look really nice! and the price is just as sweet... I swear, I think I'm going to try and restrict my leather shoe buying to vintage from now on... there's so much good stuff out there. I love my Hanover oxfords now that they're all broken in and comfy ( and now that I've got another pair of nice work shoes, I can wear them out and beat them up a little bit more)

It really is one of those things where "they don't make 'em like they used to"...

[fre-co]

After seeing more and more redwings lately they are growing on me.... But I have a question.

Does anyone know of dodgy fake red wing boots?

There is a pair that I'm interested in and I am not too sure how you can spot fakes or indeed if they are faked at all.

[Hard2Fit]

Box and shoes look legit to me.

[Tarmac]

Kiwi is fine but it sure smells funny. I swear by Lincoln polish.

for conditioner i am currently using Lexol, though I wouldn't go as far as saying I swear by it.

[jiomitori]

I feel really dumb asking this question, but...

I have a pair of black leather Common Projects. Should I be doing anything to take care of them? I mean, it doesn't matter to me if they look new and shiny. I just don't want anything "bad" to happen to them. Keep in mind that I know almost nothing about leather. My instinct is to just wear them, but if anyone with more experience has any pointers, I'd be interested to hear them.

[amlai]

I typically use Kiwi on my boots. For the Indy boots, I use Meltonian shoe cream.

I use Pecard leather dressing for weatherproofing and conditioning. It's great stuff, but it takes a few days to soak in.

[paadekooper]

Beatle - Good stuff...

[fre-co]

Box and shoes look legit to me.

Thanks man.

Red wings come up big right... I hope they run a little bigger than trickers.

[Hard2Fit]

Mine were close to true to size. A little longer than usual but not that much.

[edmond]

for me theyre like 1 size too big.. i wear a size 9.5 in dunks but an 8.5 fits me perfect on the redwings but i got myself a 9 cause i wear thick socks..

[fre-co]

thanks chaps.

[Happy Hooligan]

I know that subject line has a ton of jokes...

My new Alden 405's right foot tongue keeps slipping to the right. the left shoe is fine, but the right keeps shifting no matter how tight I tie them.

What do you guys do to keep this from happening to your boots?

[amlai]

For me, the fix has been to just tie them really tight. However, I researched some ways to fix it, and I found this link (but I have not tried any of these):

http://www.harlick.com/order/faq.php#twist

[fre-co]

I saw someone who had stitched a point of the edge of the tongue to the inside of the lace stay... about half way up the tongue. I did see a picture of this and I'll try to track it down.

edit: found it....

http://www.indianajones.dk/Webside/Billeder/Indy-side/Gear/Boots.htm

[Happy Hooligan]

thanks! those are some good sites...

[beatle]

X post from evo of leather goods..

Red Wing 875, freshly waxed...

[Chicken]

x-post from the other thread, but your redwings are coming along real nicely.

[edmond]

hey B. whats rae those holes on top of your redwing's toungue?

[coleslawyum]

X post from evo of leather goods..

Red Wing 875, freshly waxed...

These are fucking crispy. Like your new sig...

[beatle]

Thanks...

Ed - those holes are for the laces...

[beatle]

Coleslaw - I know - I am sooo excited about the dd+1..had to show some respect to the act of painting

[bankershill]

If anyone cares, I was just down at Renners Boots in kcmo and they had a pair of Alden Cordovan chukkas in solid black marked down to $200 (from $550) out the door.

sizes 10-10.5D

[Chicken]

dang, sounds like i could fly there round trip and still get the pair for less than retail.

[edmond]

anyone here has tried on or has a pair of these lonewolf boots?

what would you suggest getting the black or the white soles?

http://item.rakuten.co.jp/bears/lonewolf-fo1615/

[the_state]

^^ those are really nice. brown and black both work really well.

[partytaco]

i have the lone wolf carperter with the cats paw sole and i love it. the white rubber sole vibram (if that's what you mean) might be a bit more comfortable as that cats paw on mine is pretty hard also the traction on that cats paw is horrible in the snow.

anyone here has tried on or has a pair of these lonewolf boots?

what would you suggest getting the black or the white soles?

http://item.rakuten.co.jp/bears/lonewolf-fo1615/