Shoes that look better with age...

[Maynard Friedman]

Surrealizm,

Are you a naturist by any chance? Put some trousers on!

[Anders Helseth]

Surrealizm,

Are you a naturist by any chance? Put some trousers on!

Just trying to put the focus on the shoes. For these shots I just pulled my jeans legs up to my knees.

Here's a "normal" pic:

The jeans are 30th anniversary Studio D'Artisan SP 013s, if anyone's wondering.

[rayw44]

I posted these awhile back, but the soles basically fell apart on me. I had to get them resoled, and I needed to get the stitching in the rear fixed as well.

I would have loved to have them done by Taksehi at Hukurokuju, but I didn't want to wait so long to get my boots back. I decided to go with a cobbler that I saw on Marineabilly's blog, and I am incredibly happy with the result.

They used to look like this:Picture 980 by ray.wendolowski, on Flickr[/img]

The work was done by Champion Shoe Repair, located in Pompano Beach, Florida. I had to mail them my boots and explain what I wanted, but they were very helpful and very quick. Price was about $100 cheaper than Takeshi, including shipping and the loose stitching repair ($240 total). I also did not request Cat's Paw heels, but I guess they just used what they had in stock.

I have used shoe repair services in my area before, but they have never been as high quality as these repairs. I'm very happy with how they turned out, and I highly recommend them.

[denimjunky]

slide...

when did you order those fantastic looking boots...?

Seconded.

Btw, the british tan is the same leather as the semi dress?

They look kinda similar as the brown chrome excel in tone, dont they?

[erk]

Seconded.

Btw, the british tan is the same leather as the semi dress?

They look kinda similar as the brown chrome excel in tone, dont they?

yeah, that british tan looks really nice. A little lighter brown than the chromexcel, looks like it would be a nice leather. Its a calf skin right? If I get another pair of white's I might end up going for that as a bounty hunter.

[morse9443]

slide13 - Those look phenomenal

which one gives you more comfortable 'lace to toe boots' or 'plain toe boots'?

Every LTT I've tried compresses the shit out of the ball of my foot. I'll never bother with them again. When I went to White's, the person fitting me said he didn't like the LTT build and only recommended them in special situations, ie for strange feet.

[morse9443]

s3lam - What are those, Quoddy on the left and the other two Oak Street?

[erk]

slide13 - Those look phenomenal

Every LTT I've tried compresses the shit out of the ball of my foot. I'll never bother with them again. When I went to White's, the person fitting me said he didn't like the LTT build and only recommended them in special situations, ie for strange feet.

I just dont like the way they look. I think the regular smokejumpers look better. What I read about the LTT design is that real smokejumpers and loggers like them because you can wear thicker socks with them. makes sense I guess.

[slide13]

Thanks guys! These were ordered exactly 5 weeks ago from yesterday when they showed up. They quoted a 5-6 week build time, so when you figure in shipping time I figure they beat their estimate by a solid week or two.

The British tan is great. Yes, it's pretty similar to Chromexcel actually, but just a little lighter shade and not quite as soft....sort of in between Chromexcel and standard semi-dress leather in both feel and thickness. Great stuff and looks way better in person, lots of depth and variation to the color which I love.

[nattomoto]

I'm selling my White's Farmer-Rancher Boots:

http://www.superfuture.com/supertalk/showthread.php?p=2686691#post2686691

[Highvoltage]

Great looking boots, Slide! I think I'll be picking up some White's in the future. I'm set for brown, so black semi-dress will have to do. It will be a while, since I just informed the wifey that I have a package that might contain some Alden's showing up on Friday. Please post some pics as your new pair break in.

[patrick_b]

Holy SHIT those are gorgeous!! I never thought about the British Tan...until now. Thanks for posting the pics and the details. It's so helpful when folks post the specif configuration considering all the options White's offers.

[Zazamoot]

Heads up, Wesco is selling a pair of narrow engineers in burlap, size 12D, amongst their factory seconds. The pair is $570, but seconds are 10% off until the end of the month.

www.westcoastshoe.com/wesco/images/fs/photo/138692.jpg

edit: 2 pairs, actually

[pepper davies]

If those were leather I'd buy them in a second. Shameee.

[Happy Hooligan]

If those were leather I'd buy them in a second. Shameee.

I don't think he meant they were made of Burlap, but it's the color name. It's made of leather. or am I missing something here?

Also who ever ordered those in the first place must be VERY picky as it looks like Wesco made them three times for that customer.

since they're selling two of the identical boots in the same size (custom)... one with a small "oil' stain and the other with a needle mark... I guess the guy never planned on wearing those boots outside of the house.

[pepper davies]

Oh I think you're right. I feel stupid. I think that color would be hard to pull off.

[rayw44]

Oh I think you're right. I feel stupid. I think that color would be hard to pull off.

Yeah it's definitely leather, just one of their color options.

And they should not be too hard to wear, since that roughout will darken a bit over time. That's a great price too for that pair.

[mikecch]

That Wesco looks like sueded hide.

First adventure into English boots, fits good:

[hollowsleather]

holy hell those are great, can't rep.

i doubt that i'll ever wear country boots, but these last few pages have been fun to look at.

[rayw44]

That Wesco looks like sueded hide.

Wesco calls it rough out on their website and in the catalog.

[mikecch]

Edit: ooops, did a dumb-dumb.

[rayw44]

^^ Cheers hollows!

^ Yeah - rough out means the grain has been removed (sueded.)

Oh ok, I've never heard it put that way. I thought you meant that they were suede, which I thought was completely different from rough out. I thought suede was specially treated in some way, and rough out was just taking regular leather and using the flip side(?).

But now that I am looking for a definition of the difference between the two I can't find one.

[edmond]

heres the picture of the resoled lw engineers

ill dab a tocuh of clear shoe polish on those virgin midsoles to give them a little tanning....

[mikecch]

Oh ok, I've never heard it put that way. I thought you meant that they were suede, which I thought was completely different from rough out. I thought suede was specially treated in some way, and rough out was just taking regular leather and using the flip side(?).

But now that I am looking for a definition of the difference between the two I can't find one.

Hum, yes, you are quite right. I stand corrected.

So, grain-removal = suede, turned-inside-out = rough out.

What a strange use of leather though?

Edit: It is termed "rough out full grain" if the grain is preserved.

[edmond]

[CrashTestBrummie]

Nice pair, mikecch - are those espresso or black? The colour isn't the best on this ancient laptop of mine

[mikecch]

^ Thanks CTB. Yeah, the colour isn't the best in my photo either - was too anxious to try them on so I didn't get the lighting right.

It's espresso.

[CrashTestBrummie]

^ Thanks CTB. Yeah, the colour isn't the best in my photo either - was too anxious to try them on so I didn't get the lighting right.

It's espresso.

Ha, maybe I was unfair on my old laptop! Gotta spread, as always...

Don't know if you saw this when I posted it a few weeks ago, but this blog has some great Tricker's pics on it, including an espresso Burford that looks the dog's bollocks...plus a pretty decent Stow in burgundy...

http://trickersmylife.blogspot.com/

[rayw44]

Hum, yes, you are quite right. I stand corrected.

So, grain-removal = suede, turned-inside-out = rough out.

What a strange use of leather though?

Edit: It is termed "rough out full grain" if the grain is preserved.

It is kind of weird, and it begs the question "why remove the grain if you can get the same effect just by flipping it over?" And suede typically commands a higher price than roughout.

Not sure if they call it full grain when it remains, but that seems correct in theory.

The repair job looks great, hats off to Takeshi again. Love the way that heel is stacked and angled like that.

[coleslawyum]

I have a pair of Wesco Boss in burlap, which looks like what they call nubuck ( for lack of a better comparison, like Timberlands). The flip-side has a roughout side as well. Is nubuck different than suede, or is this all the same shit?

Before:

Used some of this:

After: