Shoes that look better with age...

[beautiful_FrEaK]

WWII impressions that I finally sized right and immediately applied Obeneuf's to get rid of that ugly orange suede look

damn seeing your picture makes me think again if I should also dub my pair of roughouts. I planned not to do it..but your comment of the oriiginal orange color made me think again if I like the original color

[SLAB]

i need to pick up a pair of those roughouts from wwii impressions as well; how did you guys size them compared to other brands?

[beautiful_FrEaK]

same size as my RW, Chucks, Clarks Desert Boots: US 9,5

[CrashTestBrummie]

fixed, thanks to the shoe healer:

[devilish]

Nice!

[CrashTestBrummie]

cheers...and a real bonus to have ridgeway soles!

[Seul]

Beautiful stuff crash and illumin8em - love those WWII's!..

I was soaked when I got home from work... Only a 10' walk but still... Tricker's didn't seem to be bothered, though!..

[garden gnomes in space]

I can dig those. I like the texture. I think Im going to have to introduce some English boots into my life. Its no longer an option. Shit has gotten serious. There is a place in San Francisco that carries Trickers, but I believe they are all collaborations with Brooklyn Circus. I like the look of them, but not sure a collabo is the way to go. At least Ill get some last/sizing idea's...

[CrashTestBrummie]

ha, i was looking at brooklyn circus's collabs about an hour ago. really like the look of the tan grain stow brogue boot.

standard advice with tricker's boots when working with us sizes would be size down a half size into anything on the 4497s last (most of their country boots) and size down a full size into their 4444 last.

[garden gnomes in space]

yea, I like that tan version. Im really drawn to the black boot with natural welt. the contrast is amazing, but my yet to arrive whites are similar in colors, so I would think a tan/light brown boot will be teh way to go.

[dr_do0m]

Took a family pic today:

L/R Top Row:

Cole Haan Air Something

AE McAllister

AE Calhoun

L/R Bottom Row:

RW 8113

White's BH

BBW Cobble Hill

[garden gnomes in space]

Nice fam pic. That bottom row>>>

[naux]

My neighbor's kid with my 1000 mile

[Seul]

Cute!..

[Megatron1505]

Got my delivery from Bakers today, Whites Oxfords in Black CXL, nickel eyelets.

[big truck]

Mega - I wasn't feeling them in the first few pics but on the foot they look pretty decent. In fact, I may investigate them in a brown leather.

[Megatron1505]

So far, I'm a fan. These will more than likely be on my feet until winter arrives again.

[garden gnomes in space]

damn, those are nice. I'm considering a rough out version. How long was the production time on those? That black CXL is beautiful. My SJ's are in black CXL. Cannot wait.

I have that sole on my RW 3141, and I kinda like it. It grips very well on wet/dry concrete around my house, but I could see there being a serious traction issue on the type of concrete/cement you guys have in Europe. The older cement with a rockier, cobbly composition would probably be pretty slick. The shitty sandy cement they use here is basically like sandpaper.

[knucks]

Those oxfords are dope. Itching to get my Baker's Oxford in brown w a cap toe

[fre-co]

Nice cxl...

There is no problem with crepe soles on European concrete.

[Denim Phenom]

Can someone PLEASE explain to me the draw behind oxfords?

I think it's funny to sit back and watch the "bandwagon" boots/shoes in this thread.

[garden gnomes in space]

When you want the stability of a boot without the height? I personally cant wear sneakers anymore, so that puts about 90% of all low tops out of the question.

[Megatron1505]

To me, that is a ridiculous statement. Personally, I bought the oxfords because I like them, which is most likely the reason behind most clothing/ footwear related purchases on this entire forum, and the world in general. However, if you would prefer to look for a "draw" in your clothing purchases, or amuse yourself with your own strange perceptions, then please carry on.

Edited April 20, 2012 by Megatron1505

[big truck]

Denim phenom is upset because he couldn't quite manage to jump on the engineer boot bandwagon

[Paul T]

I have a pair of new-old stock of Tecnic boots and shoes. The boots came with a tag saying made using Martin Leather. As far as I can tell, this is the really top quality stuff. Unfortunately, the company went bust in the 1980s.

Is anyone alble to expand on this? I really don't have much more information. From looking at vintage shoes and boots, I think most of them used Martin Leather. The current zug range from Tricker's, Sargent etc aren't a patch on Tecnic or Lotus.

Do post pics!

There is some info on zug, or rather Lotus at loomstate

I did chat to one of the curators at Northampton Museum about zug - my recollection is that it was originally produced by Martin Leather, then they were bought by Bridge of Weir. The current zug used by Tricker's and others comes from Horween.

I do plan to interview the Zug Expert in Northampton (!) on loomstate, if so I'll report back.

But in the meantime, please post your Tecnic - simply open a (free) account at photobucket, load up your photos, and underneath each photo you'll find a URL - copy the one starting "img", paste it in here, and voila...

Edited April 20, 2012 by Paul T

[Seul]

Oxford w/ leather sole and roughout leather = def on the list... Nice purchase, Mega!..

[knucks]

Denim phenom be hating

[CrashTestBrummie]

Do post pics!

There is some info on zug, or rather Lotus at loomstate

I did chat to one of the curators at Northampton Museum about zug - my recollection is that it was originally produced by Martin Leather, then they were bought by Bridge of Weir. The current zug used by Tricker's and others comes from Horween.

I do plan to interview the Zug Expert in Northampton (!) on loomstate, if so I'll report back.

But in the meantime, please post your Tecnic - simply open a (free) account at photobucket, load up your photos, and underneath each photo you'll find a URL - copy the one starting "img", paste it in here, and voila...

a little zug for the weekend; front to back: edward green (1960s), lotus for church's (1940s, i believe) and tricker's 'skipton' (pre-2000):

edited to upload better pics: you can see the contrast in leather...just need to add a kelso to the mix

Edited April 21, 2012 by CrashTestBrummie

[devilish]

Damn son, leave a few pairs for the rest of us! Particularly covetous of those Edward Green's. The patina on those Trickers is awful nice too.

[rkusmant]

Great zug palette you have there, The Kelso will be very close to the EG ones you have, I guess.

This week almost become english boots week for me, getting daily english boots rotation except yesterday, will post later after proper photos taken.