Shoes that look better with age...

[smittybat]

Wolverine makes women's versions of the 1000 milers and some of Frye's offering for women are pretty nice.

[CrashTestBrummie]

Give us a hint as to style, price range, 'look' and we'll see what we can come up with...

[devilish]

might not get much of a reply but can anyone recommend me a decent boot company/s for womens boots? Looking to get my gf a nice pair of boots.

This is relevant to my interest. My gf likes my English boots but there is nowhere in SF to try any on for size. She also likes the look of the 1000 miles but again they seem impossible to find. We called Wolverine and they gave us a least of retailers but I think the list wasn't specific to woman's because we checked them out and they all had the man's but not the ladies.

It's frustrating, woman's shoes are built like shit with no thought to them lasting more than a season.

[jo3 b]

I've a feeling leffot carries( carried?) wolverines in women's sizes. But I could have that mixed up.

Crocket and jones has a nice range of women's boots. As for where to get them, I'm sure they can be special ordered on pediwear.

[coleslawyum]

Yes, they have them here.

[SwedeAlex]

So I´m still looking for a new pair of boots and I appreciate your input.

I´ve currently narrowed my choice to either the Crockett & Jones Coniston or the Alfred Sargent Cambridge.

To me they look extremely alike.

What´s your experience dealing with Alfred Sargent? Quality? Craftmanship? Comfort?

All thoughts are appreciated!

[kansas]

I think it's kayodic who has some nice alden boots. maybe the smallest mens available?

[devilish]

^^Swede Alex, you can't go wrong with either of those makers. C&J are of a slightly higher quality and a little more refined in shape than regular AS (not MTO) but there is absolutely nothing wrong with the workmanship on a pair of AS. I own at least one pair of each and I wear my AS way more often than my C&J, this is because I prefer the more 'country' shape with most of my other clothes.

[rkusmant]

get AS Culford if you can find them, that's the 'older' name of Cambridge.

One of best bang for the buck for non brogue English boots.

[mlwdp]

Wow at these smoke jumpers.

Edited October 18, 2012 by mlwdp

[M4TM]

these are looking just as good with age...

alden color 8

[big truck]

How old? looking pretty new

Those SJs are rank

[Maynard Friedman]

Agreed, those SJs look like 70s fancy dress shoes.

[Megatron1505]

I love Whites, and SJ's are my favourite model, but those are awful.

[bestie]

I'm not much of a fan of two-tone shoes, especially that drastic. I do like that sole that's on there, though. For some reason, that natural heel looks really big -- the light color and/or no midsole going through it perhaps?

Would love to get a pair of SJs in the future, but I don't know if I could go through the agony of waiting for a pair of White's again. It's been brutal.

I don't know if I'm super impatient or what, but this has been the longest five weeks I can recall. And I have another three to go. Hopefully mine ship early, or on time at the absolute latest.

[rayw44]

I can relate. I've been waiting on a pair of Nomad's in natural CXL since Late July. The tracking says delivery tomorrow.

[rkusmant]

Damn that's a long wait, I need to wait 12 weeks + 2 more weeks for rework from Wesco. It's worth the wait, be sure to post the natty cxl engineer boots.

[fre-co]

That's nothing, I've been waiting since july for my Russell moccasins and only just got the tracings finalised.

[garden gnomes in space]

That's nothing, I've been waiting since july for my Russell moccasins and only just got the tracings finalised.

hopefully they dont send you some bullshit like Morse got from them a couple pages back...

[Maynard Friedman]

That's nothing, I've been waiting 17 years for a new pair of Clarks Oberons in faeces brown. What's happening?!!!!

[hollowsleather]

I can relate. I've been waiting on a pair of Nomad's in natural CXL since Late July. The tracking says delivery tomorrow.

Really really want to see photos of these. They may cause me to order the same...

[patrick_b]

still in the early stages of the aging process but they are getting there. i'm surprised at how comfortable these RW 9011's are.

Edited October 20, 2012 by patrick_b

[Rob060]

speaking of red wing.

these are around 6 months old or so.

[mlwdp]

I asked this back in the old STLBWA thread so I'll bring this up again here. Any thoughts on the Whites Hathorn Travelers from Baker's? Haven't really read anything on here other than they look similar to the RW 9011 (IMO).

[coleslawyum]

Cleaning day again… horween shell. usually a light brushing is all the leather needs to bring it back to a shiny luster. I don't even use polish.

Also some bespoke beauties from G&G. if you ever are looking for some high end mto shoes, i highly recommend G&G. They are a tad more elegant than Edward Green, and they are a very small operation. Prices are the same. Also Dean Girling is a great guy and extremely helpful with explaining the whole manufacturing process. mto takes about 4-5 months. And if you are a baller, you can go full bespoke.

since I'm not a baller, I put my mto order in.

[garden gnomes in space]

I asked this back in the old STLBWA thread so I'll bring this up again here. Any thoughts on the Whites Hathorn Travelers from Baker's? Haven't really read anything on here other than they look similar to the RW 9011 (IMO).

they are fine boots, but def. a step below the standard White's in terms of quality. The materials and construction are more robust than Red Wings according to my observations.

[jimjam]

speaking of red wing.

these are around 6 months old or so.

Lookin good mah dude. Have you treated or coated the leather in any way?

[denimjunky]

Atm the new classic brown from white's got my full attention.

[Rob060]

Lookin good mah dude. Have you treated or coated the leather in any way?

i have some chelsea leather food left over from my soccer playing days and just put that on every once in a while.

Edited October 21, 2012 by Rob060

[SLAB]

yup, that classic brown from White's looks really nice; id like to see some other pictures in daylight since the owner of those boots mentioned they actually look darker than on the pictures

put in my order for the William Lennon 78 minus the hobs nails