Shoes that look better with age...

[elgringo]

Damn!

 

I took a picture of a dead baby shark that I found on Camber Sands this morning, but I didn't put my Islays in it! 

 

I must try harder!

[tod]

Viberg horsehides for sale:  size 10, captoe, Dainite sole, 110 last....

 

http://www.styleforum.net/t/376066/viberg-boots-horsehide-110-last-size-10

[EK5687]

Evening all, just bought a pair of Mallory Boots from Cheaney, saw CTBs post a good few pages back and thought they looked great.

This thread has pretty much served as research as these are probably the most expensive article of clothing I own!

(I had no idea what a welt was or a vamp for that matter!

 

While this isn't a 'What have you just bought' thread, here are some pictures and there is a question too

(Pictures to follow)

 

What's the best way to take care of these boots? I've not had anything Suede that I wasn't worried about throwing away...

 

 

 

Edited January 13, 2014 by EK5687

[BrownMetallic]

Winter '13 Boots Rotation:

cleaned, oiled, & ready for the next wave of inclement weather

 

Tricker's :: Malton :: C Shade Gorse :: 4497 last 

Viberg :: Service Boots :: Loden Green :: 2005 last

William Lennon :: Tug Of War :: Black Reversed Tanned Waxed Kip Butt :: Shepperd "full-sprung" last  

Edited January 14, 2014 by BrownMetallic

[patrick_b]

Update on my black cherry Beckman's. I was ankle deep in mud this weekend so they needed a thorough cleaning. The beauty of products like HDLP is that they make clean up a relatively simple task. I wiped them down with a damp/wet rag. It took a while to get the mud out of all the crevices and I spent a bit more time getting the caked & dried mud out of the welt. I normally use a stiffer horsehair brush on the welt but because of the mud, I fold over the microfiber cleaning cloth and use the wet corner of the cloth to sponge out the welt area. Lastly, followed it up with a good brushing. Obenauf's high wax content even leaves them with a bit of a sheen, especially in the sun. They almost look polished! Wish I took a before pic.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[aho]

just an instagram repost, but I picked up a pair of 10" Brown Jobmasters...

[Sugar Mountain]

Good heavens... No messing about with those boots!

[Capsicum Fried Meat]

Really want to see the fitpic with these tough boots aho   

[merzbot]

just having those boots in one's browser history gets you placed on a government watch list haha

[tod]

Gotta love the Beckmans.  These look great...

 

Update on my black cherry Beckman's. I was ankle deep in mud this weekend so they needed a thorough cleaning. The beauty of products like HDLP is that they make clean up a relatively simple task. I wiped them down with a damp/wet rag. It took a while to get the mud out of all the crevices and I spent a bit more time getting the caked & dried mud out of the welt. I normally use a stiffer horsehair brush on the welt but because of the mud, I fold over the microfiber cleaning cloth and use the wet corner of the cloth to sponge out the welt area. Lastly, followed it up with a good brushing. Obenauf's high wax content even leaves them with a bit of a sheen, especially in the sun. They almost look polished! Wish I took a before pic.

 

[Rob060]

sure hope those jobmasters are going to be used for work and not just worn around town.

[aho]

^No doubt I wear them to work. BTW, I sit at a desk all day.

 

 

Capsicum, here's how they fit, excuse the dirty mirror

Edited January 17, 2014 by aho

[pepper davies]

Just got these black rough out Semi Dress.  Very happy.

 

 

Also have these.

 

[aho]

http://www.custommade.com/boots/by/openroadboots/

[syeh]

if this is my size i'll grab this.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/USA-Made-Chippewa-Fossil-Tan-Gaucho-Leather-11-Engineer-Boot-/181304386272?hash=item2a369562e0

 

[engar]

Hathorn Northwest on the bay

[fre-co]

natty nomads... getting dark. freshly saphir treated.

[fre-co]

crosspost from heavy boots contest

cxl x bull-hide russell moccasins

also freshly treated

 

[skalogre]

I recently remembered this thread (well, the original one) after many many many years... I think I last posted around 2008? Anyway, some of you may recall LeicaLed's awesome photo of his Grenson Ilkley boots hanging off the side of a helicopter in Afghanistan; here is my pair, a bit older...

Gave them a good polishing after some time and just had to show off the gorgeous patina on them; it is always worth paying more upfront for quality. Pay once, cry once. Worn these Northampton-made Grenson Ilkley boots quite a bit since 2005 through scorching heat rain, snow and mud; they have only become prettier. Working it out, around US$220 with shipping - incredibly cheap considering prices of equivalent country boots today - comes out to around US$24,40 per year. Here's to the next 10 years!

 

 

 

Edited January 19, 2014 by skalogre

[501XX4EVER]

Nice Parrot there skalogre, although I'm sure now that I've called it a Parrot you'll tell me it's something else. :rolleyes:

[madstaxbro]

cont.

...comfortable straight out of the box! gonna clean'em and besides that, i'm thinking about dubbing them!

let's wait and see though...

 

Viberg is hit and miss for me but I am a huge fan of the Vibram Sierra/Foura sole. Definitely need to post more pics once they rack up some mileage. 

[ThinFinn]

^gonna go on a nice hike on the weekend, if the weather is right, so stay tuned

in the meantime, here's what i did yesterday:

and since i have no hair drier or something like it, into the oven they go

the final result...pretty happy with'em :-*

[rayw44]

I'm assuming you kept the oven fairly low, but even the lowest setting on my oven would be enough to damage leather.

 

They don't look worse for it, but I'd skip the oven or any direct heat next time.

[tod]

How do the shepherd's boots compare with regard to fit and feel (sizing, comfortability, etc) to your other boots...?

 

 

Winter '13 Boots Rotation:

cleaned, oiled, & ready for the next wave of inclement weather

 

Tricker's :: Malton :: C Shade Gorse :: 4497 last 

Viberg :: Service Boots :: Loden Green :: 2005 last

William Lennon :: Tug Of War :: Black Reversed Tanned Waxed Kip Butt :: Shepperd "full-sprung" last  

[fre-co]

Whaaat? Boots in the oven?! That's crazy.

[ThinFinn]

another day, another pair...love those more and more tbh.!

[twistedtrees]

^gonna go on a nice hike on the weekend, if the weather is right, so stay tuned

in the meantime, here's what i did yesterday:

and since i have no hair drier or something like it, into the oven they go

the final result...pretty happy with'em :-*

 

Were those suede to begin with? I've got some Clarks Desert boots that I am getting a new pair to re-up and I'm looking for experiments to do with those. This might be a good option. I'm also wondering about replacing the sole to look like this:

 

 

Does anybody have any experience doing a resole on desert boots? I'm wondering what I should ask for at the cobbler. Thanks

Edited January 22, 2014 by twistedtrees

[tod]

Whaaat? Boots in the oven?! That's crazy.

 

This is what we always did with our winter boots, growing up in Western Pennsylvania.  Put Snoseal on and bake them on low to let it soak into the leather.  Seemed to work...

[ThinFinn]

Were those suede to begin with?

yes they were nubuk leather is not that rough as your standard roughout, but it's still suede...

today's "boots of the day":

lonewolf X sugarcane engineer boots!

[HoustonChris]

Resoling a pair of Clark's desert boots would probably cost more than a new pair, if it can be done at all.