Shoes that look better with age...

[mlwdp]

15 hours ago, knucks said:

Wore the Attractions all weekend, feet aren’t too upset with me.

going to do another week of daily wear in them, they’re definitely stiff boots! I do wonder if 9.5 would have been a better fit but then again maybe too much heel slip, I just need the toe box to spread out just a bit more.

Did you use a boot jack to get them off?  And what kind?

[knucks]

2 hours ago, mlwdp said:

Did you use a boot jack to get them off?  And what kind?

Nope, I can take them off without a jack. Takes some work but not bad at all.

[Facini]

A rare post by me, but i wanted to show of my Natural CXL lofgrens after a years worth of wear. Worn a lot, conditioned once a month - seen all the kilometers on my motorcycle. 

[eeejayaich]

An early Xmas present just showed up on my door step!

[dudewuttheheck]

Those role clubs look amazing as do those Attractions engineers!

[bartlebyyphonics]

On 10/30/2019 at 3:16 PM, Facini said:

A rare post by me, but i wanted to show of my Natural CXL lofgrens after a years worth of wear. Worn a lot, conditioned once a month - seen all the kilometers on my motorcycle. 

love that conditioned look! very warm...

[Aries]

1 week of Australia’s sun

also, any tips on lightening stains (just below the side of the big toe on the left boot you can see a slight globular stain)? Not too annoying but wondering if I should try and work on the stain or just embrace the wabi sabi.

[dudewuttheheck]

I would embrace it! They've already aged so drastically and they look great for it! My guess is you'll have a lot more little stains and scratches and it's best just to enjoy the process.

[fresh1]

Do you know what caused the stain? If it's oil based, it may go away on its own. I was cooking once and didn't realize I had a glob of peanut butter on my boots that left an oil stain.  A week later, the stain dissipated and I couldn't even see it. My stain wasn't nearly that big, however. 

Edited November 6, 2019 by fresh1

[Iron Horse]

You could try leaving liberal amount of baby powder on it overnight to draw it out if it's grease/oil. Also, cleaning it with some saddle soap or a soap solution. I've used those to some effect in the past along with simply letting it age and patina, which will mostly make the stain dissipate/become far less obvious.

Here's a good guide:

https://www.wikihow.life/Clean-Grease-Stains-on-Leather

[Muck Dynasty]

On 10/28/2019 at 7:55 AM, Maynard Friedman said:

@Geeman, you might want to look at Solovair boots too, also made in Northampton.

Solovair is the original manufacturer of Dr. Marten’s

[Quoise1203]

The shafts of my van Cleefs are covered in indigo stains from my 5x washed flatheads. amazing they are still bleeding indigo. Keeping stains off of these things is impossible, so I would do what Dude says and just embrace it. 

[Aries]

Thanks for the advice all. I did in fact just leave some baking powder on the stain overnight and it soaked up much of the dark outer ring, just leaving a central scar; I dig it.

[mlwdp]

Any idea what brand these engineers could be?  I’m thinking maybe Attractions?

[dudewuttheheck]

If I had to guess, I would say Attractions based on the stitching and the way the vamp is cut. However, the toebox doesn't make me think of Attractions

[fre-co]

Pretty sure those are attractions

[Iron Horse]

Maybe the toe box was manually flattened-out some? I saw one guy on IG slowly backing a car over the toe box of his Lofgren engineers to flatten them out.

[volvo240thebest]

20 minutes ago, Iron Horse said:

Maybe the toe box was manually flattened-out some? I saw one guy on IG slowly backing a car over the toe box of his Lofgren engineers to flatten them out.

That sounds like the equivalent of sanding jeans!

[propellerbeanie]

2 hours ago, Iron Horse said:

Maybe the toe box was manually flattened-out some? I saw one guy on IG slowly backing a car over the toe box of his Lofgren engineers to flatten them out.

wut

Please post a link lol That sounds like one of the worst ways to get a flat toe box... 

[Quoise1203]

Doesn’t attractions sell another model that has an even slimmer toe box than the 268 style we normally see here?

 

these ones: https://wearmasters-store.jp/shopdetail/000000000356/

[Iron Horse]

2 hours ago, propellerbeanie said:

wut

Please post a link lol That sounds like one of the worst ways to get a flat toe box... 

 

[Broark]

That's pretty great, wow. 

[Aries]

Sweet Jesus that dude’s IG is an atrocity exhibition... just torturing Engineer Boots...

[Broark]

Just kinda thinking out loud right now. 
Anyone that has both JL and Attractions engineer boots: how would you say the two fit comparatively?
The JL in size 12 I just got fit well and I'm thinking about asking Attractions if they could make me a size 12.
I'd go the Clinch route but they're so expensive. 

[Maynard Friedman]

Do it quickly Broark, before No Buy 2020 kicks in! 

[Broark]

Someone caught on to my plans. 

[Iron Horse]

3 hours ago, Aries said:

Sweet Jesus that dude’s IG is an atrocity exhibition... just torturing Engineer Boots...

What, you guys don’t run over your new boots? 

[Aries]

Just trying out the new camera. Was raining slightly but you can see the left boot grease blot, previously on the side next to the big toe, is now diminished to a little scar.

[dudewuttheheck]

Those are looking good, @Aries

I picked up these Viberg collab boots not too long ago. The shinki horsehide and the specific design details were too much for me to pass up. The grain probably won't be to everyone's taste, but I certainly love it and I'm sure these will age quite nicely. For a picture of something actually aged, I put a shot of my natty CXL Lofgrens at the bottom as well.

 

[Broark]

Been on a roll lately. Picked up these Lofgren combat boots for my birthday, been awhile since I had a new pair of CXL shoes.
They're really clean construction wise, and they fit perfectly too. No more shoes for awhile.