Shoes that look better with age...

[tod]

My RDT left boot after one day on the motorcycle.  It took a beating from the shifter peg.  Party just CXL stuff, but also the high toe means it's a bit difficult to get it under the pedal for upshifting.  Not planning to make them regular motorcycle boots.

 

[itsbenhere]

Put a dent in the celastic?

[tod]

Put a dent in the celastic?

 

I don't think it has a celastic toe..

[Dr Feelgood]

just enjoy my boots in stockpile

[Tapori]

Also to actually contribute, I flattened out the toe box of my Real McCoys N-1s yesterday (dip the front in hot water for 10 mins, then smooth down with your thumb).

 

Worked a treat, much lower profile now.

 

edit: about 1.5 years owned, probably 6 solid months of wear.

Aries.

Thanks for that. I did just that and the toe profile is much, much better. (I hate those bulbous toe profiles).

For the record, these are kicking my ass at the moment. Have to man-up and break them in.  The sole is super rigid. Lovely boots though.

[Niro]

Toys Mccoys released some really sweet looking boots, as expensive as trickers or alden cordovan boots though. 

Sometimes you come across boots and all you can think is "WANT WANT WANT". That's me with these haha

 

Edited November 9, 2016 by Niro

[Frost]

Those are great, got a link? Out of my price range probably ...

[Niro]

Yep. 

Black: http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/vintage/item/tma1626-030/

 

Brown: http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/vintage/item/tma1626-050/

[edmond]

Haven't been getting the shoe marts seconds list for alden anybody has this issue?

[karanimal]

Haven't been getting the shoe marts seconds list for alden anybody has this issue?

 

Mine has been going into my spam folder in my Gmail recently. No idea why but I hadn't got one for a while and all of them from the past couple of months had been sitting in there  

[mikecch]

Truman boots, the leather is stone Mohawk from CF Stead.

Two full weeks over 1 month. The wax bloom is starting rub off in some areas. The pull tabs are completely free of the bloom now.

 

Edited November 12, 2016 by mikecch

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Nice one! Reminds me that I should take some pics of my Java Waxed Flesh 

[mikecch]

^ How did you find the sizing? Any instep tightness?

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Instep is crazy tight.

Took a US 10 in the end. So I sized up by 0.5  from my Red Wings, Yuketen and Chucks size. Great and comfortable boots though. And I guess the instep will get better over time.

[tod]

Current boot lineup:

 

White's (2.5 years, recently resole) / Alden (2 years) / Rolling Dub Trio (6 months)

 

 

Edited November 12, 2016 by tod

[mikecch]

^ What a great family! Last thing left to do is to adopt an European.

[karanimal]

Got a pair of RRL Engineer Boots, black made by Julian. Used, $200 AUD...so a steal. Will upload  some pics of some before/after once i get my life together 

[karanimal]

So i made a mistake, these are the 2nd version of the RRL engineer boots, not the julian ones. Based on the pics i thought they were the Julians, no bother tho as these are pretty damn sweet. Here's vintage engineer boots comparison of the new pair vs the julians. Thankfully i was confident these weren't the latest "murdock" version 

 

http://vintageengineerboots.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/rrl-engineer-boots-comparison.html

 

Here's the pics that i was working with from the ebay seller. He also only had these labelled as RRL boots which probably reduced the number of views on his item page 

 

 

This is after a lexol cleaning and conditioning last night followed by some brushing. I will ran out of saphir reno the other week so once i get some more these will look even better. 

 

 

The shaft is insanely tight on these, so much so that i need a plastic bag on my foot to get them on and off. I will get some womens tights and wear those for the time being until the shaft opens up a bit for my massive foot. Once they are on tho they are extremely comfortable and the leather seems to be in great shape other than a bit of creasing. 

 

I may need a new cats paw heel soon but i doubt these will see much wear until the next aussie winter

[Aries]

The cognac badalassi leather is utterly insane on the Lofgrens. Here's new (SelfEdge pic) vs 2 weeks of wear (my pic). I blame the Aussie sun:L

[tigerstrom]

Damn! That leather looks fantastic!

[Aries]

Just received Tokyo Brass Clinch boots, CN brown. Very narrow last, thank god for my slim long feet!

 

[Iron Horse]

Those are going to look amazing broken-in! 

[Aries]

Agreed IH, looking forward to it. Not sure if this has been mentioned about clinch but the leather thickness is insane, at least 2x as thick as my Lofgren.

Not thinking this is necessarily better or worse, just something I didn't expect!

[mikecch]

^ Wow, then it would be around 4 mm?!?!?!?

 

Good to see an Aussie rocking nice engineers 

[oomslokop]

most of aussie superdenimbros are in melb (aries, badseed, mikecch)? okisan in sydney, louisbosco in perth, who else? there used to be a dude in canberra and that girl who loved mf and billykirk stuff, also in the berra.

[edmond]

Theres this girl in perth whos always shows hes ass

[redragon]

Picked up my boots resoled by Okuyama-san of Fukurokuju.

Nothing to add to past acclaimed, Really fine job indeed...

[Aries]

^ Wow, then it would be around 4 mm?!?!?!?

 

Good to see an Aussie rocking nice engineers 

 

I'm a Brit living here but I'll take the Aussie nomination!

 

Comparison with the Lofgren strap:

[ALB]

Heh, more engineer boots now, Aries.

[karanimal]

most of aussie superdenimbros are in melb (aries, badseed, mikecch)? okisan in sydney, louisbosco in perth, who else? there used to be a dude in canberra and that girl who loved mf and billykirk stuff, also in the berra.

 

 

HEY I AM IN SYDNEY!!!!!