Shoes that look better with age...

[Duke Mantee]

As I believe I may have said before, pretentious ultracrepidarianism does indeed seem to be the internet's order of the day, running in tandem with an overwheening phronemophobia, ideophobia, capitose introjection, persiflage, schadenfreude and (usually) a completely unjustified belief in one's own flexanimousity. The overall effect is utterly floccinaucinihilipilificatiary, as the more of the internet one encounters, the greater is the sense of abject anophelosis - especially in the omphaloskepsisary world of blogging.

 

[Flash]

I repped but it was only because I was impressed by all those big words 

[propellerbeanie]

7 minutes ago, Duke Mantee said:

As I believe I may have said before, pretentious ultracrepidarianism does indeed seem to be the internet's order of the day, running in tandem with an overwheening phronemophobia, ideophobia, capitose introjection, persiflage, schadenfreude and (usually) a completely unjustified belief in one's own flexanimousity. The overall effect is utterly floccinaucinihilipilificatiary, as the more of the internet one encounters, the greater is the sense of abject anophelosis - especially in the omphaloskepsisary world of blogging.

 

I had a stroke reading this

[bartlebyyphonics]

Duke: So you are in fact nosemonkey? curious...

 

[Iron Horse]

45 minutes ago, Duke Mantee said:

As I believe I may have said before, pretentious ultracrepidarianism does indeed seem to be the internet's order of the day, running in tandem with an overwheening phronemophobia, ideophobia, capitose introjection, persiflage, schadenfreude and (usually) a completely unjustified belief in one's own flexanimousity. The overall effect is utterly floccinaucinihilipilificatiary, as the more of the internet one encounters, the greater is the sense of abject anophelosis - especially in the omphaloskepsisary world of blogging.

 

Nosemonkey?

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2006/mar/22/theproblemwithbloggers

Edit: Bartles beat me to it!

Edited April 22, 2020 by Iron Horse

[Duke Mantee]

@bartlebyyphonics @Iron Horse No - not me guys ... I just remembered how ridiculously funny this was and bookmarked it. I love that it’s self deprecating while ramming home an excellent point and tearing a strip of journalists who defend their ‘work’ by attacking ‘amateurs’

I think it’s quite simple. If you write a blog with the intention on giving opinion then you’re influencing - if your blog is one full of (demonstrable) fact you’re not influencing ... although you may yet influence by education.

 

Edited April 22, 2020 by Duke Mantee

[Geeman]

1 hour ago, dudewuttheheck said:

 

Sorry had to.do it...

. I wear the same clothes to work every day even when I do not take any pictures at all. The only difference is that I take the hats off and I don't wear jeans or t shirts.

You wear the same clothes to work except the hat and Jean's..?

Just trolling now. It's all good Jake, you do.you baby girl 

Anyway, back to.photos off our old shoes

 

[dudewuttheheck]

1 minute ago, Geeman said:

Sorry had to.do it...

. I wear the same clothes to work every day even when I do not take any pictures at all. The only difference is that I take the hats off and I don't wear jeans or t shirts.

You wear the same clothes to work except the hat and Jean's..?

Just trolling now. It's all good Jake, you do.you baby girl 

Anyway, back to.photos off our old shoes

 

You've never worn just a leather jacket, a pair of boots, and sunglasses? You should try it some time.  

[Geeman]

Not since the court case that resulted from the last time I did so..

[dudewuttheheck]

7 minutes ago, Geeman said:

Not since the court case that resulted from the last time I did so..

Yeah, maybe no jeans is a little too casual

[mlwdp]

edit 

Made some adjustments.  I’m saddened that Lynch does NOT make individual silver buckles for sale.   They helped inspire this boot makeup.  I’m excited to see what these will look like as these will be my second Boss boot.

 

+Single-Tone:Black Horsehide
  +9" Height
  +Raptor Black
  +Dye Soles and Heels Black
  +One Top Strap (standard)
  +Standard Length
  +Nickel Ox Roller Top Buckles
  +Buckled Instep Straps
  +Standard Length Instep Strap
  +Nickel Ox Roller Instep Buckles
  +Lightweight Black Vintage Upper Stitching
  +Black Outsole Stitching 
  +Random Leather Insert

Edited April 22, 2020 by mlwdp

[mlwdp]

Any particular reason why most on the board here do not do leather linings inside engineer boots?  Just curious as I’ve seen this common here and on other forums/reddit.

Edited April 22, 2020 by mlwdp

[dudewuttheheck]

1 hour ago, mlwdp said:

Any particular reason why most on the board here do not do leather linings inside engineer boots?  Just curious as I’ve seen this common here and on other forums/reddit.

I've never personally cared about my boots being fully lined. It makes no difference in comfort to me so why bother with it? I know it would have added cost to my Wesco engineers so I didn't go for it and they have never felt uncomfortable due to that. 

[propellerbeanie]

How much space do you guys leave between your longest toe and end of the shoe?

Edit: I guess it would depend on the last shape, but I mean for shoes that don't have an overly elongated or tapered toe.

Edited April 23, 2020 by propellerbeanie

[mpukas]

For me it varies, depending on last shape, I guess around 3/8" - 3/4"? This coming from one who doesn't wear conventional footwear very often, as I've become accustomed to minimalist shoes (which is the main reason I don't post WAYWT pics, as my footwear game is weak). There are many other factors in determining a good fit, not just overall length - width, height and length of your arch, length of you toes, volume of instep, size of your ankle, and if considering boots, size of you lower leg above ankle. Length is actually the least important, IMO. Width, volume, and where the shoe/boot bends in relation to the ball of your foot are most important. I usually size up 1/2 - 1 size to get enough width and volume, and they end up being long in the toe, which drives me nuts. 

[Geeman]

My mom always told me, width of your thumb between toe and end of the shoe 

[edmond]

i dont get this geeman

[edmond]

how much are a  pair of those hound shoes  thats indonesian made?

[Geeman]

2 hours ago, edmond said:

i dont get this geeman

Between the end of your big toe and the end of the toe box,  the gap should be the width of your thumb 

[dudewuttheheck]

5 hours ago, edmond said:

how much are a  pair of those hound shoes  thats indonesian made?

The Onderhoud boots run from somewhere in the high $200 or low $300 range for Indonesian leather uppers to around $450-$500 for most boots with Italian leather and then around $650 or so for engineers in Italian leather.

[propellerbeanie]

So my Tricker's arrived, but I'm convinced I've been given the incorrect size even though the store is assuring me that I've received the correct size... What a nightmare.

Sorry folks, but no pictures for a while/ever. Urgh

[edmond]

fuck 650 for those ? id rather get from wesco jeezus

[mlwdp]

Beautiful nails!  

 

 

Edited April 24, 2020 by mlwdp

[edmond]

bro what pairs are those? btw also would you  know how many square foot of leather for an 11 inch engineer boot? like for the uppers only

[diggers]

viberg x IH // Alden // RW

[mlwdp]

On 4/22/2020 at 7:47 PM, dudewuttheheck said:

I've never personally cared about my boots being fully lined. It makes no difference in comfort to me so why bother with it? I know it would have added cost to my Wesco engineers so I didn't go for it and they have never felt uncomfortable due to that. 

I always figured the reason was due to being able to wear engineers year round as the leather lining would add too much discomfort during the summer months when wearing them.  

[dudewuttheheck]

7 minutes ago, mlwdp said:

I always figured the reason was due to being able to wear engineers year round as the leather lining would add too much discomfort during the summer months when wearing them.  

I'm actually not sure as I don't own any fully lined engineers. I have other boots that are fully lined, but none of them are engineers. I guess they could be a little warmer if lined, but I don't know how much of a difference it would make. 

[mlwdp]

25 minutes ago, dudewuttheheck said:

I'm actually not sure as I don't own any fully lined engineers. I have other boots that are fully lined, but none of them are engineers. I guess they could be a little warmer if lined, but I don't know how much of a difference it would make. 

About two years ago when I was configuring my Boss boot, I sent some pics to Wesco to identify if the engineers had leather linings in them.  Without even seeing the insides, Chris was able to identify which boots were lined or not, based on their rigid structures and shrugging of the shaft with and without wear.  I thought that was pretty neat at the time.  I personally wonder if adding leather linings add more time to breaking engineers in and make them stiffer, less flexible.

Standard and Strange is displaying knuckle dragger Boss with leather lining as well.

[dudewuttheheck]

14 minutes ago, mlwdp said:

About two years ago when I was configuring my Boss boot, I sent some pics to Wesco to identify if the engineers had leather linings in them.  Without even seeing the insides, Chris was able to identify which boots were lined or not, based on their rigid structures and shrugging of the shaft with and without wear.  I thought that was pretty neat at the time.  I personally wonder if adding leather linings add more time to breaking engineers in and make them stiffer, less flexible.

Standard and Strange is displaying knuckle dragger Boss with leather lining as well.

I would imagine it can add more rigidity, but I think it depends on other factors as well. Both of my Clinch engineers are significantly less collapsed in the shaft than my other engineers even with a similar amount of wear. Both Clinch leathers are quite rigid/stiff comparatively. Plus, the brown HH Clinch boots are only 9in tall rather than 11 and I think that makes a difference too.

When I still had my Clinch Latigo engineers (also unlined), the shafts almost looked brand new when compared to my Lofgrens at the time even though they were both worn just as much as each other. That Latigo leather was crazy.

[mlwdp]

Addict clothing.    Thoughts on Addict boots?

Here’s some more

https://addict-clothes-store.com/collections/acvm

 

 

Edited April 28, 2020 by mlwdp