Shoes that look better with age...

[Hopethisoneisnttaken 2,190]

Did some lemon picking in the garden today but it’s very wet outside

 

[canucklehead 121]

Been a while. New vs now.

Edited February 17 by canucklehead

[Broark 17,307]

18 minutes ago, canucklehead said:

Been a while. New vs now.

Nice, what brand are these?

[mlwdp 4,119]

That’s his brand I think.

[Broark 17,307]

That does ring a bell, thanks @mlwdp.

[canucklehead 121]

5 hours ago, Broark said:

Nice, what brand are these?

Yeah, I made these a couple of years ago. Glad you like them.

[l13902733261 337]

My go-to rain boot&shoe.

The fancy calfskin actually outperform the oil tanned leather in both mold and water resistance.

White's Packer distressed smooth and rough out

Paraboot Michael Marron

[julian-wolf 8,423]

Gave my JK hikers their first thorough wash + condition this past week

Worn these a fair amount and they still feel like they're breaking in—this leather doesn't give easy—but so far I've been really happy with them

First photo is post-wash, pre-conditioning; the rest are after the whole ordeal

[julian-wolf 8,423]

Also washed the Bounty Hunters

Photos make it seem like I messed w/ the contrast, but that's really just how the water buffalo leather looks in natural light

[JMS 1,218]

Well, I just received these XBXS boots in the mail. Fantastic anatomical last, QC is near perfect. I enjoyed their Escape boot model, and asked if it could be made up in Kudu... and here they are!

Do consider this brand for yourself. Very easy to deal with over Instagram. I will be ordering more. 

[MJF9 12,138]

@JMS great looking boots... never heard of them before - thanks for the link

[julian-wolf 8,423]

Russell 5547, re-dyed w/ kakishibu

I don't think I've posted much about these, but they're definite favorites. Very comfortable, very easy to wear. More glare in the photos than I'd like, despite no direct sunlight—will probably re-take some time when it's a good bit more overcast.

 

[spidereye 14,290]

Eyeing on this Chelsea by RM Williams with commando sole ..anyone have this pair ?mind sharing some worn pictures;)

[CSL 3,156]

I picked up these from a seller at the recent Viva Las Vegas rockabilly event. 

Reasonably priced so a good find I'd say.

Probably late 60s/early 70s. 

 

The guy also had two pairs of very cool 1930s boots that didn't fit me, but I took photos in case anyone wanted to see. Will post those at some point.

Edited May 3 by CSL

[Geeman 3,865]

On 4/19/2023 at 6:24 AM, spidereye said:

Eyeing on this Chelsea by RM Williams with commando sole ..anyone have this pair ?mind sharing some worn pictures;)

Did you get these, I really like the look of them in brown.

Also considering the crockett and jones roughout Chelsea 

https://www.crockettandjones.com/collections/mens-chelsea-boot-collection/products/chelsea-5-darkbrown-roughout?variant=36448227622984

Edited May 3 by Geeman

[spidereye 14,290]

@Geeman Not yet I think you can go wrong with those two boots a well made chelsea  .

[oomslokop 179,792]

rarely shine my shoes but i just did. cheaney cairngorm. used cheaney's own bordeaux cream and wax, made by saphir. the burgundy leather gets quite light brown after a few years (sorry no before photos), these are around 4 years old.

[beautiful_FrEaK 1,676,749]

Any idea how to best clean the tab...or how to remove it as clean as possible?! Scalpel?

[Thanks_M8 3,648]

Cleaning: soap/dishsoap and a brush, stick a bit of cling wrap under it to protect the leather.

Removing: scalpel or small scissors with a sharp tip

[Talan 641]

If you really need to delete a tab, you can try the following. Cut it out with scissors close to the edge. Carefully separate the parallel threads with a regular needle, not very sharp, taking care not to scratch the skin, all the way to the stitch. Push the rest of the perpendicular threads inside between the stitches with the back of the needle or with a blunt awl. I used to remove labels on fabric this way, most probably it could be done here, too.
 

[vIGGiou riou 1,773]

remove tab of the shoes, pants, or jacket seems to me the same as castration of cats .... by the way Paraboot tab  is beautiful and would fade with shoes....

[julian-wolf 8,423]

???

[l13902733261 337]

Jodhpur boots degermann baranil marine 

[beautiful_FrEaK 1,676,749]

On 5/8/2023 at 12:27 PM, Thanks_M8 said:

Cleaning: soap/dishsoap and a brush, stick a bit of cling wrap under it to protect the leather.

Removing: scalpel or small scissors with a sharp tip

Worked like a charm 

[Geeman 3,865]

@spidereye

saw these and thought I'd let you know? 

https://www.marrkt.com/collections/new-arrivals/products/rm-williams-craftsman-chelsea-boots-01

[cultpop 0217 24,912]

Really didn't know where else to put this but I'll see if I can get some traction here. 

Have recently became fairly obsessed with vintage fifties and sixties ACME cowboy boots with the painted leather inlays and thought I would try my hand at customizing some boots. 

 

 

 First here are a few examples of what I'm talking about. 

And the boots themselves. Pretty cheap,  shaft my be synthetic. 

 

 

And here is what I've come up with for options

1. Cream and baby blue inlays, red piping

Option 2:

Cream and Red inlays, baby blue piping

Or

Option 3:

Blue and red up front,  cream in the back with or without piping

[LazyS 1,412]

Option 3 or crisscrossed red and blue with white piping

[Duke Mantee 15,642]

On 5/17/2023 at 9:20 PM, LazyS said:

Option 3 or crisscrossed red and blue with white piping

This

[spidereye 14,290]

On 5/17/2023 at 2:17 AM, Geeman said:

@spidereye

saw these and thought I'd let you know? 

https://www.marrkt.com/collections/new-arrivals/products/rm-williams-craftsman-chelsea-boots-01

I'm sorry just respawn here Gosh the link is already unavailable anyway thanks for sharing.

[spidereye 14,290]

My vintage 1930s service boot still wearable  rocking this old boots for DGR 2023 LAST SUNDAY .