Shoes that look better with age...

[exaptavist]

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Edited October 8, 2015 by hoggreaser

[themexican]

here are some more pics of my whites bounty hunters

photo by jgomez541, on Flickr

photo by jgomez541, on Flickr

photo by jgomez541, on Flickr

and these are my Semi-Dress swing last, traveler heal. my wife loves these

photo by jgomez541, on Flickr

[garden gnomes in space]

I really like Ed;'s second pair of engineers. Not a fan of that ripple sole.

Mexican, whats the leather on the first pair you posted?

[themexican]

I really like Ed;'s second pair of engineers. Not a fan of that ripple sole.

Mexican, whats the leather on the first pair you posted?

It's the chromexcel brown that has taken on a bunch of industrial oils (which is why the toe and heal are darker from coming into contact with lots of oily metal), antique eyelets that have since been shined by the laces, single leather midsole and 705 sole. no leather soles allowed at work.

[fre-co]

Best whites for ages there themexican.

[SwedeAlex]

Here´s pics of my Horse Hide Semi Dress.

I hope you enjoy!

[SLAB]

very enjoyable swedealex; almost the same makeup that I planned to order (with exception of me going for vibran 705 halfsoles)

[garden gnomes in space]

nice. Love the horse hide

[denimjunky]

Nice White's, themexican & swedealex.

mexican, are those SDs of waterbuffalo sienna? If so I have a very similar pair but with vibram 700 that Im thinking of having resoled. It makes them look a bit clunky.

[themexican]

Yup, they are the sienna water buffalo, i feel like the block heel and makes mine look a little chunky but those are the things my wife loves about them, I've thought about selling them a couple times but I think she'd hide them.

[ALB]

I am late on this but I remember someone wanting to know how White's #8 Burgundy looked like and well...

After a month or so of wear.

[SLAB]

is that a double midsole + vibram sole?

[ALB]

yeah it is.

[denimjunky]

Thats chunky chunk a la Edie.

[Megatron1505]

and these are my Semi-Dress swing last, traveler heal. my wife loves these

photo by jgomez541, on Flickr

These are the exact same make up as my SD's, glad to see how good they look with wear. I must get mine on my feet more often, if only my oxfords didn't feel like comfy old slippers.

[themexican]

These are the exact same make up as my SD's, glad to see how good they look with wear. I must get mine on my feet more often, if only my oxfords didn't feel like comfy old slippers.

I honestly didn't care for them at first, I really like the regular semi-dress last and cuban heel better but my wife loves them so i've worn them and they have grown on me and are very comfortable.

unrelated but it's a little crazy how well the toe takes a shine

[yanansi]

anyone got a pair of EE width oxfords to show, need to know how bulk the head is. thanks

[SLAB]

Got my Roy's back yesterday from the Shoehealer. Removed the crepe sole and had a leather midsole attached with a Victory sole (adjusted to half sole); my Roy's will be my stomping boots again for the foreseeable future; Because of the new soles they feel and look a lot more sturdier (and dare I say massive); look is similar to Red Wing Beckman but without the huge toe bump. I really like the 'antique' finish. Thanks again Shoehealer!

IMG_3928 by SLAB13, on Flickr

IMG_3929 by SLAB13, on Flickr

IMG_3930 by SLAB13, on Flickr

IMG_3931 by SLAB13, on Flickr

IMG_3927 by SLAB13, on Flickr

Edited March 9, 2013 by SLAB

[Mich]

He's done a great job on your Roys SLAB.

[ranonranonarat]

they'll probably last you a lot longer after the resole. not too sure why they even bothered with the original crepe soles which they really should have called crap soles.

they look pretty damn good now.

Edited March 10, 2013 by ranonranonarat

[big truck]

Slab - they look excellent now. A much nicer boot after the re-sole and the polish job really lifts these boots. Always thought that some of the Alden models really captured the smart/vintage look more than Whites do and, without exaggeration, are some of the nicest boots I've seen.

[kansas]

Thanks for the pics. I'm hoping b.nelson can do a similar thing to mine when the time comes. Great looking laces too.

[ThinFinn]

they'll probably last you a lot longer after the resole. not too sure why they even bothered with the original crepe soles which they really should have called crap soles.

they look pretty damn good now.

qft and actually wanted to +rep. ...fat fingers and iPhone is a pretty bad combo!

[Double 0 Soul]

^Karma restored.

[patrick_b]

I'll admit I'm getting more than a little camera happy with these Trench Boots and its only been a couple of weeks since the last set of images. I've been wearing them more than usual and decided to clean them up today while on a long conference call. They've already seen a coat of Obenauf HDLP so I just cleaned off the salt with a damp cloth and brushed them for a good 10-15 minutes.

I did pour on a bit more contrast this time around but they looked so damn nice in the fading light.

[Moonshine]

Good stuff, Patrick! The trench boots are great! What are you using/doing to maintain the sole edging?

Edited March 13, 2013 by Moonshine

[patrick_b]

Good stuff, Patrick! The trench boots are great! What are you using/doing to maintain the sole edging?

Thanks Moonshine.

RE: the sole edge, nothing yet. They get Obenauf's when the upper and welt were treated but no edge dressing or anything like that.

[Kwaker]

These are 10 year old wing-tip boots from Bruno Magli's Platinum line. My feet must have grown a half size over those 10 years because they are snug even with just dress socks.

Edited March 14, 2013 by Kwaker

[CrashTestBrummie]

A few images for posterity...

I came across a pair of Lotus veldtschoen boots on eBay the other day and the listing included pictures of the original tags that came with the boots. The seller was generous enough with his time to take some extra photos for me as I've never seen the blurb captured before.

Thought they would be good to share with a wider audience, so...

Interesting that there's mention of 'bloom' which normally makes me think of shell - both waxy leathers, I suppose. And also interesting that they recommend not using dubbin or similar for conditioning the leather. Anyone with any thoughts on this?

[danisdead]

Just try to keep the shoe to boot balance

Alden black cordo's a couple years old. Sorry for the crappy direct sunlight phone pic