Shoes that look better with age...

[Broark]

Great tip superfuzz, that does seem to be more like what I'm looking for.

Digging though their instagram it looks like they're gearing up to launch a custom build website, definitely interested.

I guess when I see a higher heel arch like what's on some of their boots it looks a bit feminine to me.

I'm sure when worn (and in practicality, since most of their boots are geared towards hard wear) they don't have that same profile.

 

And awesome find rodeo_bill, nice piece of history there!

[aho]

Is there a conclusion in whats "better" re whites vs nicks?  i feel like the answer at this point really is just that theyre all fucking good enough.

 

For quality control and overall durability, Nicks wins. For styling and cleaner lines, however, I'd go White's. Nicks just LOOK thick and chunkier, but that's because they actually are! Not a bad thing though, it just depends on what you're looking for!

FYI, Wranglerstar does give his two cents at the end of one of the videos (2 or 3, can't remember), and states that having seen Nicks, understand the process, and learn what Nicks does vs. what other companies don't (and what they skimp on), Nicks is his ultimate best boot out there. I trust his opinion.

[nizzel55]

In rotation since 2012-06-13

[itsbenhere]

Thanks aho!

I've been really wanting to copy your farmer-ranchers, those are a perfect combination of rugged and stylish. Could we see a pic without the kilties on?

Does nicks do anything like that?

[Mr. Blue]

         Wesco Jobmaster        White's Smokejumper

[NNNN]

7" Black Domain Wesco Packers:

 

 

(last pic featuring Dayton Parade Boot)

[onehundy]

pretty sharp 

[nizzel55]

[Aries]

Beautiful, specs nizzel?

[Kwaker]

7" Black Domain Wesco Packers:

 

 

 

(last pic featuring Dayton Parade Boot)

 

The Dayton's look nice, but is the cap on the right foot a little skewed or is that a camera artifact.

[NNNN]

The Dayton's look nice, but is the cap on the right foot a little skewed or is that a camera artifact.

 

...just camera trickery

[mpukas]

7" Black Domain Wesco Packers:

 

 

 

NNNN - the stitching on your Wesco's looks really, really nice, if not impeccable. Great boots! 

[onehundy]

Wesco and Viberg are always neat. Alden and whites are sloppy

[garden gnomes in space]

Wesco and Viberg are always neat. Alden and whites are sloppy

as an owner of both Aldens and Whites (and Bakers Oxfords) I agree with this statement 

[mpukas]

Alden are sloppy on stitching? 

 

I've only tried on a pair of Indy's once, and the white toe stitching was wonky. The welt on the front 3/4 of the Indy looks a little odd to me - almost like it's supposed to be a storm welt, but it's not quite. 

[Aries]

Real McCoys boondockers 8 months in.

 

[ShootThePier]

apologies if this is kind of off-topic... we're having our chimney lined for a wood-burning stove, and it ended up being more complicated than planned, with holes knocked through into the wall cavities. Basically a massive pain, but out of one of the holes came this:

 

At first we figured it's just an old shoe, and it's got elastic on the side so I assumed it wasn't that old, but we've been looking at it a bit closer and it has some really cool details.

Scalloped panel copying the design of a button boot's placket:

 

Galosh cut with full leather counters:

 

Heavily nailed heel:

 

Really nicely welted sole:

 

coloured striped tabs, and full canvas lining:

 

Wikipedia tells me that chelsea boots were patented in 1851 by Queen Victoria's shoemaker J. Sparkes-Hall. Our house was built in about 1870, and my guess is these have been in there since then. The guy installing our stove told us that shoes were often buried in walls around the chimney stack to ward off evil spirits, which this article backs up.

 

I think I'm going to contact the Northampton Museum Index of Concealed Shoes 

Great post. Thank you!

[rodeo bill]

thanks! I have a follow-up, from The Northampton Shoe Museum:

 

Dear William and Deborah

 

Thank you very much for sending me the details of your exciting concealed boot find.

 

We do indeed have a concealed shoe index here at the museum, which was set up by Miss June Swann (author of one of the attached articles) who was the shoe curator here at the museum from 1950 until she retired in 1988. At the moment the index stands at approximately 1,900 entries from all over the U.K and also records concealed shoe finds in North America, Canada, and a number of countries in Europe including France, Spain and Poland.

 

I will certainly add your find to the index in due course.

 

It's what I know as a side elastic boot. Such a boot style with the elastic gussets was patented in 1837 by Mr J Sparkes Hall. It has the cloth boot pulls at the front and back to help pull the boot on. It is typical of a concealed find being very well worn.  The theory is that the good human spirit goes into the shoe and that good spirit will protect the house from evil spirits wanting to harm the house or its occupants. Concealed children’s shoes are popular because their spirit was considered purer and therefore more powerful. It’s an intriguing subject and incredibly popular. It also raises many questions that cannot now and probably never will be answered in full. It’s highly unlikely that the occupants hid the shoe as it is usually builders who through building work, extensions or renovations have exposed the house and so they need to make amends of some sort. I I think your boot is probably 1860s. It’s a great example. Will you be putting it back?

 

Best regards

 

Rebecca

 

The builders had already bricked and plastered up the hole before they showed us the shoe, so it's not easy to put it back at the moment. We're planning to get a glass box for it for the moment, and then maybe next time we have some work done we'll brick it back in- it's certainly not going to leave the house, anyway!

[BrownMetallic]

Toes UP!!! Spring cleaning & conditioning the boots that got me through winter:

 

Tricker's Malton C-Shade Gorse

&

Viberg Loden Green Service Boots

 

Edited March 17, 2015 by BrownMetallic

[onehundy]

the real mccoy rough out is the most comfortable boot I have ever worn. the rough out is so supple and soft. I wish they produce an oxford with the same leather. 

[Capsicum Fried Meat]

Aries, how do you size on the real mccoy N-1 field boot, comparing with other brand such as Viberg, Alden etc.

[Rob060]

thanks to this thread, i think i may give nicks a call about getting a price for some oxfords like this in a different leather. it's pretty much exactly what i'm looking for in a boot i could use for work and casual use, minus the heel strap.

 

 

 

Edited March 25, 2015 by Rob060

[Aries]

Capsicum - I go the same size in Viberg 2030 as I do RM's boondockers.

[sombrero]

Been scouring the web for a good casual black derby and decided my bank account needed a little pummeling.  Bought these Viberg Derbies from The Bureau Belfast and don't regret it a bit.

 

Edited March 18, 2015 by sombrero

[mpukas]

White's Nomad Engineer boots for Japan. 

 

http://item.rakuten.co.jp/zodiac/10022645/

 

 

http://item.rakuten.co.jp/zodiac/10022644/

 

 

Edited March 22, 2015 by mpukas

[rayw44]

I feel bad for anyone who has to purchase the Nomads in Japan. That price converts to over $1,000 when these retail in the US for right around $400, and the version in the pics looks no different from what you can get ordering in the US.

 

These are worht $400 but nowhere near $1,000.

[edmond]

true that just get wesco's if you can

[erk]

are wesco's not a similarly inflated price in japan?

[edmond]

stateside bro

[erk]

wescos cost more than white's stateside. I think ray was referring to Japanese consumers.