Shoes that look better with age...

[SLAB]

the 78 in brown

hoggreaser, your pair somehow looks more slim than my pair did; mine looked like the ugly duckling

don't get me wrong; construction was top notch but they won't win any beauty contest soon

IMG_3662 by SLAB13, on Flickr

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[Double 0 Soul]

^^Yeah, sounds like your sugar coating it mate.

[Sugar Mountain]

Above posts make me all the more grateful for my leafy suburban Sheffield upbringing...

[Double 0 Soul]

A city of extremes indeed.

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[Maynard Friedman]

Red Stripe Crucial Brew (black 330ml can) was the popular strong lager of choice in my student days in Manchester. They even used to sell it at the Hacienda - basically a gentrified tramp juice. A friend of mine would mix it half and half with barley wine before going out - that was getting into the realms of home chemistry experimentation as far as I was concerned - a science genius!

[Megatron1505]

I too have enjoyed, and continue to enjoy, a life of simple joys in middle england. In a town quaintly referred to in the national press as "smack town", and "The fourth most depressing place in England"....lovely.

Edited January 16, 2013 by Megatron1505

[Megatron1505]

How old are you Maynard (if you don't mind me asking), I was briefly a student in the Fallowfields area of Manchester in 1996.

[Maynard Friedman]

A bit older than you Mega - I was there at the end of the 80s! I remember Fallowfield too...

[Double 0 Soul]

Mega, I thought Notts was the "gun crime capital of the north"?

Edited October 4, 2013 by Double 0 Soul

[Megatron1505]

Nottingham has guns, Mansfield has heroin.....we are blessed.

[Double 0 Soul]

^Suitable bed fellows.

Did this used to be a boots forum before it fell into the social decay blogspot?

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[garden gnomes in space]

Nottingham has guns, Mansfield has heroin.....we are blessed.

sounds like the Oakland of England!

[Maynard Friedman]

I also indulged in a lot of chemistry experimentation in the 90,s mainly of the 3 letter kind though.

Mega, I thought Notts was the "gun crime capital of the north"?

To be fair to the thread, Nottingham is also the Boots capital of England.

[big truck]

Genuinely Maynard, that is your best post ever.

[CrashTestBrummie]

Red Stripe Crucial Brew (black 330ml can) was the popular strong lager of choice in my student days in Manchester. They even used to sell it at the Hacienda - basically a gentrified tramp juice. A friend of mine would mix it half and half with barley wine before going out - that was getting into the realms of home chemistry experimentation as far as I was concerned - a science genius!

Finally, someone else who remembers bloody Crucial Brew! Even the Jamaicans who sold it in Brum thought it was loopy juice...obviously, tasted a lot nicer when a more genteel mixer was added. Like K Cider. Maybe Diamond White. Or 20/20. Wankered within fifteen minutes...

[ThinFinn]

starting to get there...

IHxViberg Scout Boot...

[denimjunky]

Recently got my latest SDs from bakers.

Now, they are almost made according to spec.

Everything fine and dandy except for the mid sole. Its double instead of single.

What to do? I cant decide. Its not that I hate the looks of them. (and double is more expensive and will probably last longer)

Classic Dress Boot by White's - 2332-461

Hardware Antique Eyes & Hooks

Sole Commando Mini Lug Half Sole

Size - Length 9

Heel Lifts 1/4" Lower

Edge Brown

Upper (Shaft) Leather #8 Burgundy Chrome Excel by Horween

Midsole Single

Pull Loops No Thanks

Last Classic 461 Last

Sole Trim Close Trim

Toe Vamp Leather #8 Burgundy Chrome Excel by Horween

Size - Width D (medium)

Toe Cap Medallion Dress Toe Cap

Heel Base 90 Degree Blocked off Heel (Traveler)

[garden gnomes in space]

i thought the commando sole was actually a thinner leather sole with the rubber tread portion already attached to it, so it appears like a double. I might be misunderstanding the issue though...

[denimjunky]

i thought the commando sole was actually a thinner leather sole with the rubber tread portion already attached to it, so it appears like a double. I might be misunderstanding the issue though...

Thats how I understood it as well (mine actually has the commando too as it might be hard to see in shitty phone pic):

Edited January 17, 2013 by denimjunky

[CrashTestBrummie]

Fuck.

Galways from Axel's. That red one...

[Crat]

The grain ones, shortlisted.

[CrashTestBrummie]

The grain ones, shortlisted.

The red ones, for me. Or C&J MTO balmoral boot in a calf/suede combo.

[hollowsleather]

Here are some shoes that look better with age:

[garden gnomes in space]

looking good Holllows. That non celastic toe is the business, wish I did that with mine

[denimjunky]

Hollows, what were those? BH w/o celastic in distressed?