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  1. Sloan1874

    Red Wing vs. Chippewa Engineer Boots

    I wouldn't think twice about sending those back. Red Wings are more than capable of producing perfect boots, both the pairs I own arrived pristine, so I'd ask for them to make good on their error.
  2. Sloan1874

    eastwestapparel?

    Yes, admittedly, the boots and some of the reduced items are attainable. I'm so conditioned to these types of shops being wall-to-wall unaffordable that it's almost not worth trawling the website, but I may have a deeper delve (payday is approaching!).
  3. Sloan1874

    Engineer Boots - Heel Replacement

    I took my Aero Jarrow boots to a local cobbler and asked them to replace the Viberg heel that was on it and with barely a pause he pulled a perfect match out from a box in his workshop.
  4. Sloan1874

    eastwestapparel?

    Great looking stuff, though the prices are clawing their way towards Son of Stag territory...
  5. Sloan1874

    Aero Highwayman fit pic and 1st post

    Spot-on. Wouldn’t want it to fit any other way.
  7. Sloan1874

    My fantastic new Aero D-1

    No snow in Glasgow but the cold gets into your bones up here, it's a numbing, damp chill that's hard to shake. The Irvin's great because I can buckle the waist belt and trap the warm air in. I also feel the leather-backed Irvin collar is better designed for keeping the wind out without having to...
  8. Sloan1874

    My fantastic new Aero D-1

    Great fit and colour. I've resolved to getting a B-6 in seal in the near future. I love my D-1, it's been a fantastic jacket this winter, just a bit lighter than an Irvin and ideal for the chilly, though perhaps not Polar Vortex-strength, weather...
  9. Sloan1874

    Ken Calder 1969 Creation Uncovered.

    It turned up in an auction of all places. Went for a song!
  10. Sloan1874

    Ken Calder 1969 Creation Uncovered.

    See? This divides the rock star wannabes from the Great Gatsbys
  11. Sloan1874

    Ken Calder 1969 Creation Uncovered.

    Tis very cool. Did anyone notice the current front cover of Mojo with Bowie in his Aero jacket?
  13. Sloan1874

    Ken Calder 1969 Creation Uncovered.

    Ken was in touch with me today to share some pics of a jacket that he made way back in 1969 which had been re-discovered, amazingly, in Edinburgh. Made from genuine python skin, the jacket has the distinctive Ruskin label that Ken used on some of his early work down in London. Only a handful...
  14. Sloan1874

    Vintage Mink Oil?

    Red Wings recommends mink oil for its boots. In fact, it markets its own brand of it, £12 a pop. I bought a tin of non-brand mink oil for £4, it did a nice job in bringing the leather up a bit.
  15. Sloan1874

    Crazy !

    Lunacy! You gotta wonder what the thinking is sticking a price tag like that on it.
  16. Sloan1874

    Thedi custom cow hair panels grizzly

    Fantastic jacket. I particularly like the collar.
  17. Sloan1874

    How many new jackets do you have coming (and how many potential ones)?

    I wasn’t a fan of kudu. It felt ‘spongey’ and I didn’t care for the finish.
  19. Sloan1874

    How many new jackets do you have coming (and how many potential ones)?

    You can understand why Aero never repeated this Will-inspired experiment - the amount of off-cuts they were getting per jacket was just unsustainable.
  20. Sloan1874

    Engineer Boots, Harness Boots...

    Edward is absolutely right, and it's the reason people should ca' canny on posting cheap custom engineer boot links.
  21. Sloan1874

    Engineer Boots, Harness Boots...

    Because China is considered by lawyers to be the wild west when it comes to copyright and intellectual property law. Loads of big name companies fight to get control of their brands because small time scammers will register the name as their own. As such, counterfeiting is rife as are the scams...
  22. Sloan1874

    Engineer Boots, Harness Boots...

    Yeah, I imagine the leather's shoddy and probably produced in a Pakistan sweatshop.
  23. Sloan1874

    Engineer Boots, Harness Boots...

    I'd apply the same criteria to somebody offering cheap custom boots that I would to a company offering cheap made-to-measure jackets: it's just too good to be true.

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