Chelsea Boots?

[regius]

How about Viberg’s chelsea? AE are very comfortable, but feels too flimsy and delicate. Viberg’s are beefy


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[Trenchfriend]

The result. Nice storebrand ones. They will surely not last that long, but the crepe-soles were the point. And I basically just like suede.

 

[Trenchfriend]

And don't listen to people, which tell, that synthetic crepe-sole doesn't work. My storebrand ones got synthetic crepe-rubber and these boots just ROCK!! Especially now, in high-summer.

 

[Trenchfriend]

Jeans tucked in:

Yay or Nay?

PS:
Nay.

 

[Seb Lucas]

How about Viberg’s chelsea? AE are very comfortable, but feels too flimsy and delicate. Viberg’s are beefy


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My God! I just looked up Viberg chelseas. $700 for a pair of basic boots! I am comfortably off and fortunate in life, but I still value thrift. While I don't speak for other's choices, I can't imagine paying more that $100-$130 US for a pair of boots of any kind.

 

[Trenchfriend]

My God! I just looked up Viberg chelseas. $700 for a pair of basic boots! I am comfortably off and fortunate in life, but I still value thrift. While I don't speak for other's choices, I can't imagine paying more that $100-$130 US for a pair of boots of any kind.

Karstadt, 70 Euro...

 

[Fifty150]

These were from a happier time in my life. Long before I knew about Goodyear welts, stitchdown construction, leather grades, Puritan stitches, etc. When I just saw shoes at a store (on sale, of course), tried them on, and bought them if they felt comfortable. Decades old, from when they were all Made in England. I seldom wear them. Chelsea boots feel like slippers. That's good and bad. I worry about slipping out them. I worry about them slipping off. They are just right for when I fall asleep in a pew while worshipping. Or if I have to sit through long winded speeches before they serve the rubber chicken and cheap wine.

Looking at the timeline, I wonder if e-commerce could have been good for Dr. Martens. They shut down the factories and moved production to Asian countries in 2003. That was a heartbeat away from web sales really taking off with Amazon, eBay, PayPal, etc.


As a shoe, these are fine. They are light and comfortable. Easily slip on and off. Roomy toe box. Decent traction. They also appear to be cemented construction. Glued together shoe with a Texon lasting board. Very thin, soft, supple leather. Almost like glove leather. Not exactly heavy duty boot leather. The insole insert was terrible, and I replaced it with some gel type inserts from a drug store.

Whatever I paid 2 decades ago, it was worth it. I still own them, and they're still wearable.​

 

[Bfd70]

They don’t get any love here because they’re not made by a mystical hermit cobbler using unicorn hides but my blundstones are probably my most worn footwear these days. Easy and casual, they are basically gym shoes without looking like gym shoes.

 

[Fifty150]

Bloodstone is a good shoe. Comfortable. Durable enough that they don't disintegrate when you wear them. Not every shoe is meant to be resoled 2 or 3 times. Or even resoled once. The important thing is that you get to wear them in comfort, and they do whatever you are doing. Not everyone needs a $600 boot or even a $300 boot. Not everyone can afford to spend that kind of money.

 

[handymike]

I had a pair in the 90s….loved them!

 

[Turnip]

Some Chelseas

 

[Fifty150]

Those Solovair look fantastic.

 

[Leather_nube]

Grant stone in natural cxl. Love them.

 

[Bfd70]

I like my Grant Stone chelseas too. Good bang for the buck

 

[Leather_nube]

I like my Grant Stone chelseas too. Good bang for the buck

Hard to beat. Got good sizing advice too so they’re actually wide enough in the toe box.

 

[Bender]

Breaking in some Lofgrens in dark olive CXL as I type. They are developing a wider toe box, which is nice.

 

[cl206]

my carmina shell in inca last. fits good but not as good as my crockett and jones chelse 8.
i love chelseas!