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Lovely! What's the skinny on those?
Wow. Congrats, Blackadder! Beautiful yet functional design. Ain't that a novel concept
They made out of CXL? Has that distinct matte sheen to it
Lone Wold, JL, very similar to this. The profile from the top is more like Lone Wolf.
I have figured out why the Attractions walks funny. Excuse me for being didactic here 'cause I ain't a bootmaker, but I do believe what I'm about to say would determine if the boots stands and walks funny. Many engineer boots have stacked heels, overall they are all high heel boots. Yet, many of them don't feel high on the heels as the height of the heel would look. What I mean is your feet actually is quite parallel to the ground. This is very intriguing and I'm sure in bootmaking school this is somewhat of an important aspect to master. Because if you look at the seam between the last of the shoe and the sole from the side, it's obviously a slope. However, just like a kid's slide, the top of the slide plateaus out. This is where the heel is. Therefore, the curve of the slide follows the curve of the bottom of the foot, flat, down and flat again. This would appears to be common sense in shoe making so that the feet don't keep slipping forward and cram into the front of the last.
However, I noticed the Attractions "top of the slide" don't plateau out! The Attractions are not higher than any other boots and the slope of the slide is not even as steep as Chipps or RoleClub, but when I'm standing in them, I actually feel like standing in women's heels, i.e. my calf and tendon are shortened. I walk on my heels, so most of my shoes my heel wears around the edge first. Walking (my way) in Attractions always needs adapting.
This is my observation and a little personal tip on choosing boots purely visually. I believe looking from the side at how the seam curves can predict how they walk.
Man those are some nice looking redwings though and Im just like to show pics of wear on my RRL boots (not the julian made ones the Rios of Mercedes ones) since Januray of this year. If I go out and Im wearing pants then I always wear these to go out. They are breaking in quite good wish I could get the black ones now in my size but sadly the guy I bought them off sold out in my size. If you guys find these in your size and a good price give them a shot!