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Jimmer - amazing boots! Congrats. Please check in with us in about 10 years. Those are going to get some serious personality over the years and be simply incredible.
Jimmer, nice boots. What do they recommend treating the brown leather with, Bee Oil ? I have black Wesco's and use the Bee Oil followed by the Bee Oil Plus. I wonder if the Bee oil would significantly darken the brown? I usually treat mine once a year before riding season, just did two pairs. Was thinking about a brown pair myself.
Good luck breaking those in! I've been wearing mine constantly for nearly six months, and they still look pretty new. They are very comfortable though. I just got back from a trip to London and Paris, and I walk in my Boss boots a lot. I didn't think they would be great for all of that walking, but they were fantastic. My feet felt fine after each long day of walking. Might I suggest getting some good boots socks? My wife got me four pairs of "Tech Sox" for Christmas, and they are amazing. They stay up all day. http://www.techsox.com/
So do I need to apply the Bees oil after just receiving them or are they good for about a year? Do I need both products?
Thanks
Work America Engineer Boots: From where can they be bought please?
That one is just a cheapo boot as is obvious from the website picture. Three out of their last four mail order catalogs have shown the Red Wing engineer lookalike boot, but it has the same stock number as the wellington. So beware.This answer is very late, and I don't know if this is what you're looking for, but this is the online store of BA Mason, who I believe owns that line:
http://www.bamason.com/
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Here's their "wellington"
http://www.bamason.com/product/Work-America-Mens-11-Steel-Toe-Wellington-Boot-Black-000971/
The boots are a no name Chinese! There not bad, nice tread on the soles. The jacket is a Leather Gallery, seems fairly well made. I ended up with the jacket round about, one of our club members has MS and can't ride any more, he bought the jacket new and never wore it. We had an auction at one of our meetings, I started at $5.00, most dropped out at around $30, that left two of us. I went out at $41.00, the other member went to $45, he told me, he didn't really want it, but it was a good cause, he told me if I paid $41, he would kick in $5.00, so I agreed. I really didn't want another black jacket, I already have three, I may finally have some of my many patches sewn on!What brand are the boots and jacket.
I was taking the dog out for a walk a couple of years ago near San Quentin Prison, when I came across a couple of guys that had set up an impromptu garage sale at the side of the road. As I walked by the pile of stuff, these boots caught my eye. They looked like they were just a pair of old rubber boots, so I went along with my walk as planned. On my return, I did stop for a closer look. They were actually a pair of leather boots that had just been dusted over from years of neglect. They were in fact almost brand new. Now at the time I didn't know what the name Wesco meant, but I was soon to find out. I tried them on, and although snug, they did fit. I figured I'd give them a couple of coats of some kind of boot wax, and the leather would loosen up a bit. I asked one of the guys what he wanted for them, and he said, "$10 bucks.". He didn't know what he had, and neither did I. I figured $10 was worth the risk and bought them. I went home and looked up Wesco boots on the internet and was pleasantly surprised. They were virtually new, and looked like they had been worn but once or twice, and that would be indoors. The edges of the Vibram soles were still sharp and crisp. Pound for pound, probably the best deal I've ever come across.