Engineer Boots, Harness Boots...

[Mich486]

In my experience the Horsebutt Attractions use can look like that without any artificial distressing. The light in the pictures above also helps.

 

[kenucklehead]

^^ Fantastic! Sounds like similar construction as Nick's boots (or White's too) that are in Spokane, WA, however both of them are not as known for Engineer style boots. I have incoming a pair of John Lofgren's, which will be the first "quality" pair of Engineers I have owned.

I found a $75.00 Singer leather/canvas/saddle style sewing machine at our local Habitat store. I have not yet bought it, I may this weekend, just as I would like to try my hand making some things out of leather. This is starting to inspire me to pick up something like that, and tinker around a bit. Would be a great winter/basement project.

I would enjoy seeing some photos of how you made those, heck, do a thread on your boots - they are more than worth it!

Thanks! I appreciate the compliment. I will try to capture a start to finish series of photos on my next build.

Regarding the sewing machine, I wish I got a post bed machine as they are essential for stitching the vamp and heel to the shaft. I have access to one but if I were to do it again, I might have invested in that to start with. I’m lucky to currently have access to a shop that already has one.

as someone who loves to make all sorts of things, it was a really great learning experience and I enjoyed it immensely. I highly encourage you to try it yourself.

I have a few different pairs of engineer boots, from Wesco to John Löfgren to Viberg. I think one of the things that got me trying to make my own with the fact that none of these other brands offered quite what I wanted. Don’t get me wrong, I like them all for different reasons but I actually like the ones that I made so much more in so many ways. Maybe it’s because I got to make them exactly the way I wanted them. I also know the quality stitch methods that I took on and I’m confident of the build quality. Not to mention the fact that they are currently one of a kind and unique.

 

[edmond]

from my experience after wearing whites, wesco , viberg, lonewolf, etc for the past 14 years only wesco and viberg help up really good until now. the rest are just ok. the japanese made ones are actually flimsier

 

[edmond]

New here and thought I'd share! Love my Lone Wolf engineers, they're my daily riding boots and are due for a resole within the next couple of months.

kamusta?

 

[edmond]

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ATTRACTIONS CO STEERHIDE LOT269 in the urban jungle of Singapore! Fits like a glove after quite a break-in period

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Those look fantastic. Whats the denim?

are those IH denims?

 

[regius]

Viberg after a day of gardening

 

[Ayeteael]

Black. I never actually spoke with anyone at S&S. I reached out to John himself and he answered all my questions. I have to say, for the man himself to answer my questions I would spend double the money. You can’t put a price on customer service like that.

I also just ordered a pair of Black Lofgrens from S&S. I'm a yuge boot guy and had been eyeballing a pair of engineers for years, but only recently pulled the trigger. In a perfect world I'd go with Brian the Bootmaker, but I'm too impatient. Lofgren seems to be the best "value" engineer boot when compared against other RTW options like Wesco, Red Wing, Viberg and Clinch.

 

[AeroFan_07]

^^ My experance so far - you will love these! Or in my actual case, you will love these but really wish they fit a bit better. I should really have a C or even a B width.

Nothing a few pair of layer (wool) socks cannot fix!

 

[AeroFan_07]

Also, I dislike "statements without data" and a recent comment indicates something along the lines of "White's ... being just ok." Even for thier newer, Goodyear welt constructed boots, this is a mistake to state.

The photo below shows a sample of my boot collection. As per the production dates, 2 of the pair of White's in this photo are 15 - 19 years old. The Red Wing IR's are 9 years old. There is one pair of White's that is goodyear welted, and they are fantastic as a lighter-weight, $350 pair of boots. The JL's and Nick's (both pair) are all new. None have been re-soled or rebuilt. Sorry for posting non-engineer or harness boots in this section.

 

[og_jason_lee]

Some will say these are my best

 

[edmond]

Also, I dislike "statements without data" and a recent comment indicates something along the lines of "White's ... being just ok." Even for thier newer, Goodyear welt constructed boots, this is a mistake to state.

The photo below shows a sample of my boot collection. As per the production dates, 2 of the pair of White's in this photo are 15 - 19 years old. The Red Wing IR's are 9 years old. There is one pair of White's that is goodyear welted, and they are fantastic as a lighter-weight, $350 pair of boots. The JL's and Nick's (both pair) are all new. None have been re-soled or rebuilt. Sorry for posting non-engineer or harness boots in this section.

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if you wear your whites to the construction site like i do youll say the same thing. data? i will post my boots here in a couple of days . wesco and vibergs are by far way better than whites or of course lofgren

 

[AeroFan_07]

^^ I work in an office, don't the metarsil's tell you that?

 

[Pandemic]

Five months later, these just arrived. Kyle at Baker’s sources some brown domain leather for me and Wesco made them in a 10EEE with double midsole and a .5” heel lift. I’m surprised how comfortable they feel right out of the box - I was ready for a tough break-in period!

 

[AeroFan_07]

^^ Those are very sharp!

 

[Terminator]

Finally pulled the trigger on the olive Clinch at VMC and as a bonus one of the team practically gave me his old Buco, which I’ll send to Masa (ex-Brass Tokyo) in Berlin to do some work to

 

[belopsky]

Clinch CN Soft Toe arrived today from Pancho & lefty

 

[Terminator]

Hell yeah! Horsebutt or latigo?

 

[Terminator]

Let me guess: Horsebutt in Clinch 11 / US 10? I just checked stock and saw that they’re sold out!

 

[belopsky]

Horsebutt, 9.5 US

 

[Terminator]

Ah, someone else must have snagged the US 10s then!