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sw709

Familiar Face
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80
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Philadelphia
Well...regarding the "shabby boot look", it's a thing these days. You either embrace it, or revile it. Personally, I think that certain styles of work boots actually work well with a little less TLC, but not to the point where they've been neglected beyond their useful purpose.
 

Foxer55

A-List Customer
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413
Location
Washington, DC
Joan Holloway,

I prefer a woman wearing these but with ankle straps. And maybe a little less point in the toe.

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Isshinryu101

One Too Many
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1,328
Location
New Jersey
To me they look like a relatively recent purchase that has taken a beating rather than an old pair of hard worn boots. It's probably due to the absence of the patination that polishing and conditioning brings to leather.

Agreed! Not polishing one's shoes is like not brushing one's teeth (LOL)! That ain't patina, that's rotten.
 
yes, there's worn and there's WORN. A good pair of old hiking/work boots (see above) with all the wax in the world will still look worn. But the uppers will hold together longer than those with no waxing.

Proper waxing will also prevent water seeping in half way up a cliff-face in winter, which will save your toes from frostbite. Damn the crampons, look after the boots!
 

Stearmen

I'll Lock Up
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7,202
There Back

Got my Wolverine Addison boots back from the cobbler today. Worth the wait, he did a great job, and only $45.00. He apologized for not polish them, but in all his shoe polish, he could not find a match. I went ahead and oiled them, the photos look real light, they actually are more uniform and have the nice medium brown patina of an old Baseball mitt. The last photo you can see my other 1000 Mile boots, I do keep them pretty well polished! I do need to touch them up a bit. Amazing how many comments by people that don't know me or my boots, and how wrong they are. They didn't get holes in the soles by sitting on the Lazy Boy! An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less. Butler, Nicholas.
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Rudie

Call Me a Cab
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2,069
Location
Berlin
Couldn't pass these shoes up since they were only ten dollars. :)

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They are similar to the 1940s Supreme Norwegians I bought from Isshy. They are from Scholl. The soles are part stitched and part wood pegged. Could anybody give an age estimate? The leather is very supple, but unfortunately there is some light cracking on the left shoe. Too bad, since they are a perfect fit. But who am I to complain at this price point? Now I need better laces.

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flyfishark

Practically Family
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565
Location
main line, pa
Couldn't pass these shoes up since they were only ten dollars. :)

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They are similar to the 1940s Supreme Norwegians I bought from Isshy. They are from Scholl. The soles are part stitched and part wood pegged. Could anybody give an age estimate? The leather is very supple, but unfortunately there is some light cracking on the left shoe. Too bad, since they are a perfect fit. But who am I to complain at this price point? Now I need better laces.

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Rudie,

I see Ish has dated your shoes for you. Let me say that I've had four pairs of Copegs, 3 NOS and one slightly used. The NOS were all sold, and the buyers, to a person, raved about the shoes. Two of them said they were their favorite pair of shoes. Great find.

Doug
 

boomboom

New in Town
Messages
7
Location
London, UK
Trickers MTO group order

I'm putting together a group order for some custom Brogues from Tricker's.

Very nice, classic colour-way and design. Please see photos below of the exact shoe I will be ordering. These will be great shoes for the coming winter season.

Any size available.

Shoe spec:
Longwing Galosh Brogue Shoe
Last: 81
Colour:
Two Tone as follows;
Vamp and Tongue in Espresso Burnished Calf Leather
all the rest in Espresso Scotch Grain Calf
Lining Colour: Red
Eyelets: Blind Eyelets
No pull loops
Welt: Barbour Welt in Natural Finish
Sole: Dainite Sole in Brown

Price:
£360 incl.VAT (EU)
£300 for customers outside the EU.

£100 deposit required now, remaining amount on delivery in November / December.

I need 5 other guys to get this order at this price.

Order will be taken care of by an authorised Tricker's retailer.

Deposits need to be sent within 2 weeks for a delivery in November / December.

Tricker's have put their prices up this month, shoehealer.co.uk have agreed to give us the old price of £360 each for a limited time.

Email me with any Q's - ltkjos@gmail.com

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