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    • SeulS
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      Asking for a friend: does anyone have any experience with Frye boots?..

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      • seawolfS
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        I have some experience with Frye boots. I had a pair that were really poorly constructed, and were falling apart after just a few wears. My wife had a pair with a shaft adjustment strap that snapped in half one day. It was two pieces of cheap leather sewn together. Not what I would expect from $400 boots. No thank you.  I'll take my money and invest in some Wesco's any day before I ever spend another dollar on Frye.

        “Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible” - Don Norman

        @zeebeeleather

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        • RolloR
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          I have some old school made in USA frye boots, they are tough as nails despite the leather having some holes from dropping the bike when I was still learning.

          Tried a pair of the more recent ones on and they just felt bad.

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          • Megatron1505M
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            This year I chose as my "shittiest weather/ deep snow/ harsh conditions" walking boots a pair of deep tread, waterproof, cap toed Israeli special forces boots (they cost me £1 from ebay). In a few minutes I will attempt to walk 2.5 miles to work in them, walk around at work all day in them, then walk home. I expect to be crying by the time I get home, but this is the best way that I have found to break in new boots  😢

            Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

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            • injunjackI
              injunjack
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              they are so lightweight….

              Abingtons from MadMonday

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              • Megatron1505M
                Megatron1505
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                IJ, those Abingtons are amazing. They're still the most comfortable boot that I own.

                Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

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                • Finn666F
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                  lovely…too bad i've missed to send monday that pm before IJ did 🙂

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                  • gbougardG
                    gbougard
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                    The pair I wear almost daily, Lucchese

                    Heritage Boots from Austin, TX, shark

                    Ropers by Lucchese, which I dont wear that often for some reason

                    Sly Dunbar bigs up IH on YT
                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t2OM738mKY
                    Sly & Robbie A Run Tings
                    Gregory Isaacs Liveth 4 I-ver

                    Renault: What in heaven’s name brought you to Casablanca?
                    Rick: My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters.
                    Renault: The waters? What waters? We’re in the desert.
                    Ric

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                    • madmondayM
                      madmonday
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                      gbougard "the reggae cowboy" or "roots & boots".

                      do you wear your boots when you visit the islands?

                      head high, middle finger higher

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                      • gbougardG
                        gbougard
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                        @madmonday:

                        gbougard "the reggae cowboy" or "roots & boots".

                        do you wear your boots when you visit the islands?

                        No I dont wear boots in JA, or pants for that matter! I rediscovered cowboy boots about a year or so ago and it combines well with my IH mania…

                        Sly Dunbar bigs up IH on YT
                        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t2OM738mKY
                        Sly & Robbie A Run Tings
                        Gregory Isaacs Liveth 4 I-ver

                        Renault: What in heaven’s name brought you to Casablanca?
                        Rick: My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters.
                        Renault: The waters? What waters? We’re in the desert.
                        Ric

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                        • madmondayM
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                          i could imagine you walking along in those boots & the looks you would get from some of the locals. . .although i think some of the youths would actually pick-up the cowboy boot thing & run with it.

                          to get back on track dope boots & individual style, not my thing, but you can't knock it till you try it

                          head high, middle finger higher

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                          • urbanwoodsmanU
                            urbanwoodsman
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                            Alden J Crew Indys, IHV-01, Alden Indy Kudu w/Police Sole, Timberland Tackhead

                            Thorogood, Dr. Martens Osmond, WESCO Redwood Highliner

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                            • G
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                              Alden J Crew Indys, IHV-01, Alden Indy Kudu w/Police Sole, Timberland Tackhead

                              Thorogood, Dr. Martens Osmond, WESCO Redwood Highliner

                              Nice boots.

                              And I thought I had unnecessarily many boots with four pairs 😉

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                              • urbanwoodsmanU
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                                @gakugeidg:

                                Nice boots.

                                And I thought I had unnecessarily many boots with four pairs 😉

                                Thanks. I have 4 older pairs I didn't even show. HA  😉

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                                • injunjackI
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                                  4 pairs ain't enough

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                                  • LuciferL
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                                    @injunjack:

                                    4 pairs ain't enough

                                    1. Hiking boots for rough use/hiking. (Danner mountain light)

                                    2. Black "nice" pair for work (Doc Martens Ormond)

                                    3. Brown "nice" pair for work (Alden Indy chromexcel)

                                    That is pretty much what i use 95-98% of the time.

                                    Seize the day and don't you cry.

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                                    • RolloR
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                                      Really want to get a pair of these, mostly for when I am too lazy to deal with laces, can't find them on the red wing website though, anybody know what's up with that?

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                                      • thomasnunnallyT
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                                        @urbanwoodsman:

                                        @gakugeidg:

                                        Nice boots.

                                        And I thought I had unnecessarily many boots with four pairs 😉

                                        Thanks. I have 4 older pairs I didn't even show. HA  😉

                                        A nice collection.  Kudos!

                                        Out with the new! In with the old!

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                                        • simoncS
                                          simonc
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                                          Rough out classics for Giles: http://www.thekingofcool.com/clothing/great-escape-rough-out-boots.html

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                                          • GilesG
                                            Giles
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                                            Just noticed these when popping down to the rear porch to fill Mme B's wine glass up…..

                                            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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