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    • seawolfS
      seawolf
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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
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            they are so lightweight….

            Abingtons from MadMonday

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            • Megatron1505M
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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
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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
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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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                            gakugeidg
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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
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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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                                          • S
                                            smittybat
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                                            Just got my Carolina Engineers resoled.


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