White's Boots

[Lucifer]

Nice foto series!

[Moonshine]

SG,

I like the double welt stitching!

JPO,

Thanks for the pics!  I would love to go there!

[stingray1381]

The pictures make me feel patriotic.

[Lucifer]

Quick question: someone over at SF said that White's distressed cowhide was among their hardest/most durable leathers (seems weird, since I'm skeptical of everything pre-distressed?). I'm planning to get a pair of americana/retro semi dress boots with a cap toe, and I want something that a) will last me 10-15 years and b) will look decent/get a nice shine/patina over time with a little care and lots of use.

So, within the larger framework of "brown" leathers that white's supply, which combines good looks and durability best? And i definately pirority durability the highest.

[Megatron1505]

The simple answer is their brown dress leather, tough, durable, and evolves great. My SD's are coming up to 4 years old, have seen plenty of wear, and still look great.

[Lucifer]

@Megatron1505:

The simple answer is their brown dress leather, tough, durable, and evolves great. My SD's are coming up to 4 years old, have seen plenty of wear, and still look great.

Nice, thanks! Got any progress pics? before? or afters? or both?

[bagley920]

Anyone know if White's sells replacement laces or if you've found anything similar. Mine have started to fray from the speedhooks.

[Giles]

http://www.whitesboots.com/index.php?dispatch=categories.view&category_id=170

[Megatron1505]

@Lucifer:

@Megatron1505:

The simple answer is their brown dress leather, tough, durable, and evolves great. My SD's are coming up to 4 years old, have seen plenty of wear, and still look great.

Nice, thanks! Got any progress pics? before? or afters? or both?

I can post some up on Sunday, but I am away until then. Google should turn out some pretty nice pics though.

[SpaceGnome]

here's a glamour shot of the dress brown in new form.

heres a pic of it slightly more used

[Jpo1932]

Nice boot. Not a big fan of how the midsole tapers to such a thin point, though.

[SpaceGnome]

Not sure I understand what you mean by mid sole shaping into a point.  you mean the shape of the toebox?  Its anything but pointy

[Jpo1932]

The leather that runs from the back heel to the toe end of the boot, is what I was referring to. Sorry for being confusing.

I just prefer a thicker midsole, I guess…

Edit: Something like this

[SpaceGnome]

I gotcha.  Whites has an option to double the mid sole i believe.  I did a half composite, might go for a full sole when it comes time to resole them.

[Lucifer]

Thanks spacegnome!

I guess regular smooth dress brown is the way to go

[demonito]

thankyou for using my picture sir

[Jpo1932]

Was not aware it was yours.  Apologies. Just happened to be one of the first results on google images… I can remove it if you wish.

[Lucifer]

Hmm, after looking at the different leather patches at white's webpage, the dress brown is very close to black, not a traditional "brown" really, I'm leaning a bit towards the distressed brown, which is lighter, but is this leather treated with anything that makes it less durable? anyone tried that leather?

[demonito]

no im not im just reallly thanking you without sarcasm

[Jpo1932]

Guess I've been reading too much on the Apple v Samsung litigation going on, as of late