White's Boots
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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here's a glamour shot of the dress brown in new form.
heres a pic of it slightly more used
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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
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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.
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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?
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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?
its really dark. When I was deciding on my leather, I was going between Dress brown, dress black and black chromexcel. The dress leathers were more scratch resistant, and seemed a bit more durable, but they lacked character. That might have changed over time, but they just seemed ordinary when new. Thats why I went with cxl. its a tough leather, but it seems to be more adaptive, and take on characteristics quicker and easier. If I was buying Whites for a pure utility work boot, I probably would not go with cxl.
