Chippewa

[Hemi]

Those are nice!

[Guest]

Just picked up the new "Cordovan" Cowhide Service Boot:. Really like them – nice thick leather and I prefer the heel to the wedge sole of Red Wings.

Here are some photos:

[Dirty Denim]

Love em…I was looking at these last week.  How are they?

[Moonshine]

Nice boots, B!  The color looks way different than the website, but nothing wrong with either of them!

[Guest]

@Dirty:

Love em…I was looking at these last week.  How are they?

They're great. The leather is really beefy – may take a while to break in but they should last a good long while. I really love the old school outsole too. Craftsmanship is top notch a la Red Wing (fit the same too). They're keepers.

[illumin8em]

@bl@ster:

Just picked up the new Chippewa moc-toe boots from J. Crew. Really like them – nice thick leather and I prefer the heel to the wedge sole of Red Wings.

Here are some photos:

very nice, good alternative to the Red Wing 213 which they have decided to only make in Oxblood and for this season Black. I am quite disappointed that they skipped over the original light brown leather. If these Chippewas came in a 10 hole version they would be my full-time boots. I like that the moc toe appears to be a bit more refined/subtle, and less boxy. I think I might go for a pair if a sale comes around soon

Any chance we could get a front shot like you took with the backs of the boots?

[injunjack]

shit happens, and steel capped boots can't take it, or the leather won't…
So had to fix 'em

[ronaldlsh]

What happened injunjack?

[ronaldlsh]

Not sure of u can fix it man, looks like a pretty deep cut from here.. :-\

[injunjack]

it's already fixed…
Cut a piece of damaged leather/hole  off and glued new piece in place....

The round piece is new leather

[Chris]

I had a pair of steel toed boots years ago that had a similar hole.  I was kicking logs in a bonfire to shift them closer together (yeah, I know, not smart) and the leather burned.  I just left the steel exposed; I rather liked the way it looked.

[SpaceGnome]

i think this is inevitable with steel toe boots.  just about every construction worker I have seen with steel toe's has this happen at some point in the boots life.  not sure if its because steel toe's give the wearer an urge to kick more shit, or if the steel creates a certain abrasion that wears teh toe down quicker.

[Finn666]

@SpaceGnome:

not sure if its because steel toe's give the wearer an urge to kick more shit, …

at least that would be the reason in my case

[Chris]

I'll be honest- that's the reason I did the whole kicking burning logs thing.

[bagley920]

My grandfather's Chippewa boots I had resoled. I only replaced the heel as the front looked fine.

[joesaintjohn]

Holy FeckBuckets! Those are serious. I love those boots.

[bagley920]

Thanks Joe!

[thomasnunnally]

Yea those are cool as hell!

[Giles]

Cooler…

[gbougard]

what about their Harness boots? I need a pair of boots that can withstand the rainy, cold and overall shitty winter weather in Paris when I ride and I dont want to ruin my cowboy boots, which are designed for the Texas dryness and heat…

So I'm pretty much set on the harness type, but I don't know which brand is the best.

Any advice would be appreciated.