White's Boots
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Suggestions always welcome of course ; )
Rancourt and Company and Quoddy both do moccasins and are highly regarded. There are a few places that do Quoddy, such as End Clothing. I don't think that Rancourt are represented over here, but they manufacture the Eastland Made in Maine and Redwing Handsewn collections.
Looking forward to seeing the site. I've been thinking of a pair of White's Semi Dress.
Thanks Graeme. Quoddy do seem to be in all the obvious places but I'll take a look at Rancourt.
Just for knowledge we will have 4 styles on the Semi-Dress last in a mix of colours for stock.
Thanks again,
Jamie.
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@eastwest: Will you offer different styles of the Smokejumper too? Thx, Andi
Hi Andi,
1 initially but in my next bulk order there will be a few more. There is also the build a boot option which I can price up for you as and when or you'll be able to do it automatically when that section of the website goes live. Trying not to sales pitch it too much here!
Hope that helps.
Jamie.
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looking great Illum. Whats the leather on them?
Its up there in the post, brown dress on the Semi Dress and black smooth on the Farmer Rancher.
reading is over rated ::)
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Giles, they look nearly as big as Megatron's. I hope you've booked a spare plane to fly them home.
EastWest, another suggestion would be William Lennon. They're not replicas of old school workboots because they're still made in the same way on 100-odd year old machinery. I'm after a pair of their World War I boots. Lennon make the Dundas boots too.
I actually dropped by the factory today, and they're a friendly bunch. Give them a shout.
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They look great G!
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@riffblaster:
I have been eyeing the White's Semi dress boots for quite a while now but I am unsure about sizing. Does anyone have a pair of these and could you give me a size comparison to RW or to an Alden Indy?
These boots really look amazing. If you have a pair please post a review!
I own a size 8 in RW and a size 9E in White's and they are about the same. As for Alden's, I don't have Indy's, but my dress shoes are 8,5 or 9 and the 9 is tighter, but equal in length to either the RW 8's and the White's 9 E's, but more narrow.
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G, beasts. Makes me wish I'd brought mine so we could have kicked the Hotel Carter down
Luggage allowance was only 23kg each though
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He apparently lost his nerve and is currently wearing his lovely deerskin boots. Wimp.
EDIT: sorry for the terrible dark pic.
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My new White's SD are in from Baker's. Went with the "classic brown" leather this time around, with tapered heel, and 1/4" lowered heel. Couldn't be happier with them. According to Baker's, the "classic brown" leather is dry-tanned and will take a polish nicely and patina with age similar to the dress brown. It will develop a crackly finish and patina fairly quickly.
Here's the full config:
Last Standard, Sole Leather, Size - Length 11, Hardware All Antique Eyes, Edge Natural, Upper (Shaft) Leather Classic Brown, Midsole Single, Pull Loops No Thanks, Leather Liner Tan, Sole Trim Close Trim, Toe Vamp Leather Classic Brown, Size - Width D (medium), Toe Cap No Thanks, Celastic Toe Box Single Celastic Toe, Heel Base StandardHere are a couple shots. I tried to color correct these as best I could, but in real life they are more of a deep brown and less saturated in color:
