Random questions to which you seek an answer
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After two years, from new, there's plenty of evo to judge if you're wearing the boots.
The SUFU one was a horsehide contest, I hate to be so limiting, it disqualifies people who either don't like, or cannot afford a horsehide shoe/ boot. Plus, for me at least, the interest is in the variation.
Heavyweight is definitely correct if we're talking solid built Americana workwear boots, and English bench made boots from Trickers or C&J, have you felt the weight of Whites, or Viberg, or Trickers etc….. If they're not heavyweight, then I don't know what is
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Thats the one, great for enthusiasts of horse hide footwear, and absolutely no use to anyone else.
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Any boots? My new Wheeler cowboy boots, for instance?
Kinda digging the idea, Gav.;)
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Yep, cowboy boots welcome.
Just off to work out some criteria, I can't see this kicking off for a couple of months at least yet. I need to get the HWDC1 and HWDC2 squared away first.
Still wanting some feedback to my Q's please guys.
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You would only use it as an excuse to buy more boots anyway
Right, seeing as no-one wants to answer me questions, I'll go away and make it up as I go along
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Heavyweight is definitely correct if we're talking solid built Americana workwear boots, and English bench made boots from Trickers or C&J, have you felt the weight of Whites, or Viberg, or Trickers etc….. If they're not heavyweight, then I don't know what is
ok, i´ll let it count
and yes 
i guess i´m in then and maybe we can get G. and Viberg/White´s to team-up for this one again?!
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Thinking cap is in place…....off to polish all my boots for inspiration
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Ok, let me see if I can add something useful (a rare occurrence, I know).
I don't think a competition spec boot would work well- nobody can agree on anything boot related around here. It would fall apart over details like, "oh, well if you're going to use brass eyelets instead of gunmetal, I'm out."
Two years would be a good amount of time. Boots take a while to beat up, and a lot of us rotate through a few (ok, several) pairs, so less time would probably yield minimal results for many people.
Competition should be open to any boots, any leather, as long as they have less than 30 wears. I guess the only restriction would be to prohibit "non-heavyweight" boots, which for simplicity would be defined as mass produced brands. Elitist, I know, but around here, that should still allow most folks to compete.
It would be nice if this could run concurrent to the HWDC2, but that doesn't give much lead time. If someone wanted to order a pair of Vibergs, for instance, they'd be out of luck.
You could have special event type photos, like "Show Your Boots At Work Day" (self explanatory), "Spring Cleaning Day" (show your cleaning routine), etc.
The more I think about this, the more I like it…
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Valid point. I wasn't really comfortable with that definition, but I was trying to think of a way to stay within the bounds of the "heavyweight" concept. Your approach is better.
