Random questions to which you seek an answer
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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.
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Thanks Chris, most useful
When I say competition specific, I mean like in terms of the MBB's. So a person would not have to wear the boots, but they are an option specially designed for the contest. I think that people like this, I know that over 100 people have liked the MBB's
I'm interested in what is defined by "mass produced", as I think there would potentially be plenty of interest from people wearing Red Wings, are they defined as mass produced? (I actually really like the featherstone leather on Red Wing GT's).
I'd like to stagger this competition a couple of moths behind the HWDC for a few reasons…
- People who want to order Vibergs, Whites, WESCO's or any other custom boots.
- My time to organise this thing alongside the HWDC is extremely limited.
- It takes at least 8 weeks for everyone who is interested to register their interest, choose their weapon, and take delivery.
- From experience, people like competition merchandise. I would need to see if anyone was interested in doing this.
- Same goes for sponsorship, I'm happy to roll without it, but people do like prizes and brand involvement.
I think much of this will be answered by what scale it runs on, 5 guys on one forum, or 150 guys over 6 forums. Hence I'm asking opinions, and seeing what people think.
Just like the HWDC, my motivation is seeing a shit load of awesome denim/ boot porn.
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Potential sponsors- Obenauf, Pecard, Mustang Paste, Bick, Meltonian, Feibing, Baker Shoe, The Shoe Healer, Leather Soul, Leffot?
Lots of possibilities…
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Ok, this is going to happen
The bad news is that it is not going to happen until at least May/ June, by then I will have the HWDC1 complete, and the HWDC2 underway and ticking over nicely.
I will give some thought over the next few weeks to format and rules, I will contact a few potential sponsors, and put some more thought into competition boots.
Not wanting to shit up this thread any further with my insane ideas, so if anyone wants to discuss further, or has some equally insane ideas, please drop me a PM.
HWFC out….......for now
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I'm in
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To Shoreman, Bagley, Davito or anyone else with experience sizing Homespun:
I'm 38.5 inches in the chest, small-medium in IH shirts and medium in IH outerwear. Considering the apparent tight fit of these, would you suggest XL for Homespun henleys? I'm kind of hoping to get something slim fitted but not spandex/spiderman/skin tight.
Thanks for your help guys.
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^I have a 39" chest and I find an XL too big for me to wear untucked as they fit slightly bigger than most charts indicate imo, that's just my experience, but I wear IH in a size L as I'm 6'3" tall so maybe this isn't helpfull to you, that being said I'd suggest an L for you though…
