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    Iron Heart Fall/Winter 2025 Collection Preview - Now Live

    HEAVYWEIGHT BOOTS CHAMPIONSHIP 2013 - 2015

    Heavy Weight Contests & Competitions
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    • EastWestE
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      Hi all, leather samples will be posted up either here or on my site by early next week, 50+ individual shots that need trimming so bare with me.

      Cheers.

      J.

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      • seanoconoS
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        @EastWest:

        Hi all, leather samples will be posted up either here or on my site by early next week, 50+ individual shots that need trimming so bare with me.

        Cheers.

        J.

        Pretty excited for this, J.  Your hard work is fully appreciated.

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        • Megatron1505M
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          Just had word that my boots will be another 2 - 3 weeks, they were ordered on January 28th. Just out of interest for all you who are waiting.

          Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

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          • supersalamiS
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            @Megatron1505:

            Just had word that my boots will be another 2 - 3 weeks, they were ordered on January 28th. Just out of interest for all you who are waiting.

            awesome! then mine shouldn't be that far away too!

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            • FurattoHeddoF
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              It will be hard to refrain from wearing these too much before the start:

              "Don't ever be sorry"

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              • seanoconoS
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                ^ I can't even imagine. Those are beautiful.

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                • bagley920B
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                  What leather if that FH? It looks, speckly, for lack of a better word

                  If I am not I, who will be? -Henry David Thoreau

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                  • Finn666F
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                    @bagley920:

                    What leather if that FH? It looks, speckly, for lack of a better word

                    should be the brown wax flesh leather from viberg!

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                    • EastWestE
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                      Hi Seanocono and all, for 38 leather samples (Brown Dress is featured everywhere on the site) take a look at: www.eastwestapparel.co.uk - and go to Leather Samples from the navigation list. There are a few leathers missing but mostly obvious one's that can be googled etc….No rough out pics but again there are plenty of examples out there in the ether!

                      They needed to be loaded onto the site for use in the near future so apologies for shoe horn-ing the site on here but it's less work for me that way! ; )

                      Enjoy.

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                      • seanoconoS
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                        EastWest, you are a gangster. Thank you for this. I can't wait to check them out.

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                        • supersalamiS
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                          damn.. contacted kyle about my boots seeing that they have already passed the 6 week mark…. he told me i still had 2-3 weeks left

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                          • natehateN
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                            2-3 weeks thats a walk in the park

                            don't you know there ain't no devil? only god when he's drunk!

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                            • S
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                              @supersalami:

                              damn.. contacted kyle about my boots seeing that they have already passed the 6 week mark…. he told me i still had 2-3 weeks left

                              Not sure why you were expecting anything different? 3 days ago it was mentioned they were 2-3 weeks away and you commented "awesome!" as below. It sounds like everything is smoothly progressing.

                              @supersalami:

                              @Megatron1505:

                              Just had word that my boots will be another 2 - 3 weeks, they were ordered on January 28th. Just out of interest for all you who are waiting.

                              awesome! then mine shouldn't be that far away too!

                              As natehate said, a walk in the park, you'll have years of happy park walking to come ::) 🙂

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                              • M
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                                Today I'll be making the journey south to Baker's in Eugene to order my competition boots in person.  Trip pictures will be happening live and can be viewed via instagram here:  http://instagram.com/midvalleyfarm

                                Excited as hell.

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                                • urbanwoodsmanU
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                                  @MidValleyFarm:

                                  Today I'll be making the journey south to Baker's in Eugene to order my competition boots in person.  Trip pictures will be happening live and can be viewed via instagram here:  http://instagram.com/midvalleyfarm

                                  Excited as hell.

                                  Just added you. Excited to see pics.

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                                  • Megatron1505M
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                                    Me too.

                                    Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

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                                      MidValleyFarm, that's very HEAVYWEIGHT of you. Thanks for posting photos and sharing; very keen to check out.

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                                      • M
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                                        To recap the day, whilst holding back on the fun specifics:

                                        Today was classic Oregon: overcast, sun peeking through, bright clouds, reasonably warm weather for a Northwest March.  My wife (interested to see the physical manifestation of many, many "how does this look" moments with my laptop thrust in her face) at the helm and me dressed in my selvedge and crafted best, we headed south down the Willamette Valley and further on to Eugene.

                                        Baker's is nothing as one would expect.  From the massive selection on their website, it would be easy to imagine a sprawling outdoor goods emporium packed to the brim with boots and Filson gear.  Rather, Baker's is modest, small, even, and sparsely filled.  It is the clean and relaxed little brother to Cabelas and the suave specialist to Orvis' lifestyle brand madness.

                                        For the most part, we were the only customers in the store, and as soon as I mentioned the Heavyweight competition, both the highly-praised Kyle and the astoundingly knowledgable Josh sprang to life and got me sized, measured, sized again, and then dove into leather choices and soles and whatnot.  In the end, we settled on Natural Chromexcel for the shaft and a leather called Harvest Roughout for the toe vamp and heel counter, a leather which Kyle said had previously been Japan-only, but that he had struck a deal with Whites to be able to offer it.  Its something along the lines of a roughout Red Dog, but a little lighter in color.  The conclusion was that it should darken to about the same as smooth Red Dog with some oiling and wear, should I choose to waterproof them like old school boots.

                                        That's all I'm going to say about what I've got planned.  Josh, Kyle, and I all decided that they'll certainly be among the most unique boots to come through Baker's, and that they certainly fit the spirit of the competition.

                                        My thanks to Josh and Kyle, and my onlooking, bewildered wife.  If, somehow, Oregon crosses your path, and by chance you end up several hours off the beaten path, then by all means, swing into Bakers.

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                                        • seanoconoS
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                                          Great read, MVF. Look forward to seeing your boots. They sound awesome.

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                                          • Megatron1505M
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                                            That really brought a smile to my face, thank you for sharing  😃

                                            Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

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