White's Boots
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Love the upper, hate the sole. I have vowed never to touch any more footwear with a wedge sole.
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This place has some crazy make ups in Whites, Vibergs, and Wescos.
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wow… those are amazing
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Ordered my first pair some minutes ago
A classic Oxford for Summer -
This place has some crazy make ups in Whites, Vibergs, and Wescos.
great link shane!
some killer looking make up's in there -
SELLING THESE WIFE HATES IT. 400 SHIPPED ANYWHERE VIA EMS BRAND SPANKIN NEW SIZE 9E
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grabbed these when the seller re-listed them on the Bay. great seller that i was actually able to negotiate a reasonable price with shipping from Canada.
strongly considering these for the mega boot thingy; what can i say, i'm weak for brown rough out.
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Beautiful !!
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Size 8D, if they're the ones I saw. Great score.
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damn you all… your boots make me want another pair.
thinking about getting a l2toe smokejumpers in 6 inches. can't decide on colors. i know i want some sort of black, but i am not sure if i want black and tan or just all black. also cant decide if i want the northwest last or the swing last.
i love the comfort of my burgundy SD, but not so enamored by the looks. not rugged enough, imo.
also considering the white's engineers... i have a pair of chippewa engineers but they are all black and i think the natural midsole would make the whites look so much better, especially with a lowered heel. prob go black dress on those too to get a sick shine.
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Hathorn boots are made by guys training to work on Whites, basically apprentices. They are also made from slightly cheaper leathers, I believe some of the leathers are bought in from overseas. However, I have owned a couple of pairs of Hathorn boots, and the quality difference in terms of build is not noticeable at all.
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Hathorn boots are made by guys training to work on Whites, basically apprentices. They are also made from slightly cheaper leathers, I believe some of the leathers are bought in from overseas. However, I have owned a couple of pairs of Hathorn boots, and the quality difference in terms of build is not noticeable at all.
I'm going to email White's and see if they have a generic answer to this.
This is just my opinion.
You can get custom boots from the Hathorn line that use the exact same leathers as the heavy duty White's line. Maybe they use lighter weight versions? I'm not exactly sure.
Also, I think the Hathorn line are Machine welted whereas the Whites line are hand welted. The finished details are nicer on the Whites line as well. Usually, the Hathorn like has the close trim single welt stitching and the Whites line usually have a double welt stitch line on the standard trim.Overall, I'd say the Hathorn line is close to but still better quality than Red Wing, Wolverine, Danner, Chippewa, etc.
