White's Boots

[beeetus]

@tigerpac:

Got a call from Kyle about my incoming competition boots today (already at 10 weeks and counting from order confirmation, was 6-8 week lead time when I ordered) seems they can't do a 430 mini-lug sole, regular trim with an E width… so close trim it is!  Kyle was super friendly and helpful as usual...

...but at this point I just want the boots... sigh

Damn. Ten weeks already? I just ordered mine two weeks ago and am chomping at the bit already. I have a long way to go.

[Finn666]

a beautiful pair of nomads for ya…

@fre-co:

White's natural cxl nomad at about 6 months.

[tatmantall]

Toe is collapsing nicely

[Bluegrass]

Agree, this boot looks great, and I really like this style - a nomad in black roughout may be in my future…

[tigerpac]

Soooo got ANOTHER call from Kyle today… they couldn't do a 430 sole on an E even with a close trim!  You would think in the history of White's somebody else would have ordered an E with a 430 but ooook.

So switching it up to a 700 sole... and will now continue to wait... again....

[urbanwoodsman]

Man that really sucks and makes no sense. Like you said, this had to of happened at some point before. I mean it's not like you have a size 17 or something crazy right?

[tigerpac]

Nope, 10 E.  Would have thought that was normal….

[Bluegrass]

Sucks.

[Chris]

That makes no sense at all.  I ordered a pair in 10.5D, regular trim, swing last, (which is really wide at the front half of the foot) with the mini-lug sole.  They made it with no problem.

I think something else is going on here.

[demonito]

what size are you?

[Bluegrass]

I thought I noticed awhile back that (Jamie?) a.k.a. EastWest carried a lot of stock in E width on the EastWest website - I wonder if he has had any issues getting different soles?

[Megatron1505]

Planning my next order going in in the next couple of weeks. Stitch down hikers in a crazy combo of red dog rough out and brown dress.

[boilerup]

My 13D bounty hunter can't be made with VIb430, so I opted for composition sole, I guess this could be due to whatever supply in their warehouse at that time.
On another note, my HWBC boots are almost here….

[tigerpac]

Well at least SOMEBODY is getting their competition boots

Now 11 weeks from the day I ordered….  competition will be half way over by the time I get the friggen things.

[Bluegrass]

@boilerup:

My 13D bounty hunter can't be made with VIb430, so I opted for composition sole, I guess this could be due to whatever supply in their warehouse at that time.
On another note, my HWBC boots are almost here….

They made my 12.5D with Vib430 mini lug.  I guess 12.5 is the cutoff… Great news on your boots - you will be very happy soon.

[leej0101]

White's Northwest in Aztec Bullhide.
Lace-to-Toe 6"

Btw, does anyone know what products I can use to clean the bullhide leather? Its matt and changes colour when water drops on it so I've since then applied a layer of obernauf's to waterproof them a little. However, that's not stopping dirt and grime from sticking to the surface.

[toddjcoley]

They look sweet!

[Chris]

You can use any normal leather care product for bullhide.  Personally, I use Bick 4 on all my leather goods, including my boots made with bullhide.

[Megatron1505]

The only cautionary note I would add to bull hide is that because it is made from older animals it can be a little more brittle (despite its tough appearance), so don't let it dry out too much between greases/ oiling.

[Chris]

Valid point.  I've noticed that the pebbly texture bull hide is a tad drier than the wrinkly texture (aka shrunken shoulder) bull hide that White's seems to prefer.  I prefer the shrunken shoulder, too, it should be said.