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[Snowy]

@superfuzz:

How are they breaking in for you, Snowy?

Feeling good mate. Loosening up tons in all the right areas. 2 full days, 2 evenings. May have to add a 5th notch on the strap, but so far have not had any issues with the slippage. Feel like a million bucks strutting in these bad boys.

[Seul]

I found the old ad for my Grensons!..

http://www.styleforum.net/t/98307/grenson-wwii-combat-boot-waxed-leather-us-9d-e

Five years later…

[Bluegrass]

handsome boots - very unique… liked the old WWII pic in the style forum ad.

[tigerpac]

Looking good mr pig

[Chiba J.]

Before and After pics of my Lofgren Engineers.

Before

After (8 months)

[mclaincausey]

Epic Chiba. Just epic. Congratulations on those beauties!

[tatmantall]

Those are tempting…

[Chiba J.]

^^ Thanks guys. Badalassi has turned out to be a lot tougher than I initially thought.

I haven't applied anything to them yet. Thinking about it though…...

[mclaincausey]

I read somewhere that the Baldalassi people say they don't need anything

[Chiba J.]

Yeah I think I posted that. That's what I heard from Fujita at Mushmans, who heard it from Mr. Badalassi. Still thinking about putting something on though…...

[Qinhan]

A quick shot of my new daily beaters for work.  Thanks to Snowy, Mclaincausey and TMG for their advice.  I ended up getting the dynamic flex comfort version of these boots which are extremely comfortable.  Hoping that these last me many, many years…

[Snowy]

Very nice! Am sure they'll treat you well. They have a nice faint toe-track on them too IIRC :).

[tatmantall]

How do rm Williams fit? Tts? Ibex always wanted a pair. Very nice man

[Qinhan]

Weird sizing.  I'm a 7G in RM, an 8 in RW and an 8 (26.0 cm) in Japanese boots.  I was very glad I could try these on in the store before buying.  The other thing is, because they're chelsea boots, they've got to be tight when you buy them because the leather stretches a little, but not too tight that they're uncomfortable.

[tatmantall]

Thanks man, I'm probably a weirdo but I like my boots as tight as I can get them in all directions. It just feels better to me as long as my toe is just touching the end and the Instep is stretched tight across my foot with the heel locked down…. Probably not good for my feet but whatever

[superfuzz]

Wow, those Lofgren Badalassi engineers look so great! I wasn't sold on the color when new but worn in they look amazing. I bet this guy who died his pair wishes he'd just left good enough alone! http://vintageengineerboots.blogspot.com/2013/05/reader-mail_22.html

[tatmantall]

yeah…. I would say for a number of reasons he regrets that decision.

[Chiba J.]

They look very appropriate for today (or perhaps tomorrow where you are…..)

[Bluegrass]

Bold move to irreversably fuck with a pair of rare and expensive boots like that - only time will tell - but after viewing Chiba's, it seems like it will be very hard to beat the natural wear process for this leather.

[mclaincausey]

"Bold" is one word for it. They came out nice but the cognac is transcendent.