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    • SeulS
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      ^sounds good!..

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        @urbanwoodsman:

        Yeah man. Now I have to decide which pair to use for the boot comp.

        Baker's Bounty Hunters by White's Boots
        Toe Vamp Leather - Distressed Smooth(Brown)
        Counter Leather - Distressed Smooth(Brown)
        Upper (Shaft) Leather - Natural Chrome Excel by Horween
        Celastic Toe Box - Single
        Height - 8"
        Midsole - Single
        Heel Base - 90 Degree Blocked off Heel (Traveler)
        Last - Semi Dress (Bounty Hunter)
        Top - Cut Top (standard)
        Hardware - All Nickel Eyes
        Pull Loops - Leather Pull Loops - Distressed smooth
        Lace Design - Plain Toe
        Sole - Vibram 430 Mini Vib
        Sole trim - standard trim
        Edge - Natural
        Heel Lifts - Standard
        Leather laces
        False tongue - Natural Chrome Excel by Horween

        Urbanwoodsman, any chance of getting a picture or a description of how these boots have aged? I'm curious about how the brown distressed leather is evolving compared to the Nat CXL.

        From your pics, the 2 leathers look extremely similar when new, except that the Nat CXL seems to have a bit of a sheen, while the distressed smooth looks completely matte. Is that accurate? Any other differences?

        How about 6 months later?

        I'm thinking about ordering a pair of BHs in one of these leathers (or maybe both, like you have done), and it would be really helpful to understand how each of them wears over time. You've got them both of them on the same boot, so it's nearly a perfect controlled experiment!

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        • BluegrassB
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          Leftcoast - these boots (re-posted from prior page) are all nat. cxl BHs, 9-10 mos of regular wear, several times per week - stains across insteps are from indigo, and darkness on top of left boot is from motorcycle shifter.  I have not touched them with any sort of leather treatment or tried to clean them (they are not really dirty from normal streetwear).  hopefully this gives you an idea of how the cxl ages.

          @Bluegrass:

          Evo update on natty cxl BH

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          • urbanwoodsmanU
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            I've applied Pecards Oil twice and I'm about to do it again.





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            • derivative666D
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              Those look great

              "honorable mention to the bearded giant aka derivative666 for being a stand up dude & not changing with the seasons since i've been around these parts" Monday

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              • FridayF
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                Lovely urb..

                Tough, heavy and ready! = IRON HEART

                ~Shinici Haraki~

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                • ChponglasiaC
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                  What are people treating their Horse Hide Whites with? I have some Obenauf's LP. That would be fine, right?

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                  • tigerpacT
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                    horsehair brush.  They should stay with their own kind.

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                      @Bluegrass:

                      Leftcoast - these boots (re-posted from prior page) are all nat. cxl BHs, 9-10 mos of regular wear, several times per week - stains across insteps are from indigo, and darkness on top of left boot is from motorcycle shifter.  I have not touched them with any sort of leather treatment or tried to clean them (they are not really dirty from normal streetwear).  hopefully this gives you an idea of how the cxl ages.

                      Thanks Bluegrass, that is helpful. Looks like the leather has hardly darkened at all.

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                        @urbanwoodsman:

                        I've applied Pecards Oil twice and I'm about to do it again.

                        Thanks Urbanwoodsman! They've aged really nicely. Interesting that in these photos, the Nat CXL and the distressed smooth look even more alike after 6 months of tough love than they did when brand new.

                        Are these the same boots? In this pic it's much easier to see the difference in the leathers. Is this what they typically look like in daylight?

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                        • ChrisC
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                          @Chponglasia:

                          What are people treating their Horse Hide Whites with? I have some Obenauf's LP. That would be fine, right?

                          Yep, that should work well.

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                          • urbanwoodsmanU
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                            @leftcoast:

                            @urbanwoodsman:

                            I've applied Pecards Oil twice and I'm about to do it again.

                            Thanks Urbanwoodsman! They've aged really nicely. Interesting that in these photos, the Nat CXL and the distressed smooth look even more alike after 6 months of tough love than they did when brand new.

                            Are these the same boots? In this pic it's much easier to see the difference in the leathers. Is this what they typically look like in daylight?

                            Yeah those are the same boots. I believe that image was fairly early on and was after being oiled. Every time I oil them the chrome sheen really comes back out in the CXL.

                            This is a better pic of  them in the daylight from about two months ago.

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                              Those are looking great.

                              I need to take some proper pics of mine soon, but here are the toes of my red dog smooth. They've been dubbin'd, had Obenauf's LP applied, and recently polished. Back to LP in the next week or so in advance of proper winter.

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                                my new white's have arrived

                                8" lace to toe smoke jumper ( farmer-rancher cause of the non forestry approved sole. sole is vibram 430)

                                regular brown color - brown smooth. 

                                here they are the morning after an obenaufing. I'll get some proper pictures of them when they're laced up and a little less tacky (sticky).

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                                • BluegrassB
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                                  those 2 pics are the same boot??  wow the obenauf's really darkens them - i assu,e temporarily… Nice score, congrats!

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                                    the first picture makes them look a little lighter than they really were. don't get me wrong, the obenauf's did darken them, but not as crazy as the pictures make it seem.

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                                      • ChrisC
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                                        Tongue is the original color, I'm guessing?  They didn't darken too much, if so.

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                                        • Megatron1505M
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                                          They're very very nice erk.

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

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                                          • derivative666D
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                                            Seconded that's a beauty

                                            "honorable mention to the bearded giant aka derivative666 for being a stand up dude & not changing with the seasons since i've been around these parts" Monday

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