John Lofgren (Speedway)
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Picked up Lofgren's deck vest. The fabrics are sumptuous and the construction immaculate. A perfect winter middle layer or autumn outer layer.
Very soft, matte jungle cloth, leather trimmed D pockets lined with herringbone.
Melton lined, a roomy interior pocket.
Popping the storm collar, perfect mid layer for the 65.
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^^Vest looks very nice. Like the features and fabrics, and I'm sure it works great as a layering piece. How about the fit? Looks like there is a bit of extra material on the shoulders? I'm guessing that might disappear if you threw a sweatshirt etc. on under it? Could you have sized down for wearing it over just a shirt?
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Yep, keep in mind it's a sleeveless deck jacket, so the cut is roomy, but you can size down for sure. I plan on putting this on over jackets, sweats, and hoodies so it's perfect for that.
I do expect the shoulders to sink down. At least I hope they do!
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It does, I tested out a few combinations, but the Strike Gold hoody is super thick and I bought this thing thinking of layering that under it. Works very well for that. I also tested a couple of IH sweats and those worked well too.
One of the more outside the box things I tried was wearing it over my A-2. This look is not for everyone, but I have to say I very much liked it, wound up looking like a varsity jacket almost.
I also love it as a mid layer to give my M-65 a little more winter legs.
The fabrics on this thing seriously impress me, I wish I could somehow convey texture on here.
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McLain, glad to hear the vest works well over hoodies. And would like to see some pics over your a-2. I was thinking to wear my FW air crew vest over my leather jacket, but it doesn't quite look right. But that is mainly a result of a bit of a mismatch between red brown of the leather and the green of the vest. Not my pic, but this is more or less the combo I tried.
Looks good with blue though, and I picked up the FW deck jacket to wear under it, as in this pic.
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Interesting information, John mentioned on Facebook a few details about the provenance of the different components of his engineers when I posted a picture of mine on his timeline and said I was happy with how they were standing up to my and the Minneapolis winter's abuse: "It must be due to the combined powers of Made in USA (leather, soles & heels), Made in England (welting strips), Made in Australia (buckles) and Made in Japan (stacks, shanks and construction of the boots)."
These boots are truly a citizen of the world
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I'm 8.5 Smokejumpers and 9.5 Lofgren with a gel insole I have a perfect fit. I could probably wear a 9.
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I am solidly a US9.5 D in most brands. Red Wing digitally measured me as such.
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Placed my order. Very stoked for the boots, and very stoked to hear they'll be here in June!
Bordeaux CXL.
New Lofgren last (same sizing as engineers)
Horsehide lining
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Don't you have a thing for burgundy boots Giles?
Maybe there are tougher boots, and maybe prettier boots, but IMO the Lofgren's are the perfect blend of the two.
Here is the vintage boot that John based the last and design on:
http://bowarrow71.blog111.fc2.com/blog-entry-1917.html
I don't know how true the current design is to that vintage boot though. Guessing that he started with that as an inspiration, but ended up tweaking things as he went along. For example, height. I like the shorter height, but I'd be pretty stoked to see a later release in the original height too.
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It is a gem of a logger boot. I have so far resisted the urge to order one but man it's lovely.
