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    • ChrisC
      Chris
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      @seawolf:

      @superfuzz:

      you can also get a jobmaster with packer upper

      My dream boot.

      That's actually what I have planned.  I was happy to find out that Wesco will do this for no extra charge.  I've always had a weird hatred of that heel counter/vamp overlap.

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      • S
        superfuzz
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        Chris what's your build gonna be?

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        • FridayF
          Friday
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          imo a simple 10 or 6 inch with 430 vibram, semi lace to toe , brass hooks and eyelets plus brown or green stitching would be… beautiful

          Tough, heavy and ready! = IRON HEART

          ~Shinici Haraki~

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          • S
            superfuzz
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            Friday, I'm thinking about a build like that but 8" with Packer upper and that new brown leather. Hope to order this summer to get them for next fall.

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            • ChrisC
              Chris
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              8", packer style upper, Vibram 100 sole, regular toe, brass eyes & hooks, burlap leather.  Pretty ordinary, really, but i just wanted a simple boot that will take a beating and last forever.

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              • GilesG
                Giles
                IHUK Crew
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                That Burlap…..

                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                • ChrisC
                  Chris
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                  Yup, after I saw it on your pair, it moved to the top of the list.

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                  • S
                    superfuzz
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                    That'll be a fine pair of boots!

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                    • Bretro_B
                      Bretro_
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                      Just got off the phone with Chris at wesco; 7" MP toe Packer is no problem.

                      I'm in!! Well, there's the whole money thing to sort out first 🙂

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                      • S
                        superfuzz
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                        Bretro, do it! I want to see that new leather!

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                        • Bretro_B
                          Bretro_
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                          Cheers bro! Think I'm sold.

                          Gonna send my MP engineers for a toe stretch; and will ask for a sample of that leather.

                          Will update you guys with my thoughts and pics when I get the sample

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                          • S
                            superfuzz
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                            Good idea! A stretch really helped my MP bosses.

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                            • Bretro_B
                              Bretro_
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                              Dude,

                              Mine are killin me… Look at where my big toes protrude on mine

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                              • S
                                superfuzz
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                                I can't really see your toes in that pic. What jacket is that?

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                                • Bretro_B
                                  Bretro_
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                                  Haha, sorry bout that. I'll update the photo

                                  The jacket is a modified Aero Dustbowl. Leather jackets are my first true love, followed by boots

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                                  • BluegrassB
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                                    yeah the toes look too tight, ouch! hope the stretch works out…

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                                    • injunjackI
                                      injunjack
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                                      forget the flattoe frenzy and buy bumptoes 😉

                                      Me thinks that people believe that ALL old engineer boots had flat toe, but they had soft "bump" toe that then during the use collapsed, creating "flat toe" which all who wear engineers because of the hype crave for.

                                      I might be wrong though….

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                                      • seawolfS
                                        seawolf
                                        Mod Squad
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                                        @injunjack:

                                        forget the flattoe frenzy and buy bumptoes 😉

                                        It's just more comfortable (for me anyway)!

                                        I need that extra room. My toes need space to move up and down. I don't have the bump toe last, just the regular Wesco last for the Boss boots and for me it's the perfect amount of room.

                                        “Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible” - Don Norman

                                        @zeebeeleather

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                                        • madmondayM
                                          madmonday
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                                          your wife kicked your a$$ again huh?

                                          go ahead & get up, boots & jeans look good.

                                          injun i don't know if folks are going for the "vintage" look or that's just what's happening now a days.  always fun (for me anyway) to read your posts

                                          head high, middle finger higher

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                                          • S
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                                            Injunjack, some people like the look of a vintage flattened toe, why do you care what someone else thinks looks good? Wear what you like and other people will wear what they like.  And I'm pretty sure you're wrong about all vintage boots being bump toes that flatten. Look at ads for engineener boots from the 30's, the toes aren't totally flattened but they already have a low profile.

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