White's Boots

[urbanwoodsman]

Just ordered some blacked out White's

Lace Design: Plain Toe
Edge: Black
Toe Vamp Leather: Black Otter
Counter Leather: Black Otter
Upper (Shaft) Leather: Black Chrome Excel by Horween
Pull Loops: Leather Pull Loops
Sole: Vibram 430 Mini Vib
Leather Liner: Cream
Height: 7"
Single Celastic Toe
Last: Semi Dress (Bounty Hunter)
Hardware: All Black Eyes
Heel Base: 90 Degree Blocked off Heel (Traveler)
Heel Lifts: Standard
Top: Cut Top
Midsole: Single

[Chris]

What's the black otter leather?  I'm assuming that it's not actually otter, but I know what happens when you assume.

[seanocono]

I've always thought that leather looked interesting. Really curious to see how this turns out, urb.

Here's a sample, Chris:

http://www.eastwestapparel.co.uk/leather-samples

[urbanwoodsman]

@Chris:

What's the black otter leather?  I'm assuming that it's not actually otter, but I know what happens when you assume.

I have no idea whether it's real otter or not. I just like it because it's a little more matte and pliable than the standard Black Dress but still leagues ahead of the CXL.

[Bluegrass]

This does not look like boot material  ???

[Chris]

I once talked to a bootmaker who told me, "if you can kill it, you can make boots out of it."  I've seen boots made from fish skins, frog skins, and cow stomachs.  Nothing would surprise me, but I agree, real otter seems unlikely.

[urbanwoodsman]

There wasn't a price mark up for the leather so I'm assuming it's just a gimmicky name.

[Chris]

Yeah, I was going to guess that it's treated with silicone or something to make it more water resistant, you know, since otters are water animals.  Guess we'll find out when you get them in a month or two.

[natehate]

you'd need a lot of otters to make boots

ps. sweet tag line chris hahaha didnt notice that until now

[Chris]

It's gonna be there all year.

Gotta admit, I'm still getting used to the new pic, though.

[natehate]

if it didnt win i was gonna run it myself to be honest. sorry for the derail

[Megatron1505]

Otter leather is oil treated calf I believe, I asked Kyle about it a while ago as it confused me too.

[Giles]

No Mega, I think Beef Tarka is like Beef Masala just Otter…...

[nicecrackaction]

natural chrome excel…

[TH3515]

@TH3515:

There's an interesting SD build on White's ebay auctions:

The description only says "burgundy leather", but doesn't mention what type of leather it is. Calf? Water Buffalo? Seems to be very glossy and the colour has a beautiful depth. Also, the toe cap is interesting. It has that dark burnished look that is quite popular on "fashion" boots and which I normally don't like. I think it's pretty cool here. Could that be a new option - burnished dress toe cap?

What do you think? btw that pair is way too small for me. But I am thinking about a pair of SDs in the near future;-)

Sold. So… did anybody here get them?
I asked Whitesriver for details on the build. They replied that this build is only available through Bakers but didn't give further infos..go figure...

[4c]

Hope so, if anyone hear got them please post lots of pics :-*, there are almost NO pictures of cordo Whites…

[TH3515]

@4c:

Hope I’m wrong, but those look like cordovan…

I'm afraid you were right. Just got an email from Kyle. It's their limited edition #8 shell SD. So we're looking at roughly 1000$ here

[urbanwoodsman]

I feel bad for anyone who slept on those. $360 for cordovan boots. Wow. Wish they were my size.

[Chris]

Yeah, someone got one hell of a deal.

[tigerpac]

Crazy!