Lone Wolf Boots (Sugar Cane)
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On rakuten in general…
I think buying from there really depends on where you live. Living in California means that shipping for me is generally $20 and for some reason I never get hit with customs. As a result, especially when the yen is low, I can get things for way way cheaper. Like 100 dollars cheaper most of the time. It also comes pretty fast (3 or 4 days)
If you live in Europe then things get trickier. Shipping will definitely cost more and when you factor in their nazi customs policies you might not even end up ahead.
But if you can get it in Japan and you can't find any other vendors that sell it stateside (if you want to pay double like you said) then definitely get it on rakuten.
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im wondering is it worth me going to japan and buying a load of stuff as importing from there will probably be to expensive ,if not ill look for a pair of thorogoods
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Where are you located? I really doubt that it'd be more than 100 including shipping etc…
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located in the uk (essex area) the only worry for me is sizing as i went to try on another pair of red wing last saturday the 8 lace moc toe and found them really hard to get on in my size ,where as my 877 ones in the same size fits easy .
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Hi Dave, I'm looking at stocking Lonewolf seasonally towards the end of next year in the UK, too far off for you I'm sure so you might want to contact the UK Sugar Cane distributor (follow through the website), friendly guy and could help you with sizing and a one off pair maybe. I don't know how the sizing works out yet so wouldn't want to advise.
Good luck.
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thanks eastwest i wont be buying them at the moment so i can wait i could even be your first customer ,do you have the website or link for the sugarcane distributaor by chance ?
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almost went ahead and copped a pair of these lw carpenter boots today.
i was after the brown but they only had the black pair in stock…wasn't too sure about the silver eyelets on the all black pair. a bit too much contrast imo so i passed -.-
they fit a tad larger as your standard pair of boots (red wing for example). still i would take the same size in both though!
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And I like the brown better
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did you see them local to you or were you going to order on line ,as if it was in germany / ill drive over and buy a pair
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I'd been admiring these on Rakuten also.
In Finn's pic, I noticed something odd about the box. It says "St. Louis Missouri". However a google search doesn't show any Lone Wolf boots in Missouri or in the US.
What's up with the box labeling?
Japanese pay a lot of attention not only in the product also on labelling and package. They just love referring to heritage from USA
Here some Infos on this particular bootshttp://historypreservation.com/hpassociates/detailpop.php?uniqnum=326
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The brown is so much better on those.
