White's Boots

[pillowPANTS]

Boots look great. They blue?
Any particular reason u left in the kiltie but cut the frayed end off?

[tod]

@pillowPANTS:

Boots look great. They blue?
Any particular reason u left in the kiltie but cut the frayed end off?

Thanks.  They are black CXL – they do look a little bluish in the pic, but less so in real life.

I liked the way the tongue protectors made them fit around the instep, but didn't like the kiltie part so I cut them off with a pair of scissors!  I also cut back some of the bellows tongue on each side so that they are now essentially semi-attached as an SD would be.  It solved my ankle rubbing problems immediately and made the boots so much more pleasant to wear...

[AndyO]

A couple of recent White's acquisitions.

Bullhide SD on standard last.

Brown Horsehide SD on #38 swing last.

[Bluegrass]

Nice - esp. love those 2-tones!

[tod]

@AndyO, any chance you could do a top down shot of the Swing last?  They look good..

[AndyO]

I'll get a photo in daylight tomorrow, showing the boots in comparison from above.

[davito]

Great boots @AndyO

[Aries]

Few days in and I'm loving my sienna water buffalos, double leather sole.

[davito]

Very nice @Aries

I love my 2 tones

[Aries]

Cheers @davito, as always your style is flawless too!

[aho]

I seem to recall someone owning a pair of Hathorn's…Can anyone comment on sizing vs. the White's line? Wondering if I can get away with the same size...

[Megatron1505]

I owned some Hathorns, sizing is identical.

[Megatron1505]

I was going to sell my Bounty Hunters but have decided to keep them and try to beat them into submission some more, failing that I'll just have them relasted.

[aho]

Thanks mega! Also glad to hear you're keeping the BH's!

[TH3515]

@aho:

I seem to recall someone owning a pair of Hathorn's…Can anyone comment on sizing vs. the White's line? Wondering if I can get away with the same size...

I have a pair of Hathorn Smokejumpers and a pair of White's Farmer/Ranchers. I expected the Hathorns (which I bought later) to be identical wrt sizing but that is only half true. My Hathorn SJ are much roomier (wider, but not longer) than the F/R. For me , it's OK because I got the Hathorn as a winter/bad weather boot. The F/Rs fit wonderfully precise with thin wool socks, whereas the Hathorn SJs need thick Smartwool socks and still have more heel slip than the FRs.
Don't know about the other lasts…

[Megatron1505]

^ Different lasts, are the boots tagged as the same width?

[TH3515]

^12.5D in both pairs. Standard SJ last on the F/R, no idea on the Hathorn - it's a plain Hathorn, type 110V.

[aho]

Thanks TH3515! I was intending on getting the Hathorn's for winter/crap weather boots as well but might just get some Bean Boots depending on the final bid price…We shall see!

[Bluegrass]

Sure wish these were my size - on eBay - black buffalo.  Very handsome boots.

[Chris]