Oak Street Bootmakers

[Finkster]

Beside my beloved Foot Patrols, are these Oak Street Boondockers my current 'companions. 

[David_pll]

@Finkster How are those holding up? Do you have any photos of them please?

[Dion]

^and how's the sizing?

[Finkster]

Sorry .. the Oak Streets are 'stored' at the moment … currently, no time for dig out and shot them.

The fitting is comfy and the workmanship flawless.
But - naturally no comparison with my Wesco's or Vibergs. 

[jock1624]

Wore these out today natural trench boot , very comfy .

[Jii]

Bought the natty trench boots on a Dainite sole recently, haven't worn them too much yet but they were very comfy from the get go. Went TTS and fit is spot on for me. Couldn't be happier.

[Dion]

Looking dope, Jii!

How's the sizing of the lovely trench boot e.g. compared to Red Wing?

[Jii]

I only have the 3140 Chukka so can't generalize but I think the trench boots are very much the same size as them. I have a US13 in both and the only difference in fit I can feel is a bit more width in the toe box. Wore them today again, jeans are 666s

[Dion]

Thanks, Jii! I wear a US11 in the Chukkas and 10,5 in almost every other RW. Am pending between both sizes…

[Jii]

Well I like to wear thick socks and couldn't go any smaller in the OSBs if that's helpful. Probably couldn't comfortably use the same socks in the chukkas so I'd say the size difference is very very small. With this in mind I'd take the same size as the chukkas. Still havent worn my trench boots more than 15 times so probably haven't stretched out to their final size, but I did walk 6 km in them the first time I wore them without any trouble. Hope this helps!

[jock1624]

Wore these today , love the colour .

[louisbosco]

resoled the IH x Oak Street shell cordovan with brass tokyo when i was in japan to commando sole as i'm not really a huge fan of the danite sole. great work by them. very happy with their workmanship..

[jock1624]

Look terrific mate .

[den1mhead]

@jock1624:

Look terrific mate .

+1

[Dion]

They're looking brand new now! Awesome!

[EJS]

Has anyone else had problems with the dainite sole on the trench boot? After a week of wear the sole at the tip of the shoe has started to come away from the leather. Contacted OSB and was told to take the boots to a local repair shop for gluing … after 1 week ... Not sure about the quality of the single stitch down, seems very flimsy.

[louisbosco]

thanks guys, i've always like the commando sole look. it definitely looks like new now..

@EJS i've never had that problem with the danite sole and stitching. for me it was more about the danite being rather slippery on oily floors in restaurants and such..

[Finkster]

^^ No problems with my dainite soles on the Oak Streets … or generally (Trickers / Viberg / .. )

• but I think a good cobbler can fix this easily

[EJS]

Thanks for the replies, not had any problems with these type of soles on other boots either so I guess I've been unlucky with the trench boot.

[Seul]

@EJS:

After a week of wear the sole at the tip of the shoe has started to come away from the leather.

Depending on how much it has started to come away, this isn't something you should worry about.