Recent Purchases
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Those are lovely. I, too, have been obsessed with cap toes. Haven't managed to find the pair that will satisfy me, unfortunately.
What are those, by the way?
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Thanks. They're Bedstu Romels:
http://bedstu.com/product/456/romel/in/roan-collection
Good for the price (<$200usd). The pics on the site portray them as slight distressed, they come new and clean with some color variation. A friend whose polishing skills surpass my own helped me burnish the toes a bit more, I like 'em.
I'll still probably buy a pair of Alfred Sargent Culfords or C&J Conistons at some point, but these are a different steez.
Chris - What have you been looking at in your search?
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those are a Hanon 50 only limited edition, unfortunly all sold out.
Hanon take currently pre-order on the 1500 (no wooden box) in this colorway for shipping at some point in Feb, but most sizes seem already be sold out again…
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Thanks. They're Bedstu Romels:
http://bedstu.com/product/456/romel/in/roan-collection
Good for the price (<$200usd). The pics on the site portray them as slight distressed, they come new and clean with some color variation. A friend whose polishing skills surpass my own helped me burnish the toes a bit more, I like 'em.
I'll still probably buy a pair of Alfred Sargent Culfords or C&J Conistons at some point, but these are a different steez.
Chris - What have you been looking at in your search?
Interesting- I bought a pair of Bed Stu Crecy boots a while back for super cheap (<$90), but when they arrived, they were too big. I agree, not bad quality for the price. I picked up a pair of William Lennons and they're nice, but really heavy and they're going to take a while to break in. Other than that, I've been looking at the usual suspects- White's Semi-Dress, Red Wing Iron Rangers, Wolverine Montgomery, etc. If I really wanted to go all out, I'd try to find something like the Alden Jump Boot with a lug sole, or a custom pair of Tricker's, like this pair of Hermanns or this pair of Stows. That's getting a tad spendy, though.
Ideally, I'm looking for something that straddles the line between dressy and tough/functional. Not an easy balance, especially since I'm not exactly sure what I want.
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Crosspost from the product thread. IHSH-32
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fifediesel - Lookin' good, it's a great shirt.
Chris - I hear you, there are more than few out there. I have a couple (non-custom) pairs of Tricker's and can tell you they're worth it. Leather Soul did a pair of semi-brogue (they called them Eatons) with Tricker's recently that looked great, but they sold out of my size before I could snag 'em. I view brogues as straddling that tough/dressy line pretty well.
Wore the Romels today, they were pretty comfy. We'll see how they hold up.
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http://seavees.com/shop/products/mens/02_60._7_eye_trail/
seavees trailboot. they were on giltman for super cheap. i couldnt drop the cash on a pair of quoddy's like i wanted. these are pretty ridiculously comfortable though.
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they arent on the same level as a pair of quoddy's, or yuke's, or russells, or something of that ilk but i'd put them on par with anything Clark's has on the market right now. I actually find them to be much more comfortable than my wallabee's or desert boots. they have a removable insole in the footbed which has alot of cushion. overall i'm happy with them, and they were $79 bucks on giltman so i really can't complain. Totally worth it for that price. If I were going to pay full price for them then I would have just saved more money and gotten the Quoddy Grizzly boot.
i also custom ordered a pair of thorogood boots a while back and they just shipped so i'll post up a review when they arrive.
