Oak Street Bootmakers

[madmonday]

Oak Street Bootmakers seem reasonably enough priced, but to read GEO & seul in agreement is truly priceless 

[Geo]

Me and Seul ALWAYS agree - don't we Seul?

[Seul]

Always - this is very true.

[Geo]

y'see Monday . . . me and that lovely begian bloke are of one mind

shame on you to think otherwise . . .

[dizco]

@cm1:

I am starting to panic now that I am going to get hit with a big Customs charge.  Mine have been held in UK Customs since Thursday.  Ordered them direct from Oak St webshop.  Anyone else order to the UK have any Customs bill?

any news regarding the custom?

[Seul]

Ok so apparently:

• 9US = 43Euro
• 8.5US = 42€
• 8US = 41€

They use the Ralp Lauren sizechart. I changed my size from 9 to 8.5 despite them already having started on my shoe and just look at how kind they were about it:

Eli,
We'll take care of you!  We did start your shoes, but no worries - you want shoes that fit.  Email lauren@oakstreetbootmakers.com with your order #, and tell her you need to change the size.

She'll get the ball moving.

Thank you so much Eli!

-George

[injunjack]

@Seul:

Ok so apparently:

• 9US = 43Euro
• 8.5US = 42€
• 8US = 41€

I still don't buy that. I have NEVER been 43Euro in finnish or european made shoes/Boots. Always 42.

[Seul]

It doesn't matter - it's just a chart they use… If their 8.5s equal a Euro 42, that's what I need...

This is different than buying massproduced shoes... These are handmade from scratch...

[injunjack]

I can dig that Seul.

And as I think I said earlier, at least Vans say 8,5=42 and they are ½ size small… So buyer beware...

[GuyH]

Ok the Red Wing boat shoes arrived and they fit slightly big… I know I really want the Navy Oxford's.  How much to get them in or to the UK?  I'm a 10 in Tricker's, Grenson and Red Wing Moc Toe.  Would 10's be the right size on the Oak st?

[nameness]

Email them directly and they can sort you out re: shipping & sizing.  George is extremely helpful.

[GuyH]

cheers, I will do.

edit:  Well email sent… hopefully it gets to George.

[Giles]

Seconded, George i a delight to work with…..

[Beatle]

I am so torn about these…

[GuyH]

In what way Beatle?

[Beatle]

okay,

love the leather (brown horween would be my pick)
love the construction
love the vibram sole
love the 4 eylets

but - I have yet to see them on someone´s feet other than the website to really judge the fit. the website pics blow my mind, ankle freeze steeze, but most "regular" fit pics make them look , hmm, smallish or how do I put it, ordinary…

[Giles]

Likely to have a couple of pairs here very soon for you to look at Beats.  George not sure that I need to go to an E, so he's shipping me a couple of D's to try on.  Brown Horween hunt boot and ditto trail Oxford…...........

[Beatle]

yeah, maybe that would help, gotta see them in the flesh…

[GuyH]

I get what you're saying.  The pics I've seen don't live up to the website pics but I guess that's often the case.  All the things you mentioned though mean I really like them.

[Geo]

saw them in the flesh couple of days back - a friend sells them from his shop

all the stuff in the website pics are more or less true to form, but there is a finese to the workmanship which detracts slightly to the feel

sounds a contradiction, i know, but my earliest impressions were of something more rugged and perhaps chunkier . . . they seem less like that, and a little more dressy to my eye now

all that said - they are very well made, still a lovely shoe and made from a top quality leather - well worth the investment