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WESCO-MRLOU-NATH - Wesco® - 10" Horsehide Engineer Boot - Natural. The "Mister Lou"

WESCO - West Coast Shoe Company
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    jcurry23
    Raw and Unwashed
    Joined: 2 Jul 2024

    For those who have received these already. Have you conditioned or polished them? If so what product/s have you used. If not what products do you plan on using?

    last edited by 2 Jul 2024, 15:07 R 1 Reply Last reply 2 Jul 2024, 15:42 Reply Quote 0
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      Ross
      IHUK Crew
      @jcurry23
      Joined: 6 Dec 2021

      @jcurry23 I don't have these but I do have the sample of the these in the same hide and been giving them some serious abuse - I've just used the Obernauf's followed by a go over with some plain boot polish to keep the British weather out. Only needed doing about twice in a years wear, once just before the winter started in earnest then a top up in the new year, not touched them since.

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        jcurry23
        Raw and Unwashed
        Joined: 2 Jul 2024

        @Ross thanks a bunch for that info.

        Any chance you can through some photos up of how they are aging for you?

        last edited by 3 Jul 2024, 02:47 R 1 Reply Last reply 3 Jul 2024, 07:00 Reply Quote 0
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          Ross
          IHUK Crew
          @jcurry23
          Joined: 6 Dec 2021

          @jcurry23 This is the most recent pics I've got at 6 months in, honestly they're not that much darker/different now, although they have picked up a bit more indigo transfer from my jeans and a spot of paint from propping a door open with my foot without knowing it had recently been painted 🙄

          I'll get some more pics up when I can

          last edited by 3 Jul 2024, 07:00 J 1 Reply Last reply 3 Jul 2024, 21:15 Reply Quote 0
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            jcurry23
            Raw and Unwashed
            @Ross
            Joined: 2 Jul 2024

            @Ross Understood. I'll look out for some updates in the future.

            Sorry to hear about the paint situation.

            last edited by 3 Jul 2024, 21:15 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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              Ross
              IHUK Crew
              Joined: 6 Dec 2021

              LIMITED RESTOCK

              last edited by 16 Jul 2024, 14:32 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                jabodunn
                Raw and Unwashed
                Joined: 4 May 2023

                Just got my pair in yesterday and again thank you to Graham, James, and Ross for the assistance. Doesn’t get any better with this whole team.

                Initial impressions:

                Color. Peachy! These arrived exactly the color shown in pictures on Iron Heart’s website. I have no doubt that they will take on a solid tan in the next couple of months and maybe weeks.

                Fit. I got these in 9d just like my black horsehide mister Lou’s. I don’t have a narrow foot but it’s sure not wide and they feel great. It seems that the heel cup has been updated since my last pair, because there was much more of a pop when putting these on and significantly less heel slip compared to my others.

                Leather. Ok so I am a bit confused and maybe someone can chime in for me. These are much more supple and soft than my black pair. I have always believed that my black pair were Maryam as well. There is no Horween stamp and they had more of a sheen when I first got them and they are very noticeably more stiff. So much in fact that these naturals are softer on the 2nd day than a year of wearing my black ones. I don’t know if that’s a characteristic of Horween or if it’s a result of being undyed?

                I’m really excited for these especially since the grain is so tight and they seem that they are gonna roll more than crease. They don’t have extreme stations like my black pair but that’s a trade off with this specific pair.

                All in all, I am pumped to see what these do over the next few months of wear.
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                last edited by 6 Aug 2024, 22:53 R 1 Reply Last reply 7 Aug 2024, 07:08 Reply Quote 5
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                  Ross
                  IHUK Crew
                  @jabodunn
                  Joined: 6 Dec 2021

                  @jabodunn The extra softness compared with the black is a result of this being the Natural leather rather than the black, with the brown (and the purple) Maryam falling somewhere in-between in terms of pliability.

                  If my natural Maryam boots are anything to go by you can absolutely expect some great patina and some beautiful, almost caramel, brown tanning as they soak up the sun and age.

                  last edited by 7 Aug 2024, 07:08 J 1 Reply Last reply 7 Aug 2024, 20:45 Reply Quote 1
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                    jabodunn
                    Raw and Unwashed
                    @Ross
                    Joined: 4 May 2023

                    @Ross thanks so much!

                    last edited by 7 Aug 2024, 20:45 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                      jcurry23
                      Raw and Unwashed
                      Joined: 2 Jul 2024

                      Aging nicely after about a month of wear.
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                        jcurry23
                        Raw and Unwashed
                        Joined: 2 Jul 2024

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                          injunjack
                          見習いボス
                          @jcurry23
                          Joined: 19 Feb 2010

                          @jcurry23

                          any treatment on these or just natty patina?

                          last edited by 23 Aug 2024, 10:30 J 1 Reply Last reply 24 Aug 2024, 16:36 Reply Quote 0
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                            jcurry23
                            Raw and Unwashed
                            @injunjack
                            Joined: 2 Jul 2024

                            @injunjack I used some sapphire Renovatour and dubbin on them. With that said it did not really change the color much until I got them out in the sun.

                            last edited by 24 Aug 2024, 16:36 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
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                              Germinal
                              Joined: 15 Jan 2024

                              Sugar. I missed this one ! Any idea when there will be restock ? I am a 45 Eu size

                              last edited by 29 Aug 2024, 05:05 R 1 Reply Last reply 2 Sept 2024, 09:56 Reply Quote 0
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                                Ross
                                IHUK Crew
                                @Germinal
                                Joined: 6 Dec 2021

                                @Germinal Not going be be in the near future I'm afraid, we'll be getting them back but we're working with Wescos timescales. I wouldn't expect to see them back for at least a year

                                last edited by 2 Sept 2024, 09:56 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                                • anodyneA
                                  anodyne
                                  Joined: 1 Oct 2024

                                  While I tap my foot and wait ... if I have Lofgren's in size 9D that fit well, I should consider these in a 9E, as they run narrower?

                                  last edited by 2 Mar 2025, 04:02 R 1 Reply Last reply 11 Mar 2025, 08:15 Reply Quote 1
                                  • bluemantraB
                                    bluemantra
                                    Haraki san Prodigy
                                    Joined: 19 Feb 2023

                                    Will these get to the level of the british tan domain with patina?

                                    WTB IHJ-140-IG size L

                                    last edited by 10 Mar 2025, 15:41 R 1 Reply Last reply 10 Mar 2025, 15:44 Reply Quote 0
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                                      Ross
                                      IHUK Crew
                                      @bluemantra
                                      Joined: 6 Dec 2021

                                      @bluemantra If my samples in the same hide are anything to go by - pretty close! mine have got to an almost caramel brown now after around 18 months of near continuous wear

                                      ...i really should get some more pics of those uploaded at some stage...

                                      last edited by 10 Mar 2025, 15:44 bluemantraB 1 Reply Last reply 10 Mar 2025, 15:46 Reply Quote 2
                                      • bluemantraB
                                        bluemantra
                                        Haraki san Prodigy
                                        @Ross
                                        Joined: 19 Feb 2023

                                        @Ross yes, pics please!

                                        WTB IHJ-140-IG size L

                                        last edited by 10 Mar 2025, 15:46 R 2 Replies Last reply 10 Mar 2025, 15:48 Reply Quote 0
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                                          Ross
                                          IHUK Crew
                                          @bluemantra
                                          Joined: 6 Dec 2021

                                          @bluemantra You can see what they were looking like after ~6 months here

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