WESCO-MRLOU-CXL Wesco® -10" CXL Steerhide Engineer Boot - Brown The "Mister Lou"
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Any idea if these randomly get restocked on the site??
We will not be restocking this exact boot but a brown Mister Lou will be back in stock. We are going to be running brown veg-tanned horsehide instead of brown CXL. We are hoping that they will be ready in about 5-6 months time. Will we update here when we know a more accurate time frame.
Awesome! Thank you so much!
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Would love to try a pair of these IRL, quite imporant to know the fit on foot. I have quite demanding feets with high arches
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@Oaktavia I would wait until tonight and give them a coat before you go to bed. Check them again in the morning and see how they look? The shafts look pretty good and don't think you need much more. Maybe a coat and even then, they're not that bad.
The heels on the brown boots look dry.
The black ones definitely need a few more coats. Shafts look decent, but the lowers need some more to drink...just my $.02
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@Oaktavia Please be aware that there's such a thing as over-saturating your boots, so you have to find the right balance for your climate, leather, and lifestyle. If that isn't the most vague shit ever, I don't know what is. As long as you're conditioning them, they'll be fine. Most leathers leave the tannery and have a good 5-10 years before they'll need anything. Conditioning around once per year or two after that is generally a good idea. What you don't want to do is completely neglect them. The leather will turn into beef jerky and sawdust.
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@Oaktavia Use your best judgement. CXL in particular is notoriously stuffed with tons of fats and liquors at the tannery and doesn't need conditioning for 5-10 years. YMMV of course, but you're probably fine with being conservative with it. The leather still needs to be able to breathe.
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@Oaktavia Also, to reiterate. Use your best judgement. There's no one right answer for conditioning your boots because there are so many factors to consider, so you just need to look at the leather, feel the leather, and notice how it changes after you condition it, and keep an eye on them for a time, and condition again. You'll start to notice them drying out over time and you'll start to learn how much to use for the next time. Everyone's use-cases, environmental factors, and leathers are different, so it's a little trial in error, and largely varies from person to person. And as I mentioned earlier, as long as you're actually applying conditioner with some sort of regularity, you'll be fine.
-10" CXL Steerhide Engineer Boot - Brown The "Mister Lou"