Show us your boots
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The IH forum is both an excellent resource and a terrible menace to my spending account. Diving deep on this thread is bad for my wallet.
I posted these in the Mr Lou thread, despite the boots being a custom order Boss:
And since we're talking Wesco, my Guildsman (fka the Alex):
With work style boots, two others that I'm quite fond of, Red Wing Moc, a classic. Admittedly, it's on their narrower last, and I should really be in a wide last, but the CRT leather is tough to resist.
Because I'm in what seems to be a great region for many things, including bootmakers, I made a trek down to Truman Boots for sizing and was able to convince them to build these out of the last bit of Waxy China Blue. They are part of my Bobcat boot collection, with the Bobcats being the mascot of my alma mater.
And on the topic of my Bobcat boots, I have a thing for western wear, and boots in particular. These Ariats from their Futurity series, built in Mexico, also sport my university's colors.
Lastly, for now, my party boots, python belly from Tecovas:
Safety third
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@Bobcat-Sig nice collection. Those blue Trumans are sweet.
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@Denimhead-0 Thank you! I'm stoked on them, not only for the color but for the fact that Truman offered to make them one-off for me. I also understand that Truman is moving away from non-traditional leathers and colors, so this is one of the last builds in that regard.
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@Dmart they won’t ship overseas? If not new, I see many pairs of lightly used boots available on eBay that should ship to Europe
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@Bobcat-Sig no, unfortunately they don't. I contacted them once. But you are right about eBay, remains the sizing that can be tricky with Western boots. I have some Lucchese an Ariats and they all vary in sizing. I may however be in Texas in spring next year, that's my opportunity then I guess haha.
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thanks for showing your Nice Boots everyone. These have been a while with me know.
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@Dmart fair. I went through three pairs of the pythons to find the best fit. Though to be fair, that’s true of most handmade boots, especially those in exotic leathers.
If you’re in Texas, your boot options are endless. Tecovas are good, but you’ll have access to so much more: Lucchese, Anderson Bean, Rios of Mercedes, and a bunch more I’m forgetting. Boot stores abound, so do a bit of homework on what's available based on your travels.
ETA: autocorrect slaughtered my post
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Edit: that is not my foot over the welt, weird leather crease
@selveldgesteps
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Viberg 2030s in brown nut cypress. Had these overdyed black but still not dark enough for my tastes. Will be experimenting with occasional black cream polish to get these blacker
Life's for living!
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johnlofgren
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@northsouthdenimguy said in Show us your boots:
Edit: that is not my foot over the welt, weird leather crease
Tasty! That's a build I've not seen before. Looks like a cross between their Boss and a western roper cowboy boot. Sweet!
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Wearing these alot lately. Very happy they easily fit under 777. My favorite forum purchase so far. Not to mention how high the price has gone on the new ones.
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@jfive67 Beauties! Out of curiosity, why the black overdye as opposed to buying a black base boot? DIY teacore project?
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Ive been after a 2030 in black teacore for a while, specifically wanting a plain toes and a commando/ridgeway sole. It seemed like Viberg was trending away from what I was looking for. Most 2030s are cap toed, with new plain toes mostly being either 1035 or navvy boots. I scored these brown cypress a while back on eBay and they weren’t getting worn so I asked unsung guys to overdye them like some other boots I have. Kind of a shortcut to getting that look if brown peaking out from black
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@jfive67 Very cool, and understandable route given the limited options now, as you mentioned.
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@CosmoSix5 What are the details on those boots? Leather or shop variant? Didn't think I would want a green pair of boots til now.
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These are so good. I think I got them right before the tariffs hit, but for the next two pairs from TJ, I paid tariffs on one($30)and not the other.
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@CosmoSix5 I'm surprised about the tariffs bc I thought if the product originated from this side a tariff wouldn't apply. Unless we're paying the tariff back that applied to the boots going there.
