Show us your boots

[Lucifer]

How off? shape or the finish? They have not put in the insole yet, not sure if that will change the exterior much though.

[gakugeidg]

@gakugeidg:

@demonito:

Very beautiful.
These Whites SD? In Chromexcel?

They look like Julian boots. Are they?
And is it horsehide?
Really intrigued by these. Great shape and nicely worn in.

[demonito]

[Lucifer]

Really nice boots! Not a big fan of suede usually, but that works well!

[Chris]

Technically, that's roughout- the flesh side of regular full grain leather; essentially, just inside out, not suede, which is a split grain leather, usually from a softer leather, like lamb or calf.  Roughout is a lot tougher and more stain resistant and durable.

For practical purposes, they look very similar, though.:)

God, I'm being a pedantic douche today…

[gakugeidg]

Hello demonito,

could you do me a favour and tell me what the black boots that you posted are?

[Jordan23]

@davito:

Jordan could you kindly show some more pix of your black please

Will do in next weeks! To much stress atm!

[Seul]

@Chris:

God, I'm being a pedantic douche today…

I love your pedantic streak…

[Lucifer]

@Chris:

Technically, that's roughout- the flesh side of regular full grain leather; essentially, just inside out, not suede, which is a split grain leather, usually from a softer leather, like lamb or calf.  Roughout is a lot tougher and more stain resistant and durable.

For practical purposes, they look very similar, though.:)

God, I'm being a pedantic douche today…

Aaah, I did not know! thanks, now I can keep my suede-skepticism

[MikeC]

@Megatron1505:

The FH boots are made from Deer skin, and look amazing. Same as anything I guess, if you can afford it then it is worth the price.

So is the IH/Aero western and it's similar price. Id rather get the shirt for that price. Seems like a shirt has much more deerskin, just sayin'….

[derivative666]

[michaeljcr]

A couple of good blog pieces on Veldtschoen boots:

http://loomstate.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/lotus-veldtschoen-guaranteed-waterproof.html

http://loomstate.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/veldtschoen-variations.html

[zhivago]

I've had these for a couple of years now, they just keep getting more comfy. They are some vibergs that we're part of the jp street collection.

[Seul]

Those are hard as fuck mate…

[ronaldlsh]

Looks fucking good!

[Dirty Denim]

They are from the jcrew collection

http://www.jcrew.com/mens_category/shoes/ruggedboots/PRDOVR~30489/30489.jsp

[Lucifer]

My santalum arrived:

[Giles]

And?

[Moonshine]

@Giles:

And?

Yes!  And…

[Lucifer]

The verdict?

Well, I won't make any comments on durability etc, but the fit is good, a little tiny bit on the tight side with my ordinary thick wool socks, but a-ok with thinner socks. They are unlined, so a fair bit lighter than for instance my alden indys.

The santalum rubber sole looks good and the rubber/leather heel feels good so far. They are a bit less black and more a dark/matte grey, but some black shoe polish will fix that right up i suspect.

So far, I'm quite happy with how they turned out, will make a more thorough review later.