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    Iron Heart Fall/Winter 2025 Collection Preview - Now Live

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      LandoCal126 0
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      What's the deal on these?

      @oakstbootmakers:

      Alright men,
      Here is a photo to show how the leather compares in color to our current navy and brown chromexcel.

      I so excited to make these for you guys.  This Loden Green Chamois isn't a standard leather for Oak Street or for Horween - it's a special order that we've done just for the forum members.  I know you guys want something special and different from the usual offerings and the chamois is a perfect way to set these shoes apart.  Chamois is a neubuck, and for this run i've decided to oil it to make it a little darker and to strengthen it.  This is a leather that will look uneblievable with wear.  It'll scuff up and get a great rough track to it over time while still molding to your foot and being super soft.

      This is my favorite Oak Street shoe already, and I think we're only going to make 19 pairs for you guys - because I'm gonna make a pair for myself  🙂

      Also - I'll personally lightly burnish each pair and box them up for you.  Can't wait to make these for you all, and start seeing the worn photos here in this thread

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      • SeulS
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        @Giles:

        They should be complete very soon….G

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          @Seul:

          @Giles:

          They should be complete very soon….G

          Precisely. Thanks Seul.

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          • zhivagoZ
            zhivago
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            I spoke with Maggie on 9/9, she told me about three more weeks, just had these on the doorstep waiting for me this morning to ease the wait

            Zhivago

            MM: "we all got to start somewhere"

            G: "Never once did he bitch, moan or complain.  He just motivated the team and got on with it"

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            • barunB
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              nice, more pics please

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              • jimmyJ
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                monkey definitely tell George about it. an unhappy customer not contacting is a retailers worse nightmare.

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                • the-monkeyT
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                  @jimmy:

                  monkey definitely tell George about it. an unhappy customer not contacting is a retailers worse nightmare.

                  I sent him a mail and he already answered me. George said that this should be only a very minor repair and that I could take the shoes to a local cobbler or sent them to him. I’m going to try a local cobbler because it would cost way more time to send the shoes from Germany to the USA. I’m also pretty sure that the German customs would be a pain in the ass again. (I paid over 60€ in custom dues for the shoes…)

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                  • SeulS
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                    the-monkey: you made me check mine and yes sir:

                    But I don't think this is a problem, really… I'll ask George whether I should have a cobbler take a look at them, otherwise I pretty much can't be arsed...

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                    • Finn666F
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                      i just think a bit of super glue will do the trick…nothing bad at all, since the stitching still should be in a great condition

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                      • SeulS
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                        And George with the quickness:

                        Hey!
                        Yeah, don't sweat the vibram sole coming off or anything - it wont!  That slight separation just can't be helped - it'll never come off though.  If you ever feel like it, you could ask a local cobbler touch the spot up

                        Thanks Eli!
                        -George

                        Is what I thought… Doing absolutely fuck all to it.  😘

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                        • SimonQ.S
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                          same problem with my old color #8 alden indys.. should be some sort of planned obsolescence (i´d swear 80 years ago mankind was able to produce shoes with stitchings that last longer than a couple of month..)

                          selling: http://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=4495.0
                          seeking: http://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=4788.0

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                          • GilesG
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                            It's not the stitching that is coming undone on the OSB (or at least from what I have seen), it is merely the edge of the welt and the edge of the sole coming apart slightly…...

                            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                            • SeulS
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                              No no no - the stitching is FINE!.. I was talking about the slight coming apart of one of the layers of soles… Take a closer look!..

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                              • madmondayM
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                                i know this is the oakie thread & all but i have to say if you ever order anything from these good folks you should order the horse hairbrush (can't speak on the shoe cream since i haven't used it yet)  the brush is beefy to say the least & I will not name the other company (starts with an Al & ends with a den) charges up to about $38.00 for a similar product that i highly doubt is better than the beast (that's what I named her).

                                will try to get a picture up later

                                head high, middle finger higher

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                                • GilesG
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                                  Hmmmm, I can't think of the other company, but I did have a pair of shoes from a company that starts with an Ald and ends with an en, that the sole fell off after a week because the welt stitch was feckin crap…...

                                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                  • SeulS
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                                    On ordering those items outside of the US: ask George for shipment through USPS… The quote you will get on the site is high because it's UPS's...


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                                    • the-monkeyT
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                                      @Seul:

                                      No no no - the stitching is FINE!.. I was talking about the slight coming apart of one of the layers of soles… Take a closer look!..

                                      Yes the stiching is fine. It is more like a glue problem. I'm going to take mine to a cobbler when I have time.
                                      Oh and I also love the horse hairbrush.  😘

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                                      • GilesG
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                                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                        • kit99barK
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                                          winter collection preview should be out in the next week or so.  Maybe George can confirm if he sees this 😃

                                          RAWWAR 2012!

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                                          • SeulS
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                                            Epic, Giles!..

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