Footwear to go with our jackets

[Vezio]

Grant Stone make very high quality boots for the price. I’ve had 3 pairs of boots from them, haven’t tried the Edward yet but they are the same last as the diesel and Ottawa. The only thing I don’t like is the studded soles, but they have other options. Their Edward boot in rust Kangaroo on commando look nice.

Thanks a lot for your reply.

 

[Canuck Panda]

Double leather sole Tuesday

 

[Pandemic]

New TLB Mallorca custom Chukka:

 

[andyone]

Roleclub Engineer boots to relax…

 

[Canuck Panda]

Roleclub Engineer boots to relax…

Beautiful garden. The boots are pretty good too.

 

[TartuWolf]

For us EU folks mostly...
Pike Brothers just dropped some Tanker boots in their "New arrivals" section.
Very rare style of boots, would love to try these as an alternative to engineer boots.
Sent them an email to get more info about them as the website has very little.
Not a fan of the brogue cap toe though.
Not sure if that's an actually leather stacked heel either.
Finishing looks pretty clean and I like the brass hardware as well as the leather midsole + rubber half soles.
I have a few PB products and I'm quite happy with them, seems good quality for the price.

 

[Turnip]

Double soled blue and brown Dinkelacker to go with a Baracuta G4

 

[TartuWolf]

Small update regarding the Tanker boots by PB that I posted earlier. Got a response from them after asking some questions via email. The response is very meh and offer the absolute minimal in terms of extra information.
"Calf leather from Portugal, thickness depends on the leather, because it is a natural product. Made in Portugal, but we do not give out the name of our producers. They are running normal, so you can take the size you need."
Marketing person answering technical questions about a product.
Unknown maker, unknown tannery, unknown thickness. Portuguese all the way though.
I'll pass.

 

[Tom71]

Small update regarding the Tanker boots by PB that I posted earlier. Got a response from them after asking some questions via email. The response is very meh and offer the absolute minimal in terms of extra information.
"Calf leather from Portugal, thickness depends on the leather, because it is a natural product. Made in Portugal, but we do not give out the name of our producers. They are running normal, so you can take the size you need."
Marketing person answering technical questions about a product.
Unknown maker, unknown tannery, unknown thickness. Portuguese all the way though.
I'll pass.

All the rage now (for the last five years or so). Get a portuguese boot maker and sell under your own name. On the upside, quality of craftmanship is usually excellent.
When you get a chance to go to Lisbon you can find tiny shops selling such shoes without any branding at all. Once you dial in the sizing you can order anything you like directly with them for a song.

Still no reason for such a week answer re leather, tanning etc.

 

[ABCD]

Bought these button boots in Tokyo by a maker called Chausser.

https://chausser-shop.net/

High quality, reasonable pricing. Cool style.

 

[ABCD]

Interested to see what Clinch you got! I wanted a pair, shop was closed. I'm just gonna keep thinking they probably wouldn't have had my size in stock anyways.

I think you're right about that, they probably wouldn't have had any stock at all. They're not like a shoe store with items on display that are available for sale. They're more like an experience store, showing a couple of samples.

Last Wednesday they announced on Instagram that they would release a limited size run of Conrad boots, only available in store. They were released on Saturday but since we we're traveling to Tokyo on Monday I asked them whether they could keep a pair aside for me. Their reply :

Sorry
I can't keep
I accept many offer

Thank you

Brass

We traveled to Tokyo a day early so I stopped by their store on Sunday. They had exactly one pair left, my size. The guy brought them down together with a print out of our email conversation. I guess they actually did keep them aside for me after all.

 

[dudewuttheheck]

@Marc mndt the Clinch look nice. They do designs well. The button boots are super cool though. Very unique. I dig them.

 

[Edward]

@Marc mndt Those button boots are something else again. So rare to see these true to the original style, without a side-zip. Glorious.

 

[ABCD]

@Marc mndt Those button boots are something else again. So rare to see these true to the original style, without a side-zip. Glorious.

Good eye. I've been wanting a pair of button boots for some time but most of them come with a zipper because buttoning them is somewhat ***bersome. But I strongly dislike zippers on boots.

 

[Edward]

Good eye. I've been wanting a pair of button boots for some time but most of them come with a zipper because buttoning them is somewhat ***bersome. But I strongly dislike zippers on boots.

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I hear you on that. Zips are fine if they're an integral part of the design (think the classic British motorcycle zips by Lewis Goldtop et al with the zips up the back). Otherwise, when they're just inserted for convenience, they kinda reduce it to costume, imo. Fine if you need a quick change at the theatre, but.... The exception to the rule would be that pair of Kochman engineer boots with the side zip I've been eying as a practical footwear option when I get back to flying in Winter.... I've worn engineer boots through an airport before now, and they're a bit of a pest to take on and off at security. (Always irritates me how they have the necessary benches and such to get your stuff back on *after* security, but for all they try to bully you to strip off in the queue, it's only really practical once you get the length of the security conveyer itself!)

 

[Psant25]

Picked up some quoddy canoe shoes for summer. 20% off with being new customer. Went with pebble brown leather. Was looking at oakstreet, quoddy, rancourt, yuketen, sperry, etc. i think these look pretty good and price was reasonable. Anyone have a pair?

Have some sperry moccasins non gold line and they are pretty bad. Leather is junk.

 

[Drzdave58]

Picked up some quoddy canoe shoes for summer. 20% off with being new customer. Went with pebble brown leather. Was looking at oakstreet, quoddy, rancourt, yuketen, sperry, etc. i think these look pretty good and price was reasonable. Anyone have a pair?
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Have some sperry moccasins non gold line and they are pretty bad. Leather is junk.

I’m not familiar with that brand but I got a pair of Rancourt Read shoes for the summer. So far I really like them.

 

[Psant25]

I’m not familiar with that brand but I got a pair of Rancourt Read shoes for the summer. So far I really like them.
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Are those the natty cxl?

 

[Drzdave58]

Are those the natty cxl?

Yes they are. Probably my favorite leather.

 

[Schambach]

Picked up some quoddy canoe shoes for summer. 20% off with being new customer. Went with pebble brown leather. Was looking at oakstreet, quoddy, rancourt, yuketen, sperry, etc. i think these look pretty good and price was reasonable. Anyone have a pair?
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Have some sperry moccasins non gold line and they are pretty bad. Leather is junk.

I think you'll be happy with them. I've got mocs from Quoddy, Rancourt, and Yuketen. The quoddys are probably the least structured, super comfortable, but not something you'd want to wear for a long walk, etc.