/btg/ BOOT GENERAL - OL' RELIABLE EDITIONWhat do I need to care for my boots?>Old cotton t shirt (one for cleaning, another for applying conditioners)>Horsehair brush ($10-15)>Wooden shoe trees ($10-15)>Light conditioner like Lexol/Bick4/renovateur>Heavy conditioner (if you live in terrible snow/rain areas) Sno seal/Obernauf LP>Don't forget that boots need time to dry properly, rotate them and rest themHow do I deal with x stain?>mud: allow it to dry then brush off>salt: water and cloth as soon as possible>saturated wet: allow the boot to dry for a full day, stuff with newspaper>scuffs and scratches: buff vigorously with horsehair brush>Should I buy turdsdays/soloshits/doc shitans?No they are filled with synthetic materials aimed at instant comfort but will not hold up to actual use.>b-b-but muh ecelebs on youtube said they're goodno. you will waste your time and money and still have uncomfortable footwear at the end of the day. spend the extra $100 and get something real.>Are Thursdays any good?no.Manufacturer Red Flags>Luxury>Bespoke>Sustainable>Vegan>Unknown leather source>Made in Chyna/Mexico/IndonesiaBoot Red Flags>Dainite (Get vibram v-bar instead)>C*rk/C*lastic>Zippers>Non gusseted tongues>Excessive/unnecessary seams>Combination/mixed material heelsBoot Brands NO>Turdsdays>Doc Shitters/Soloshitters>any Whatsapp makers in the far eastPREV>>18517357
Boot season soon....
>G&G Urban Commando>Some kind of balmoral bootI think I'm done after this. I'll have 9 pairs total and a boot for every situation, from casual, to hiking, to a little dressy. How many pairs do you have, what else are you planning to get?
>>18529325>How many pairs do you havereal leather? 0>what else are you planning to get?everything so like 30? pairs probably
tan or dark brown?
UK£500~ budgetSize 13Looking for dark brown leather boots that can be worn in a business casual office setting. I'm a fat bastard with girthy feet. I've tried 13 G (equivalent to 14 EE US as far as I can tell) from Herring (made by Cheaney) and they're not quite roomy enough. Any brands I should look at? Would made to measure with a £500 budget be retarded?
>>18529408depends on the leather and boot
Soon
>>18529502jesus blundstones are the new doc marten.. at least get something better like redbacks.
>>18529302>boot season ended
Should I cop these discounted Panama Jacks for 120 EUR as daily beaters for A/W?
>>18529551Aussie shits OUT!
What is the problem with these boots? Hero by ThursdayBootsI agree Martens and Solovair are crap and I've tried them, so how does Thursday compare to them?>>18529408Tan in summer, brown in winter
>>18529325Currently 9 pairs. If I can get my hands on some teacore engineers I'll be set up for life.
>>18529584The fuck is going on in your ankle?>>18529598Thursday has terrible qc. If you get a lemon, odds are they'll tell you to suck it up.
>>18529598Turdsdays have notoriously bad QC and they skimp on materials to reach a certain price point. But their marketing budget is enormous and they have a huge marketing campaign of paid shills who talk about how amazing they are If they spent less paying people to say how good their boots are and just made better boots, people would like the brand more here.
>>18529598
Horsebutt looks kinda cool
>>18529637>two months of use and that amount of wear on the midsoleGonna have to side with manufacturer on this one.
Why are Vibram Cristy soles so popular? They wear so fast.
I’m 6’1” and I wear size 13 so it’s not about compensating for anything
>>18529808My question is, does wearing these sorts of shoes make me look like a douche, btw. I don’t have an annoying face, but I am a pretty boy so idk if it’s douchey
>>18529634w-what's wrong with my ankle
>>18529584nice cankles and chode feet
>>18529872I don't have cankles nigger in 69kg at 6' and shoe size 45
>>18529637squeeze in a small amount of wood glue/PVA, clamp, wipe away the excess with a wet cloth, leave for a few hours to dry.
>wore IRs to casual work meeting>somebody notices and asks if they're IRs>"y...yeah">he says "Nice" and we go about the rest of the meetingWTF? I thought people weren't supposed to notice/care about your boots.
>>18529508I have redbacks, and they're much more modern looking.
>>18529882Boots are the opposite of inconspicuous
>>18529598>ThursdayBoots>What is the problemAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
>>18529806Because they're soft and comfy It's comfort over durability with them which is what some people prefer
>>18529882that clearly was a bootfag not a person
I wanted to buy a pair of boots for the first time in 3 years and why the fuck are Grant Stones 200 dollars more expensive now? What's the point? I might as well legit buy a pair of thursdays since what I get is only gonna be used in an office anyway
>>18530311>this retard has no idea how fiat economics workyour purchasing power goes down every year, never up
>>18530313why make a post that wasted your time and mine? no other bootmaker has experienced such a sharp price hike. parkhursts are the exact same price they were at when I bought them years ago
Is this fake leather?
>>18530311>why the fuck are Grant Stones 200 dollars more expensive now?>parkhursts are the exact same price they were at when I bought them years agoparkhursts don't come from C H Y N A so they don't need to pay as much tax when importing
>>18530311>buying thursdays at all everlol as well as lmao you deserve what's coming
>>18530341probably cheaply dyed leather with a layer of paint
Looking for a boot that works for the Pacific Northwest. Is Blundstone worth it or are there better alts?
Help me decide, rw iron ranger vs black smith?
>>18530491Cap toe or no cap toe?
>>18530492Probably no cap but I have quite a wide feet if it matters. Also, which leather to choose?
>>18530496the briar oil slick on the blacksmith is nice
>>18530496Iron rangers and blacksmiths are made on the same last and same construction. Basically they fit the same.Briar oil slick for a dressier look or copper rough and tough if you want something more rugged looking. Depends on how you dress, I'd say.
>>18530497>>18530499Thanks frens, so no black one, right?
Not necessarily boot related but who makes decent budget shoes? business attire.and by budget I mean 300 USD or less. Was looking at meermin
>>18530532>who makes decent budget shoes?>and by budget I mean 300 USD or lessthere's this maker called U'sed, I think you should check him out
I bought Iron Rangers size 40, I wear size 43 sport shoes so i figured its enough, but my european feet are still too small, i might have to go for the womens sizes bros
just buy oxfords, a boot will not bail you out in formal settings
>>18530485>Looking for a boot that works for the Pacific Northwestdid you think of trying the companies located in the pacific north west?
>>18530311""""tariffs""""
>>18530491I have IRs and if I could do it again I'd get Blacksmiths
>>18530532Allen Edmonds on sale The Park Avenue is pretty much the default "good" shoe for men starting their first real job
>>18530535You think I wear my boots to the office? Retard
Need boots for upcoming fall and winter. Are mocs the best casual boots out there for someone that will just wear a hoodie and jeans? Thinking of getting red wing seconds of them.
>>18530571Which leather?
>>18530590Briar. Love the color and texture
>>18529806They make any boot that uses them feel like sneakers. I like em. They wear fast but cobblers usually have Cristys in stock so they can always be repaired locally and fast.
>>18530524If you want black, you only have one option, so your question would have been unnecessary.
>>18530691I am just trying to figure out if I am retarded for not liking how the teacore patina looks. I would probably prefer a black variant if there were no patina.
>>18530763Wait until they release it in another leather then. Used to be a rough-out version and probably a non tea-core as well, might come back. Or look for secondhand.
>>18529299>someone will unironically wear this and call my soloshit bad
>>18530763From what I've heard it patinas really slowly so unless you're really rough with your boots it's probably gonna take a really long time for them to teacore. If you decide you don't like that then you can just use black shoe polish. That guy probably purposefully created that teacore on his boots.
>>18531025Also red wing is re-releasing the Logger this winter in the US. The Black Oil Slick leather is black all the way through so it won't ever teacore.
>>18529873>third world floorok pablito
>>18529873>that floor>that moulding>that skin colorlmao
>>18531151Not that guy, but that cope, lmao. I guarantee you're fat.
>>18531171CEOshooter core
>>18531176This is what I wear actually but usually with shirts because it's not cold enough here to do Detroit jacket + hoodie.
>>18531171>>18531179>carrstop posing
>>18531208>no socksabsolutely fucking disgusting
where do you buy your boots from
tha boot store
>>18531243the internet
