If It Ain't Whites It Ain't Right Edition What 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 east>BlkbrdPREV>>18662423
This general needs a "Boot brands YES" list. I'll start:LuccheseMeerminWhite's
Retard newfag here looking to get some steel-toed boots for work. Are timberlands a meme?
>>18668676>MeerminBait, unless very poor Whites is already the unofficial /our brand/ company. We've been a Whites thread for years Lucchese is based as fuck though
>>18668677>Are timberlands a meme?Very much so
I might get these danner tahcyon.Looking for something lightweight and sneaker like.Any other alternative I should look at?Mainly gunna wear them like you would a nike sfb.
>>18668688You planning on shooting up a school or did you just join SWAT?
>>18668677>Are timberlands a meme?overpriced for what they aretake a look at jim green, they have steel toed boots but I dunno if they are any good for working in
>>18668688Belleville Mini-Mil are good for sneaking up on motherfuckers.
>>18668698these belville actually would be perfect if they came in black without the zip. just looking for something sneaker-like comfy and functional to wear casually.
These are fake, right?
>>18668715yep, those look like shit
>>18668692>composite metalIsn't this objectively worse than steel?
>>18668715yes, the easiest way to tell at a glance if a redwing is fake is the triple stitchit's done in one go, so the stitch holes should all be perfectly even and paralel with eachother on all 3 rows with a heavy snail trail of waxhttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/JT99FsSXddU
>>18668707Lowa Innox pro mid and Haix Black Eagle athletic are both mid-high-cut lightweight synthetic combat-boot/ endurance trail runner hybrids without zippers..
anons, help a brother out I bought a pair of iron rangers a few months ago. Did a month of breaking in after which they became comfortable. However, after this period the right boot suddenly started pressing into my big toe from the top, when I step and the shoe bends the leather creases down onto the toe. I've sort of annotated it in the pic. Has this happened to anyone else, and how to fix it? I've taken it to two cobblers, one said stretching might help (it didn't) and the other one, who was older and more esteemed, said he'd never seen anything like it before and didn't know what to do with it pls halp
>>18668808you're referring to the edge of the toe cap biting into the top of your foot?
>>18668670Is that guy walking on the heel counters or what?
>>18668823That's pretty normal heel wear. Every single pair of boots I own the heels are scuffed as hell. It's just part of normal wear. You hit your heels on stuff. I have a bad habit of hitting mine on chairs
>>18668808That happens to me with my Rancourts. It's just how the leather flexes and bends when you move your foot. Mine bends down and touches the top of my footI don't think there's anything you can do except wear thicker socks or something
>>18668808did you really need to condition these so soon?
>>18668818No it's not the actual toe cap, it's the area of leather where you can see the crease wrinkles in the pic >>18668831Damn, it's literally unwearable for me, it's fucking agonising, even with socks>>18668842I haven't conditioned them
>>18668847Just so I'm clear. The leather bends when it flexes, which is totally normal, but you're saying it bends down in a way that it touches the top of your toe and rubs it in a painful way? All I can think is the boots are not the correct fit
>>18668847so NOT the toe cap causing the problem just the leather flexing down into your feet? boots too big. with too much spare volume allowing the leather to flex into a shape that digs into your foot
>>18668854Yes, it bends down somehow in such a way that crushes the toe>>18668855Yes it's just the leather. I don't think it's a sizing issue or them being too big because I sized down to the extent that they were tight initially before breaking in, then they were perfectly comfortable, and it's only an issue with the right boot, the left one is completely fine I'm thinking maybe it's some kind of internal structural defect or a quirk of the leather
Daily Reminder: fuck Nigs Boots they're fucking dogshitBuy Frank's
>>18668859that section is just leather outer and a fabric liner that you can touch if you reach inside your boot its not a structural issue
>>18668889If it ain't Whites it ain't right
>>18668894Franks still does handsewn welts, mckay stitch which nigs dropped years ago, and are the absolute tankiest fucking boots I ownWhites Perry Selects are God Tier at the price point though, I just don't have any of their loggers to compareMy Nigs fit like a full width tighter than my Franks at the same size and last btw
>>18668808Yes, it happened to me with my first pair. My solution was getting a second pair half a size down. You can try shoe trees but at this point thete's not much you can do. I even tried those caps they use to prevent creasing on sneakers but it didn't work. The problem with Iron Rangers is that the leather becomes very flexible, but that area is right next to a very rigid actual toe cap so it tends to crease a lot. Shoe trees might mitigate that, but at this point I don't know if they'd help, since the creases are already set in.
>>18668897What model are in your pic? They look good but probably overkill for anything I would need them for
>>18668901They're an 8" made to order (MTO) but the closest stock config Frank's offers I think would be the Front RangeTheir work leather is freaky thicc, like 4.0 mm but super supportive and also wildly overkill for me White's Perry Select for comparison (insanely comfy), though I really need to take an updated photo cause they've got a bit more character these days.
Do you like paraboot?
>>18668906New photo, didn't realize the boots were backwards compared to the first shot but whateverTobacco Stampede is a killer leather
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>>18668728both steel and composite meet safety requirements.steel is slimmer and can exceed the required rating in strength, but there's no way to measure that. if you work in the cold at all, steel will freeze your toes off.composite is lighter and less thermally conductive, but it is bulkier and probably not as strong.if dropping things on your feet is a serious concern you should also consider boots with metatarsal guards.
>>18668901Pro tip: ask if the wilshire plus whatever it is you want is cheaper. No reason not to get MTO from Frank, he’s the best right now for this sort of thing.
>>18668981Maybe it's different now but when I ordered mine MTO the process was basically just that, starting out with a standard model and selecting whatever options you wantedMine didn't cost anything more than a standard Front Range because I just got the chocolate work leather and all the options I wanted (boot height, heel type, edge dressing, sole, etc.) didn't cost anything extra Obviously different if you want a more exotic leather or if you're asking the guy for something special like a tanker or something but yeah Frank will make you basically whatever you want, and usually most basic options are free to choose for MTO except for stuff like different leathers for upper and vamp, safety toes, insulation, etc.
>>18668985>mfw just realized you said no reason NOT to get MTO
If you could build a cowboy boot from any commercially available leather what's your build?
>>18669001Gator.
>>18669001Elephant Alligator Shark/stingray
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>>18669001Caiman
>>18669011You...you can get elephant leather boots?
>>18669079it's very rare but it is out there. it's legal as long as the animal died of natural causes. it if was poached it's notwhen an elephant dies they don't just throw it out because it was an elephant, they still skin it and make leather
>>18669079it'll look like a pair of ballsacks
>>18669079in mexico you can get them but idk the logistical legality of this type of leather going through amerimutt/yuropoorland customs
>>18668808this happens to me when its cold and the leather kicks my ass it feels like a set of pliers squeezing my right pinky toe. they are correct size for me anything lower would be tight. i just wear thicker socks
Fracap looks good
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