What Shoes Are You Wearing WSYW

Bring up this thread! NB 650 Aimé Leon Dore

Trying to break in my first pair of Thursday boots.

Great reviews and they seem to be spot on with the quality and build. Looking forward to getting out with these.

Junkard waxed roughouts
Look rough but incredibly comfortable and really high quality with 270deg stormwelt

Fair to say I’m a shoe nerd, maybe even more than I’m a vintage watch nerd
Am cycling through these atm
Ethnic Spirit pictured above- a few pairs- zero drop made from veg tanned leather and upcycled retired Guatemalan women’s ceremonial clothing- Blake stitch but resoleable (one pair already done after walking over 3000km in them)

Have now convinced them to make a version with a wider toe box… prototype incoming


Junkard waxed rough out below
Indo boot maker
Remarkable quality welted boots for relatively low cost and incredibly comfortable

Winson dress boot- pic at very bottom
One of the best boot makers on earth
Expensive but Indo made and therefore inexpensive relative to their remarkable quality - I bought these used
Also have a pair of Loakes and one from Grenson- both good value picked up secondhand


Coupl’a pairs of Vivos
These are resoleable in spite of not being welted - contrary to popular opinion- I’ve had one pair resoled after 5000kms
Awesome barefoot option

Finally a couple of pairs from Santalum
Difficult order process and mine were not made to specs nor in a timely fashion but they resolved the issue eventually
Chromexcel olive structured toe with veldskoen welt and local leather tan boot with same welt- both zero drop



Time to find one more boot maker to make me a couple of pairs- one in chromexcel and maybe one in Shell.
Open to suggestions

Breaking in my first pair of proper English boots.

Crockett and Jones Bond Skyfall Islay boots in dark brown Scotch grain leather.

Who knew fine English boots could supplant watches so easily? 👎

Raining over here, so my rain shoes come out.

(Paraboot Norwegian split toe)

As we lurch towards Autumn here in North-East Scotland, the trusty old Brasher shoes come back into service 😀

just goofing around ... ;-)

Newly arrived Crockett and Jones Coniston boot in English Tan.