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I keep these in my work truck for when I have to deal with waste paint. Sadly, they are probably the most comfortable shoes I own. 😉
 
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Fall means Wolverine 1000 mile and others get conditioned for the season.

 
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Mellowed golden peanut brittle or “butterscotch”. Either way a favorite color.
Tony Lama.

A one piece vamp (as opposed to three) is ideal, especially when perfectly matched back to the heel counter on both boot.

Now conditioned for our Fall/Winter.

 
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My Blunnies gave up the ghost after 10 years and now they are no longer Australian I’ve gone all Redback.
Off to Timpson for a re-sole.

 
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Picked up these new Crockett & Jones split toe dark brown hatch grain shoes for the fall.

 
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I was told years ago that toe design is/was called a Norwegian Toe.

C&J always a favorite of mine.👍
 
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Lucchese in Nile Crocodile tagging along with my Constellation today

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Blundstone 550s.

I took them off to photograph them (but cleaned, most of, the mud off them first)

 
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Hallo friends of leather shoes,
  • I have this pair of 'Derby Wingtip Brogue Calf' shoes made to my measures by my shoemaker in Islamabad (1).
  • Btw. my name 'Knirim' comes from 'Knie-Riemen', a leather strap that the shoemakers used to fix the shoe on their knee to work bothhanded (2).
So I am historically oblieged to wear hand made shoes, elegant and well fitting for town strolling (not for the bush walks).
Konrad

PS1: to my personal name history I add an extract of Berlin adressbook of 1939 with all these different name versions. My father Ewald is the second last entry.
Btw. he was not a shoemaker but a clark in a government office, but was kicked out in 1935 as he, a practicing catholic, refused to join the Nazi party (I still have the documents).

PS2: And a grand grand uncle of mine, Wilhelm, emigrated with wife, mother and brother in 1862 to the US and founded the little town Knierim in Iowa, where Bonny & Clyde robbed the Knierim bank in 1934:

And sorry, if a shoe thread is welcome in an Omega Watch Forum (@TexOmega fit it best) then a shoemakers family name history may also be ok for this thread.
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Red Wing engineer/logger boot circa 1999-2005 in oil tan.

Donation to a Church garage sale last Fall

I couldn’t see any wear. About as Heavy Duty Red Wing ever got.

Great for icy cold 4-wheeling and generally lookin’ cool at the local Braums.

Still breaking them in and my tootsies will always be safe and sound with these safety ratings!

 
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Red Wing engineer/logger boot circa 1999-2005 in oil tan.

Donation to a Church garage sale last Fall

I couldn’t see any wear. About as Heavy Duty Red Wing ever got.

Great for icy cold 4-wheeling and generally lookin’ cool at the local Braums.

Still breaking them in and my tootsies will always be safe and sound with these safety ratings!

Great score! Someone didn’t want to break them in and you made out like a bandit.
 
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Very Vintage Chelsea Boot

Swaine,Adeney,Brigg and Sons Limited

Bought these in the early 2000’s. Got them very cheap and very new-like from storage, I guess. But quality shines through even in pictures.

Cheap because someone placed a Hush Puppy insole to make them fit.

Pleasantly surprised when received and pulled the insole out during my rigorous cleaning process.

Still soft as butter and again conditioned for another season. Will need new rubber 1/2 heel top soon.

Mellowed London Tan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swaine_London



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