Recent content by Mick D

I went Active Duty USAF in 1978. In Basic we spit shined our boots then wore the issued Chukkas daily, leaving the spit shined boots bedside. High gloss boots were essentially banned. They were a huge Infra Red target troop indicator. Polishing your boots also is kind of inspection. The brown...

That's a fair question. These are "field" boots. So they get all weather conditions, wet, mud and scuffing. So by keeping the leather grit free and split duty between two pairs they'll last 12 years. With sneaker time thrown in of course. But the leather, Horween Chromexcel looks awesome...

Maybe eight years or longer ago I bought a pair of ”Hand Made in USA” Chippewa boots. Horween leather was a great bonus. They’ve been resoled 3-4 times and some other stitching repairs but I really love these boots. Steel shank with Christy soles are perfect as I work mostly on gravel, great...