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Show us your SHOES !!!
scored some 8 inch service chippewa. horween. vulkork. yay. changed hooks and eyelets to speed fittings though. the cougar laces a little grabby so I might swap those to T325 paracord later. pretty happy with them so far.- J.R. Kerr
- Post #5,546
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Show us your SHOES !!!
thorogood 1892 dodgeville sunflower before and after ferrous acetate (note the stitches still bone colored), beeswax, gold accents, eyelets, etc. I have 2mm noene w/ pedag viva 49 in there. Walks like clouds.- J.R. Kerr
- Post #5,545
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Engineer Boots, Harness Boots...
two mechanical things need to happen for us in a boot energy absorb energy return so most of our classic boot types like harness, engineer, m42, m43, polishable korean war jump boot, dual density desert weight rough out boot, et al will use poron (silicon) for energy return, and use the texon...- J.R. Kerr
- Post #3,566
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Feet Up! The Work Boot Thread
before and after. resurrected a pair of thorogood roofers I scored used. I have done four pair of these, and two pair of chippewa bridgeman. you can get this boot as an 814-4233 or 814-6233 and thats off the top of my head. theyre exclusive to midwest boots at the moment, and they have at...- J.R. Kerr
- Post #1,589
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Laugh to keep from crying Chippewa engineer boots
That Odessa leather is a long haired black calf from swiss alps and tanned in germany. I have two boots made from it The crooked welt stitching in yer OP is alarming, but that can happen if someone on a machine gets distracted I guess. Glad you got sorted out man. side note not entirely...- J.R. Kerr
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- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Show us your SHOES !!!
very customized thorogood roofers- J.R. Kerr
- Post #5,539
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Show us your vehicles
I have 350,000+ miles on my 1969 chevelle malibu 4 door post 307 DC block now displacing 327 cubic inches with 400 ft lbs torque. Everyone who doesnt like it shows me picture of somethin they used to own. That never gets old. The lady drives a 1968 plymouth fury III every day, and we replaced...- J.R. Kerr
- Post #2,964
- Forum: The Display Case
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Engineer Boots, Harness Boots...
I thought more on the prompt to explain texon and poron, and I checked to make sure I put it the right way. Not sure I did. There are lots of more recent things going on in footwear. You might get more what you expect from a Nike Cortez with a Spurothane footbed. You might get more what you...- J.R. Kerr
- Post #3,564
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Engineer Boots, Harness Boots...
yeah texon does both those things. takes shape of yer foot and gets more bendy. think of it like... a hardcover book. in my chippewa engineer boots I ordered wider, then dropped in a thorogood ultimate shock footbed with a pedag holiday 3/4 arch support (winds up working like a leather slip)...- J.R. Kerr
- Post #3,562
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Engineer Boots, Harness Boots...
Chippewa created first Engineer. Frye created first Harness as far as we know, but then also let some of its purpose disappear to history, and the main thing to consider is that americans did not wear pairs of shoes, and everything was straight lasted. The ring woulda had a matching pin to...- J.R. Kerr
- Post #3,559
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Purpose of harness in harness boots
not sayin I know for sure, but I will wager it has a lot to do with STRAIGHT LASTED boots used in 1880s for civil war etc. the ring coulda let you pull material though and run a longer pin with it in lieu of havin an instep cut in. similar ring clasps are used for scots fly on the shoulder (or...- J.R. Kerr
- Post #21
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
