John Lofgren (Speedway)

[xzther8]

@sweetlou I bought a pair of JL black cats from S&S and ordered 3 sizes to confirm my size, ended up with the 7.5. They are great people. I actually visited the Oakland shop and tried on the olive combats boots. I am an 8E heel-to-ball and 7E heel-to-toe. The last is good if you have wide feet, both the 7.5 and 8 fits very similar IMO

[Nik]

Oh yeah those are looking great @Mizmazzle

[Ghost-Cut]

[Mizmazzle]

@Ghost-Cut yeah boi!!! Those are looking tough as hell, bro!!

What’s your care regiment? Do you use shoe trees?

[Ghost-Cut]

@Mizmazzle no shoe trees, these pics are right after a brushing and conditioner. I use saphir renovatuer on these. Natty cxl I use that, or Venetian shoe cream. Boots are about 1.5 yrs old

[Mizmazzle]

Yup! Solid routine ya got. Sounds very similar to mine….and by that I mean exactly the same

[Jepanic]

Devil’s Causeway Horsehide
Before I put some wear into these, wanted to get some beauty shots. Captured with a Fujifilm GFX 100S and 110mm f/2 lens.

[goosehd]

@Jepanic Those are gorgeous boots!!

[Mizmazzle]

@Jepanic gorgeous boots and damn fine photography!! Look forward to the photo documentation on these!!!

[Dmart]

@Jepanic Great boots and even better photography!

[motojobobo]

Beauty shots indeed!!!

[Nik]

@Jepanic are you doing stitchdown patina thunderdome with these?

[Jepanic]

@Nik No, I have a rotation of engineers to slowly go through. I’ll post updates here when they get more wear.

Some more beauty shots… WABASH ENGINEER BOOTS / EZO SHIKA DEERSKIN BURNT BURGUNDY

[Nik]

Impressive boot photography. You'd do well in the contest.

[Jepanic]

@Nik thanks so much. I appreciate the support

WABASH ENGINEER BOOTS / HORWEEN LEATHER CXL BLACK

[Jepanic]

Last one from my John Lofgren Collection

BADALASSI COGNAC

[motojobobo]

Fantastic bootwalk @Jepanic !!

[Ghost-Cut]

@Jepanic outstanding boots! Good work taking care of them. Looking forward to seeing them down the road.

[tody]

I asked for recommendations on a good Chelsea boot over in the Red Wings thread, as my Chelsea Ranchers are pretty trashed. I had tried out the Red Wings Williston, but they came up a little too narrow. So I followed the John Lofgren recommendation, and I treated myself with a pair for my birthday.

Horween CXL in timber, and they fit awesome right out of the box. Never experienced leather shoes as comfy from the start!

The shopping experience was pretty unpleasant, though.
I went to Stuf-f in Düsseldorf, and was served by the owner, a snobbish know-it-all type of guy.
Sneered at my IH gear, sneered at my wife's Hen's Teeth gear.
Just the thing you want to hear when you're just about to spend nearly a grand on shoes.

Didn't want to order online and gamble on sizing, though.
In the end, I went with a size 10D. My Red Wings are 10.5, but I usually wear them with thicker boot socks.

[Mizmazzle]

@tody what the hell does that guy have to snicker about?? Is there anything higher quality than IH???