Red Wing Shoes

[Blackheart]

Great boots guys! Love the beat up worn in pics…

[firmancandra]

anybody know shop which sell RW or other high quality boots in HongKong?

[mark56]

I've been through this entire thread and no mention of Wabasha's? What say you all? Fit pics? At first I didn't know what to think of them. The more I see them the more I like. They do look similar to Yuketen and OSB.
cheers!

[Finn666]

Red Wing 8138

[Blackheart]

Lookin' good there Finn.

[ronaldlsh]

Got to agree with blackheart.

They look very soft and comfortable.

[Finn666]

^now wonder what they are ;)…

thanks for the kinda words there...

[Blackheart]

Gonna go for the Iron Rangers next and do my best to beat the crap out of them!

[Finn666]

^looking forward to them pics ;)…

[Blackheart]

Sure thing Finn, how old is that pair in the pic btw?…

[Finn666]

hard hard question there 

me thinks a good year or something like that…can`t tell exactly, sry!

[Blackheart]

Well they sure look good my friend!

[Finn666]

^will up a pics of my other pair 9162 the next week end (if i think about it!)

[Guest]

Not sure if it's been mentioned yet, but Olipoli has a minor sale on RWs for anyone who's interested.

http://www.oipolloi.com/Store/OiPolloi-SaleItems.html

[tmg]

Might be a bit of a daft question, (and possibly already answered in one of the previous posts in this thread), but what does everyone recommend as a leather treatement to keep my 875's looking healthy? I've seen the own brand stuff, and tempted to but it as it's fairly cheap, but I've already got some RM Williams 'Saddle & Leather dressing' and wondered if that was pretty much the same thing?

[D97x7]

I've got both the R M Williams saddle dressing and the Red Wing mink oil they aren't the same at all, the Williams seems to be a blend of waxes and the Red Wing is as it says mainly mink oil although I think there is wax in it. I've used both on my Iron Rangers and IMO they soften and protect the leather pretty much the same the only difference that I've noticed is that the Red Wing oil seems to waterproof the leather slightly better but as a minus point it also seems to make the boots smell a bit of the oil. The Williams dressing certainly won't do any harm to them so if you've got it give them a coat.

[tmg]

OK, thanks for the advice 

One other (slightly less daft) question, can anyone recommend some good, thicker, socks to wear with my 875's? I quite like the Smartwool crew socks, but any other suggestions would be welcome.

[rocket]

I like the Falke TK1 for the colder months of the year

[Finn666]

9162

[Max Power]

Fantastic progress! I think I need a pair of roughouts one day, too.