White's Boots
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I've worn White's and the arch-ease never bothered me at all, but I do have a high arch (which causes pull on boots to be a pain to put on). Mine never had much of a break-in period either. I had a really bad time with Red Wing Gentleman Travelers . My feet never could get used to them and got blisters everytime I walked more that a mile in them. I sold those for a hug loss on Ebay since everytime I thought of wearing them I'd cringe. Also never downsize in boots, it's a really bad idea.
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Too much chatter and not enough flash around here recently….
My footwear pride and joy(s)
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Awesome! Mmm, I don't have a decent pair of black boots…
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Strongly considering a pair of Custom Oxford Roughouts or Custom Cougar Roughouts. Anyone own a pair of either model?
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Morse on Superfuture has a pair of the roughout oxfords, and they look great. The only thing I dislike about both the oxfords and the cougars is the Vibram Christy sole, it wears out far too quickly, and is next to useless in rough weather.
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Morse on Superfuture has a pair of the roughout oxfords, and they look great. The only thing I dislike about both the oxfords and the cougars is the Vibram Christy sole, it wears out far too quickly, and is next to useless in rough weather.
Thanks Mega. Yeah I was going to hit up Morse but as Sufu is down that might be a while. He actually has a few pairs if I remember correctly. I would text him but think I lost his cell number. As for the Vibram Sole, I love it. It makes both the oxford and boot for me. I understand it is not the most practical sole and not everyone's cup of tea, but it is mine. Many moons ago I owned a pair of White's Semi Dress. I absolutely HATE the style and cannot stand the block sole. I am sure I am in the minority but they just ain't my style. Thanks for the heads up!
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That's it I am ordering a custom pair.
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I still think that the christy sole wears down far too quickly for a shoe or boot as good as this. The soles on my Abingtons wore down in less than 18 months. If you can bear the cost of resoling them often, then I admit that they do look really, really good. Either way, picking up a pair of Whites is always a good decision in my mind.
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Are these available anywhere other than from bakers?
I sort of doubt it.. baker's calls them the bakers oxford
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That's it I am ordering a custom pair.
As soon as my selling catches back up with my buying, these will be mine.
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White's Semi-Dress ·
Leather 1: Black Chrome Excel by Horween ·
Leather 2: Black Chrome Excel by Horween
· Toe Vamp Leather: Black Chrome Excel by Horween
· Toe Cap Leather: None
· Celastic Toe Box: None
· Steel Toe: No
· Upper (Shaft) Leather : Black Chrome Excel by Horween
· Leather Liner: No Thanks
· Back Stay Leather: Black Chrome Excel by Horween
· Pull Loop: No
· Eyelet Color: Antique
· Sole Trim: Standard Trim
· Eyelet Configuration : Hook and Eyelet
· Sole: Vib 700
· Half Slip: No
· Heel Shape: Block
· Heel Height: Standard
· Last: Standard Semi Dress Last
· Midsole: Standard
· Midsole/Edge Color: BrownWhat do you guys think about the boots I just ordered from bakers? I am still a little indecisive on the heel, I went with the block heel, but taper heel looks good also….... can not decide. any input?
I am going to finalize my order with bakers tomorrow. They just called me to confirm size going with a 11B. I still can not decide on the taper heel or block, I have also been teetering on full comp of half comp. Does anyone have any expeirience with half comp, full comp seems to be the most popular, but I like the half comp, because you get the all leather heel.
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Giles, I know your MIJ Flat Head boots are nice and all, but America would like to raise it's collective middle finger
2012 White's Horse Hide Semi Dress - 2332HH
Toe Cap Leather Color Brown Horse Hide
Sole Commando Mini Lug Half Sole
Size - Length 10
Hardware Brass Eyes & Hooks
Edge Natural
Upper (Shaft) Leather Brown Horse Hide
Midsole Single
Pull Loops Leather Pull Loops
Last Standard
Sole Trim Close Trim
Toe Vamp Leather Brown Horse Hide
Heel Base Standard
Heel Lifts Standard
Size - Width C
Toe Cap Medallion Toe Cap
Celastic Toe Box Single Celastic Toe
Leather Liner Cream -
Double midsole can be a bitch to break in. I think that's part of the reason I found my SJs painful. My HH looks like a double, but it's more like a 1.5. I think they used two thinner pieces of leather because the insole is shaved into the second layer of leather to form a continuous piece. You can't really see it in any of the photos I posted. They made up for the height of the midsole in mine by lowering the heel slightly from a standard single sole.
The composition half sole on the pair you posted basically sits on top of two full midsole layers and doesn't flow from the rubber to leather smoothly. I'll try to get a pic in a little bit.
