Casual Leather Boots

it’s interesting to look at the different lasts in Grenson (and other trad makers).

https://www.grenson.com/lasts?setCurrencyId=1&srsltid=AfmBOorYgqMakHrgpd7EN63ed2leW7S81LK3mULSqP9roeHZnI-GvTTE

I’m not sure about their ‘size up/size down’ advice.  I’d have thought you want a last that fits the shape of your foot. The boots I got, which are the first I’ve had that really feel like they fit have a last that’s described as I think of my feet (I didn’t find the last description until after I’d bought them.  But wide G fitting, high instep.

20% off factory shop prices at Tricker’s till tomorrow.

Thank you for the PSA.

Most of their stuff is to formal for me, but they did have one pair of the Allen boots in my size, nothing like a good impulse purchase. With the discount off the factory shop price it was expensive, but I can justify if they last a long time as I do tend to burn through footware.

My 10 year old Timberland boots are still in use. They’ve gone a bit saggy at the back but are very comfy.

My Timberlands are only around 5-6 years old and have a nice patina to them. Will definitely replace them when they start looking tatty

If you search eBay you’ll see lots of redwing boots with white soles worn down to weird smooth shapes even though the upper is still in serviceable condition.

They’re Goodyear welted, so very easy to resole, any competent cobblers should be able to do it. when I bought mine in Bath the chap in the shop said the white sole will wear, but they can be replaced with something like a regular Vibram sole.
£55 isn’t bad, I’ve got a really old pair of Vans that the sole had worn through showing the air pockets. I found a place in Melksham who could resole them, cost me £40, about half what a new pair would cost, Vans don’t do a style like mine anymore, they’re pretty well worn, but they’re comfortable, and they’ve probably got another five years in them, and I’ve had them for more than ten at least.

Could you ford a stream in those redwings and have dry feet?

They have a bellows tongue that goes up as far as the second eyelet from the top, so that’s a yes, sort of, but they ain’t wellies, so deep puddles, fine, but I’d be wary of anything deeper than your ankles.

Got my Lanx boots last week. Really good looking boots. They’ll break in a bit but were comfy enough out of the box to wear all day at the Scotland-Fiji game.