Proper leather shoes

Just ordered these Grenson Percy shoes as a little pay-day treat to myself. Got all feasible fingers, and some toes crossed in a hope that they will fit

oh my wata the bottom ones?

Couldn't be arsed screwin around tryna find the Mckinlay's so got me some new faithful Clarks desert boots. Still the realest

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Euph, Shirley?

Was it that obvious José?

Paraboots

I've had these from John Lewis for about a year. For the first 6 months they were torture. Blisters and sore feet. Now there are perfect, so soft and comfortable and they fit my stupid shaped feet

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Where are these from?

those boots are epic - who are they by?

So I think the desert boots I bought are slightly too big.

Anyone interested in a pair of black Clarks Desert Boots.
Worn once. Uk 8.5
Bought for £95, will sell for £90.
Jus gunna get myself a pair of size 8

They'll get bigger - I always made the error of buying the size I needed only for them to become baggier than Jordan's bits over a relatively short space of time.

reference to me?
thats the issue they're already too big

Had to buy a "large 9" when I bought my para boots from the guys on brick lane. At least I could pad out with more comfy insoles. Probs last me forever, but I do look like the plod from shin to toe. Walked in the Thames ankle deep without a leak. They weigh a lot, though.

Those ones are Mark McNairy but I think Sanders did a version for Tres Bien before.

Buy half a size too small then...

Im going to. Oh right. I get you now. So buy a 7.5 not an 8?

they are excellent, I am very sad I didn't get them first

See how they feel.

I size down.

I.e buy a 10 when I'm an 11

Bought a pair of Thorogood Beloits in brown chromexcel today:

Would you treat them before use? The quite knowledgeable chap in the store suggested that I didn't, but I guess a second opinion wouldn't hurt... I've got Saphir Renovateur, Huberd's shoe oil and some beeswax/leather grease combo stuff in the house and was leaning towards giving them a thin coat of Huberd's until he suggested otherwise.

Found this on interwebz regards oils/conditioners :

    *What is your advice on treating White`s? I´d guess Obenauf´s LP should be fine but I hear a lot that applying shoe care too often may harm the leather. Is an initial treatment reasonable?*

Most people on these forums feel compelled to drown everything in Obenauf's, all the time. Many people do so basically because all they know is what they've read on a forum, i.e. they have no idea what they're doing.

These kind of treatments are useful only for rejuvenating extremely tired, dry or mistreated boots (including oiled leathers). If you are a fire fighter (or something) and actually use you Smoke Jumpers on the job then you might have a good reason to do this relatively often. For the rest of us... let's face it, where're hipsters and you will rarely need to frequently treat leather this way. The bottom line is... use this option very sparingly.

If you use something like Obenauf or mink oil as you would a polish, i.e. frequently, it will definitely not be good for the leather. Often people will then wear the boots immediately resulting in the damp, oil heavy leather being stretched and losing its color and depth.

Have a look at the Wolverine thread over on SF. They are obsessed with a "winter sealing treatment" over there. You can see dozens of photos of 1000 Mile boots that are simply horribly out of shape because they've been oiled almost to death. (If you need to apply that much oil to a boot to seal it for wet or winter conditions... then basically you're wearing the wrong boot. Go buy yourself an actual winter boot).

So yes... don't just treat your boots with Obenauf's because of forum myth! As previous posters have indicated keep the boots brushed, let them dry and rest in between wearing, use shoe trees, and find a more reasonable shoe care regime.

What do I do?
- Brush.
- Leave to dry (if damp or if I've worn them for any length of time).
- Saddle soap if dirty or stained (do this only lightly).
- leave to dry.
- (optional: if leather needs conditioning or if you've used saddle soap) Apply a good rejuvenating cream or conditioner (I use Saphir Renovateur). You could use oil at this stage.
- Use a good shoe creme (you can use a colored creme, but I tend to use neutral). There are many... I use Collonil because its easily available where I am.
- Finish with a shoe wax. Again, I use neutral Saphir or Collonil wax.

If you do decide to oil your boots make sure they are clean and dry (otherwise you lock in dirt, etc. during oiling) and then leave the boots for at least a week before wearing (I often leave my boots up to 2 or 3 weeks before wearing). You can really feel the difference. Boots will stretch if they are heavy with oil. If this happens repeatedly they will end up permanently out of shape (not simply stretched).

There is no reason not to follow a regime like this even for work boots. I do the above on all my boots, including oiled leathers. I only do an oil treatment if the leather is really crying out for it (which is almost never). I repeat... repeatedly soaking boots in Obenauf's is for zombies.

That's from Reddit, right? Think I read that one once, when looking at Obenaufs LP. But yeah, definitely not going down that road. I just thought about a light coat of 'something' might be a good start to a long relationship...

I personally would do nothing to bran new CXL

I'll do nothing then and start out with a short walk and a beer

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