Just acquired! Pics to follow...
Special thanks to member airfrogusmc for his inspiring pics of these boots and for the input!
Note: this is my first post here and I discovered it through the pics by airfrogusmc. What a cool forum! I noticed some love for Bronson brand flight jackets as a budget option and I've been happily wearing my A1 for over a year now. Ok, on to the subject at hand.
I'd been considering getting these boots for almost three years now, and recently revisited WWII Impressions website only to find my size was sold out. I wrote Juan to double check his stock and he said they were not available but that he'd keep me in mind should they ever restock. He wrote me back a few days later with the news that he found my size on the display model, and here they are...
First, as they arrived with a finish similar to Corcoran historic jump boots in brown. Kind of a painted on look:
Then, I cleaned and conditioned them with Lexol and they looked like this:
Here they are after one application of Meltonian cordovan shoe cream followed by two applications of Lincoln marine cordovan wax overall and an additional two on the toe caps. Brushed and then buffed with panty hose after each application:
I also replaced the stock laces with some dark brown flat waxed by Alden. They're thinner at 4 mm but also too short at 54 inches & I plan to get some 5 mm TZ Laces in 59 inches.
There are many more pics in this Imgur album:
https://imgur.com/a/IvcMr
My plan is to update this thread with additional pics as these get worn and broken in.
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Special thanks to member airfrogusmc for his inspiring pics of these boots and for the input!
Note: this is my first post here and I discovered it through the pics by airfrogusmc. What a cool forum! I noticed some love for Bronson brand flight jackets as a budget option and I've been happily wearing my A1 for over a year now. Ok, on to the subject at hand.
I'd been considering getting these boots for almost three years now, and recently revisited WWII Impressions website only to find my size was sold out. I wrote Juan to double check his stock and he said they were not available but that he'd keep me in mind should they ever restock. He wrote me back a few days later with the news that he found my size on the display model, and here they are...
First, as they arrived with a finish similar to Corcoran historic jump boots in brown. Kind of a painted on look:
Then, I cleaned and conditioned them with Lexol and they looked like this:
Here they are after one application of Meltonian cordovan shoe cream followed by two applications of Lincoln marine cordovan wax overall and an additional two on the toe caps. Brushed and then buffed with panty hose after each application:
I also replaced the stock laces with some dark brown flat waxed by Alden. They're thinner at 4 mm but also too short at 54 inches & I plan to get some 5 mm TZ Laces in 59 inches.
There are many more pics in this Imgur album:
https://imgur.com/a/IvcMr
My plan is to update this thread with additional pics as these get worn and broken in.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk