Boots / shoes to wear with your flight jacket s...

[Edward]

Taft Dragon boots unboxing. (love these! fit me great and feel good. will need to walk around and get a break in period to be fully sure but right out of the box these are comfortable!)

 

[Edward]

 

[B-Man2]

They look great with jeans. I bet they look good with khakis as well.

 

[London Cabbie]

Blacksmith 03344 Hawthorne arrived. Comfortable from the off (round the house)...

 

[stanier]

I was lucky enough to have a stunning parcel from Brian at Roleclub on Wednesday. I'll try and take a pic or two over the weekend. In the meantime here's one that Brian sent me before he shipped. Really couldn't be happier with my new engineer boots.

 

[B-Man2]

That’s a cool looking boot, particularly the color contrast of the Russett soles and heels with the black leather . I’d say fit pics are definitely in order when you get them

 

[ausreenactor]

Bought these as a gag. They were the issued footwear for our Army for a while. They are insanely comfortable!

Dunlop Volleys!

 

[stanier]

That’s a cool looking boot, particularly the color contrast of the Russett soles and heels with the black leather . I’d say fit pics are definitely in order when you get them

Thanks B-man2 and I'll definitely take a pic or two when I get chance. I lost control specc'ing these and the leather is Brian's hand finished horsehide. It should age like these examples

 

[D97x7]

Awesome boots, Stanier.

 

[Officer Dibley]

Blacksmith 03344 Hawthorne arrived. Comfortable from the off (round the house)...View attachment 41476View attachment 41477View attachment 41478

I have a pair of these great boots. A word of advice, if you ride a motorbike, put some electrical tape over the gear shift or expect black staining from the rubber grip ...

 

[London Cabbie]

Thanks Dibley
Motorbike days, long gone...

 

[ausreenactor]

Lookin

Taft Dragon boots unboxing. (love these! fit me great and feel good. will need to walk around and get a break in period to be fully sure but right out of the box these are comfortable!)
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Looking at your original I fall more in love the ELC Monarch.....

 

[Officer Dibley]

Cabbie, these are mine

If i am honest, there’s a lot of footwear on here that apart from being crazy expensive, is overly fussy / contrived. I like plain stuff and am not a dandy gent

 

[London Cabbie]

They look good. Not sure when I get to wear mine most of the time in the Cab...Take me years to get to that level...

 

[Grant]

Those look amazing!

 

[Ed Rooney]

I’ve been to Red Wing, Minnesota - not for boots, but for golf. Lovely town.

 

[Flightengineer]

Right now on Bay WW2 USN NAVY BOONDOCKER BOOTS SIZE 11.5A MINT UNWORN NOS

WW2 USN NAVY BOONDOCKER BOOTS SIZE 11.5A MINT UNWORN NOS | eBay

<p>WW2 USN BOONDOCKER BOOTS SIZE 11.5A ABSOLUTE MINT UNWORN CONDITION. </p><p>Mint condition New old stock size 11.5A WW2 USN marked rough out boondocker field shoes. E La France stamped and Inspection stamps on inside soles. Rarer than USMC marked examples. these have never had a foot in them.</p>

www.ebay.com

 

[B-Man2]

Great looking boots ..... but unfortunately that “A” width “narrows” the field of potential buyers .
( See what I did there?)

 

[Grant]

Borrowed a pair of original WWII Russet Service shoes from a collector friend to compare to my repro ATF Services Shoes. I'm no a boot expert, but the originals have finer stitching, thicker soles and a more pronounced cap toe than the repros. I'm perfectly happy with my ATF repros, but cool to compare them to a dead stock pair of originals.

 

[Grant]

Here's a shot of the soles.