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Boots / shoes to wear with your flight jacket s...
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CombatWombat
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As for what I wear with my flight jackets....well I don't have that many,but these are the boots I wear with them.....
These are Italian paratrooper boots that were my uncle's
These are Italian paratrooper boots that were my uncle's
CombatWombat
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And my old "Officer Boots"
Not the most comfortable boots around but does look good when paired with dark green chinos and my ELC in-house jacket
Not the most comfortable boots around but does look good when paired with dark green chinos and my ELC in-house jacket
Edward
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I recently acquired these WWII army officers shoes in my size. They are marked inside with an inspection stamp from the Jeffersonville Quartermaster Intermediate Depot (JQMD)
I can only make out the last inspector number 4 and the word …tory (perhaps Victory?)
Brown Shoe Co.
10 1/2 B 26201
Contract WI9- 074-QM 3222
Complete with the scent of a musty old attic lol!
Well broken in. Fit great and feel comfortable.
I need shoe tree and a nice polish for them
I can only make out the last inspector number 4 and the word …tory (perhaps Victory?)
Brown Shoe Co.
10 1/2 B 26201
Contract WI9- 074-QM 3222
Complete with the scent of a musty old attic lol!
Well broken in. Fit great and feel comfortable.
I need shoe tree and a nice polish for them
B-Man2
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coolhandluke
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@B-Man2, thanks for the heads up on the Polo suede service boots Burt. Unfortunately, they're not as inexpensive on eBay as they once were.
Based on the auction photos, I thought I'd be receiving the russet "snuff" colored boots, but the ones that were received were a dark brown that look similar to dubbed roughouts. I added a set of waxed laces, but may try finding another set that aren't quite as wide.
Based on the auction photos, I thought I'd be receiving the russet "snuff" colored boots, but the ones that were received were a dark brown that look similar to dubbed roughouts. I added a set of waxed laces, but may try finding another set that aren't quite as wide.
coolhandluke
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Unfortunately the snuff and brown colors are bringing $150 - $180 nowadays. The green boots can still be had for $80 or less though.
B-Man2
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I’ve never done this, but I wonder if the green ones could be dubbed and them polished using brown shoe cream, similar to what soldiers did with original rough out boots . I wonder if that might give them the brown color of WWII Rough outs .
FlakMagnet
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That's quite the price increase. I bought a pair of brown boots for US$70 online from 6PM.com, but they only seem to have the brown and black leather ones left. https://www.6pm.com/p/polo-ralph-lauren-army-boot-black/product/9578306/color/3
B-Man2
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Seriously?…. They do look like them…. but I don’t think Clark’s would hold up under the abuse they’d get from those guys .
Chandler
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Wasn't Clark's the original manufacturer for the 8th Army desert boots?* And I've read that they were the "inspiration" for the US roughout boots.
I had a pair of Clark's once; awful arch support -- especially for *my* flat feet.
*Looks like Clark's ripped off a South African design:
www.esquire.com
If any of these sources are to be believed.
I had a pair of Clark's once; awful arch support -- especially for *my* flat feet.
*Looks like Clark's ripped off a South African design:
The Origin Story of the Ever-Enduring Clarks Desert Boot
It all started at a market stall in Cairo.
If any of these sources are to be believed.
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FlakMagnet
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The build quality was likely miles better than the Clarks we get today. With that said, I think you can get goodyear welted clark desert boots for extra $$
B-Man2
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Interesting … In your photo .. are those guys SAS…Royal Marines …. ? Who ?
What a great selling point for Clark’s if they really are Clark boots. This is the first time I’ve ever heard about this, has anyone else heard anything about this?
Chandler
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See my edit link above. Sounds like true Clark's-made desert boots came out after WW2 and were more popular in the U.S. than their home country.
Pa12
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Love them . Wore them as kids. I have a pair now but with the shitty gum soles. Picks up about 3 lbs of gravel. Pretty sure Jimmy Stewart wore them in flight of the Phoenix.
rob20uk
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I got the picture from looking on the forum on the 60s and 70s pics. I think they are in what is now Yeman.
FlakMagnet
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@dinomartino1 had posted that pic on this sweet, sweet picture thread https://www.vintageleatherjackets.org/threads/the-raf-in-colour-50s-and-60s.22619/post-233125
"Three airmen from 37 (Field) Squadron, RAF Regiment, each armed with a L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle, man a piquet overlooking the airfield at Thumeir, in the Radfan region of the Federation of Southern Arabia, now Yemen, circa May 1964."
rob20uk
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That’s the one. He posted some fantastic pictures.
