Flightengineer
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Boots / shoes to wear with your flight jacket s...
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Flightengineer
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Never worn Clarks.
Men's heritage Black
Veldskoen men's original desert chukka boot with the black sole is ethically and sustainably handcrafted with locally sourced, premium materials from South Africa. They are made with genuine locally sourced water-resistant suede leather. Our mission is to improve the lives around us and reduce...
CombatWombat
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If you think these are nice you should see the selous Scout boot.....thin but robust rubber sole with a buffalo (?) Leather that has as beautiful grain to it and it's toe cap and heel capped..... feels a bit strange at first because of how tactial they are but once you've got used to it, it's like walking around in thongs/flip flops but classy lolVeldskoen - the boots that started the history of the all desert boots.
Incredible quality and comfort, very happy with these Vellies from South Africa.
Special thanks to @Brettafett and his friend from SA for helping with sizing.
FlakMagnet
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Might be of some interest to the folks here:
Chandler
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Watched this last night and meant to add a link, but forgot -- thanks for being on it!
And yeah, it's pretty interesting to see the boots and hear the insight.
CombatWombat
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He's done American "Rangers" and German "Jackboots" too
He does a bloody good job of showing what's inside the boots we wear
Chandler
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"Rangers?" I missed that one -- and it turns out the jackboots we're probably post-war manufacture, but it was still interesting to see how they were built.
This "series" all started when he studied a pair of US double-buckles -- also pretty interesting.
B-Man2
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Chandler
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Oh yeah, been following Rose Anvil for a while. Like a lot of his vids, but the sneakers are yawners.
So -- when @CombatWombat mentioned "Rangers" in context with the other military boots, I thought he meant some sort of elite unit pair of boots. Now I get it.
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B-Man2
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Yeah same here … but it broke my heart to see him cut up a pair of WWII US buckle boots . Only so many pairs of those left in the world.Oh yeah, been following Rose Anvil for a while. Like a lot of his vids, but the sneakers are yawners.
Chandler
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According to Weston, he was seeing a lot of them available online. He also talks about using his "method" as historical research and wants to have all of the vintage ones available for all to study.Yeah same here … but it broke my heart to see him cut up a pair of WWII US buckle boots . Only so many pairs of those left in the world.
That, and the pair of Double Buckles wasn't exactly in wearable condition.
CombatWombat
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Oh you call them Double Buckles?
Oh I thought they were called Rangers lol (I guess it's just the French that named there type as Rangers)
And the Jackboots probably were since they had rubber soles with the side strap......still they look good with the wood pegs
FlakMagnet
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Fantastic video dissecting ww2 Japanese army boots
Chandler
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And he really likes them. Not so sure I do.
Smithy
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I've been wearing my Sturm Mil-Tec Roughouts from SoF a lot over the last few months (more so than the Service Shoes) and just have to put a plug in for them. Terrific boots and super hardwearing. If anyone is after some Roughouts, I wholeheartedly recommend them and they're a damn good price too. The Sturm Mil-Tec Service Shoes also get 2 thumbs up.
Smithy
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I just ordered my normal shoe size and they were bang on.
