Offical TRICKERS shoes and boots thread

[zippyh]

I have a pair of Division Road 2298 Bourtons. To my eye they look distinct from a 4444 Bourton. I may have some familiarity with how 4444 looks. But I also have some 4497 Bourtons and they look the same as 4444 to me.

 

[princealbert]

Silent release of a Durham (w2298) in cross-hatch calf recently.

https://trickers.com/products/durham-country-brogue-black-cross-hatch-calf

Anyone has experience of this Durham model? How different does it look compared to a Bourton when worn? Because they both look extremely similar in pictures (leaving aside the difference of fitting on last w2298 and 4444)

I own the Durham in MC leather. Aside from the difference in last it also has 5 blind eyelets as compared with the 4 metal eyelets. It is certainly very similar to the Bourton, still a chunky country brogue but perhaps slightly more refined. Personally I prefer it, but that is probably not a popular opinion.

 

[JUAN MANUEL]

Hey everyone,

What do you make of the welt joint location on the right boot of these Henry dealers? Is it a bit beyond the pale in terms of quality control, both in terms of the asymmetry between the two boots, and a somewhat vulnerable place where the welt was linked?

Unusual place for a welt joint but there won't be any structural issues, I wouldn't return them (I live in Peru so it is a nightmare returning things to UK).

 

[beautiful_FrEaK]

They look even better when worn 😉

And some close-ups

 

[bemk]

Mr. Burford

 

[Fenners81]

My most recent sale acquisition. I was assuming I'd be returning these as I expected them to be almost identical to Acorn. In reality there's more than enough of a difference for me to keep them. The flat, almost artificial yellow tones of acorn are completely negated by the brown burnishing as it adds a depth to the colour. I've not owned Chelseas before though and so ordered them in my Bourton size and would now probably go down half a size further as they feel pretty roomy in the area where the laces keep boots snug.

 

[Mr.Anderson]

@Fenners81 , please be very careful with using cream/polish as this burnishing comes off very easily. I speak from experience - I have 1001 Burnished Stows. Cheers!

 

[zippyh]

Those 1001 Henrys look great. It’s pretty easy to add/augment the burnishing. I have a pair of acorn burnished Stephens that had little burnishing. I just used some brown paste polish to add color. It took a while to add much color so you don’t have to be too careful.

 

[Fenners81]

@Fenners81 , please be very careful with using cream/polish as this burnishing comes off very easily. I speak from experience - I have 1001 Burnished Stows. Cheers!

Noted. What product did you use that stripped the burnishing? Was it rennovateur by any chance?

 

[zippyh]

Rennovateur will strip burnishing if you’re not careful. For that matter so will neutral color paste wax.

 

[Fenners81]

Rennovateur will strip burnishing if you’re not careful. For that matter so will neutral color paste wax.

Jeez, what can I use? I have bick 4 and neutral saphir cream polish... I've stopped using rennovateur tbh.

 

[shoefan57]

Jeez, what can I use? I have bick 4 and neutral saphir cream polish... I've stopped using rennovateur tbh.

Renovateur is a great product for most leathers but not for leathers with a special finish. It's also true that Saphir wax polishes can strip the finishing off certain leathers (I found this with Church's 119 last shoes but not with Edward Green crust leathers). So, my experience is that Saphir cream polishes are most gentle and have served me well with more delicate leathers - I guess that would be true of other makes of shoe cream polish too.

 

[Fenners81]

I have a feeling the 1001 leather is going to pick up marks and stains left, right and centre so I'll try not to worry too much about cleaning them very often. I think these may look better when a bit beat up anyway.

 

[zippyh]

Eh, I still use Renovateur and paste wax. The key is being careful. Let the products dry and don’t go HAM polishing with a cloth.

 

[Crafty Cumbrian]

Wet boys, very wet!