Custom White's Boots ... Thoughts?

[miggyramone]

Thanks for this post. I've been wondering about using HDLP to protect the natural leather heel and edge. I'm gonna try Blackrock Leather N Rich first though, as I already have some of that. The cleaner compound in Blackrock is a bit strong, so I think it might clean off a good amount of dirt or light stains from the heel and edge.

 

[meso]

I picked up the British Tan Chromepak Main Street boots that White's had up on ebay. I was selling an old pair of tan, C-shade Tricker's that I hardly ever wore, but do like British Tan as a color, particularly as a pull-up leather. The fit was a bit tight for being on the Barrie last, but they opened up nicely after breaking in just an hour or two. The pointiness of the toe took me a minute to get used to, since I mostly wear round-toe boots, but it's nice to have an option in the closet for more formal occasions. I have to say, they are extremely high quality for the price! Yes, they are not fully rebuildable, but this isn't a problem I'll ever have to confront, really. Obligatory ****** iPhone pics attached.

 

[hoppy_IPA]

@meso - those are amazing! chromepack leather is something i've been wanting for a LONG time. What is the story behind that build? Id really like to order something in that leather if it's possible.

Thanks,
j

 

[meso]

Eh it was just one of the pairs that Whitesriver had on Ebay. Semi-impulse buy. I have no idea about the story about this build (tho Sambam has been talking about the MP/Main Street builds here for a while). I'd imagine unless there is some Chrome drought on still, you can probably just buy a pair from White's. They can give you an approximate lead time.

 

[hoppy_IPA]

are you sure it's Chrompak then? WhitesRiver has some British Tan Domaine (domaine leather = Seidel) Leather SD's up right now and White's is saying that it's likely a typo and the leather is just CXL (horween). Chromepak is pretty unique stuff - always wanted to get some boots made with it

@sambam - do you offer Seidel's Domaine or Horween's Chromepack?

 

[linafelt]

I picked up the British Tan Chromepak Main Street boots that White's had up on ebay. I was selling an old pair of tan, C-shade Tricker's that I hardly ever wore, but do like British Tan as a color, particularly as a pull-up leather. The fit was a bit tight for being on the Barrie last, but they opened up nicely after breaking in just an hour or two. The pointiness of the toe took me a minute to get used to, since I mostly wear round-toe boots, but it's nice to have an option in the closet for more formal occasions. I have to say, they are extremely high quality for the price! Yes, they are not fully rebuildable, but this isn't a problem I'll ever have to confront, really. Obligatory ****** iPhone pics attached.

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@meso is back, baby..!

 

[meso]

are you sure it's Chrompak then? WhitesRiver has some British Tan Domaine (domaine leather = Seidel) Leather SD's up right now and White's is saying that it's likely a typo and the leather is just CXL (horween). Chromepak is pretty unique stuff - always wanted to get some boots made with it

@sambam - do you offer Seidel's Domaine or Horween's Chromepack?

Not sure if it's Chromepak. Ebay auction just says "chrome" so maybe chromexcel? (I confess I'm not 100% sure of the difference between the two)

@meso is back, baby..!

LOL... I finally got a few paychecks! ???

 

[Netvine]

Thanks for this post. I've been wondering about using HDLP to protect the natural leather heel and edge. I'm gonna try Blackrock Leather N Rich first though, as I already have some of that. The cleaner compound in Blackrock is a bit strong, so I think it might clean off a good amount of dirt or light stains from the heel and edge.

I love the results from using fiebings resolene for touch ups. (LegalEagles method) The HDLP attracted a lot of gunk and made the stack look very ages and worn. I sanded it down and applied the resolene and looked close to factory edge.

 

[miggyramone]

I love the results from using fiebings resolene for touch ups. (LegalEagles method) The HDLP attracted a lot of gunk and made the stack look very ages and worn. I sanded it down and applied the resolene and looked close to factory edge.

I'll have to google that stuff. I used Allen Edmonds neutral sole edge and heel dressing recently. So far so good. A little bit of a learning curb - got a bit of it on the heel counter but no big deal otherwise.

 

[American_Psycho11]

I picked up the British Tan Chromepak Main Street boots that White's had up on ebay. I was selling an old pair of tan, C-shade Tricker's that I hardly ever wore, but do like British Tan as a color, particularly as a pull-up leather. The fit was a bit tight for being on the Barrie last, but they opened up nicely after breaking in just an hour or two. The pointiness of the toe took me a minute to get used to, since I mostly wear round-toe boots, but it's nice to have an option in the closet for more formal occasions. I have to say, they are extremely high quality for the price! Yes, they are not fully rebuildable, but this isn't a problem I'll ever have to confront, really. Obligatory ****** iPhone pics attached.

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These look great! It's so nice to see real world pics of these for once and not promotional images. They look even better than I thought. Very nice!

 

[American_Psycho11]

I'm almost positive those are CXL and the ebay listing just mistakenly put Chromepack not knowing any better.

 

[miggyramone]

I think it is CXL. I was looking at the Semi Dress with a comp half sole on White's site. It lists British tan as Chromexcel in their color options.

 

[Phalanx]

How heavy is everyone's boots? My 13EE BHs are 1.3kg each and I was wondering if that leans towards the heavy or light end of the scale. I most interested in how heavy people's SD and MP boots are (I'm going to assume 10 inch steel toe cap SJs weigh a lot!).

 

[Mghart]

These came in over the weekend from Bakers. Smoke Jumper in brown horsehide on the C641 last with a 430 sole. Initial fit is really good and should break in well.

 

[sambam]

are you sure it's Chrompak then? WhitesRiver has some British Tan Domaine (domaine leather = Seidel) Leather SD's up right now and White's is saying that it's likely a typo and the leather is just CXL (horween). Chromepak is pretty unique stuff - always wanted to get some boots made with it

@sambam - do you offer Seidel's Domaine or Horween's Chromepack?

We do have a size run of seidels domaine. It was some hides we had laying around. Everything else is cxcel. Not Chromepak.