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Berry is too loud for me. Check out clove suede. Perusing the EG swatch book today at Leffot and noticed it. More of a cinnamon/red rust.
Barry is loud, yes I think the same but another combination to look at may be Walnut country calf with Berry suede or shearling on the top if one wants to add a bit of colour, this may work as EG walnut is quite a dark dull colour. Being a country boot if you are making them on the 64 last I think it should not be too bright.
I've been thinking of stepping up my boot game. I have been obsessing over the Galway. I read through about half of this thread and see some familiar faces from the Alden forum. I have 6 pairs of Alden shell boots, but now I think I might go for quality over quantity from here on out. Am I looking at the right boot?
I'd personally not worry too much about the colour of country footwear, more about the suitability of the chosen materials when dealing with the local conditions.
Just as a diversion, I've taken a few pics of a pair of WW2 Lotus veldtschoen boots which are very much the forerunner of the original Galway as it was Lotus who first made and patented the construction method.
The boots are made from zug grain and have been recently resoled. Look at the similarities with the Galway, with both being a unlined wholecut derby boot made of robust leather. Note also the full bellows tongue as opposed to the Galway's half-bellows one. These were rewaxed yesterday as I still use them, along with another pair from WW2 which I own:
The boots were often used a private purchase field boots as British Empire commissioned officers, and they were noted to be costly in their day.
Wow, I'm extremely impressed by how nice the leather is holding up! The last doubts I've had regarding the zug/heather gorse are gone. How do you treat zug? Snow seal? Also, the sole appears to be a double leather (please correct me if I'm wrong) – is there any specific reason you have chosen to keep the leather sole instead of having them replaced by for example ridgeway?
Cheers,
SKM
What is Zug, exactly? Is it something other than simple pebble grain leather?
I'd personally not worry too much about the colour of country footwear, more about the suitability of the chosen materials when dealing with the local conditions.
Just as a diversion, I've taken a few pics of a pair of WW2 Lotus veldtschoen boots which are very much the forerunner of the original Galway as it was Lotus who first made and patented the construction method.
The boots are made from zug grain and have been recently resoled. Look at the similarities with the Galway, with both being a unlined wholecut derby boot made of robust leather. Note also the full bellows tongue as opposed to the Galway's half-bellows one. These were rewaxed yesterday as I still use them, along with another pair from WW2 which I own:
The boots were often used a private purchase field boots as British Empire commissioned officers, and they were noted to be costly in their day.
It's a heavy duty embossed waxy gorse calf, not often seen these days.
What is Zug, exactly? Is it something other than simple pebble grain leather?
Is anyone producing rtw offerings using zug and veldt construction? I saw a trickers boot however it was not veldt.