![]() I admired the hell out of sold-out Japanese boots. I had an interesting conversation with Zip from HTC/Santa Rosa. I ended up with a pair of these on order. I've spent too much time the last month looking at pretty much every single vintage repro model out there from US and Japanese makers. I picked up a pair of Frye "artisanal" engineers a month ago and was hooked on the style. There are cheaper pairs out there, but some of the most appealing models are those that take cues from or are reproductions of vintage models from the 1940's and 1950's. The price of admission is kind of steep for them though. Chris's post shows, different strokes for different folks! that what makes it all so great.Engineers are one of those things I've been curious about for a long time.Kind of like the indigo fading off a pair of jeans to relate it to something we can all appreciate. But the biggest deal to me is that the patina is just SOOOOO DAMMMMNNN BEAUTIFUL when it happens. On a nerdier note, it also opens up wardrobe opportunities as the patina develops becasue a black boot can be passed off as a brown or black, etc. This is something I look for in nearly all of my leather purchases as of lately. It just leaves a beautiful patina, IMO of couse, overtime. From a manufacturers point of view back then it was cheaper and quicker to do a semi dye however, this process allows for the type of patina that you will see on the pair of julian made RRLs that were recently posted from Brass in Tokyo, and yes my himel as well. This is more accurate to the vintage style boots from 30s, 40s, 50s. I actually do prefer the an aniline dye that does not penetrate the leather completely. ![]()
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