Custom White's Boots ... Thoughts? - Page 35

Nice choice on the distressed smooth. A while back I posted an incredible pair of worn White's (not mine) in that same exact leather because I loved thet leather so much and needed an ID. They will soon look even more incredible.

Do you have the pic handy?  Or is it in this thread?  Would love to see some aged distressed smooths

Oh God, this thread is bad for my wallet. All those pics of worn Natty CXL is tempting me. Has anyone experienced stretching with CXL? I found my Alden Indy's in CXL to have stretched a fair bit... I'm pretty sad about that.

This is just my hypothesis, but the thicker leather of White's over, for example Alden, should somewhat mitigate the CXL stretching issue, no?

I visited the MOTOR shop in Tokyo over the weekend with my natty CXL Aldens on for comparison, but no comparison was forthcoming. They were a much thicker piece of leather, and the color and depth looked much richer. It was hard to imagine that stretching was going to be much of an issue, but again this is just a hunch.

Here's a pic of a new and a well worn pair:

Hrm, interesting, I didn't consider the fact that the thickness may vary.

Well, it's just a hunch, but it seems logical. I also have a pair of natty cxl plain toe Alden boots that I'm worried about stretching because the Trubalance last is already pretty voluminous for my feet!

Anyone out there with CXL White's want to relate their experience with stretching? And, on a side note, do the smoke jumpers etc. use a thicker piece of leather than the semi-dress?

I actually love how the boot feels with the heel 1/4 lower.

 

I have CXL Semi-Dress and black Farmer-Rancher. The leather on Farmer-Rancher is thicker and more rigid. Semi-Dress CXL is softer and more stretchy. Also the quality is higher. Less break-in time with Semi-Dress.

 

I am selling brown cxl Semi-Dress in 12.5EE just because its too roomy once I wore them a bit. 

Black Horse Hide Semi Dress

That triple sole is beefy - those look like some serious sh-t-kickers.

those must be quite heavy

Those s**tkickers are for real.

Anyone with single leather soles wear theirs in the winter or in the rain? I am thinking of having white`s add the half slip before winter so I don`t have to put it away. Would they have to alter the heel height as well? I mean is the heel height the same on the ones with just the single leather sole and the ones with the half sole on top of the single leather? It seems to me that the heel height is a little higher on the ones with the half soles.

Yes, you guess is right. They put another layer of leather in the heel to balance the boot, when using the composition half sole. So, if you add a forefoot rubber layer yourself, with no change to the heel, you will have a lowered by 1/4 inch heel boot. I suggest you do nothing to the heel, just let it be lowered.

Thank you! Yes it does feel high as it is with no sole.