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MalfordOfLondon · Dec 29, 2011

Sorbet Stick said:
Malford, well done! are those Peal & Co's Crups from BB?

C&J Harlech.

KObalto · Dec 29, 2011

JohnGalt said:
seconds?

Firsts, baby, that's how I roll (heavily discounted on Amazon, though :embar:

). I wore them to the meet-up which I assume was why I was not included in the shoe circle.
You guys didn't want me showing y'all up. :fence:

Brianpore · Dec 29, 2011

MalfordOfLondon said:
Shell, shell, shell.

In particular - these monsters:

Thanks for all the input. Those are bad ass boots! They look to have leather soles, no issues in the rain? I was thinking I need something with rubber soles? Shell boots with rubber soles, such a thing?

MalfordOfLondon · Dec 29, 2011

Brianpore said:
Thanks for all the input. Those are bad ass boots! They look to have leather soles, no issues in the rain? I was thinking I need something with rubber soles? Shell boots with rubber soles, such a thing?

I'm a firm believer that leather soles are fine for pretty much all weather that we are likely to get here in the UK. Others will probably disagree.

Sure - Shell & Dainite - no reason not to.

KObalto · Dec 29, 2011

Brianpore said:
Thanks for all the input. Those are bad ass boots! They look to have leather soles, no issues in the rain? I was thinking I need something with rubber soles? Shell boots with rubber soles, such a thing?

Double leather soles are okay in the rain, short of flooding.

Sanguis Mortuum · Dec 29, 2011

MalfordOfLondon said:
Brianpore said:

Thanks for all the input. Those are bad ass boots! They look to have leather soles, no issues in the rain? I was thinking I need something with rubber soles? Shell boots with rubber soles, such a thing?

Click to expand...

I'm a firm believer that leather soles are fine for pretty much all weather that we are likely to get here in the UK.

I agree. Maybe they would not be suitable if you lived in Canada or something, but in the UK we rarely get any weather bad enough that leather soles aren't perfectly wearable.

dandie · Dec 29, 2011

MalfordOfLondon said:
I'm a firm believer that leather soles are fine for pretty much all weather that we are likely to get here in the UK. Others will probably disagree.
Sure - Shell & Dainite - no reason not to.

Leather soles not so good in the wet - they reach a point where you are basically Torville and Dean - dainite all the way for me

MalfordOfLondon · Dec 29, 2011

dandie said:
Leather soles not so good in the wet - they reach a point where you are basically Torville and Dean - dainite all the way for me

I have never slipped over in the rain. I did nearly come a cropper once - wearing a pair of Barker Blacks. This was due to the fact that they had a full leather heel with exposed nails...

JayJay · Dec 29, 2011

For rainy weather I usually wear my Alden shell longwings or high boots. If I need to be really dressed up, then I wear my overshoes with my better shoes.

thinman · Dec 29, 2011

Brianpore said:
Thanks for all the input. Those are bad ass boots! They look to have leather soles, no issues in the rain? I was thinking I need something with rubber soles? Shell boots with rubber soles, such a thing?

Although both pairs of rain boots I mentioned earlier in this thread are chukka boots, I own a pair of shell cordovan high boots with a Dainite sole that I special-ordered from Martegani through Ron Rider that I wear on snow days. I have had leather soles soften considerably after stepping in a puddle, so I try to wear only rubber soles such as Dainite on rainy days. If the puddles aren't too deep, I'll wear a pair of EG Dovers with a Thames sole or RM Williams boots with a rubber sole, just for traction.

gladhands · Dec 29, 2011

C&J Exmoor

Quadcammer · Dec 29, 2011

Pair of AE cliftons, mezlans, or boots, or overshoes when I know its going to rain.

All of my shoes have been caught in unexpected rain and none are worse for wear.

makewayhomer · Dec 29, 2011

if it's bad weather I wear my shoes that happen to have dainite/rubber soles, but these are the same shoes I wear when it's nice out

shell laughs at Earth weather

Reevolving · Dec 29, 2011

You can destroy leather soles in the rain inside of 10 minutes.
People here must resole their shoes monthly.

DerekS · Dec 29, 2011

I have a pair of Lobbs with Topy'd soles....my go to pair. The only pair i have that arent leather soled.

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