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Can anyone comment on what the difference between Waxed Tobacco and Earth is?
Also a couple more items have been added to the EEE section (Yay). I may pick up the Brass boot in Black when it's in stock.
Grant Stone (as well as Alden, Allen Edmonds, and other makers) use the same (or similar terms) to describe the same leather and colors:
- Earth is a color (it's basically black)
- Tobacco is a color (it's dark brown)
- Wax(ed) is what they apply to the leather to give it a finish and some water protection.
Examples:
Plain Toe Blucher - Earth is a black "Waxed Commander leather by Charles F. Stead"
Edward Boot Waxed Tobacco is a brown "The Waxy Tobacco leather is C.F. Stead's infamous Waxy Commander"
Diesel Boot Earth is a black "Strong & durable Waxy Commander leather tanned by Charles F. Stead"
As you can tell, @GrantStone (as well as other makers) should at least be consistent with the descriptions on their own website. They have given three similar, but different, descriptions to the same leather.