Hello. 2nd post, 1st thread. I'm a newbie here. Allow me to start with an apology in advance if I missed anything. I did spend a decent amount of time looking around to see if anyone touched on this in detail already, but either I missed what I was looking for, or there really isnt much relative information here.
You see, I went ahead and got myself on the waiting list for a pair of those Tylor Stitch Italian whiskey shell Ranch boots.
Spending about a month reading about it, all I have managed to gather so far is 1, people prefer horween over it, hands down (I actually have an existing opinion about horween whiskey shades of leather but that's for later discussion) and 2, that Italian whiskey Shell is and stays a lighter shade as it ages than horween, which personally is refreshing to see in posted pictures throughout the web. Could it be Rocado whiskey shell that I will be recieving?
Correct me if I'm wrong with preferably unbiased answers, for the sake of my learning experience. This offering of Taylor Stitch's Ranch boot is an example of exactly the way I like my boots to look, and I have plenty of other more casual style boots that it will be joining in what I can go ahead and call a decent collection at this point (mostly oiled leather, pullup combination tans, and other less waxy or non-oiled chrome leathers).
Obviously, we have this first fact that is entirely new to me, ( well there is a grain of salt there, I have 2 horween whiskey pullup boots, one of them being chromexcel) but anyways, I know shell cordovan is atleast generally a vegetable tanned leather. Chromexcel ages and darkens but, I would imagine that based on what I have read and pictures I have seen, I'm looking at much more dramatic darkening and patina in Shell Cordovan. Is that so? Is there anything I should aim to do immediately, once I recieve the boots that I'll wish I had if I dont? I hear about sensitivities (liquid and aging for example) of the leather and praised durability often in the same mentions of it. Maybe some of you can clear that up for me as well? I would appreciate some beginner's guidance to maintaining shell that comes in lighter shades.
You see, I went ahead and got myself on the waiting list for a pair of those Tylor Stitch Italian whiskey shell Ranch boots.
Spending about a month reading about it, all I have managed to gather so far is 1, people prefer horween over it, hands down (I actually have an existing opinion about horween whiskey shades of leather but that's for later discussion) and 2, that Italian whiskey Shell is and stays a lighter shade as it ages than horween, which personally is refreshing to see in posted pictures throughout the web. Could it be Rocado whiskey shell that I will be recieving?
Correct me if I'm wrong with preferably unbiased answers, for the sake of my learning experience. This offering of Taylor Stitch's Ranch boot is an example of exactly the way I like my boots to look, and I have plenty of other more casual style boots that it will be joining in what I can go ahead and call a decent collection at this point (mostly oiled leather, pullup combination tans, and other less waxy or non-oiled chrome leathers).
Obviously, we have this first fact that is entirely new to me, ( well there is a grain of salt there, I have 2 horween whiskey pullup boots, one of them being chromexcel) but anyways, I know shell cordovan is atleast generally a vegetable tanned leather. Chromexcel ages and darkens but, I would imagine that based on what I have read and pictures I have seen, I'm looking at much more dramatic darkening and patina in Shell Cordovan. Is that so? Is there anything I should aim to do immediately, once I recieve the boots that I'll wish I had if I dont? I hear about sensitivities (liquid and aging for example) of the leather and praised durability often in the same mentions of it. Maybe some of you can clear that up for me as well? I would appreciate some beginner's guidance to maintaining shell that comes in lighter shades.
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