Offical TRICKERS shoes and boots thread

[bemk]

Stow in Elk from the fantastic AFPOS

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Given how pliable the leather follows the angles you do, it must be wonderfully comfortable. While I don't mind the longer break-in time my calf Stows and Burfords need, this is one thing I enjoy with my Kudu and Funchal Stows very much.

 

[fendermustang]

I have a Stow in Funchal Espresso and a Bourton in Espresso (Calf). The box of the latter states "Burnished" as their website does. However, I find the burnishing on the Bourton pretty discreet.
To my eyes my Funchal Stows are not burnished, but probably the artificial light on this winter's evening betrays me.

Tricker's' notes on the Funchal Espresso Stows were these, which is the same as on Trickerpedia :
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However, the burnishing happens on the final boot, so you can order them without.

My impressions of the leather are here: #23,404
And one post later you find a picture of the Stow next to the Bourton as well as a Burford. It's quite huge with 1600 px, so click on it to maximize.
It is due to the slightly differently angle towards the sun, that the tips of the Bourton looks brighter than that of the Funchal.

This is really helpful! thank you.
So this photo was taken shortly after receiving the boots, do you have any more recent photographs? I am wondering how the leather ages.

 

[basu13]

Sunning the Stows today.

 

[bemk]

This is really helpful! thank you.
So this photo was taken shortly after receiving the boots, do you have any more recent photographs? I am wondering how the leather ages.

Well, this photo is from end of November, when they had just arrived, not much ageing happened since then.
But I could do a close-up of the Bourton and the Funchal Stow this weekend for a more concrete impression of the leather.

 

[bemk]

Marron Stows:

 

[shoefan57]

There's something just right about Trickers Marron with grey pants. As an aside and by way of a grump, I am sick and tired of retailers advising that the 4497s last is "generous". Owning shoes by C&J, EG, G&G, Church's, Cheaney and Alfred Sargent, it is IMO not at all generous. I'd say it is TTS, that's all partly because it is shallow across the instep. The only generous Trickers last for country shoes and boots is their 4444 last. The 4444 is the best fit for my feet and when I was building up my shoe collection, I many times wished that Trickers made more styles on the 4444 last. Sadly, only two regular ones, most of the rest being on the 4497s last.

 

[JUAN MANUEL]

Stephan in brown, pics requested by @fendermustang. I have to say that a couple of years ago I decided to not pamper my boots (boots are not museum pieces), these nice chelseas requiere some love, maybe later.

 

[bemk]

There's something just right about Trickers Marron with grey pants. As an aside and by way of a grump, I am sick and tired of retailers advising that the 4497s last is "generous". Owning shoes by C&J, EG, G&G, Church's, Cheaney and Alfred Sargent, it is IMO not at all generous. I'd say it is TTS, that's all partly because it is shallow across the instep. The only generous Trickers last for country shoes and boots is their 4444 last. The 4444 is the best fit for my feet and when I was building up my shoe collection, I many times wished that Trickers made more styles on the 4444 last. Sadly, only two regular ones, most of the rest being on the 4497s last.

I hear you totally on the 4444. It's as if my Bourtons were bespoke, so perfect is the fit and - just like you - I wished they did more models on that last and especially my beloved Stows and Burfords. If I were rich, I had them all MTO with the 4444.

I wear these boots in the same size as my Bourtons and when I followed the general recommendation to go a 1/2 size-up from the 4444 the 4497S was much to roomy in length and width. Compensation with thicker socks did not work.
Staying the same size the 4497S is a bit tight on the inside of my heels (the 4444 is not), but it's ever so slight and gone once broken in. Otherwise it's a good fit, but not as great as the 4444 is.

However, there must be something generous about it as my bigger foot is measured as 1 1/2E and Viberg 1E is tighter at the ball, so I wear Viberg EE and my R.M.Williams boots in H, which is wider than their regular G.

There's something just right about Trickers Marron with grey pants.

Today I wore this combination with a long grey, heavy woolen overcoat and damn was I sexy! 🕺🤡

 

[bemk]

But I could do a close-up of the Bourton and the Funchal Stow this weekend for a more concrete impression of the leather.

@fendermustang , here we go. The photo has a true-to-light exposure and it is white-balanced for correct colours, which of course could be influenced by your device's monitor.

The Bourton is one year old and to the best of my recollection has not been polished, it only seen a damp cloth and a dirt brush. The Funchal Stow is two months old without any treatment so far.

I recommend to view it full size by clicking on the picture and on the loupe-icon at the top right then:

 

[JUAN MANUEL]

Stow in marron from AFPOS. Maiden voyage. I will use the 3 days in-house so they will break in nicely. With time and patience these boots will acquire an amazing patina.

 

[bemk]

Looking at the pictures of my collection, which I had posted last week, reminded me that many soles were in need of some care.
So I ordered the edge colour from Boot Black which comes with sand paper in 800 and 400 and a little dirt-brush. For my Espresso Tricker's I used the dark brown edge colour.

Though my Burford looked not as bad as my Bourton, it's winter and so I picked the boots for the treatment. I polished the Burford with 'Premium-Schuh-Pomade' in Espresso from Burgol before and switched the laces for a new pair.

Before:

After:

The edges still look almost black as the colour had not dried completely, but I'm sure there will be more brown later.

 

[bemk]

Here's a new treatment of my Tricker's with the edge-color from Boot Black. This time I picked my most worn Acorn Stows with the leather sole and the 'light brown' color instead of the 'dark brown'.

Upon closer inspection of yesterdays work, I concluded that I didn't sand down the edges enough. While it looked already good, I found it was a bit irregular and I could do better. Learning by doing.
On my Burfords I only used 1/8 of each sheet (28 x 23 cm) of the abrasive papers, this time I used up the complete rest of the sheets until I received 'sanding dust' instead of color on the papers. And I applied a double layer of the color.
(On a critical note I want to mention that the applicator looses small lints, like very short hairs. I found this a bit bothersome and wiped them off by stripping it on a piece of paper and painting over these areas again.
Edit / Addition: Later today I worked on the second boot and found, that I could simple strip the few lints directly from the applicator with my fingers. So this isn't really an issue and I wouldn't want a different applicator as it is really superb to use, especially when painting the edges.)

I used warm water with ox-gall soap to clean the leather from dirt and Tricker's Fawn Shoe Polish

I only worked on one Stow to capture the difference in the same light. Here's the left one:

And the right one after the treatment:

Here's a side-by-side:

 

[Drzdave58]

Very nice job!

 

[bemk]

Very nice job!

Thank you! 🌞

I was a bit torn at first, because it's quite a bit darker than default and then there's the atypical high gloss and wondered if it's not a bit too much. I can still sand them ever so slightly with a fine grain paper to dim the shine, but I doubt I will as I today I'm wearing the Burfords, which I had shown yesterday, and I really enjoyed my 'new sole shine.
On the other hand I was overwhelmed by the pretty perfect finish I had achieved and how kinda like brand-new this worn pair now looks. I especially like how this treatment brings out the different layers of leather with contrast. 🕶

 

[shahtirthak]

Marron Stows for yesterday and today.