• Hi, I am the owner and main administrator of Styleforum. If you find the forum useful and fun, please help support it by buying through the posted links on the forum. Our main, very popular sales thread, where the latest and best sales are listed, are posted HERE

    Purchases made through some of our links earns a commission for the forum and allows us to do the work of maintaining and improving it. Finally, thanks for being a part of this community. We realize that there are many choices today on the internet, and we have all of you to thank for making Styleforum the foremost destination for discussions of menswear.
  • This site contains affiliate links for which Styleforum may be compensated.
  • Last Day to save 20% sitewide at Kirby Allison's annual Father's Day Sale! !

    Kirby Allison is one of Styleforum's original success stories, beginning long ago with Kirby;s Hanger Project. Every year, Kirby holds a Father's Day Sale featuring some of the best accessories and shoe care products in the world. Take this opportunity to get something for your father, grandfather, or yourself, at a rare 20% discount (discount taken automatically at the checkout). See if you find that perfect hanger, shoe cream, or watch case here

    Enjoy

  • STYLE. COMMUNITY. GREAT CLOTHING.

    Bored of counting likes on social networks? At Styleforum, you’ll find rousing discussions that go beyond strings of emojis.

    Click Here to join Styleforum's thousands of style enthusiasts today!

    Styleforum is supported in part by commission earning affiliate links sitewide. Please support us by using them. You may learn more here.

THE 2024 ALLEN EDMONDS (AE) APPRECIATION THREAD

matwa

Distinguished Member
Joined
Mar 29, 2016
Messages
1,155
Reaction score
10,338
McAllister today

20240211_094852.jpg
 

mreams99

Distinguished Member
Joined
Jan 9, 2015
Messages
6,272
Reaction score
29,696
I’ve been wearing my natty CXL Freeports most of the time over these last few months.

They handle everything well. Last week a cat barfed on them. (I’ll spare you the picture.). I wiped them off and they looked fine.

Then I wore them to remove a section of 177-year-old flooring and subflooring. They got pretty dusty.
IMG_8003.jpeg


Again, they cleaned up fine with just brushing. I’m wearing them again today and you’d never know what they went through last week.

IMG_8007.jpeg


It’s a shame that this boot has been discontinued.
 

donkeyhoatie

Distinguished Member
Joined
Sep 30, 2014
Messages
1,443
Reaction score
12,200
I’ve been wearing my natty CXL Freeports most of the time over these last few months.

They handle everything well. Last week a cat barfed on them. (I’ll spare you the picture.). I wiped them off and they looked fine.

Then I wore them to remove a section of 177-year-old flooring and subflooring. They got pretty dusty.
View attachment 2130325

Again, they cleaned up fine with just brushing. I’m wearing them again today and you’d never know what they went through last week.

View attachment 2130327

It’s a shame that this boot has been discontinued.
I'm on the lookout for a pair of the natty CXLs in addition to another pair of the dark brown snuff suede (so I can wax them). Wish this boot had made a bigger splash so we could have had a few more makeups of it.

Full 9:00 A.M. sun shot of the OG brown CXL Higgins Mill boots today.

IMG_7506.jpg
 

mreams99

Distinguished Member
Joined
Jan 9, 2015
Messages
6,272
Reaction score
29,696
I'm on the lookout for a pair of the natty CXLs in addition to another pair of the dark brown snuff suede (so I can wax them). Wish this boot had made a bigger splash so we could have had a few more makeups of it.

Full 9:00 A.M. sun shot of the OG brown CXL Higgins Mill boots today.

View attachment 2130339
I think that the “waterproof” natty CXL used on later versions of the Freeport may have a light acrylic clear coating. I discovered this when I had to remove a couple of drops of polycrylic finish that had splattered on my boots. I was able to pretty easily remove it.
 

ProfilaBinding

Distinguished Member
Joined
Apr 20, 2016
Messages
7,519
Reaction score
31,155
I'm on the lookout for a pair of the natty CXLs in addition to another pair of the dark brown snuff suede (so I can wax them). Wish this boot had made a bigger splash so we could have had a few more makeups of it.

Full 9:00 A.M. sun shot of the OG brown CXL Higgins Mill boots today.

View attachment 2130339

You'll probably find an opportunity. Keep checking shoebank, Ebay, Nordstrom, etc. I've seen a few in my size show up on the bank, but as smfdoc once told me, "if you snooze, you lose."
 

audog

Stylish Dinosaur
Joined
Mar 1, 2011
Messages
25,576
Reaction score
95,543

Featured Sponsor

Do You Have a Signature Fragrance?

  • Yes, I have a signature fragrance I wear every day

  • Yes, I have a signature fragrance but I don't wear it daily

  • No, I have several fragrances and rotate through them

  • I don't wear fragrance


Results are only viewable after voting.

Forum statistics

Threads
509,821
Messages
10,613,891
Members
225,033
Latest member
Na1374
Top