The Official Alden Thread for 2016 - Share reviews, sizing, advice, and photos.

[M635Guy]

This is what work looks like so far today. My broken toe is appreciating TrueBalance today...

 

[Don L]

Outstanding @docalden2013

 

[Don L]

D.C. Cigar Caps

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[bustert]



It felt like time for a biannual outing for the Ravello NSTs Ep Walts

Beautiful! Have you found that boots with all eyelets are faster, slower, or same to get on & off compared with speed hooks?

 

[makewayhomer]



Beautiful! Have you found that boots with all eyelets are faster, slower, or same to get on & off compared with speed hooks?

well they're not called "slow hooks"

 

[JSO1]



Beautiful! Have you found that boots with all eyelets are faster, slower, or same to get on & off compared with speed hooks?

Significantly slower. Especially once you learn how to do the hooks the fast way (hold both laces in one hand and zig zag them up the boots).

 

[bustert]



well they're not called "slow hooks"

Thanks!

Significantly slower. Especially once you learn how to do the hooks the fast way (hold both laces in one hand and zig zag them up the boots).

 

[Kahuna75]

Quote: i still can not do this with Alden hooks...I am hook challenged!

 

[JSO1]

i still can not do this with Alden hooks...I am hook challenged!

Some resources to help you:

http://imgur.com/a/WVkRl

 

[docalden2013]

Beautiful! Have you found that boots with all eyelets are faster, slower, or same to get on & off compared with speed hooks?

Thanks for the kind words. I would say that the all-eyelet setup is a major factor in why these nearly two-year-old boots have such little wear (the minor issue is that I tend to prefer my barrie- and plaza-lasted pairs for my primarily business casual day-to-day outfits). I've actually thought about converting a number of my all-eyelet Alden boots to speedhooks (I'm looking at you, Ironside Indys and LS Plaza Color 8 WT boots...).

Speaking of which: who do y'all prefer for eyelet-to-speedhook conversions and/or for installing brass eyelets? Is BNelson still the go-to? What about Brian the Bootmaker? I feel like there was a third heavy hitter (maybe Randy the Cobbler?). Sidebar: not sure why they end up having names reminiscent of WWF wrestlers like Brutus the Barber Beefcake. Thanks in advance for your recommendations.

 

[docalden2013]

Outstanding @docalden2013

Thanks, Don! You kill it every day and never repeat combos. Makes it hard to feel like I can contribute to this fine thread or the Ep thread. I've been laying low and playing it safe by simply buying Engineered Garments and plagiarizing everyone's ideas on the EG thread or wearing japanese raw denim on the weekends with Merz B Schwanen henleys and Real Mccoys repro outerwear for the low maintenance capsule wardrobe.


Quick unrelated random thought: I'm in the middle of a Marie Kondo-inspired cleanout of my wardrobe. How many 8.5D/8E Barrie peeps are on here? Thinking of liberating some never-worn pairs GRATIS as long as I trust that they will end better loved and used in a nice home. For starters, there's an 8E Leffot tobacco chammy Greenwich boot chillin in the basement that has not gotten minutes in any game in the last almost two years. There may be some random AEs too.

 

[bustert]



Thanks for the kind words. I would say that the all-eyelet setup is a major factor in why these nearly two-year-old boots have such little wear (the minor issue is that I tend to prefer my barrie- and plaza-lasted pairs for my primarily business casual day-to-day outfits). I've actually thought about converting a number of my all-eyelet Alden boots to speedhooks (I'm looking at you, Ironside Indys and LS Plaza Color 8 WT boots...).

Speaking of which: who do y'all prefer for eyelet-to-speedhook conversions and/or for installing brass eyelets? Is BNelson still the go-to? What about Brian the Bootmaker? I feel like there was a third heavy hitter (maybe Randy the Cobbler?). Sidebar: not sure why they end up having names reminiscent of WWF wrestlers like Brutus the Barber Beefcake. Thanks in advance for your recommendations.

Thanks for confirming what I was thinking. I will therefore probably keep the J Crew 405 Indys and pass on B&Ms cxl Pacman all eyelet Indy.

 

[chipshot]

Ocho Boats today..

 

[Kahuna75]

Quote:
Enjoy! Great boot either way. The leather to me is a very unique shade of brown.

 

[andiandi]

Casual ochos today!