*** Visvim thread: Dissertation on a Japanese Holy Spirit ***

[Retlas]

Yeah... i tend to stick stuff on my wishlist... and leave it there. See what pops up.
The summer sale seem to start with 50% off... then they added stock at 60% and finally they had selmer cardigans going at 70% off

 

[m.ello]

Six-five came in today

 

[Hanto]

Six-five came in today
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Ooof!

Quick question for people. What is the difference between the Eiger and Jumbo Eiger Sanction Pants. Also, how do they and the SS Handyman Shirts fit? More so the Jumbo.

 

[Hanto]

Hipstore /Mr Porter... have always been good for Vis when the sales start. I have picked up a lot of things 50-60% off...
(probably now JP retail).

My Mrs grabbed a pair of brown roland joggers for £220... which whilst expensive... seemed like a fffing bargain

Kafka is a good shout as well. I got a SS101 for £505 delivered. Peggs and Son is worth a look too.

 

[Retlas]

Check out Tok10 in Rotterdam (they had old stock on sale)...
So did nextdoor.fr

 

[Hanto]

Can I get a legit check on these. https://zenmarket.jp/en/auction.aspx?itemCode=q396005891

 

[g transistor]

Wanted to share some work Brian the Bootmaker did on my 10/11 Virgil Mocs in Peanut. This is my second pair of boots I've had done with him (other pair was Nonnative side zips), and I'm really impressed. It's a really pricy "resole" (he rewelts it and redoes everything), a little less than $300 with all things included. I had some other work done besides the resole as well.

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Resoled. Completely changes the look of the boot, but as I'm sure you know, Christy sole looks awful when worn down. Changes the feel too, these are now much heavier, so that's a caveat if you care, and Christy is definitely more comfortable in general (for all boots IMO). But look at that freaking storm welt!

It's pricy but you basically get a brand new pair of boots, pretty happy with my almost 10 year old boots.



Plus, because I'm a brand whore, and everyone who buys visvim is a brand whore, I had him replace the insole with something more substantial (Feit natural buffalo leather insoles, I find those fit my boots/feet really well), but stitch on the vis branding lol. The vis insoles are kinda ****** because they're super thin and laminated, glued and stitched onto thin cork that wears out eventually.

He also did an interesting resole of some FBTs that I think looked nice, where he replaced the TPU with some leather. But I like the TPU so asked him to keep it and work around it.

 

[Hanto]

Wanted to share some work Brian the Bootmaker did on my 10/11 Virgil Mocs in Peanut. This is my second pair of boots I've had done with him (other pair was Nonnative side zips), and I'm really impressed. It's a really pricy "resole" (he rewelts it and redoes everything), a little less than $300 with all things included. I had some other work done besides the resole as well.

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Resoled. Completely changes the look of the boot, but as I'm sure you know, Christy sole looks awful when worn down. Changes the feel too, these are now much heavier, so that's a caveat if you care, and Christy is definitely more comfortable in general (for all boots IMO). But look at that freaking storm welt!

It's pricy but you basically get a brand new pair of boots, pretty happy with my almost 10 year old boots.



Plus, because I'm a brand whore, and everyone who buys visvim is a brand whore, I had him replace the insole with something more substantial (Feit natural buffalo leather insoles, I find those fit my boots/feet really well), but stitch on the vis branding lol. The vis insoles are kinda ****** because they're super thin and laminated, glued and stitched onto thin cork that wears out eventually.

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He also did an interesting resole of some FBTs that I think looked nice, where he replaced the TPU with some leather. But I like the TPU so asked him to keep it and work around it.

They look great.

Really impressed for the price. I expected it to be dearer, from seeing his YouTube videos and the effort taken.

 

[Retlas]

Just watched the FBT video.. interesting.. they ended up looking more like my FBT Prime pair... perhaps if the heal part was not tan leather coloured... but still good

 

[Emixam]

they look awsome ! I wish they would reiterate the Virgil Moc toe in the original christy moc toe, so underrated.

 

[g transistor]

they look awsome ! I wish they would reiterate the Virgil Moc toe in the original christy moc toe, so underrated.

yeah the original 2011 christy soles were my favorite. The kudu virgils I had also had them.

unfortunately they look SO bad with wear, and it’s hard to get a decent heeled christy style sole, especially one as chunky as the one they had back then. DrSoles2011 gets close, but still...

 

[keykoo]

Looks like the Facebook store front for Visvim has a bunch of items that haven't been released yet, probably in preparation for the next week or two's releases:

visvim.tv

visvim official facebook

www.facebook.com

Check out that 17k Leather Kiyari~

 

[keykoo]

Picked these up over the weekend. These are the normal ones are and are lightly distressed. The actual distressed ones are pretty gnarly but a bit over the top for me.

 

[Retlas]

That Facebook page looked so affordable that I needed to know where to start?!?

 

[m.ello]

need the grease monkey

Price on the skags are crazy now