Show us your boots
-
Some more Ace engineer pr0n:
These ones look better than the others.
New:
2 years:
-
Liking those as well… Really never thought I'd be interested in the more bulbous toe but I think ace does it well
-
They do, the leather grain is nice, reminds me of the RC. I'd cop em if they were Chippewa price range, but I think I'm set on Engineers for the next decade unless I get some baldalassis
-
youare a better man than me… I can easily see myself having a quite large collection of engineers in the not so distant future.. Not that I need them; however, a beautiful boot is very much a piece of art (IMHO).
-
It's more of a budgetary and decision issue for me. I have other shit I want to invest in, and I don't want to cycle through a bunch of pairs of shoes, I want to beat the shit out of a select few so I can evo them bitches as fast as possible. I already have too much footwear and am literally throwing shit away~!
-
Give me those boots!
-
Give me those boots!
just give zip stevenson a call and he will hook you up right. he even had them hand dyed the way i wanted them. I sized down half a size and with a insert they fit great, little bit of a struggle to get them on still but it has gotten easier. -
Damn, my head is swimming - where are these from (the Santa Rosa's)? So many boots, so little time/money.
I spent a bunch of time on Fedora Lounge reading about engineers, and given that JL's and MFRC's don't currently make my size, are hard to get even if they did, and pricy - I am thinking hard about custom Wesco patrol toes in black fire or black pebble, or custom White's nomads in black CXL. The Nomads I've seen that are broken in are really nice and the base price - "on sale" at Bakers - is under $400. And I know exactly how they will fit.
-
Hollywood Trading Company makes those. Wasn't there an historical Santa Rosa boot maker though?
-
-
Yep, VEB to the rescue
http://vintageengineerboots.blogspot.com/2009/05/santa-rosa-brand-engineer-work-boots.html -
I like these a lot.
http://www.ultrasoundboots.com/productDetail.php?lang=EN&id=180
and these.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151515611380549.1073741838.198093005548&type=3
That's one thing that kills me (on the second boot), Wesco and Viberg both do this: fake roller buckles. Either make it a roller buckle, or make it not a roller buckle. Those Santa Rosas have no roller and instead are clean and thin. I still prefer a roller to that, but at least they own that it's a regular buckle. And it has a clean aesthetic, I respect that. The pebble grain throws me a loop, I can't decide if I like it–but it's at least unique and interesting. A cool boot for sure.
Absolutely LOVE the first one, full stop.
-
I purchased the Santa Rosa's directly from the Hollywood Trading Company. I'm ok with the buckles, they have grown on me and I like that the details on these boots are what make these different from the rest, the shield logo incorporated into the vamp, the quad stitching on the heel counter, the shield logo on the stitching for the top straps, the brass riveted sole, billrite instead of the usual cat's paw, and the simple buckles. all comes together for a really good looking boot. I do love the other engineers posted and am hoping to purchase another pair in the future, those lofgren's and road champs are too beautiful to pass up.
-
Agree on the black pebble - "unique/interesting" - but in the final stretch I know I wouldn't go there for my 1 pair of engineers… I think a very basic PT in black oil is pretty nice.
Looking at the HTC SR's, appears they are rare, hard to find as well. Love the look from the front, above the strap. Also the ACE is growing on me the more I look and relook at it.
-
Yeah, that's nuts the way they stitched that vamp, though it would never be visible for me, under my jeans. Love the quadruple stitching too. Really nice boots, my favorite of the bulbous toe variety by far.
