WESCO
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I have heard Chelsea boots described as "the man bun for your feet". I may disagree, but the reference isn't any less funny.
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i’m about to buy my second pair of romeos. i’ve destroyed my first pair cosmetically. but man they are the beat show i’ve ever owned
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Alright… I’m gonna post a picture rocking a man bun AND some Chelsea’s and you guys can decide how “welsh-tosser” I look... [emoji23]
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Lol I wore Chelsea boots today… but have no hope of a man bun, or even a full head of hair ever again...
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I've got a pair of Blundstones; they're fine for what they are, but I'm sure Wesco would do a much more impressive version.
They're definitely not Beatles-esque Chelsea boots.
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Stunning! Nice job AJ!
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Great build. Please do share pics as they take on wear.
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@Giles any interest in getting Wesco to do some navy or light blue shell cordovan something? I asked Chris about making me some chukka boots and he just said they don't have that kind of leather.
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Decided to try my luck with wax staining some Natural Essex Wescos that I picked up a while ago and I figured someone here might be interested in how it worked out. Below is the Before pictures after approximately one month of steady wear back and forth from the office. I had heard amazing things about the patina that natural veg tanned boots would pick up over time, but given the blue collar roots of my job the boots were attracting a lot of negative attention when compared to my normal black jobmasters. I decided that I needed to speed things up
As you can see, they look great but at this rate it is going to take a year to really weather these into a more mellow color. Since Essex leather is Aniline finished I decided that it would be interesting to do a beeswax stain to see if that would darken the leather naturally without adding a tint to the finished product- the goal was still boots that had the natural veg tan leather look. To be sure the wax was applied evenly and absorbed by the aniline surface I heated the boots in a 120 degree oven and applied a thin layer by hand. I am pretty happy with the results.
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I think you did great. Looks like you added about a year of sun exposure in a matter of hours, and I like that it's a natural wax.
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Obenauf's vs. Mustang Paste for my IHxWESCO Journeyman, which should I use?
I'm looking to help a little with break in/stretch. Everything is perfect except where my weird big toe (that I broke and wasn't set properly) hits the seam inside. They start to feel tight in the afternoon as my feet expand.
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I'm no expert here, but I have done a bit of amateur leatherwork with Obenauf's. It's a waxy sort of product and I feel like it wouldn't really do much for a leather on the softening front unless the leather was super super dry. Never used mustang paste.
