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Post by exophobe on Aug 21, 2015 9:09:16 GMT -6
I think the best advice is don't buy something you don't think you like the color of online, but I think you can get an idea of the range of looks for this color (and that it would be difficult to photograph) with these photos on the Gustin campaign. This one which is in the shade:  and this close-up which shows how it misbehaves for the camera (it's the same color as the boot in the background, taken with a flash to capture the logo):  |
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Post by oatwilly on Aug 21, 2015 9:27:37 GMT -6
How will that natural tan wear/age?
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Post by Griffin on Aug 21, 2015 9:54:12 GMT -6
In my experience tan has the possibility to look incredibly awesome after alot of sun and wear. It usually takes many years and time and they will "scream in your face" for a long time before you hit this mark. I also have some that looks like they wont age like supposed so imho its hard to know from these pics if they will age good or not. To me they look to much yellow to might become what I personally like so didnt back them although I love tan, but from both pics above they look like its not impossible i could be wrong.
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Post by Griffin on Aug 21, 2015 9:55:31 GMT -6
They also didnt look natural tan to me, but colored tan. On last pic above with flash they actually look like they could be "natural tan".
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Post by exophobe on Aug 21, 2015 10:55:08 GMT -6
They could have saved everyone the trouble by going with a normal saddle tan, but wolvie 1ks came in inferno tan, and now so do Gustin. I think a cleaning and polishing is all that's needed to take them down, but I'm not terribly interested in a tan color in the first place, and it doesn't seem like many other people are, either. I would have thought the other colors would fund faster, though. Either each run is 200 or these are moving surprisingly slowly.
Do you guys just think it's a matter of how "make-or-break" shoe sizing is, lack of rubber, season?
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Post by jbreitenbucher on Aug 21, 2015 11:12:21 GMT -6
They could have saved everyone the trouble by going with a normal saddle tan, but wolvie 1ks came in inferno tan, and now so do Gustin. I think a cleaning and polishing is all that's needed to take them down, but I'm not terribly interested in a tan color in the first place, and it doesn't seem like many other people are, either. I would have thought the other colors would fund faster, though. Either each run is 200 or these are moving surprisingly slowly. Do you guys just think it's a matter of how "make-or-break" shoe sizing is, lack of rubber, season? For me it is lack of rubber and lack of black. |
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Post by whiskeyriver on Aug 21, 2015 11:16:37 GMT -6
They could have saved everyone the trouble by going with a normal saddle tan, but wolvie 1ks came in inferno tan, and now so do Gustin. I think a cleaning and polishing is all that's needed to take them down, but I'm not terribly interested in a tan color in the first place, and it doesn't seem like many other people are, either. I would have thought the other colors would fund faster, though. Either each run is 200 or these are moving surprisingly slowly. Do you guys just think it's a matter of how "make-or-break" shoe sizing is, lack of rubber, season? Yes yes and yes. Definite combo. |
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Post by julian on Aug 21, 2015 12:05:31 GMT -6
Hmm, I have a pair of tan 1ks from new and they really, REALLY didn't look anything like the Gustins even straight out of the box. Sure, Wolverine or Horween *might* have treated/conditioned them prior to release, who knows?
Either way, the tan are actually my favourite of all my 1ks - they just have a 'look' that just about everyone seems to really like.
So, yeah, not the same as Gustin's version.
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Post by oatwilly on Aug 21, 2015 12:41:35 GMT -6
By "tan" I meant the light brown ones, not the yellow ones. How do the light brown ones age do you guys think? I ordered the dark brown, but I'm wondering if the light ones might actually look cool with a lot of wear scratches and scuffs, whereas the dark brown ones may not
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Post by whiskeyriver on Aug 21, 2015 12:43:45 GMT -6
By "tan" I meant the light brown ones, not the yellow ones. How do the light brown ones age do you guys think? I ordered the dark brown, but I'm wondering if the light ones might actually look cool with a lot of wear scratches and scuffs, whereas the dark brown ones may not You mean the Naturals, which in case they will age beautifully and I'd say the best out of the bunch. |
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Post by julian on Aug 21, 2015 12:48:19 GMT -6
By "tan" I meant the light brown ones, not the yellow ones. How do the light brown ones age do you guys think? I ordered the dark brown, but I'm wondering if the light ones might actually look cool with a lot of wear scratches and scuffs, whereas the dark brown ones may not You mean the Naturals, which in case they will age beautifully and I'd say the best out of the bunch. Natural is the colourway I'd go for of the three. |
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Post by Old26 on Aug 21, 2015 12:58:44 GMT -6
I think I have out of the box pics and current pics of mine. They seem like about the same starting color, which initially worried me and quickly turned out awesome...i'll try to find them.
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Post by exophobe on Aug 21, 2015 14:19:02 GMT -6
Hmm, I have a pair of tan 1ks from new and they really, REALLY didn't look anything like the Gustins even straight out of the box. Sure, Wolverine or Horween *might* have treated/conditioned them prior to release, who knows? Either way, the tan are actually my favourite of all my 1ks - they just have a 'look' that just about everyone seems to really like. So, yeah, not the same as Gustin's version. I read that wolverine no longer uses the horween inferno tan for their tan boots, so you might be seeing that. I don't have them and can't speak first hand on any of it, but that's what I found when searching this morning. I didn't look too hard, but I wasn't able to find a chromexcel color chart, but most of the sample packs I saw pics of had this being more tan and slightly brighter than the natural. If you're wondering how the natural will age, look up horween Essex. This is what Rancourt shows:  |
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Post by SlimFatty on Aug 21, 2015 14:44:39 GMT -6
Speaking of (normally) lacking a rubber sole, did anyone see that Red Wing released a new pair of Iron Rangers with Vibram lug this week? Pretty…pretty…pretty sweet.  |
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Post by bugula on Aug 21, 2015 15:08:09 GMT -6
yeah, been admiring those on instagram this week. much admiring.
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Post by whiskeyriver on Aug 21, 2015 15:09:18 GMT -6
Same. So many boots!
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Post by devastitis on Aug 21, 2015 16:23:08 GMT -6
I'm not a fan of the captoes. One reason why I went with Beckmans instead of Iron Rangers. I'm in need of dressy boots for the winter. I'm considering the Alden x Context boots. |
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Post by brentkuz on Aug 21, 2015 19:25:31 GMT -6
Well showing my gf the Gustin boots at the bar. General thoughts....very feminine dandy boots. Toe box is generally to blame. But they look like woman's boots.
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Post by whiskeyriver on Aug 21, 2015 19:39:36 GMT -6
Well showing my gf the Gustin boots at the bar. General thoughts....very feminine dandy boots. Toe box is generally to blame. But they look like woman's boots. They're made by a woman's shoemaker. Hm. I do think this boot built onto a lug sole would look good, though. |
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Post by exophobe on Aug 21, 2015 20:11:13 GMT -6
Well showing my gf the Gustin boots at the bar. General thoughts....very feminine dandy boots. Toe box is generally to blame. But they look like woman's boots. This is silly. Can you find an example of a woman's boot that looks like this (that doesn't look masculine)? It looks an awful lot like an Alden plain toe, close to the viberg service boot and similar to the wwii military boot that it's based on. A women's boot tends to have a more tapered toe, and tends to look masculine if it has a round toe. These are different from a workboot, but they're supposed to be. I'm glad they didn't make another bulb-toed workboot like Chippewa, danner, thorogood, red wing, whites, trickers, and wolverine, offering a lower cost alternative to viberg or Alden instead of entering a flooded market. |
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Post by exophobe on Aug 21, 2015 21:27:05 GMT -6
They're made by a woman's shoemaker. Hm. I do think this boot built onto a lug sole would look good, though. Woman's shoemaker? Anyway, there was some hinting of a future offering of a dainite sole on a Gustin boot thread on reddit. Edit: found the munro thing you're referring to. |
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Post by whiskeyriver on Aug 21, 2015 22:04:05 GMT -6
They're made by a woman's shoemaker. Hm. I do think this boot built onto a lug sole would look good, though. Woman's shoemaker? Anyway, there was some hinting of a future offering of a dainite sole on a Gustin boot thread on reddit. Edit: found the munro thing you're referring to. Yeah, Munro makes women's shoes. I don't really think these look like women's shoes. But I would love a lug sole on them. Still contemplating getting them and putting a lug sole on. |
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Post by exophobe on Aug 21, 2015 22:06:34 GMT -6
Yeah, Munro makes women's shoes. I don't really think these look like women's shoes. But I would love a lug sole on them. Still contemplating getting them and putting a lug sole on. I guess the recommended solution for 1ks is to get "Topy's" put on that tends to run about $30 or something, but it's basically a rubber cap that gets attached to the leather sole. I guess it's glued on to the thing, haven't read too much about what it actually is. You've got those Buzz Ricksons, though, what do you need with these?  |
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Post by exophobe on Aug 21, 2015 22:17:27 GMT -6
Popular opinion on these seems to be the use of a fiberboard insole, and Gustin hasn't said anything to counteract this, so it's probably a leather wrapped fiberboard panel similar to the way Wolverine does it for the 1k. By contrast, Red Wing uses a thick piece of leather. There's also some consternation over the use of a fiberglass shank over steel, but fiberglass is generally stronger and lighter than steel, and has less potential of freaking TSA agents out.
Anyway, it's time to get this The Raid/Raid 2 marathon underway. Why don't all action movies use Handel in the trailer?
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Post by devastitis on Aug 21, 2015 22:27:40 GMT -6
Popular opinion on these seems to be the use of a fiberboard insole, and Gustin hasn't said anything to counteract this, so it's probably a leather wrapped fiberboard panel similar to the way Wolverine does it for the 1k. By contrast, Red Wing uses a thick piece of leather. There's also some consternation over the use of a fiberglass shank over steel, but fiberglass is generally stronger and lighter than steel, and has less potential of freaking TSA agents out. Anyway, it's time to get this The Raid/Raid 2 marathon underway. Why don't all action movies use Handel in the trailer? didn't know they made a Raid 2. Raid 1 was fun. I'll check out Raid 2. |
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