Gustin Footwear

SF folks said it was similar to converse, but none of them really say which converse it is. I was concerned about toebox width as I got wide feet but one guy said it works for him. I saw some CP trainers (SF folks say its comparable) this past weekend and their is no way for me to fit those narrow widths. So I'm confused now about what that person considers wide as I don't have the same definition haha.

Some pic of the natural boots. (and the new flooring I put in)

both look great!

A) I think those look pretty good, especially for the price,
B) They should hire you as a photographer,
C) Nice floor

I prefer how these ACTUALLY look to the tan that Gustin shows, actually. I thought it would be the opposite, but no...these are gorgeous.

Wait, Griffin, did YOU put the nicks and dark patches in the shoes from wear, or did they come like that?

No sorry I was talking about the floor being very alive.

And no I didn't do anything to the shoes apart from the surface scratches you see. They actually appear somewhat lighter IRL, but I think this natural leather doesn't stay light for long so if they are laying about in the shoe-shop for months before being finnished and shipped they will darken just by that amount of time methinks.

Looking at those speedhooks again, I think they would drive me nuts . . . they're so close together that they can hardly be functional.  Seems like if they dropped one set and spread the other three out, it would work a lot better. 

Those speedhooks are awful and that natural is insanely dark.

I really don't like most of the natural boots out there. I'd much prefer a straight vegetable tanned natural like the Essex or Herman Oaks etc

It was a hard decision between the black and naturals. Black would probably be more versatile but maybe if I don't like the naturals when they come I'll exchange them for blacks.

Since the snow disapeared around where I live I couldn't wait for some catspaw or superduper sole maker to appear so I just went into the most common place there is: Mister Minit who also makes keys and has been around since I were a kid and probably ripped me off but I thought - hey - I can just resole if these fall off.




I'm pleased with the result, it was pretty decent made, not the best but far from the worst. No nails just pounding it in place and a good well done grinding off the edge. I chose the medium rugged one witch is still thin and nice.

Pretty funny that they have the mister minit guy as icon on the soles haha.

I asked if he could sole them and he just said yeah.
So I asked about hey what about the waxing r u sure? And he said well you see we have to grind off a bit anyways so its all good man.
So I said do it, but r u gonna go through the sewing, don't go through it that's no good, and he said lol no...and even if I do its never gonna fall apart its impossible, but lol im not gonna go through, although I have to take off a kind of a big part -
so I said: -ill be back in half an hour and you should be done by then aight?
So he was like...weeel its gonna take an hour at least I have another pair I have to finish up, so I was like -lol im busting your balls, Ill be back in 2 hours.

i measure a 9D on a brannock, wear 9.5 in NB and Adidas, 9 in most dress shoes. Boots range from 8-9 depending on the maker.
when i sent that information to gustin they advised i go with a size 8 in their low sneaker. it works, but i really wish they had half sizes. they fit relatively well with thin socks, anything remotely thicker and they feel pretty snug. i imagine to get some stretch over time. if i was ordering them again i'd get the same size as i think a full size up would be too long (but probably a better width)

they use the same margom sole as several other sneakers, so you can probably find some other reference points re: sizing as well.