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had to stomp a raccoon that attacked me, stomped a rock in the process too, does the stitch still look good? is that creasing or cracking? how do I check for further damage m?

Not the highest quality (a small cosmetic stitching defect I noticed way too late and the thinner tongue) but still a huge upgrade from fast fashion brands like doc martens and blundstones. resole-able, 5mm thick full grain chrome tanned leather upper on the 2835 (only asked about this model, not sure about others), heavily oiled to help with water resistance. the black on these is perfect, just shine enough but not too shiny, only gripe for me is the thinner non gusseted tongue but I don’t really mind at this price point when comparing to red wings. I really love these babies more than any shoe or boot I’ve ever owned before after the break in period. Creasing has stayed minimal thanks to huberds shoe grease, I bought superfeet insoles but with how comfortable they are and the lack of a Whole of space in the boots I’ll likely return them.

I ended up also getting some leather laces for them, I feel like they should come with them and imo I’m not a fan of the weak laces but I’m glad they save us money on buying the boot and leave the laces up to us to choose. The eyes and hooks or whatever you call them are beautiful and well attache, stitching is great for the price,. I heard some people complaining that these boots aren’t 100% Canadian since the hardware and leather is sourced from outside but i ended up calling up Canada west boots and they had a very good reason, Canadian tanneries just don’t produce the volume required for a retail boot manufacture, they used to get canadian leather but that tannery shut down. Still not USA leather, it’s Mexican so that’s a win, also keeps these boots more affordable than red wings. The vibram mini lug 430 is the absolute perfect sole for a dressier heritage boot, not too aggressive but still great traction.

Overall just absolutely worth the now higher than before price tag of $329 CAD before tax since it’s only like $80 more than blundstones or timbs but you can’t resole either of those easily or as much nor is the leather as good nor does it even really look that good, these boots can be dressed up or down when necessary, theyre the perfect office commute boot because I don’t like dressing like an astronaut in Canadian weather and prefer my formal wear when going to the office and I will easily get a decade out of them if I’m smart.

I wish I wouldve gotten the pecan tumbled 2801 though but wasn't sure what the colour would become once I applied huberds and snow seal also it wasn’t available at the same price as these at my local store so I would’ve had to pay more for shipping plus the extra cost since it was more expensive online. If you can try these on before buying that would be the way to go since these boots aren’t for everyones feet which no boot is but it goes twice as hard for these, luckily I have the almost perfect foot size for these. the insoles cant be removed but are very very comfortable because they’re poron sandwiched between leather.

Next boots will probably be another one of these in pecan and then maybe a grant stone diesel if they haven’t gotten more expensive by the time I can afford them at their current price. it’s just that most American boots have gotten way out my price range than for what they are worth which is essentially these with negligible differences unless you step up the price point to a company like grant stone. I wish I could thank Graham Moorby myself for keeping this amazing company alive and providing such great boots, i really really want their spongy ropers as well.

Not the highest quality (a small cosmetic stitching defect I noticed way too late and the thinner tongue) but still a huge upgrade from fast fashion brands like doc martens and blundstones. I really love these babies more than any shoe or boot I’ve ever owned before after the break in period. Creasing has stayed minimal thanks to huberds shoe grease, I bought superfeet insoles but with how comfortable they are and the lack of a Whole of space in the boots I’ll likely return them.

I ended up also getting some leather laces for them, overall just absolutely worth the now higher than before price tag of $329 CAD before tax since it’s only like $80 more than blundstones or timbs but you can’t resole either of those easily or as much nor is the leather as good nor does it even really look that good, these boots can be dressed up or down when necessary and I will easily get a decade out of them if I’m smart.

I wish I wouldve gotten the pecan tumbled 2801 though but wasn't sure what the colour would become once I applied huberds and snow seal also it wasn’t available at the same price as these at my local store so I would’ve had to pay more for shipping plus the extra cost since it was more expensive online. Next boots will probably be another one of these and then maybe a grant stone diesel if they haven’t gotten more expensive by the time I can afford them at their current price. it’s just that most American boots have gotten way out my price range than for what they are worth which is essentially these with negligible differences unless you step up the price point to a company like grant stone.

Coming from pull on boots so don’t know whats exactly right, but fit feels good, there is very slight heel slip when not tightened down well but when I tighthen it goes away but then bending at the ankle becomes hard, the half size smaller was way too tight, foot was bulging out way too much. leather is nice and thick full grain heavily oiled black loggertan, tongue is pretty flimsy and soft though, 2ee last thats decent for my feet width. one thing I sadly only found out after buying is that they’re 270 welted rather than 360 which makes me worried about Canadian mud and snow. overall a very good shoe for the $380 cad I paid for it but just worried I overlooked a better value option, let me know what you all think if this

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