Having backed the Kickstarter campaign in November, the six months seem to have passed very slowly! We had regular updates and Rob kept exactly to schedule, he always said delivery would be May 26. The watch is even better than I hoped. The quality of the damascus case is excellent and the lume very good too.
Today I'm wearing my Ariat Herdsman cowhide boots that are about two years old. Made in Indonesia and very comfortable. I added sole protectors to the rubber soles (and heels once they wore down a bit), so they should last many years.
Unfortunately, I over conditioned them, the right one looks worse. I watched Jeremiah Craig and he's always going on about conditioning. The leather honey made the leather super soft, but it lost its shine. I've now read up on conditioning and I've switched to saphir polish and have been trying to dry the leather out slowly. Remember, exotics may need conditioning every month, but cowhide doesn't!
First I have to admit, I live in the UK and I've never visited the USA, so I am an outsider. I have ridden horses, but not for forty years, so I'm definitely no cowboy! I'm also now sixty years old, but at least that means I've owned cowboy boots for over thirty years.
Anyway, I do find it interesting how fashions seem to have changed dramatically over the last twenty years. I came to like boots watching the westerns of the 50s and 60s as a kid, all those boots had a higher cuban heel and a narrow round, pointed or square toe.
I've read online that the wide toe with double stitch welt became popular with rodeo riders who had to run in the arena. This makes sense, but I am very surprised how they now seem to be far more popular than the older styles. When researching boots, I heard Anderson Bean make great boots, but I could only find my size in wide square toe, this makes me think some manufacturers mainly produce wide square.
Also there was no sign of John Wayne stacking his trousers (pants, I know 😉).
I've always thought that one advantage of boots was that even if my jeans were a little short, at least I wouldn't show my socks sitting down. In fact it was nice to see a bit of the decorated shaft as my trousers moved up my leg. Now I see in America most people seem to wear much longer jeans stacked on top of the heel ledge. Does anyone know when this came into fashion and I was wondering why 🤔
I don't mean to criticise any style, in a way we all like what we're used to seeing and being in the UK my style was formed watching films that were already ten years old when I was born 🤣. I am interested to hear any thoughts on how and why the fashions have changed and if you think they will stay or if styles will come back around again.
Thanks 👍