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to be honest I did fall out of my chair when i saw this!!!!
The most all-weather shoe we offer is this durable and rugged high lace boot, featuring the same heavy duty rubber lug sole used for police boots. Also featuring heavily oiled, low maintenance leather uppers. Definitely not a dress shoe! This is the boot that Indiana Jones wishes he had !
Those are nice, but not entirely accurate. I think that's why most people arr willing to pay $300.00 or more for Aldens, the accuracy. That's really all they have going for them. These don't fit that bill and, like said above, they just look like J. Crews.
Indiana Gater wrote:It looks just like the JCrew Rugged, but for 10 times the cost, I bet
Thats exactly what I thought! Even the tread on the bottom looks almost identical. Except the Rugged has one extra "star" tread on the front and back of the boot. Making eight in front and two in back.
Meh...Don't really like the color and the price is horible. Get the originals and get them resoled or better yet get some good close enoughs and save the money for a AB, Wested, or a GOOD whip.
What I think would have been even better is if Alden made the old 405 in the same brown leather used in the "Alden rugged offering" and alot of gearheads, would rejoice as opposed to having to pay more for a custom built Alden 405 in the same leather.
Stefan Hills wrote:What I think would have been even better is if Alden made the old 405 in the same brown leather used in the "Alden rugged offering" and alot of gearheads, would rejoice as opposed to having to pay more for a custom built Alden 405 in the same leather.
Food for thought,
All the best,
Stefan
Actually, the current 405's come in a pretty accurate color IMO. Also, I think the heavy lug sole ruins the "vintage" look of the boots.
J_Weaver wrote:Actually, the current 405's come in a pretty accurate color IMO. Also, I think the heavy lug sole ruins the "vintage" look of the boots.
Agreed. Why aren't these the same color as the regular ones?
Some rubber tread good, big hiking lugs bad. (for an Indy look at least) See the Redwing 100 Year classic post to see a good mix of the two.
They are a different color because they are a completely different leather. Look closely, they are made of a heavier grade hide. The 405's are made out of a higher quality (not as tough) softer leather.
I stand corrected on the price bufflehead but once you break the $250.00 barrier on a pair of boots, who's counting anymore-you already have sticker-shock!
I read somewhere that the new alden leather colour is much better than few years ago. Recent pics confirmed that.
I remember there was a post about them not too long time ago. I don't think they changed the colour after few months again!
Well there's no substitue if you want to be screen accurate (or close as possible) and if you don't mind a few differnces or want close enough I don't see why you would want pay more than having the originals to do so.
but once you break the $250.00 barrier on a pair of boots, who's counting anymore-you already have sticker-shock! 
