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Orvis Aviator boot

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Browsing around Amazon today, I found these - http://www.amazon.com/Orvis-Aviator-Boo ... rvi_cart_2

Look familiar?

I do apologize if these have already been brought up for discussion, but they do look so remarkably similar to a browner pair of the Alden boot...had to ask. Anyone every have a pair of these?

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Very similar, except for the obvious lack of "moc toe" stitching. For the price, might as well get a pair of Aldens...
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They ARE Aldens! :TOH:

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They ARE Aldens!
Really? That's basically what they look like to me.
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"We've commissioned Alden of New England, America's oldest boot maker, to craft an aviator-style boot capable of offering..."

http://www.orvis.com/store/product.aspx?pf_id=9P4H" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


So yeah, they're aldens
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For $325, you can get 405's or 403's, from our very own Schmidty dawg!

Let's take a look:

http://indygear.com/cow/viewtopic.php?f ... t=schmidty" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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I wonder if you could get someone to add the stitching to these boots to make them look like the moc toe.........shouldn't be too hard to do
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If you guys are looking at close enoughs, what about these:

http://www.amazon.com/Kickers-Black-Kic ... bs_shoe_35" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Texan Scott wrote:If you guys are looking at close enoughs, what about these:

http://www.amazon.com/Kickers-Black-Kic ... bs_shoe_35" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Wow!! Those are really nice. The best part about COW is that more of us are on the web searching.................and finding things that would not normally be stumbled upon...
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Texan Scott wrote:For $325, you can get 405's or 403's, from our very own Schmidty dawg!

Let's take a look:

http://indygear.com/cow/viewtopic.php?f ... t=schmidty" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
WOAH!!! Is that some sort of special COW discount or something? I was going to get some, and they were $428 EVERYWHERE I looked! Please advise...

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Righto. Schmidty dawg is your point of contact!
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I really like this style, even though they are not Indy boots.
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Texan Scott wrote:If you guys are looking at close enoughs, what about these:

http://www.amazon.com/Kickers-Black-Kic ... bs_shoe_35" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

You could do alot worse than these.

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