My Aldens finally got it...

JAN · Post by **JAN** » Fri May 21, 2004 6:58 pm

..a real good distressing.

I know that this picture will hurt some of You, but to my belive this is how
Alden´s 405 (or any Indygear for that matter) should look like...

As always my distressing is somewhat "destructive" as I dont use colour etc. I use sandpaper, wearing and dust/dirt.

Enjoy!

Best regards

JAN

McFly · Post by **McFly** » Fri May 21, 2004 7:17 pm

Well they're certainly distressed looking... nice job! When did you get those shoes? I'm still a little lost as to whether or not Alden has changed the color of the leather back to a darker tone.

In Christ,
Shane

JAN · Post by **JAN** » Sat May 22, 2004 4:24 pm

I got them in october last year, and to my best belives the colour on the top of the shafts is pretty much what they look like as new.

The brown colour is actually very nice, even to my "european eyes"

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Best regards

JAN

Indiana_Tom · Post by **Indiana_Tom** » Sat May 22, 2004 7:28 pm

Hi Jan,

like you I also want the "used" look on my indygear. Maybe you saw my Aldens, I treated them, too

They have a light color on this pic, but I plan to darken them. They should look like the ones in LC:

I just have to work a bit on them.

As you can see, I want the LC look on all of my gear. I recently put the darker buttons on my new Wested shirt

Anyway, I like your shoes a lot. Oh, I think I've got to dust them, too...

Regards,

Tom

IndianaJames · Post by **IndianaJames** » Sat May 22, 2004 7:58 pm

Those look great!!

I J

Cooler King · Post by **Cooler King** » Sat May 22, 2004 8:31 pm

I LOVE these boots! I can't wait for my feet to stop growing so I can finally get some!

Nice work with destressing guys. I find that taking a rock or a brick and taking the new off helps, but general wear and rubbing in some dirt here and there is the best way to distress boot.s

Indiana_Tom · Post by **Indiana_Tom** » Sat May 22, 2004 9:02 pm

Cooler King wrote:I LOVE these boots!

...so do I!

Post by **Ken** » Sat May 22, 2004 9:58 pm

Here is what 10+ years of natural distressing can do:

Have to say, the Aldens are the one peice of gear I never artificially distressed (I never had the need). I was lucky that these ones were in this condition when I received them, so I actually have to make an effort to preserve them.

Ken

Indiana_Tom · Post by **Indiana_Tom** » Sun May 23, 2004 4:51 am

Wow!

Now that is what I call an INdy boot! Unfortunately I'm too impatient to let them age by the years...

Anyway, nice boots!!!

ob1al · Post by **ob1al** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 6:04 am

Ken, those boots still look greeeat after ten years! What a testament to Alden's quality.

Those other pics look good too, but if they were my Aldens I'd be running for the polish and pecards right away!

I guess I'm just a 'natural distresser' by nature.

Hmmm...can one be 'natural by nature...'?