Club Obi Wan

Here are a few pics of my Alden's<if anyone cares to look. They are about 5 years old. I recently had the stitch put in the tongue which makes them a lot more comfortable.

That stitch does wonders, doesn't it? I had mine done and I'm so glad I did! Otherwise the tongue would slide and my ankles would be up against plain laces - and that's not comfortable.

Good looking boots! I like the color - mine are much darker, but I got them this year. Do you wear them daily?

In Christ,
Shane

Usually wear them when I don't have to wear my uniform boots. I've been trying to work on the color to get them darker, they are better than they were out of the box. Did you do anything to yours or they came dark?

Mine came dark. I don't mean dark like a Wested or anything, but probably a shade and a half darker than yours - unless they're significantly darker without the flash. Yours look a little more orange than mine, which look like a burnt brown. Also - have you replaced your heel? Mine is black on the bottom, and yours looks like it matches the wood.



Shane

The color is pretty accurate in the photo's, even with the flash.....I've got some dark brown polish I've been putting on them. The heels are the originals, there was quite a while I never wore them because the laces broke and I never got around to replacing them. They do show a little brown in the pic, but they are really black.

nice mate!

Regards
TAZ

Nice colour. Mine have more of a red tone to them.

Mine are still in the store with a price tag on them My close enuffs just ain't good enuff

Pics of where the stitch is? Who did the stitch for you?

They look great! Can't wait to get mine back. (they are red/brown er).

Are Aldens suppose to fit like that? They look to small. Did you have them professionally fit?

I'll post some more pics of the the stitch that holds the tongue.....I took them to a shoe repair shop and they did it for me.

jones7 wrote:Are Aldens suppose to fit like that? They look to small. Did you have them professionally fit?

I don't exactly know what you mean, they are 10 and a 1/2 sized shoes. I ordered them online, no professional fitting, they cost enough off the rack. lol. I'll post some more pics with something to show the scale, maybe it's an optical illusion making them look smaller....I dunno.

I think jones7 is referring to the appearance in the second image where there seem to be some bulges on the sides near the front of the boot, as though your foot is too wide and pushing through the leather. But I reckon it might just be an effect caused by certain natural creases that have formed.

BTW, although annoying, isn't it more SA to have the tongue move to the side?

Satipo wrote:I think jones7 is referring to the appearance in the second image where there seem to be some bulges on the sides near the front of the boot, as though your foot is too wide and pushing through the leather. But I reckon it might just be an effect caused by certain natural creases that have formed.

BTW, although annoying, isn't it more SA to have the tongue move to the side?

Ok, I see what you mean, but no they fit perfectly, and I suppose it is just natural distressing. I used to work outside a lot and I wore them near everyday back then, so they got good and broken in.

As far as being more "SA" with the tongue hanging over to the side....I don't care if HF wore a thong on screen, I'm not wearing one because I'm sure a thong isn't comfortable either.

ok, here's some more pics from different angle's. The second picture I have circled the stitching that holds the tongue. Keep in mind these shoes are 6 years old and have been put to work.

jeremy3178 wrote:ok, here's some more pics from different angle's. The second picture I have circled the stitching that holds the tongue.

Thanks!

LOL, it looks like you're about to stomp on your laptop in that last pic!

Satipo wrote:LOL, it looks like you're about to stomp on your laptop in that last pic!

Haha, yeah they are good for stomping things out.

This post is really old I know but by chance does anybody know what type of treatment these boots got (I.E. Pecards...Meltonian...Etc...)?

jeremy3178?

sneakertinker wrote:This post is really old I know but by chance does anybody know what type of treatment these boots got (I.E. Pecards...Meltonian...Etc...)?

jeremy3178?

As far as I know the only treatment these boots got was the abusive kind lol but I could be wrong...I'll ask Jeremy to respond asap.

Jason

Yeah, I abused the #### out of them for 5 years then I got some Meltonian #11 medium brown. The color just keeps getting better, darkens them down really well.

Thanks fellas...I just really like the way those looked and thought maybe there was a certain type of cream or something you were putting on them...

Where they the pumpkin color when you first got them or the brown color that we are getting now?

I'm one of the few people who actually like the pumpkin color on the 405's and I would love to get a pair if they were still around...But of course they are all gone now...

They were the pumpkin color. I was not very happy with the color at first but luckily as i wore them it got better and better, now after polishing them the color is looking much better.

^^^Cool...Post up some more pics of them...