Loake brogue boot (glendale) or other.

[JohnnyO]

Agghhh... b***dy Blundstones, been there too where the soles just blimming disintegrated. I'm using my Alt-Berg warriors atm but as comfy as they are they're a bit too paramilitary to wear all over the place, will check out Redback.

Aww, go with the Paramilitary Antster ... I'm pretty sure you can carry off the butch look !

JohnnyO. o/.

 

[JohnnyO]

I would suggest Lowa boots but like your Alt-Berg's they are a little on the paramilitary side but ever so comfortable to wear straight out of the box. P.

"Little Paramilitary" is such a you look, Paul, go for it !

JohnnyO. o/.

 

[Blademonkey]

"Little Paramilitary" is such a you look, Paul, go for it !

JohnnyO. o/.

Oh I do JhonnyO, I love my Lowa's P.

 

[JohnnyO]

Oh I do JhonnyO, I love my Lowa's P.

You like Iowas, you like Hats .... You are a truly admirable wet shaver Paul !

JohnnyO. o/.

 

[Blademonkey]

You like Iowas, you like Hats .... You are a truly admirable wet shaver Paul !

JohnnyO. o/.

But not nearly as dashing as you I'm sure P.

 

[antdad]

Aww, go with the Paramilitary Antster ... I'm pretty sure you can carry off the butch look ! JohnnyO. o/.

How the eck do you know I wear a studded collar?

 

[JohnnyO]

How the eck do you know I wear a studded collar?

Having read, enjoyed and benefited from your posts over so many years, (just like this one), I have a certain mental image ...

JohnnyO. o/.

 

[Boab]

Thought I'd treat myself so looking for the above in dark brown or black or could be a different make of a similar style and quality. I vaguely seem to remember from those in the know here that they might be made in the Far East?

Loake Glendale rubber-soled brogue boots in conker calf from Herring Shoes

Loake Glendale is a wing-cap brogue boot with Derby or Gibson lacings on a Goodyear-welted sole, made in Northamptonshire.

www.herringshoes.co.uk

I have the 1880 Burford boots with the Dainite sole and they are definitely UK made. Herring says the 1880 Legacy range is UK made so I think you will be ok with them. I have a pair of Barker Calder on Dainite too but they haven't lasted as well as the Loakes. I think the leather was softer from the beginning in the Barkers, although I did wear them in heavy snow, in Sweden, which might have had something to do with them not looking so great
The Loakes did take a while to break in though.

 

[fatboy1971]

Gotta love my loake hyde with dainite sole. I also love my samuel windsor brogues in brown with the dunlop welted sole.
But the loakes are a far better pair of boots

 

[Blademonkey]

+1 for Grenson, and Tricker's are good boots, but very expensive. The other bootmakers, who are still making them in Northampton, are NPS-Solovair. Their boots are about the £250 mark, with Goodyear welts, and very good, if you can get over their being named named after some of my least-favourite British Prime Ministers. They are a bit hard to get hold of, as they don't have too many retail stockists, but they do sell on-line (when they have stock).

Although I guess you really want to "Buy British", some of the best boots I've had are Red Wings, which are genuinely (unlike e.g. G. H. Bass-made in China) made in the USA.

The biggest problem I've had with any boots that are stitched through to the sole is finding someone to repair or resole them. Being from Suffolk, I hate to have anything that's not repairable.

PM sent regarding boot repairs. P.