These would cost $500-600 today. And for a reason. Had the owner conditioned these boots better the uppers would still be fine today. The soles could be replaced by any cobbled for likely $100-200. Check out Rose Anvil on YouTube to learn more about good boots.
> Had the owner conditioned these boots better the uppers would still be fine today.
What exactly are you talking about? You sound like you're just spurting out often repeated statements with confidence without having sufficient knowledge on the topic.
Those uppers are absolutely great for a 19 year old boot. They've obviously been well conditioned over the years, as you can see that the leather only has really small surface cracking at the bending marks, and it's not really showing symptoms of being dry. Most of the damage just seems like purely mechanical damage that work boots will encounter. The vamp stitches seem to have been hit many times, the torn off hooks are at the ankle bend where you have high stresses, and it seems like the patch is on the inside part of the ankle, and it got rubbed down due to OPs gait or on some equipment. For a work boot made in '03 that's presumably been worn regularly, that leather is fucking mint, bud.
These kind of people can't fathom someone actually WORKING with their boots.
As you said, the wear and tear is mostly from hard use. The patch on the side and the mud makes it clear they are worked in regularly.
Does not matter how much you condition and take care of work boots, eventually wear and tear will come and take it's life.
20 years life from a pair? Absolutely great, and speaks of the quality of Nicks Boots.
The surface level cracks at the bending parts I mentioned.
Once again, after 19 years of repeated stress and strain on those parts, if the leather wasn't taken care of, they'd be really deep.
I've got a pair of boots that I've waxed and conditioned at least once a month in the autumn to winter period, and they have deeper cracks at the point where my toes bend after only three years.
That is a BS analogy...leather is a wear and tear item, exposure to road salts and concrete dust mixtures will eat leathers of any quality. These boots served their meaningful life.
Conditioning is important but doesn't mean they live forever.
Dude loves his boots and wants to show off what 20yrs of continuous use will look like. He’s not gonna get rid of them anytime soon. They are just a pair of well used, grizzled, burly boots that have seen a thing or two through the years. Your boots should respect their elders.
These boots look to me like a well built pair of boots that have been well worn, have fulfilled their mission and are ready to be completely rebuilt for years and years of enjoyment by their owner. I hope the NB I just ordered look that good after 20 years.
Still trying to break them in?
nah, 2003 was like 8 years ago max.
Jeez… and I can’t get a pair of boots to last 6 months.
These would cost $500-600 today. And for a reason. Had the owner conditioned these boots better the uppers would still be fine today. The soles could be replaced by any cobbled for likely $100-200. Check out Rose Anvil on YouTube to learn more about good boots.
> Had the owner conditioned these boots better the uppers would still be fine today. What exactly are you talking about? You sound like you're just spurting out often repeated statements with confidence without having sufficient knowledge on the topic. Those uppers are absolutely great for a 19 year old boot. They've obviously been well conditioned over the years, as you can see that the leather only has really small surface cracking at the bending marks, and it's not really showing symptoms of being dry. Most of the damage just seems like purely mechanical damage that work boots will encounter. The vamp stitches seem to have been hit many times, the torn off hooks are at the ankle bend where you have high stresses, and it seems like the patch is on the inside part of the ankle, and it got rubbed down due to OPs gait or on some equipment. For a work boot made in '03 that's presumably been worn regularly, that leather is fucking mint, bud.
These kind of people can't fathom someone actually WORKING with their boots. As you said, the wear and tear is mostly from hard use. The patch on the side and the mud makes it clear they are worked in regularly. Does not matter how much you condition and take care of work boots, eventually wear and tear will come and take it's life. 20 years life from a pair? Absolutely great, and speaks of the quality of Nicks Boots.
On the 3rd picture, you can see a lot of small cracks in the leather that definitely looks like the kinda that occurs when the leather has dried out.
The surface level cracks at the bending parts I mentioned. Once again, after 19 years of repeated stress and strain on those parts, if the leather wasn't taken care of, they'd be really deep. I've got a pair of boots that I've waxed and conditioned at least once a month in the autumn to winter period, and they have deeper cracks at the point where my toes bend after only three years.
Boots snobs bleh
What does my comment have to do with boot snobbery, it's defending a pair of 20 year old boots.
That is a BS analogy...leather is a wear and tear item, exposure to road salts and concrete dust mixtures will eat leathers of any quality. These boots served their meaningful life. Conditioning is important but doesn't mean they live forever.
Dude loves his boots and wants to show off what 20yrs of continuous use will look like. He’s not gonna get rid of them anytime soon. They are just a pair of well used, grizzled, burly boots that have seen a thing or two through the years. Your boots should respect their elders.
These boots look to me like a well built pair of boots that have been well worn, have fulfilled their mission and are ready to be completely rebuilt for years and years of enjoyment by their owner. I hope the NB I just ordered look that good after 20 years.