Gotta say the best footwear I've owned, even better than my Allen Edmonds work stuff, which is pretty top-shelf... It's with much regret that I've had to put them in a charity bin, as they're still wearable, just not by me. Back in the day my 1490's were the chit.
Just ordered a brand new pair of "Vintage" eight-eye 1460 boots (the Vintage series is still manufactured in England as a boutique brand and at a premium price, even though 90% of their boots have now been outsourced to China, Vietnam and Thailand), so I hope I can get as much mileage out of them as the last pair, but we'll see.
It's funny how quality and price function.. Maybe this is something someone knowledgeable like 3B can explain to me- TV's today vs 25 years ago? Better quality, lower prices.. Boots today vs 25 years ago? Lower quality, same or higher prices- You can spend $3k today and get a god-tier 70"+ TV, and the Samsung I bought for the same price many years ago is today paltry in comparison- at the time was one of the first 120mhz LCD sets. Meanwhile my $80 (a fortune for me at the time) boots are now $200 boots.
This post was edited on 10/6 7:31 PM by CommieGator
Just ordered a brand new pair of "Vintage" eight-eye 1460 boots (the Vintage series is still manufactured in England as a boutique brand and at a premium price, even though 90% of their boots have now been outsourced to China, Vietnam and Thailand), so I hope I can get as much mileage out of them as the last pair, but we'll see.
It's funny how quality and price function.. Maybe this is something someone knowledgeable like 3B can explain to me- TV's today vs 25 years ago? Better quality, lower prices.. Boots today vs 25 years ago? Lower quality, same or higher prices- You can spend $3k today and get a god-tier 70"+ TV, and the Samsung I bought for the same price many years ago is today paltry in comparison- at the time was one of the first 120mhz LCD sets. Meanwhile my $80 (a fortune for me at the time) boots are now $200 boots.
This post was edited on 10/6 7:31 PM by CommieGator