Wabash Engineer Boots - Limited Black x Burgundy Horsebutt
Product details
The grain texture of Shinki Horsebutt is highly variable, and will differ immensely from boot to boot. We cannot ensure your boots will have more or less grain than what is photographed as all pairs will be entirely unique. Caveat emptor.
If you want the absolute best in engineer boots, this is it. John Lofgren debuted these in 2012, and every run has sold out as fast as he could produce them.
Every great pair of footwear begins with a good last, and these start from a custom made last designed by John to give a 1950's silhouette to the boot (no toe bump, with a nice taper to the shape).
Released as a limited edition style for late 2023, these two-tone engineer boots are made with two different colors of Shinki Horsebutt. The vamp, heel counter, backstrip, and belt straps are all sewn up in a beautiful black tea core horsebutt. Being a tea core leather, the black dye at applied to the hides does not fully penetrate the surface of the hides, leaving the flesh underneath undyed - over time, the black dye will wear and scuff off, revealing the brown core beneath.
The shafts, meanwhile, are a deep burgundy horsebutt - with all the luster and grain variation of the black. Unlike other Lofgren Wabash Engineer boots, these are finished with a flat welt (as opposed to the storm welt used for CXL models) giving them a slightly sleeker and more dressy profile, & with a black edge stain as opposed to brown or natural.
The finishing details are as exceptional as ever - Japanese steel shanks, British Goodyear welting, and nickel-coated steel buckles made in Tokyo. Even the labels are made on shuttle looms. All of this goodness is pulled together and turned into boots at one of the best footwear factories in Japan.
If you want to go really in-depth - check out what John at Vintage Engineer Boot's has to say about them.
Choose 0.5 size smaller than your Brannock device size.
- Highly variable leather, texture may differ from what is photographed here
- Built on the John Lofgren 110 Last
- Two-tone construction
- Burgundy Shinki horsebutt shaft
- Black Shinki horsebutt everything else
- USA-made Vibram 705 sole and 700 heel
- Black edge stain
- Goodyear welted construction
- Approx. 12.5" height
- Choose 0.5 size smaller than your Brannock device size.
- Made in Japan
Built on the John Lofgren 110 Last
Choose 0.5 size smaller than your Brannock device size.
Choose the same size as your Red Wing Iron Ranger or Alden Barrie last size.
Choose 0.5 size bigger than your Viberg 2030 last size.
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Wabash Engineer Boots - Limited Black x Burgundy Horsebutt
Product details
The grain texture of Shinki Horsebutt is highly variable, and will differ immensely from boot to boot. We cannot ensure your boots will have more or less grain than what is photographed as all pairs will be entirely unique. Caveat emptor.
If you want the absolute best in engineer boots, this is it. John Lofgren debuted these in 2012, and every run has sold out as fast as he could produce them.
Every great pair of footwear begins with a good last, and these start from a custom made last designed by John to give a 1950's silhouette to the boot (no toe bump, with a nice taper to the shape).
Released as a limited edition style for late 2023, these two-tone engineer boots are made with two different colors of Shinki Horsebutt. The vamp, heel counter, backstrip, and belt straps are all sewn up in a beautiful black tea core horsebutt. Being a tea core leather, the black dye at applied to the hides does not fully penetrate the surface of the hides, leaving the flesh underneath undyed - over time, the black dye will wear and scuff off, revealing the brown core beneath.
The shafts, meanwhile, are a deep burgundy horsebutt - with all the luster and grain variation of the black. Unlike other Lofgren Wabash Engineer boots, these are finished with a flat welt (as opposed to the storm welt used for CXL models) giving them a slightly sleeker and more dressy profile, & with a black edge stain as opposed to brown or natural.
The finishing details are as exceptional as ever - Japanese steel shanks, British Goodyear welting, and nickel-coated steel buckles made in Tokyo. Even the labels are made on shuttle looms. All of this goodness is pulled together and turned into boots at one of the best footwear factories in Japan.
If you want to go really in-depth - check out what John at Vintage Engineer Boot's has to say about them.
Choose 0.5 size smaller than your Brannock device size.
- Highly variable leather, texture may differ from what is photographed here
- Built on the John Lofgren 110 Last
- Two-tone construction
- Burgundy Shinki horsebutt shaft
- Black Shinki horsebutt everything else
- USA-made Vibram 705 sole and 700 heel
- Black edge stain
- Goodyear welted construction
- Approx. 12.5" height
- Choose 0.5 size smaller than your Brannock device size.
- Made in Japan
Built on the John Lofgren 110 Last
Choose 0.5 size smaller than your Brannock device size.
Choose the same size as your Red Wing Iron Ranger or Alden Barrie last size.
Choose 0.5 size bigger than your Viberg 2030 last size.
Shipping
Returns