Wearing Today - Part II

Uniqlo / A.P.C. / PAM Homage / Fossil / Zippo / Vsonic / Thorogood

Thorogood Heritage Cometh - Preview of the Thorogood Heritage 6" Plain Toe Boot

Well, color me impressed, Amazon and i-Parcel have both performed beyond expectations. My Thorogood Heritage which was forecasted to arrive on the 20th of January arrived today, a full five days early.

That however, is secondary to my impression of what arrived! Without further delay, allow me to present some quick-and-dirty pictures of Le Thorogood Heritage!

So here they are, in all their full glory, and oh my, do they live up to expectations. I've said that phrase quite a few times today, and with good reason! The first thing when you take these bad boys out the box is the fantastic smell of quality full-grain leather. The full-grain leather comes in a beautiful shade of brown and is substantial enough in terms of thickness. At the back of my mind, there is a constant chant going on, which goes something like this, 'Great value, great value, great value...', because it truly is.

There are a few minor niggles, such as the somewhat rough edges of the leather (leather cutters getting blunt over at the Thorogood factory?), and somewhat rough finishing where the stitching ends. These are the finer points of footwear no doubt, and the Thorogood Heritage isn't going to impress the shoe connoisseur. If however you're talking about the basics of a boot, Thorogood has those bases covered very well indeed.

There's just this feel about the boot, that it has been constructed to withstand some real harsh conditions. There weren't any structurally weak points observed, although we shall see if that changes with time.

If you're considering this boot as well, do read up on the numerous reviews over at Amazon before buying it. You'll need some advice on sizing as this boot does run 0.5-1 size big as compared to your sneaker sizing. I personally went for a US 8 D, when I'm normally a US 9. The fit is very snug as a result, especially regarding the width as it seems a little narrow for being a D. That's how I like my shoes so if you prefer some breathing room you might want to downsize by 0.5 instead.

Well, that wraps up the initial thoughts on the Thorogood Heritage! To put it in a single word, I'd say excellent! Thanks for reading, and come back soon for a full review and continued shoe porn!

Dope Shoes

In today's post, we shall be discussing about footwear! Back in early 2013, I bought a pair of Red Wing Heritage 9111's. Somehow, I never really got to wearing them.

They are a nice pair of boots, but being the college student that I am, I was of course perennially broke. Eventually I had to part with them as I had more pressing needs for cash than having it invested in a pair of boots.

I'm not a millionaire by any means now, but in the last two months I've had school vacations and I spent them slogging through a vacation job. I think I owe it to myself to buy a pair of boots to make up for the loss of my Red Wings!

Enter Thorogood Heritage.

I've found these while browsing Amazon (which I have been doing quite a bit of late). These boots are going for a little over 140 USD, a full 100 USD less than most of the Red Wing Heritage series. Thanks to AmazonGlobal, shipping is completely free too!

So what do you get for your money? For starters, these boots are made in the USA. It is truly a rarity to find footwear made in the USA going at these prices, when almost every shoe below $200 is these days made in some Asian sweatshop found in China or Vietnam. It also features Goodyear Welted construction, the same method which is used in Red Wing Shoes and many other quality footwear. These boots used to come with Vibram Christy outsoles but have since been replaced by Thorogood's proprietary MaxWear Wedge outsoles, which Thorogood claims will last 20-30% longer.

Also, the leather used in making these boots is supposedly said to come from the same tannery as the one Red Wing uses. That said, this is but a little rumor that I've came across so I'm not complaining if the leather is a little lacking as compared to a Red Wing.

While the above points doesn't exactly make the Thorogood Heritage a no-brainer, one has to admit that this boot is really good value for money. Without further hesitation, I snapped a pair up in US 8 after reading some reviews recommending going a size down on these.

It should be in my hands in about a weeks' time and I'm really stoked to start posting some pictures of evolution on them. If round toes are not your thing, Thorogood has a few other models in their Heritage line which are absolutely poisonous. Here's one which I simply fell in love with:

These Thorogood Lace-to-Toe Roofers in black are absolutely scrumptious and I would have actually bought them if only they qualified for free shipping from Amazon.

Alright then, that about sums up today's post. Thank you for reading and you can expect to look forward to more shoe porn in the coming weeks!