BOOTS & SHOES OF LIFE TIME GEAR’S COLLECTION @ eBay

He guys, I have to clean up my closet – need some space. So you’ll find some boots & shoes @ eBay. I offer some really rarities like the 866 in oro-russet. Shipping international to USA, Japan and the EU. So just send me a PM @ eBay and I will send you the quotes. Thx.

http://www.ebay.de/itm/391863798024?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649  

http://www.ebay.de/itm/391863794932?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

http://www.ebay.de/itm/391863810829?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

http://www.ebay.de/itm/391863815463?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

http://www.ebay.de/itm/391863826178?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

RED WING SHOES | TRIPLE RELEASE: THE MERCHANT #8061 & #8062 | PECOS #8187 | CLASSIC MOC TOES #8137 & #8886

RED WINGS SHOES launch 3 new styles:
The Merchant STYLE #8061 in “Ebony Harness and STYLE #8062 in “Olive Mohave”.
The second release is the PECOS STYLE #8188 in “Brown Boomer” which is an exclusive style that is only available by selected dealers and the RED WING STORES.
And the last new styles are the Moc Toes #8137 in “Black Chrome” with a black Traction Tred sole and #8886 with a “Copper Rough & Tough” Leather also with a black Traction Tred sole.

Get your pair @ RED WING SHOE STORE FRANKFURT in store or Online 24/7/365. Kami and his Team are happy to see you and do some insider or maybe rookie Red Wing talk!

Here the story of THE MERCHANT: “Working as a merchant in Red Wing, Minnesota at the beginning of the 20th century, Charles Beckman experienced the need for durable and comfortable boots first-hand. In 1905, when he couldn’t find boots to meet his needs, he started his own shoe company: The Red Wing Shoe Company. More than a century later, Red Wing Shoes has now developed “the Merchant” as a tribute to Charles Beckman. The Merchant is based on traditional work boots from the 1920’s, when Red Wing started making boots without toe reinforcement to provide a more comfortable fit without stress points. In 1929 20 out of the 50 styles came without a toe-box. The “no toe-box” provides flexibility and comfort around the toe area. Style #245 from 1920 is the oldest and closest Red Wing work boot to the Merchant. Style #245 was called “black chief” and was made without a toe-box. The black chief came with a plain toe and was raw cut at the quarter edge.
The historical work boot most similar to the Merchant is style 245 from 1920, which was made without a toe-box, but instead featured a plain toe and raw cut at the quarter edge. The Merchant is built on the 8 last, which is also used for the Blacksmith. But because of the missing toe-box, the Merchant has a slimmer look and a lower toe profile than the Blacksmith.

The Pecos Boots: “Red Wing Shoe Company is perhaps best known for the work boots made for the farmers, miners, and sportsmen of the Upper Midwest but early on, we introduced another boot for a different group of workers in the American West. We had an office in Dallas, Texas as early as 1923 to serve the unique market of ranchers, cowboys and oil drilling roughnecks in the region. At the time, most of these workers wore pull-on riding boots, often with decorative stitching, and Red Wing responded with one of its own in the 1930s. By the 1950s, with typical Minnesota understatement, we did away with the decorative flourish and introduced a pull-on boot of our own devising.
This pull-on boot was given a new name, the Pecos, after a town in Texas and it evolved into one of our most popular styles. The renowned Red Wing durability worked as well on the ranches of the Southwest as they did the farms and fields of Minnesota. The appeal of the Pecos spread, thanks to its simple design, comfortable fit, and rugged good looks. Still made the same way with quality leathers in our factory in Red Wing, the Pecos is now seen on hardworking feet from coast to coast, both ends of the Mississippi, and everywhere in between. Call it a cowboy boot, with a Minnesota twist.”

The #8187 has a shaft ankle-length, is made of Hawthorne Muleskinner leather and got the iconic Red Wing Nitrile Cork Sole

Catalogue; about 1960



Iconic CLASSIC MOC TOES with that wonderful black sole! Love this look.
STYLE #8137 6-INCH CLASSIC MOC

STYLE #8886 6-INCH CLASSIC MOC 

BOOT OF THE DAY | #193 | POST WAR II LACE UP BOOTS

Something special today. Please excuse the “non-perfect” pics but I did not make these myself. My boot buddy from Facebook’s BootOC – Boot Owners Club – HOUTY send me this from his new unworn dead stock post World War II boots. Aren’t these wonderful? Best condition. He bought the boots in Amsterdam for – in German we  say: “Apfel und ein Ei” – …  an apple and an egg … what means very cheap.  Houty wrote me that the  boots are built as robust as the vintage German tank TIGER – and indeed, they look damn tight. The boots must be made in the early fifties; before this time German military boots had no laces: mybe you know the famous “Knobelbecher”. I think they are about 6″ high, have a massive profiled nailed VORWERK sole, leather insole, 6 eyelets and a metal shank at the toe. Houty put the laces of his vintage Red Wing’s Beckman to it. Best look – great deal! If you have some questions concerning to the boots, please feel free to contact Houty. pics | HOUTY


 

THE RED WING SHOES “ORIGINAL BOOT” REPLICA FROM 1905 | THE 1ST RED WING BOOT EVER

By cleaning up my boot closet I found this black beauty. Damn, this boot is so nice but my wife didn’t wear it for a long time and will not wear it anymore. This is not her boot style – she prefers the RWS Moc Toes and Chelseas. I bought this rare piece from RED WING SHOES in 2005 at Red WING SHOES Frankfurt, Germany. The model number is #850. They produced just a very small and limited run of these for the 100th birthday of RWS, I think to remember. Now I must give it away because I need more space for other boots I got the last time for my collection. Tomorrow I will give the boot to KAMI, owner of Red Wing Store Frankfurt, and we will show it @ the B74 Vintage Sale on Saturday 14th. Maybe I will sell it or Kami will take it to his magic archive. We will see … I can’t calm down seeing this boot for the first time again after some years: what an awesome boot! And it is a really good and original Replica compared to the picture of the “ORIGINAL BOOT” from 1905. The original work boot first year featured leather, buckles and laces for a secure fit. The Replica has a Zipper inside because closing all these buckles needs a lot of energy and patience. photos | LTG || historical pictures | @Red Wing Heritage

PART II OF HAMBURG HARBOR SHOOTING | BY PHOTOGRAPHER JOERN POLLEX FOR AMTRAQ DISTRIBUTION

as promised, i’ll show you today the second part of JOERN POLLEX shooting for AMTRAQ DISTRIBUTION he did this march in HAMBURG, germany. you’ll see some lady shots. what a beautiful model so nice styled by UWE E. MAIER c/o AMTRAQ and so perfect shot by JOERN. and still there are so much more photos of the picture choice JOERN send me to show you. check his page if you want to see more of this shooting and don’t miss the “making of” film of the AMTRAQ shooting done by FRANK PETERS. pics | JOERN POLLEX | video | FRANK PETERS






PHOTOGRAPHER JOERN POLLEX FOR AMTRAQ DISTRIBUTION | HAMBURG HARBOR SHOOTING PART I

HAMBURG based photographer JOERN POLLEX send me some really great pics from a shooting he did for UWE E. MAIER c/o AMTRAQ DISTRIBUTION four weeks ago. i got so many beautiful pics that i decided to show you tomorrow some more and a making of video. some facts about JOERN: he learnt photographing at the age of 12 from his father. starting 30 years ago with that famous analog camera CANON A1 – i have had the same – he developped the photos in his own darkroom. JOERN did an education as a photographer and worked for GETTY IMAGES. since january 2014 he works as a freelancer. the AMTRAQ shooting was completely done by JOERN from the location search, model casting to picture editing and post production. FRANK PETER was his assistant and UWE E. MAIER did the styling himself. compliment guys: you all did a perfect job! more pics follow tomorrow. pics | JOERN POLLEX


BOOT COLLECTIONS | FRANK OTTERS BOOTS – “SOMETHING SPECIAL”

this week i got a mail with some very nice pics of extra ordinary boots – everything but not mainstream. i love this! FRANK OTTERS, living near frankfurt in nice BAD SODEN, TAUNUS send me pics from three of his favorite boots. he works in the real estate business and when he is not wearing a suit he prefers “everything that is raw”, not washed, real japanese denim and labels like EATDUST, CARHARTT-WORKWEAR, ENGINEERED GARMENTS, LEVI’S RED and POST O – and BECKMAN RED WING SHOES. good taste, we have some similarities. one of his absolute favorites is his olive JOHNSON MOTORS “278” jacket. he loves barbecue and cruising with his vintage OLDSMOBILE. to the boots. the first one is a vintage nice rugged in classic PACKER BOOT with beautiful stitchings. a boot for the working cowboy or horsemen. FRANK, nice laced up – looks like a classic ARMY LACING. this PACKER is about 40 years old. he got it from ebay USA. the second boot is a DAYTON boot named DRIVER. it is 6″ low, made of engineer leather with white leather heels and oil proofed cord soles. very smart and special because of the color combination. i remember that years ago you got this boot in a black and red combination beside of white. FRANK bought this boot last year in VANCOUVER directly at DAYTON BOOTS. the DRIVER is not available in the bad mainstream collection you can get in europe. the third boot is from KERO. maybe you remember my post from september 2011: DENIM DEMON x KERO BOOTS | WHEN A RED WING 877 GOES SWEDEN. FRANK owns a pair of this swedish boots. he told me that they are made of reindeer skin. i think to remember that they were made of cowhide leather – i don’t know. but this swedish “lapland style” looks great. thanks again FRANK for sending me these pics. pics | FRANK OTTER


LTG BOOT & SHOE COLLECTION | 19 | RED WING SHOES OXFORD STYLE #9042

after a long break i will continue the LIFE TIME GEAR series “LTG BOOT & SHOE COLLECTION”. today i post one of my favorite oxford styles: the RWS 9042 BECKMAN. so classic, so simple, so comfortable, so durable with a great look.

RED WING SHOES STYLE #9042
part of the BECKMAN collection
year of buying | it was a present 2012
size | 9.5 D
height | low
style | oxford
leather | oil-tanned,  antique cigar featherstone
sole | roccia
heel | vibram
hardware | eyelet | small black colored
laces | nylon,  dark brown colored
insole | leather with cushioned footbed
welt | leather welt
steel toe | NO
category | 1920 business work shoe style
made in the USA

LTG BOOT & SHOE COLLECTION | 16 | RARE RED WING SHOES STYLE 1912 BECKMAN

this boot has a crazy story. i bought it in 2006 at RED WING SHOE STORE FRANKFURT. i saw this oro-russet BECKMAN and it was an absolute must-have. i knew this style just in the colors dark brown (the centennial – #1908), black, chestnut featherstone and black cherry featherstone. in 2011 i sold it to my buddy PETER because of an exploding boot closet … WHAT A MISTAKE. always when i saw PETER wearing this boot i got crazy. so i bought it back. since this day i wore my beloved 1912 just 3 times to preserve it. there is no information about the #1912 in the web … nothing. yep, i think i own a really rare and so awesome RED WING BOOT – MY1912 MOC TOE. pics | LTG

RED WING SHOES STYLE #1912
year of buying | 2006
size | 9.5 D
height | 6 inch
leather | oil-tanned,  oro russet portage
pull loop | no
top | rolled,  dark brown
sole | roccia
hardware | eyelet nickel brown
laces | nylon dark brown colored
insole | leather with cushioned footbed
welt | leather welt
steel toe | NO
category | classic work boot
made in the USA