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LIFE TIME GEAR BOOT & SHOE COLLECTION | #00

guys it’s time to open the cupboard. next time i will present you my boot & shoe collection piece by piece. by the way i want to organize the chaos … my wife wants me to do, too … but that’s another story. you will see some boots you know if you follow my blog frequently  and i promise that i will you show some really rare and exotic pieces from western to work boots, from rugged and old to nearly new, from 12 inch boots to oxfords, from ALDEN to YUKETEN – it is a lot of stuff. beside my cupboard i have a big metal case in the basement where f.ex. my marriage boots are stored: long time no see … i think i will discover some suprise for my self. pics | LTG


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RED WING SHOES | UPDATE > THE ANATOMY OF A RED WING BOOT

my buddy FRED from RW1905 blog send me some pics of an actual cut RWS style #8131 – the cut of the 875 seems to be a bit older – sorry for that! he told me that the actual models are filled with CORK between insole and the traction tred cushion crepe wedge sole. before, this space was filled with synthetic material: compare the pics. thx. pics | FRED c/o RW1905






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RED WING SHOES | THE ANATOMY OF A RWS STYLE 875

this is something for “INSIGHTERS”. hope to show you views which some of you never saw before. last week KLAUS from volls.de gave me this cut of a RWS #875 to do a post if i would like – and for sure, i like. sometimes the insole construction reminds me a tasty sandwich … beside, what a terrible thought when my RWS 875 would be cut in the middle into 2 parts. pics | LTG


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LIFE TIME GEAR | FAVORITES #53 | NIGEL CABOURN, CARHARTT, RED WING SHOES … ALL CAMOUFLAGE

i love camouflage, by sure i am not a military fan. i did my military services 20 years ago, this was okay but enough. i just like the pattern. and the worst thing you can do is wearing all this stuff together … an absolute NO-GO! just wearing one camo piece combined with non-camo is allowed. the difference from pattern to pattern is really interesting. mostly i like the classic US ARMY camouflage design from f.ex. the CARHARTT Heritage Settler Jacket, the NEW ERA STAPLE CAP and the bow tie. beside the NIGEL CABOURN designs are although very nice and special. the beeswax ARMY & CAMO CAMERAMAN JACKET is really cool and not so loud. the RED WING # 8150 and NC NAVAL PARKA SAND CAMO i like so much because of their alone standing design. especially the RWS 8150 is something special because of its strictly limited status. and at least my old brand new VOLKSWAGEN. not really camo but tan! i don’t know why all the people starring at my car? … pics | LTG, end., ushowu


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BOOT OF THE DAY | #124 | RED WING SHOES LOGGER / LINEMAN BOOT # 699

black beauty! simple and strong: this is what i call a boot. looks like well worn in, 1970s #699 RWS Looger / lineman boot. available @ LOST&FOUND vintage, japan. but it is just a 8.5D. they have a lot of other very nice used RWS and other work boots but they are all at a maximum size 9D. pics | LOST&FOUND vintage


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BOOT OF THE DAY | #123 | LIFE TIME GEAR’S RED WING ENGINEER # 8268

welcome to LTG’s boot collection: RWS # 8268 ENGINEER BOOTS. just 2 weeks gently in use – straight from the box to the feet, after getting poor at germans customs for this postage from JAPAN. just wearing a few hours a day: the boot hurts so much. it is the 3rd time i try to break in a RWS engineer. 2 black #2268s left the building before. but the 8268 is something special to me. at first the boot was really expensive till entering my cupboard with all the shipping costs and customs, second the boot is japan exclusive and third this engineer looks best! i like the rough silhouette combined with the smooth looking sand colored suede leather – great! the engineer features a steel toe, neoprene cord sole and robust buckles compared to some new RWS engineer styles. it is no problem to order something from japan f.ex. from THREEWOOD. they handle and shipp quick and absolute confident. pics | LTG


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LIFE TIME GEAR @ VOLLS

yesterday morning i visited my buddy KLAUS, owner of VOLLS shop, darmstadt, germany, and volls.de. it is always nice to have a change in an exhausting working week, even it is only about an hour. speaking about local news, upcoming collections and checking some stuff arrived the last days. one of my actual new favorites KLAUS got these days: MERZ B. SCHWANEN. really great stuff – you feel the passion and heritage the makers put in the pieces when you touch it, see it and feel it by wearing. and beside me my wife loves it, too. another highlight yesterday where some extraordinary pieces from EDWIN OVERWORKING. pretty nice and extremely exclusive but damn expensive. KLAUS is heavy working on his online shop update for S/S 2012 while is waiting for more new stuff to come from ENGINEERED GARMENTS, POST OVERALLS, ALDEN, and and and. what a pitty, half an hour later when i left KLAUS the new LEVIS VINTAGE CLOTHING stuff arrived. yep, another reason to come back soon next week. i will keep you updated for the online shop update. pics | LTG


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BOOT OF THE DAY | #119 | RED WING BOOTS “LINEMAN” #2907

an awesome classic LINEMAN boot in my favorite RWS leather & color ORO RUSET PORTAGE. goodyear welt construction, lace-to-toe, 6 inch, traction tred sole – an iconic boot. i saw the brown #2933 lineman in FRED’s RW1905 blog. this one will be in the stores F/W 2012. maybe the whole RWS LINEMAN family is coming back to europe. hope so! pics | THREEWOOD, japan


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RED WING SHOES | THE HERITAGE HAND SEWN COLLECTION

news from the RED WING HERITAGE EUROPE central: “This season the Red Wing Shoe Co. is launching a new Genuine Handsewn collection — which is entirely made in Lewiston, Maine. To better explain the lore of handsewn, Red Wing went to Maine to produce a short film to show what makes these shoes so unique.” last week i had the chance to take a look at these new shoes at volls. i prefer the work boot styles but they look very nice. nicer than the boat shoes RWS launched some years ago – take a look. vid | RED WING SHOES

Red Wing Handsewn Collection | Made in Maine from Red Wing Heritage on Vimeo.