So I happened to get two pair of identical 10 Sei 0 Otto black reverse calf captoe derbies...
Handmade, seemingly pretty solid construction. I have enough other black derbies, shoes, and boots, that my only reason to keep these would be to see how much punishment they could take.
Thus, I intend to put a quasi-aggro vibram sole on one pair of them, and take them through every kind of environmental condition I can encounter (and I go bogging, canyoneering, backpacking, etc on a yearly basis). This strikes me as at least loosely in line with the brand's motto (as it was upon beginning the experiment):
"Skin on skin.
Primitive, anatomical.
Intertwined with the body.
Capable of conforming itself to whomever's needs.
To morph by osmosis whoever so chooses.
Skin-mesh, leather-hoodie.
Denoted by a code: 10 Sei 0 Otto
One sigil, one mark...a sign of belonging.
A style lived but moreover deeply researched.
Immersed in completely natural washes, treated in barrels, with a color palette taken from textiles.
The leather makes inroads into the primary archetypes of heads and shoulders and reinvents them with its own codices.
To use, (mis)treat, remove, place, abandon and resume.
Some pieces reflect faithful reproductions, like a film recalled from memory.
The emotional appeal is immediate: put it on and be on your way.
On a street in New York, Durban, London, or Stockholm: at any latitude, free, cosmopolitan, worn...it is the same to you."
However, the coincidence of having two fresh identical pairs of shoes could prove interesting in a sense that is admittedly "inspired" by the Avantindietro buried leather project.
Would the shoes do better for a number of years left exposed to natural conditions as opposed to on my ungainly feet?
And what natural conditions, you say?
In a dry climate, at high altitude, encaged in fine chicken wire, bolted high in a large tree. Idea of the surrounding terrain (was ravaged by a forest fire just over two years ago):
Post-application of a beeswax-based waterproofing agent:
Handmade, seemingly pretty solid construction. I have enough other black derbies, shoes, and boots, that my only reason to keep these would be to see how much punishment they could take.
Thus, I intend to put a quasi-aggro vibram sole on one pair of them, and take them through every kind of environmental condition I can encounter (and I go bogging, canyoneering, backpacking, etc on a yearly basis). This strikes me as at least loosely in line with the brand's motto (as it was upon beginning the experiment):
"Skin on skin.
Primitive, anatomical.
Intertwined with the body.
Capable of conforming itself to whomever's needs.
To morph by osmosis whoever so chooses.
Skin-mesh, leather-hoodie.
Denoted by a code: 10 Sei 0 Otto
One sigil, one mark...a sign of belonging.
A style lived but moreover deeply researched.
Immersed in completely natural washes, treated in barrels, with a color palette taken from textiles.
The leather makes inroads into the primary archetypes of heads and shoulders and reinvents them with its own codices.
To use, (mis)treat, remove, place, abandon and resume.
Some pieces reflect faithful reproductions, like a film recalled from memory.
The emotional appeal is immediate: put it on and be on your way.
On a street in New York, Durban, London, or Stockholm: at any latitude, free, cosmopolitan, worn...it is the same to you."
However, the coincidence of having two fresh identical pairs of shoes could prove interesting in a sense that is admittedly "inspired" by the Avantindietro buried leather project.
Would the shoes do better for a number of years left exposed to natural conditions as opposed to on my ungainly feet?
And what natural conditions, you say?
In a dry climate, at high altitude, encaged in fine chicken wire, bolted high in a large tree. Idea of the surrounding terrain (was ravaged by a forest fire just over two years ago):
Post-application of a beeswax-based waterproofing agent:
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