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Fade Friday – Thor Drake’s Danner Bull Run Boots
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Buying boots is fun, but trust me when I say that resoling them is even more rewarding. It’s less ‘instant dopamine’ and more ‘warm sense of pride’ when your trusty, patina-soaked stompers come back to you re-crafted with a new lease of life. Making this service even more satisfying is when the makers of your boots have an in-house team dedicated to recrafting your footwear, which is what you get when you purchase a pair of Danner boots.
Exercising Danner’s recrafting service is motorcycle enthusiast, Thor Drake. His Danner Bull Run Boots have seen years of hard wear on and off his countless motorcycles, chasing after his young kids, running the One Moto Cafe in Portland, and heading up the One Motorcycle Show. No matter what he’s getting up to, Thor is rocking Danner’s classic moc-toe style boot, which sits upon a Danner Wedge outsole. These boots are made in the USA and built to last, but there’s only so much thrashing a sole can take before they start to lose traction and affect your gait — not ideal for being a super active, motorcycle-building dad. Luckily, Danner’s in-house recrafting team is on hand to give every pair of resoleable Danners a new lease of life, including Thor’s!
As well as popping off the old sole and re-crafting the boots, Danner cleans and conditions the uppers to keep them in tip-top shape. It’s like car detailing but for your beloved boots. Just check that glisten on the post-repair picture of Thor’s pair. We’ve included some other examples of Danner’s in-house recrafting work below. It’s safe to say I’m excited to get my Mountain Lights recrafted one day.
Danner’s recrafting service is based in the USA, but international customers can utilize Danner’s recrafting partners in the EU, the United Kingdom, Japan, and Canada. These partners include official Vibram® outposts and highly skilled cobblers that have been vetted to meet Danner’s high standards of recrafting, so you’ll always be in good hands.
If you’re interested in investing in a pair of recraftable boots, you can check out all of their recraftable options over at Danner. They’ve got everything from heritage styles like Thor’s Bull Runs to industrial work boots and modern styles with advanced Vibram® soles. There’s something for every lifestyle and every adventure. Just go there, recraft, and keep going.
You can shop recraftable options and learn more about their recrafting services at Danner.
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I don’t know about you guys, but in the warmer months, I wear a quality T-shirt and a ball cap every single day. Pair that with some beat-up jeans or some fatigues, and you have a simple, functional fit that looks great, lets the breeze in, and keeps the sun out of your eyes. The only problem is that I find myself needing more tees, more caps, and cheapo throwaways simply do not hit the spot. So when our partners at Bleu de Chauffe tipped us off on their latest launch, my interest was instantly piqued.
Covering the top half of your new favorite summer fit is Bleu de Chauffe’s new Middle Weight Champion Tees & Gaspard Caps. The aptly named tees are absolutely victorious creations, made by Bleu de Chauffe in Aveyron using a mid-weight 75-25 blend of cotton and hemp.
This ain’t no ordinary blend, though. Bleu de Chauffe combined bio-sourced fibers for the Middleweight Champion — that’s hemp that has been naturally cultivated with no irrigation, and 100% organic cotton. Those top-quality, ecological fibers are woven into a 160g breathable jersey that drapes beautifully in the relaxed cut of the MWC. A reinforced neckline ensures you’ll be wearing one of these high-quality tees for years, ‘cos no one likes a stretched-out, misshapen neckline.
The Gaspard Cap represents Bleu de Chauffe’s commitment to high-quality crafting in all arenas. Not enough brands make their own proprietary caps, and the Gaspard proves that it is absolutely the right move. It’s made by BDC’s partner millinery workshop that’s just a few miles from their own workshop, using a robust 100% cotton canvas that will stand the test of time. BDC took inspiration from 19th-century workers’ hats and Americana designs from the mid-20th century, leading to a clean, low-to-mid profile silhouette that lets the fabric sing. Coming in Navy or Tartan Blue, each cap is finished with an undyed felt ‘B’ patch that adds to the heritage feel without looking stuffy.
It’s no secret we’re a big fan of jeans, but when summer hits and the temperature rises, then denim just doesn’t cut the mustard. On those warmer days, we need to look to denim’s lighter, more summer-friendly cousin — chambray. Understanding that quandry is ONI Denim, who’re here to save the summer with their latest offering, the ONI-2008GG.
ONI — which is a demon or an ogre in Japanese folklore — is known for making jeans that are heavyweight, slubby, and neppy. They’ve been steering in a smoother direction of late, but they’ve still been dropping nep-ridden bangers like their ‘Crushed Concrete‘ denim. However, for this summer’s drop, the brand’s founder, Mr. Oishi & co. have released a gorgeous olive green rendition of their Wide Straight jean made from an 80z ‘Beta’ chambray.
The Beta chambray is a selvedge chambray that has been made on a traditional power loom, which creates the look of a vintage fabric, and we know how much better chambray looks as it ages and fades. The fabric is thinner than denim but firm and rigid, meaning these can hold their own among your fleet of five-pockets.
Made in Japan, the ONI-2008GG’s silhouette is wide and straight, reminiscent of traditional work pants. They have a deep rise and a full leg so there’s plenty of breathing room. Just pair them with an equally crisp white tee and you’re sorted all summer long.
Available for $200 from HINOYA.
There have been oceans of digital ink spilled in pursuit of the Ultimate White T-Shirt®, but little attention has been paid to the humble tank top. Like the flightless birds of New Zealand, Hanes’s tank tops have tottered about in the absence of any predator that would improve their staple commodity. Well, consider Classic Fella’s Classic A-Shirt the new cat on the island.
Knit in Italy from 100% Italian cotton, these feel like a throwback and a breath of fresh air at the same time. But be careful, the close-hugging ribs of long-staple cotton will spoil you into collecting a drawer of them, and at roughly 10x the cost of Hanes, you can see where this predator metaphor came from.
Available for $54 at Classic Fella.
Have you noticed that shoes don’t always look like the feet we put in them? The barefoot philosophy took the running world by storm in the early 2000s, but there have been few shoe options since that aren’t made out of plastic and polyester, doomed to landfill as soon as the sole starts to peel or the foam is too compressed.
No more! Longtime bootmaker, orthopedic shoemaker, and athletic footwear designer Andrew Turriff has rolled all his expertise into his eponymous brand Turriff Footwear. Their launch creation, the C-01 and C-02 Anatomical Outdoor Trail Shoes, are formed on a last that mirrors the foot’s actual shape for maximum toe room and zero heel drop — but they’re also a high-quality, welted leather shoe.
They are made of a waxed C.F. Stead leather upper that’s been part-Blake and part stitchdown constructed to a vegetable-tanned leather midsole, so they’re fully recraftable should you exhaust the Vibram Megalug treaded rubber outsole. They’re also fully lined and gusseted, so you can tromp right up to the heel without worrying about the water.
If traditional welted footwear gets your dogs barking, look no further than Turriff.
“I didn’t call you a slob, I said look at that ‘slub’!” Get ready to be fielding compliments of this caliber when sporting the UES Slubby Flannel Shirt in Mustard, Red, or Purple. Finally back on their roster after a 9-year sabbatical, would you be shocked to learn it is better than ever?
Made from an 8.8oz Japanese Slubby Flannel fabric, which uses a distinctly textured yarn for all weft threads, hold on because it’s going to be a bumpy ride in the best way possible. Beautifully landed with flap acorn chest pockets, corozo buttons, and selvedge detailing, there are no shortages of ways to style this shirt, whichis made in Japan to UES’ unwaivering construction standards.
And thanks to its lighter weight, it doesn’t need to be on the sidelines until fall. So have at it before it’s gone for another decade.
Available for $245 from Iron Shop Provisions.
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