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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: anubias on July 06, 2017, 03:57:09 am
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Here are some fugly flip-flops!
This head-turning fashion statement combines two polar opposite shoes into one. Also know as “the mullet of the shoe world”.
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More eye popping fugliness at link: http://www.sadanduseless.com/2017/07/bootsandals/
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I don't think so Scooter...
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This stupidity was pimped years ago to no avail. The only thing I can remember from the news cycle back then was this idiot who invented this lived in his moms basement and I thought to myself that is where he will stay with shitty ideas like this.
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I know of some fairly crazy (and stupid) women, but none of them would be caught dead in those. Surely.
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Got me a brand new pair of Tony Lamas from Cavendar's on my last trip to Palestine, TX... and my darling little Princess kitteh, attempted to make them open-toe boots.
@Freya saw the pics... still need to figure how I am gonna salvage a pair of $280 boots full of cat scratches.
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Got me a brand new pair of Tony Lamas from Cavendar's on my last trip to Palestine, TX... and my darling little Princess kitteh, attempted to make them open-toe boots.
@Freya saw the pics... still need to figure how I am gonna salvage a pair of $280 boots full of cat scratches.
8888crybaby
Was it only the toe point or further up on the boot?
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Got me a brand new pair of Tony Lamas from Cavendar's on my last trip to Palestine, TX... and my darling little Princess kitteh, attempted to make them open-toe boots.
@Freya saw the pics... still need to figure how I am gonna salvage a pair of $280 boots full of cat scratches.
@rodamala
Silver tips... or copper tips...
EDIT: Oops... Tonys. NM. I don't think Tonys will come apart enough to install tips or spur channels.
Tony's are not very well made anymore.
Justins are still pretty good.
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I don't think so Scooter...
That's a fine example of "Just 'cause you can, doesn't mean you ought to..."
Mrs. Joe's comment would just be bleeped by the filters, anyway (and she doesn't even like that word).
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That's a fine example of "Just 'cause you can, doesn't mean you ought to..."
Mrs. Joe's comment would just be bleeped by the filters, anyway (and she doesn't even like that word).
Who ever thought that up shoulda been slapped upside the head.
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still need to figure how I am gonna salvage a pair of $280 boots full of cat scratches.
That's a gouge for Tony Lamas. They are shit anymore. I got a guy in Mexico that custom makes whatever you want, handmade, double pegged, all leather, delivered for that price.
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8888crybaby
Was it only the toe point or further up on the boot?
@anubias
Just the toe. Accessing database...
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That's a gouge for Tony Lamas. They are shit anymore. I got a guy in Mexico that custom makes whatever you want, handmade, double pegged, all leather, delivered for that price.
@Frank Cannon
Little baby princess Peanut Butter is a Buy America proponent.
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@anubias
Just the toe. Accessing database...
First off, round toes are boring. Throw them away. Second thing, a shoe repair guy should be able to get on that with a buffer and polish and make a lot of that go away. The boots look evenly damaged so it won't be at odd looking after a polish.
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@Frank Cannon
Little baby princess Peanut Butter is a Buy America proponent.
Hate to burst Princess's bubble, but Tony Lama, Nacona and Justins haven't been made in the USA for years. Your lucky if they were made in Mexico. A lot are now made in........wait for it.....China.
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First off, round toes are boring. Throw them away. Second thing, a shoe repair guy should be able to get on that with a buffer and polish and make a lot of that go away. The boots look evenly damaged so it won't be at odd looking after a polish.
Eat shit, Frank. I refuse to wear square-toed shit... and I tried on dozens of pairs of boots and not a single cowboy roper would fit me...
Problem was my criteria was USA made, leather sole, and not these moron sawed off toes square toe flipper boots that everyone now wears.
Just checked the receipt... The 30-something dollar belt I got there made the total with tax $290. These boots were actually marked down from something like $320, to $240.
I figured I was gonna just work on em with some conditioner and polish... I dunno.
A total lesson in, "This is why we can't have nice things".
@Frank Cannon
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Hate to burst Princess's bubble, but Tony Lama, Nacona and Justins haven't been made in the USA for years. Your lucky if they were made in Mexico. A lot are now made in........wait for it.....China.
These boots were made in El Paso, Texas. 98% of the boots in that store were Hechoed en Chine.
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Hate to burst Princess's bubble, but Tony Lama, Nacona and Justins haven't been made in the USA for years. Your lucky if they were made in Mexico. A lot are now made in........wait for it.....China.
Last pair of Tony's I bought were in '82, and the soles wore through (toe wiggling through, not just a little pinhole) in three months. Haven't bought any since.
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I refuse to wear square-toed shit...
Sheepherder boots. BLEAH.
But I don't like round-toes either... Might as well buy Wellingtons...
but just try to find an honest to God sh*tkicker anymore... :shrug:
Frank's right though... A good shoemaker will fix a whole lot of that...
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Hate to burst Princess's bubble, but Tony Lama, Nacona and Justins haven't been made in the USA for years. Your lucky if they were made in Mexico. A lot are now made in........wait for it.....China.
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Eat shit, Frank. I refuse to wear square-toed shit... and I tried on dozens of pairs of boots and not a single cowboy roper would fit me...
Problem was my criteria was USA made, leather sole, and not these moron sawed off toes square toe flipper boots that everyone now wears.
Just checked the receipt... The 30-something dollar belt I got there made the total with tax $290. These boots were actually marked down from something like $320, to $240.
I figured I was gonna just work on em with some conditioner and polish... I dunno.
A total lesson in, "This is why we can't have nice things".
@Frank Cannon
First off, eat shit. Secondly, round toes suck. You may as well buy work boots. Thirdly, square toes suck....unless you are a rodeo clown or a porta-john maintenance worker. Fourthly, a lot of those generic off the rack boots are made in China and Mexico and just enough is done in El Paso to allow a 'Murican flag to be put on it. Fifthly, eat shit.
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Last pair of Tony's I bought were in '82, and the soles wore through (toe wiggling through, not just a little pinhole) in three months. Haven't bought any since.
YEP... Shouldn't have to go to duct tape for a year... even if you are working the pens.
But that ain't it for me... It's that they cannot be resoled. I'd put up with a cheap sole if I could resole them with oxhide next time... But they are glued together. When the sole goes, throw them out.
And my last pair, my shoemaker had to cut the heel apart to install a full ride heel... and no spur channel either... They're rhinestone territory as far as I am concerned.
Which is fine for Sunday morning... But the problem is, my Sunday boots get demoted to sh*tkickers when my workaday boots 'retire', and I go buy good new ones to break in on Sundays
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Sheepherder boots. BLEAH.
But I don't like round-toes either... Might as well buy Wellingtons...
but just try to find an honest to God sh*tkicker anymore... :shrug:
Frank's right though... A good shoemaker will fix a whole lot of that...
@roamer_1
Thing is... I bought these actually as kinda nice "going out dancing" boots that could become everyday farm boots (Wellies if you will)... I just didn't expect them to... ahem... depreciate so fast.
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First off, eat shit. Secondly, round toes suck. You may as well buy work boots. Thirdly, square toes suck....unless you are a rodeo clown or a porta-john maintenance worker. Fourthly, a lot of those generic off the rack boots are made in China and Mexico and just enough is done in El Paso to allow a 'Murican flag to be put on it. Fifthly, eat shit.
Mom! Uncle Frank's hopped up on goofballs again!
You really crack me up, dude.
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@roamer_1
Thing is... I bought these actually as kinda nice "going out dancing" boots that could become everyday farm boots (Wellies if you will)... I just didn't expect them to... ahem... depreciate so fast.
@rodamala
Yeah, I get it, but take em in to a leather guy... A whole lot of that will buff right out, and what won't might look good - a kinda speckled finish that will probably look pretty uniform...
Can't say for sure without they're in my hand, but from the pics, I'd give it a whirl...
And PS: forget the silvertips... they look silly on round toes.
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@anubias
Just the toe. Accessing database...
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Wow. Tips won't cover that. I'm so sorry @rodamala
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Mom! Uncle Frank's hopped up on goofballs again!
You really crack me up, dude.
First off, thank you. Secondly, if you are going to drop the coin and go through the trouble of buying cowboy boots they need to look like they came out of a Dwight Yocum video. X to 3X toes. I'm partial to Old Gringo....
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@rodamala
Well that there is encouraging. I have heard that Tony Lama is getting back to their roots with premium line of old skool boots made in the USA...
If you take em in to a shoemaker, ask him if they can be resoled, and whether he could put a full ride heel on em for me will ya? **Not that you'd ever put a riding heel on round-toes, but if Tony is making good boots again, that heel will come apart.
A little piece of my world would go back to normal if I could tug on a pair of Tonys again.
And only 300 bucks?
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@rodamala
Yeah, I get it, but take em in to a leather guy... A whole lot of that will buff right out, and what won't might look good - a kinda speckled finish that will probably look pretty uniform...
Can't say for sure without they're in my hand, but from the pics, I'd give it a whirl...
And PS: forget the silvertips... they look silly on round toes.
The gouges are up in the stitching too. Dunno, but looks like a lost cause to me.
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The gouges are up in the stitching too. Dunno, but looks like a lost cause to me.
@anubias Yeah mebbe... I could fix the stitching if they were here... And soak em wet to swell up the punctures... I am telling ya, I think they might turn out ok... But you need a real shoemaker... Dunno if they still have em elsewhere.
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@anubias Yeah mebbe... I could fix the stitching if they were here... And soak em wet to swell up the punctures... I am telling ya, I think they might turn out ok... But you need a real shoemaker... Dunno if they still have em elsewhere.
I haven't seen one around here in years. I suspect they've all died off by now.
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I haven't seen one around here in years. I suspect they've all died off by now.
I honest to God can't even imagine cow folk surviving without a leather shop. What do y'all do when your saddles need fixing?
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I honest to God can't even imagine cow folk surviving without a leather shop. What do y'all do when your saddles need fixing?
Well duh. I didn't think about taking them to a saddle shop. Years ago we had boot/shoe repair places, but those have all disappeared.
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I honest to God can't even imagine cow folk surviving without a leather shop. What do y'all do when your saddles need fixing?
Trade it in on a new one. Cheap leases and no money down does that.
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Well duh. I didn't think about taking them to a saddle shop. Years ago we had boot/shoe repair places, but those have all disappeared.
We still have em here. Dunno what I'd do without my leather guy... And saddles and tack here are fixed by the shoemaker. All one thing. Tack and saddle shops just sell new stuff.
Worst case scenario, ship them boots up here and let my guy look at em.
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Trade it in on a new one. Cheap leases and no money down does that.
I've had my saddles most of my life. My main cowboyin saddle has probably been rebuilt twice by now... and that's a real working saddle... Roundups and all.
Can't imagine buying one new. They take way too long to get comfy.
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@rodamala
Well that there is encouraging. I have heard that Tony Lama is getting back to their roots with premium line of old skool boots made in the USA...
If you take em in to a shoemaker, ask him if they can be resoled, and whether he could put a full ride heel on em for me will ya? **Not that you'd ever put a riding heel on round-toes, but if Tony is making good boots again, that heel will come apart.
A little piece of my world would go back to normal if I could tug on a pair of Tonys again.
And only 300 bucks?
Bought these because they could be re-soled and re-heeled.
Here... http://www.tonylama.com/footwear/men_collections_shop-handcrafted-usa-styles (http://www.tonylama.com/footwear/men_collections_shop-handcrafted-usa-styles)
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Bought these because they could be re-soled and re-heeled.
Here... http://www.tonylama.com/footwear/men_collections_shop-handcrafted-usa-styles (http://www.tonylama.com/footwear/men_collections_shop-handcrafted-usa-styles)
Weeelll, thank you much... I won't be looking for a while - I just bought a pair of Justins... But I am gonna ask around. I would love to be back in a pair of Tonys. Wore em half my life.
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I've had my saddles most of my life. My main cowboyin saddle has probably been rebuilt twice by now... and that's a real working saddle... Roundups and all.
Can't imagine buying one new. They take way too long to get comfy.
Buicks and Fords are worse. They get crappier the longer they get from new.
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Buicks and Fords are worse. They get crappier the longer they get from new.
Right. Different...
I hate a new saddle.
But then I hate a new car/pickup too...
At least the new vehicle doesn't raise blisters on your nevermind. A new saddle will make your south forty feel like a prairie fire.
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First of all, I think I'd strangle the kitty. What's wrong with that cat (chuckling)? I'm not a cat person, but I've never known a cat to attack a pair of boots! As for the round toe, glad you like them and they met your criteria, but, I'd have to agree, it looks more like a steel-toed work boot. My hubby wore cowboy boots for years till we moved to Florida and he always opted for the narrower toe.
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Negative Ghostrider, the pattern is full.
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@anubias
Just the toe. Accessing database...
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Poor Baby Peanut Butter. My dear Holly destroyed my couch and my love seat. I had to reupholster both of them.
@rodamala I hope somehow your boots can be saved.
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First of all, I think I'd strangle the kitty. What's wrong with that cat (chuckling)? I'm not a cat person, but I've never known a cat to attack a pair of boots! As for the round toe, glad you like them and they met your criteria, but, I'd have to agree, it looks more like a steel-toed work boot. My hubby wore cowboy boots for years till we moved to Florida and he always opted for the narrower toe.
Well, nothing in a store full of 1000's of pairs of cowboy ropers would fit... even if it was the right size and width, my heel would not make the vertical to horizontal transition, even with the boot hooks. I was looking for a pair of chore boots anyway. I had to put up my steel-toe Carolina loggers too, btw. She was going after them, too!
She stays.
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Anyways... This guy needs a set of these Cowboy Mandals to go with his Romper:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZVCertAHkc
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@rodamala you can always get Sam Losco to buy you a pair of boots. He bought a pair for Barb Lahey.
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Well, nothing in a store full of 1000's of pairs of cowboy ropers would fit... even if it was the right size and width, my heel would not make the vertical to horizontal transition, even with the boot hooks. I was looking for a pair of chore boots anyway. I had to put up my steel-toe Carolina loggers too, btw. She was going after them, too!
She stays.
Of course the cat stays...I wasn't implying otherwise. I have a dog that I could strangle some days ... he continuously gets into our garbage cans and shreds tissues or paper towels ... and we have to make sure that the cabinet doors that hide the kitchen garbage are latched! He also learned to open the laundry room door to the garage and then let's himself out through the exterior garage doggie door. If we don't keep it locked, he winds up air conditioning the garage! Argh!!!
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Of course the cat stays...I wasn't implying otherwise. I have a dog that I could strangle some days ... he continuously gets into our garbage cans and shreds tissues or paper towels ... and we have to make sure that the cabinet doors that hide the kitchen garbage are latched! He also learned to open the laundry room door to the garage and then let's himself out through the exterior garage doggie door. If we don't keep it locked, he winds up air conditioning the garage! Argh!!!
I have one of those. An AKC registered Yorkie that grew up to be a damned mini-schnauzer mix (one of my least favorite breeds.) Her name is Imelda, Melly for short, because she collects all of our shoes and stows them under the bed behind the built in drawers in the pedestal. She dragged her bed in there and places the shoes in her bed. The drawers have to be pulled and the resulting hole crawled into to retrieve the shoes as the bed can't be moved. If I'm running late, the shoes I need are guaranteed to be under the bed. If I make the mistake of kicking my house shoes off while sitting at the computer or crawling into bed to read, they're gone in the blink of an eye. Every time I hear an agonized scream by a family member, I know Melly has struck again. I hear those wretched screams often. LOL
I did try blocking the hole by filling it with styrofoam blocks. Big mistake. I came home one day to find the styrofoam shredded to bits in the living room. It looked like a styrofoam bomb had gone off. Bed and shoes were back in the hole. Eventually, I will get around to filling it with wood blocks. Of note, she puts her bed in there because I disposed of her previous hiding places that were much easier to reach.
I had to install spring-hinges on all the bathroom doors to keep her from getting into the bathroom to unwind the toilet paper and shredding it all over the place. All trash cans have a mild shock-thingie around them to keep her out of them.
I often have the urge to strangle that dog. ;) Her saving grace is that she merely collects shoes as she seems to love them. She has yet to chew any.
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First off, round toes are boring. Throw them away. Second thing, a shoe repair guy should be able to get on that with a buffer and polish and make a lot of that go away. The boots look evenly damaged so it won't be at odd looking after a polish.
Oh Porterhouse!
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