The Grain Rain of 2024 has arrived.
This is Sakemaru.
What is "Grain Rain"?
It means "Spring rain falls and nourishes the grains."
At this time, the late spring rains bring forth abundant crops,
This means that...
As proof of that,
Crops are beginning to be harvested at our Shinmei Farm.
Broad beans are currently being shipped!
Packed in an anti-fog bag and stickered...
We delivered to the roadside station "Green Farm"!
I hope it sells well.
Now, in the midst of this grain rain...
Indeed, since 2018,
Work shoes are back in stock for the first time in 8 years!
Utility work shoes "George"!
Black and...
Available in two colors: brown.
These utility work shoes include:
There is an original source.
This is it,
Red Wing Foreman work shoes.
Insole stamp.
The proof of its prestigious status is clearly engraved on it.
I got it quite a while ago,
How old are the shoes? I don't know...
It seems to be a model that has been in production since the very beginning.
Apparently it existed in the 1950s.
However, it seems that there were five pairs of pigeon eyes at that time.
I have four pairs of these,
It was probably produced after the 1960s.
By the way, it is still in production today.
The current model has returned to five pairs of eyelets.
At Dry Bones,
Using this Foreman as a starting point,
We have evolved the design so that it is easy to wear and looks stylish even for modern Japanese people.
I took a photo of the most distinctive feature.
More than vintage ones
I made the toe shape a little rounder.
Also, the vintage shoes didn't fit very well...
Four pairs of eyelets make the foot opening a little wider,
I also curved it slightly downwards to bring out the president.
And here's the best feature!
Well, it's hard to understand when you say "here"...
So here's an illustrated explanation.
This outer wing style waist leather part,
It fits perfectly in the center!
Lace-up shoes can be broadly divided into two types: open-laced and closed-laced.
The trend is...
The inner wing style is common in British leather shoes.
This shape is commonly seen in straight tips and combination wing tips.
On the other hand, wingtip shoes tend to be more common in American leather shoes .
Florsheim and Red Wing often have wingtip boots.
Both have their pros and cons...
Compared to Westerners who come from horse-riding tribes,
Mongoloids, who are an agricultural people, have a high-arched, wide-legged foot shape .
Therefore, this leather part at the waist opens up wide.
This ends up looking very uncool.
So as Dry Bones...
Each part is modified by a few millimeters,
This leather waistband is cut to fit perfectly !
So it fits perfectly when you wear it.
What's more, it looks sharp and beautiful!
Dry Bones work shoes are
We would like to pursue even elegance.
By the way, the name of this shoe is "George."
The vintage Red Wing is the "Foreman."
Is it a coincidence that when you put them together it becomes "George Foreman"?
The other day I went to the warehouse to look for a foreman for this blog...
I found a pair of work shoes that I bought at the Red Wing store in Redondo Beach, LA over 30 years ago.
Probably not available in Japan.
It's a super rare species, right?
The hard cover on the upper is clearly engraved with Red Wing.
This cover is completely safe even if it is run over by a car.
Even with hard gear changes (on a motorcycle) there is not a single scratch.
Depth of work shoes,
There are a lot of interesting things in America.
See you later.
