(30 YEAR OLD) Doc Marten better in the 90's? - Vintage Dr Marten

[@RoseAnvil]

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[@MajesticSkywhale]

actually the 90s were about 10 years ago and always will be, don't be insane.

[@RoseAnvil]

Ha ha ha for real

[@Timecapsule96]

January 9th 1990 is now 30 years ago 😱

[@blueband8114]

Christ i am old, stopped wearing Doc martens by mid 80's.

[@zulufighter]

Erik Van der Zee, nice flag mate

[@zolo400]

@@RoseAnvil Which version of boot was this? Ive been after a nice 90s vintage 1460 and have not found anything even close to how nice these looked haha this hurt my soul..

[@froufroudeluxe]

When I saw 30 years old I thought they were from the 70s and now I feel hella old lmao

[@ScorpioSVX]

Froufrou Deluxe I thought the same until I saw your comment.

[@RDSwords]

Yeah tell me about it. As of this week, 1990 was thirty years ago!

[@Zeverinsen]

Thanks for making me feel ooooooold

[@26days]

holy crap. same

[@JuanJohn013]

Lol

[@HalfBit360]

We are interested in the bluing of the leather

[@RoseAnvil]

The blueing is on the inside of the leather. If you look closely tou can see a strip of blue in the cross section. The reason it shows on the tongue is because they split the leather in half to make it thinner and more comfortable for the tongue, thus exposing the blueing of the leather. Good question!

[@Stevieboy7]

@@RoseAnvil This is false information. Chrome-tanned leather does not equal bad quality leather. Please stop pushing the Saddleback false information. Some of the best leathers in the world are chrome tanned.(chromexcel) Veg tan and chrome tanned leathers have different uses. For consumer shoes, chrometanned leather is generally MUCH better than vegtan. Whiteboots which you talked about last video are chrometanned.

[@exexpat11]

@@Stevieboy7 I think there are different grades of "Blue Leather". Some are ok but it also gets a bad rap from the really cheap items crap thin brittle "Blue Leather" is made from.

[@Stevieboy7]

exexpat11 the "blue" has nothing to do with the quality though. It's false to grade all leathers just by the visual characteristics that have nothing to do with quality

[@shonuffisthemaster]

@@RoseAnvil i think he was asking why blueish leather is not as good quality? isnt it becaus the dye and oil in the 2nd tanning process isnt allowed to soak all the way through the leather?

[@ruthy8ruthy]

Yes we are interested about the bluing of the leather

[@RoseAnvil]

ruthy8ruthy I’ll get to work 😉

[@skylarker9]

I’m a craftsman, to a fair degree, and watching you cut towards your hand made me more nervous than a horror movie thriller.

[@RuckusRugs]

Came here looking for this comment, I felt the same exact way.

[@MegBernardo]

@@RuckusRugs been thinking about this since watching him break open the first Docs

[@missanna208802]

I'm not a craftsman and I have noticed two of two people in two boot cutting videos doing the same thing.

[@AlexMPruteanu]

The amazing cobbler guy from Bedo's Leather shop cuts toward his hand, too. That guy is a master so....who knows....

[@RobChapala]

If you dont use cheap dull cutting tools, you can have great control cutting towards yourself.

[@ninmc5959]

Was clearing the attic and found a pair of my old docs circa 1998 up there, one happy girl here 😀😀

[@k.i.i.3699]

The crunching noises and different sound effects that the knife makes while cutting through the different shoewear, makes these videos so satisfying to watch.

[@JimsonMakes]

Having worn DMs almost all my life, I can tell you that the original Made in England boots were certainly much better than today’s Eastern ones but still were not brilliant quality. They were certainly very fashionable but they were also quite inexpensive back in the late 70s early 80s so people probably didn’t judge them so harshly ( the standard boots cost about £20 back then and I even bought a pair of steel toe DMs for £10 in 1986 ). I always remember at school (before DMs got banned from our school) kids boasting that they had worn through the soles of their boots.

[@RoseAnvil]

That’s is super interesting. There was a trend like that in my school with k Swiss shoes

[@audreyp3444]

I still wear my Docs every winter, purchased 1999. Thinking of sending in for new soles, 20 years worth of a boot is AMAZING!

[@redbishop71]

Same here, I have my dr Martens since 2000 only used in bad snowy winter, the sole is the same as the one he was cutting. I was curious when you said “sending” them for re-sole(ing) , is that sending means in dr Martens factory in UK?

[@audreyp3444]

@@redbishop71 I meant sending/taking to the shoe repair shop, here locally in town.

[@redbishop71]

@@audreyp3444 Ahh okay. I thought Dr Martens can repair their own lines of shoes ie resole(ing). Sorry for mis-interpreting . I was already getting excited in my mind (WOW THAT IS A GREAT DEAL OF CUSTOMER SERVICE).

[@Benzyl]

Less amazing, more unbelievable. I never had a pair last much beyond a year without disintegrating at all corners.

[@audreyp3444]

@Ben Zyl sure would be a weird thing to lie about. I assure you they lasted over twenty years. Never did take them in for a new sole. Forgot them outside last winter and I had to throw them out. Big bummer, really loved those boots.

[@fannybear8]

Lmao when he said "let's get down to business....not to defeat the Huns" 😂 I subscribed right after

[@RoseAnvil]

fannybear8 note to self: more dad jokes

[@nothanks2596]

Absolute gold.

[@sarawrr07]

I was about about to say the same then I saw your comment. Another new subscriber right here

[@clintwilliams5026]

Id like to see you cut open a Solovair. Solovair was one of the manufacturers that DM used up intil they were sold and started to outsource the manufacturing process. That being said Solovair still makes the 1460 esque boots that they used to make for DM but with the same made in England quality of the glory days of DM.

[@RoseAnvil]

Clint Williams maybe after I cut open the made in England doc martens I’ll get a pit of those so we can compare them against all the versions of docs

[@moss1066]

Actually Solovair is just a brand name. The actual company that make Solovair is NPS shoes and they are older than gods dog (1881 I think). I used to buy my docs from the first shop that ever sold docs (Holts in Camden Town London now called The British Boot Company still run by the Holt family you can see it in some Madness music videos) last time I brought some boots from there was about ten years ago and they had pretty much stopped selling docs and switched to Solovair due to the piss poor quality of docs now. All the punks in Camden now pretty much only wear Solovair. Griggs sold the docs brand in the 90s, they shifted production to Thailand and it's been downhill ever since. I have a 'for life' guarantee on the last pair of docs I brought and tried to get my replacements last month. They have stopped doing the hardlife ones that replace my for life ones and expect to fob me off with these cheap inferior docs! They will be sending me 2 pairs a year for the rest of my life if they think they are pulling that crap on me I know that much.

[@moss1066]

NPS are the ones who made the airbounce soles for docs. Buying a pair of Solovair has more real doc DNA than even the made in England docs. The only thing docs did was attach the soles to the leather. Stick with Solovair and you can't go much wrong.

[@luissorsini]

@@moss1066 Interesting. Solovair sells its soles online too, so I wonder if I could buy them and resole a pair of DrMartens, provided that I'd be able to find somebody with the right skills to do it.

[@melodyofpsalm9468]

Ya, me too

[@Abandonedexplorer]

Anyone else get anxiety when he was cutting lol

[@RoseAnvil]

Wait till you see the ASMR supercut

[@Abandonedexplorer]

@@RoseAnvil hey bro can't wait I have just brought my first pair of doctor martens for when I'm out Exploring hopefully they will withstand the decay 🤣🤣

[@parrai72]

What’s this knife called? Like what male?

[@InfernoPhilM]

In for leather 101 video. Saddleback has one, but it deserves to be restated

[@RoseAnvil]

Phil Meeks I think I’ve seen that one. Is it the one with the chalkboard? It’s really good

[@InfernoPhilM]

@@RoseAnvil Yeah. Oldie but goodie

[@RoseAnvil]

Phil Meeks amen brother

[@mattpalmer7730]

I had these exact boots back in the day, both in black and brown. Most comfortable shoes I ever owned. I continued to wear Docs for years, until they started being manufactured in Asia and even after that I had a couple of pairs, but quit buying them because the cost was vastly more than the value. Now that they're back in style, but I'm much more concerned with comfort than brand, I can't ever imagine buying another pair of Dr. Martens, not even the Made in England variety. Though in no small part due to this channel I now own two pairs of Solovair, one greasy-black eight eyelet boots and one three-eyelet steel-toed shiny black Oxfords. It's not even close. Solovair by a mile. I'm old-man fashionable, and my feet appreciate it. Subscribed. Thanks!

[@dirkbogarde44]

Had the exact same pair the guy's cutting...lasted me nearly 20 yrs. Was heartbroken when they gave up the ghost. So much better than the doc's of today.

[@kjellkuipers5810]

Loving how genuine, unbiased and thoughtful you are and this is. Subbed!

[@RoseAnvil]

Thanks I appreciate that

[@CabanaD]

I KNEW IT! Thank you for doing this. I knew that Dr. Martens dramatically changed. The lighter redone shoes are so cheap they’re unwearable in comparison to what they used to be. Don’t be fooled by the “Made In England” boots because they’re just as cheaply made.

[@JenDiehl]

This series is fantastic, I've been wearing docs since the 90s, and it's refreshing to see some logical breakdown of quality and superstition. I'd love to see some leather jacket logic too, I never know if I'm getting truly good quality or not, maybe include that in the 101 video?

[@RoseAnvil]

Jen Diehl thanks! That’s a good idea about the leather jacket

[@sirmixalot3332]

Yes. Yes it is.

[@UBRLND-X]

I still painfully remember buying a pair of the original, UK- made oiled black ones back in '94. Soft, broken in and looked pretty cool, but the lack of any type of arch or shank caused me insane mid foot pain and I ended up selling them. If only they believed in having decent soles and foot beds, they would be a great casual work boot.

[@MrKinghuman]

I don't mean to give you advice as I don't know you, but they do sell soles with arch support that you can replace them with.

[@CrayonConoisseur]

@@MrKinghuman birkenstock has some great insoles

[@theorenhobart]

@@CrayonConoisseur that's what i used for 25 years. the combo of DM and birkenstock insoles is the absolute best

[@arina_ast04]

When he was cutting them , the whole time I was like "nooooooooooooooo" 😅😭😭💔

[@RoseAnvil]

I felt the same way when I was doing it ha ha

[@bL3dbL4k]

And that's my size. Noooooo. 😭

[@jeannekstrole6891]

I! Know! Why even cut the pull tab??? Wwwhhhhyyyyyy?!

[@creativebyemary]

Yep, exactly. Nooooooooooooo. It hurt.

[@ghenderson2022]

Same here. Thinking I'll give ya $200 for those... Just stop

[@Hippygal]

I still wear my first pair of Doc's I ever got, in fact I wore them today, the are from the 80's and I love them still so much :).

[@itsZdan]

you cutting that made me hug my 96's 1919Z BEN

[@RoseAnvil]

its Zdan I don’t know what that is but I ageee

[@FloofyFlora]

I had a pair of these in 1994 I loved them so much!!!

[@sadiebier2170]

That crooked letter D is activating me.

[@harryfowler1917]

Dude just wanna say you're such a humble guy, refreshing to see

[@InfernoPhilM]

Hey! There’s that balsa-esque shank I remember seeing in my steel toes! Once that breaks, the shoe collapses on itself like standing in the middle of a trampoline.

[@RoseAnvil]

Phil Meeks yep! You were right! Good call

[@briank3754]

Those are my exact boot! I’ve had them since 1998. I’ll be wearing them on my deathbed. The leather is just fine and the soles have held up for 75000 miles of motorcycle riding and about 15 years of moderate daily use. I still wear them, just not daily like I used to.

[@Jacorpes]

I'm enjoying this series a lot. About a year ago I found a pair of barely worn pre Thailand MiE docs in a charity shop for £30, bought them but never managed to break them in. Your last video inspired me to give em another go and now they're feeling great. I don't know anything about leather, but putting a bit of the "wonder balsam" they give you with the For Lifes on them seemed to do the trick in the end. The quality difference is absolutely night and day compared with the Thailand boots. Even they way they fit is much better. I'm looking forward to seeing how the new MiE boots compare!

[@santodrama6352]

I´ve just to get a 90s pair in excelent condition and I absolutely in love! Sole, leather and eyelet are different than the new ones. Thanks for the video

[@krisgrotowski2216]

Thanks for another great video. I've been wearing DM's since the 80's and I am still a big fan of them.

[@RoseAnvil]

Kris Grotowski contrary to popular belief and maybe the overall tone of my videos. I’m still a big fan too ha h

[@jonathancaughran7250]

This brings back memories. I had these exact pair of Dr Martens in 7th grade.

[@BigYouDog]

If I where you, I would get a butchers chainmail glove.

[@azadieabrahams5919]

Subbing to see the Made in England breakdown. I'm also interested in the leather 101. Great and interesting series!

[@RoseAnvil]

Filming leather 101 tomorrow

[@triplerock8930]

This is what i called "Quality". Better than modern Docs! ❤👍

[@RoseAnvil]

ya way better!

[@Gamma-SIX]

Dang! How I loved the old school DM's... Most comfy boots I ever had, looks pretty cool too

[@mikecalhoun8497]

I'm in for the leather 101 too. Any informational video from you will be good as far as I am concerned.

[@dfh-video3269]

Mike Calhoun look for Brian the Bootmaker. He showed some DM resoles. Adding a shank would be no problem I guess.

[@RoseAnvil]

Thanks mike!

[@RoseAnvil]

I love watching Brian the boot maker he is such a sweetheart

[@mikecalhoun8497]

@@dfh-video3269 I just watched 3 of his videos. This guy is gooooood. Thanks for the info.

[@mikecalhoun8497]

@@RoseAnvil I just watched 3 of his videos in a row. He is gooooood.

[@gearheadjeff]

My soul cried a little when you cut those. I had a pair that I absolutely wore out in high school in the early to mid 90s. They held up extremely well and I could have gotten more life out of them but the soles were pretty worn out and the leather was soft. I think they were worth every penny back then.

[@TulilaSalome]

30 years might not be long enough. Docs became a fashion item in the late 70's - early 80s, and most people in the end of 80s agreed that 'they were better, man, before everyone bought them'. (Gods but I am old BTW :D - I remember those treads, you could always tell who had been walking with Docs in fresh snow).

[@krystalmckittrick6075]

I have a pair of those vintage Doc’s. Mine are the ankle/shoe type. Being born and raised in the Midwest, those things are amazing in frigid winter!! That added weight and lugged bottom are really amazing to keep your footing on ice and through snow.

[@RoseAnvil]

I love the lugged sole

[@lorieashwood890]

I’m late to the shoe-cutting party, but when I saw those vintage Docs, and I knew you were going to cut them, my heart already started breaking ☹️

[@wcrpt.]

I got a vintage steel toed pair off a friend and they are awesome

[@honestguy7764]

Just remember, there were no luxury boot back then, they were somehow economic as well as fashionable. It was 1995 when I bought those exact boots (with the commando soles) they costed back the aprox 65 usd in the most expensive shop in Madrid, in regular season, not Sales. Still use them, still as confortable as ever. Excellent thermal insulation, and with the appropiate dubbin grease, leather is in great shape and when it rains, dry feets even walking all day long!

[@RoseAnvil]

honestguy77 ! I was really impressed with the vintage pair. I really want to buy a pair that are my size

[@honestguy7764]

Rose Anvil They are the aztec / crazy horse model. Essentially a 1460, but with commando soles and only available in brown. Once you buy them, clean them with a brush, mild soap an lukewarm water, let them dry naturally and regrease them with Dubbin grease (its neutral in color itself, but always darkens the leather you treat with) I strongly reccomend you Tarrago brand dubbin grease. Ive been using Campeón and Tarrago brand and they are second to none. This guarantees you a lifetime company unless you wear them on a daily basis the next 5 years.

[@flashdamingo]

Here in Oz back in the 90s all the commando lug sole dm boots I saw were the made in New Zealand ones...

[@honestguy7764]

flashdamingo Wait! were they martens not made in england back then? cool!

[@flashdamingo]

@@honestguy7764 Yep I distinctly remember them.... we avoided em because we wanted the original English made ones...... I met someone that had the NZ commando sole version and they said they were really good.... It's weird though I cant see any reference to them on the internet.... Would've been the mid 90s ...like 95...96

[@tomigirl9852]

Thank you so much for your time and expertise on Dr.Marten Boots saved me the headacks and money.I owned a pair from the 90's they were the original's.But to be honest the leather cracked then too.You taught me a lesson to stop being sucked in by labels😌

[@RoseAnvil]

Thanks!

[@holdthatblaow]

On the more affordable side of quality, check out chippewa. They are really comfortable.

[@RoseAnvil]

Miguel Vargas I’m a huge fan of Chippewa. My main hunting/hiking boots are Chippewa

[@White000Crow]

Miguel Vargas my absolute favorite brand! Why don’t more people know about them?

[@exexpat11]

@@White000Crow The Poor Man's Red Wings.

[@Domestos99percent]

11200! we've done it! great review. i love your channel!

[@RoseAnvil]

🙌🙌🙌 thanks for the support

[@everythinggrowsyaheard]

100% interested for the leather 101 video

[@RoseAnvil]

Shaina Anderson next week🤞

[@marcpaul8245]

This is well worth watching! Thank you! You help folks know how these boots are built!

[@RoseAnvil]

Thank you!

[@mandieklessens2398]

Great video, I would also love to see a video about the different kinds of leather or maybe a video where you take apart and compare a pair of red wings.

[@RoseAnvil]

Mandie Klessens I’m hoping to do a series on redwing next!

[@alpineturtle188]

Danner after that

[@cryptiddraws3376]

2:09 I audibly said to myself "to defeat the huns" then had to pause the video to stop laughing. That was too perfect. 😂

[@karleekimberling8664]

Literally the second video I’ve seen of you and oh course I want to see the boots cut it half! It hurts my soul but I MUST KNOW

[@RoseAnvil]

It’s starting to become a problem!

[@MrRogermash]

Best vids i've stumbled upon on Utoobe of late.Fantastic...educational and entertaining.

[@whatevergabby]

Yes to 101 leather video!!!

[@RoseAnvil]

whatevergabby it’s in the works!

[@neilscole]

In less than four weeks you gained over 20,000 subscribers. Good work people.

[@RoseAnvil]

Crazy right!? It’s been super fun

[@DevonReviewer]

Do you think these were made at the old 90s NPS / Solovair factory?

[@RoseAnvil]

DevonReviewer I’m not sure. I’ve been trying to identify when exactly they were made but there is so little info out there on these. Also your channel is awesome thanks for the support!

[@damiano_damiano]

yes! looking forward to see the next cut-in-half boot :-) Love it

[@RoseAnvil]

Damiano Cecchelin thanks we are on our way to 10k pretty quick!

[@mono1sarkar]

Leather 101 will be highly appreciated.

[@alpineturtle188]

Would love to see some Danners or Red Wings

[@9HighFlyer9]

I had a pair of steel toe Doc's in the early 00's. They were some of my favorite boots. The next year my employer switched to Redwings so that's what I got.

[@steviejames4861]

I got my first pair in 1976 and they are definitely different now to when I was a kid. Im in England and they were only made here then. Btw the 90's are definitely not long enough ago to be vintage haha!

[@xlaptopx]

Absolutely right! You and I are about the same age I guess, we KNOW what the REAL Doc Martens are like. 90s ain't vintage hahahah. I'm near Northampton btw, where they were made. BTW the guy cutting up the boot in the video, that ain't even a DM! look at the thread, nothing like DMs.

[@madamhummingbird]

Gosh, I never thought a reconstructed boot video would be so intriguing to watch. Well played👍

[@RoseAnvil]

Thank you!

[@hashtagmate]

Sooo i really enjoyed hearing about the quality in dr martens but now the question is: what kind of shoes do you recommend? Maybe similar style but good quality would be great

[@RoseAnvil]

That’s a good question. I’ve been pretty happy with my made in England pair of dr martens so far but time will tell

[@timmytrousers]

Another great video. Can't wait for you to reach the 10k so we can see what's going on inside the modern MIE's. Thanks so much for sharing this with us.

[@RoseAnvil]

timmytrousers thanks! It looks like we should get there maybe by the end of next week!

[@Ben9096]

Just bought some beat up old docs and I'm trying to check their age. Do you know any standout things you can look at to tell you what era they are from?

[@vintagecafe4540]

1970‘s outsoles don’t have the sign „made in England“

[@dcimedic]

I cried watching you cut into the vintage boots, I miss my old pair that were exactly like those. But I was really interested in seeing what was inside.

[@RoseAnvil]

Same! But there are a lot on eBay and Etsy

[@ColinStuart]

Now I'm happier that I bought my Doc"s in the '90's!

[@michaelbonilla5162]

Your series is super interesting! I hope you do more!

[@RoseAnvil]

thanks! thats the plan!

[@iskandarkhairulanuar8060]

I am definitely gonna wait for that new dr.martens made in England get cut in half.. i've been rocking vintage doc's for the past 6-7 years and i am really satisfied with it even it doesn't really last long as i got it from a thrift shop.. currently rocking my third pair of Doc's i just want to know if the new one were as good as the old one

[@RoseAnvil]

Iskandar Khairul Anuar I’m dying to know too! I just found a ton of good vintage pairs on Etsy too

[@iskandarkhairulanuar8060]

@@RoseAnvil currently rocking my dr.martens 8457 !! The other 2 pairs was 8460 it was a really good shoes.. thanks i will try to look on etsy if i could get some Doc's myself 😁😁 really enjoy your content by the way 👍👍👍

[@trinamorrison2570]

Cracked up at the Mulan reference. So thanks for the giggle.

[@riaincash3021]

Thank you for making this series! I’m in the market for my first pair of docs and you’ve saved me from buying the shitty Thailand ones. Curious to see how the made in England ones compare. Keep up the good work!

[@RoseAnvil]

glad i could help!

[@sirmixalot3332]

Crystian they make a good woman. 😉

[@molusk4031]

I bought a pair of vintage docs for $20 at an antique shop 6 years ago, they’re in way netter shape than the new pair I bought 2 years ago.

[@michaelr1397]

How long should the sole of the shoe last, before getting into the honeycomb soul ? I buy a new pair every 2 years. Wear them 5 days a week. I am on my feet all day for work.

[@RoseAnvil]

michael R that’s not bad for the price I guess. Thank for sharing your info!

[@amyx231]

That’s much longer than any shoes I’ve ever had has lasted. So id day you’re getting your moneys worth.

[@rabidavid614]

I loved mine. Bought from River island. I still have mine. But I wish I could have s replacement sole. So comfortable!

[@NickCasey]

I have seen that before but no idea what it means/ that it meant anything, I thought it was synthetic leather in the past.

[@oopsnonamefound7544]

It was cool to see the difference!!!

[@RoseAnvil]

OopsNoName Found as painful as it is, it is really interesting

[@fernandovargas5453]

😢 those boots were so perfect

[@RoseAnvil]

It hurt

[@johnfreitas8474]

I bought those boots in 1998 junior year, they were a little different almost looked exact, got rid of them recently! Best boots I ever owned.

[@kyle7092]

still waiting for the current MIE DM to be cut in halfff.

[@chooselife3000]

I love wearing Dr Marten boots as a schoolboy in highschool and as a university student also. Between the years 1982 to 1992. Seeing this content makes me want to purchase and wear Dr Martens again.

[@robertwang5835]

what kind of cutting knife did you use in the video?

[@RoseAnvil]

Robert Wang it’s a leather working knife with a hook blade. I think district leather supply sells some.

[@jmikew417]

Wow! I didn't know my old pair of Dr Marten's were worth anything. I bought them in England back in the very early 90's. They look like the one's you just cut open in this video.

[@fendlorvez]

Yes, I wanna know what about the blue leather stuff D:

[@RoseAnvil]

Felipe Lorca Gálvez I think that will be the video after the break in video

[@martaz1104]

Man you have 197k subscribers at the time I'm watching it. Well done and well deserved! 😊👏

[@rubytuesdaysaid]

tell us about the blue leatherrrrr, i must knoww

[@lth9520]

It's probably chrome-tanned

[@RoseAnvil]

I’ll try to get it done by next week!

[@dmick9168]

I just subscribed to your channel and really like this boot tear down video and comparison. You should definitely continue to do these types of videos. I am interested if Fluevog shoes/boots are any good at all. I would also really like this sort of tear down thing done for business shoes, just to show off what people are really getting. Thanks for the upload & i look forward to more content.

[@driftertravels928]

Shanks are not really useful for casual city boots, tbh..for mountaineering boots, work boots and logging boots where you need stiffness for sure, but for a pair of boots you only wear on paved sidewalks they are less comfortable than a more flexible pair. Also, could the blueing just be the stains caused by coloured socks?

[@rachelhowell4600]

Eric Tan-W nope it’s from part of the leather tanning process! If enough people are interested, he’ll make a leather 101 video and go into more details about it!

[@RoseAnvil]

I think any time a boot has a heel it needs a shank to prevent the collapsing of that gap area. You can feel it in your feet when you wear a boot without a shank. After a year or so it gets really painful

[@RoseAnvil]

the blueing is on the inside of the leather. If you look closely you can see a strip of blue in the cross section. The reason it shows on the tongue is because they split the leather in half to make it thinner and more comfortable for the tongue, thus exposing the blueing of the leather. Good question!

[@driftertravels928]

Rose Anvil ..Thanks, just wondering cause the leather lining on my old hiking boots, which were perfectly clean at the start, got stained by the dye on wool socks when my feet were sweaty, or maybe even mould! So I’m guessing they are to do with the chrome tanning process then? Btw, I’m really more interested in footwear and am not a leather expert, so thanks for the informative videos.

[@RoseAnvil]

That’s super interesting. I’m 99% sure the blueing is from the tanning process but you never know ha ha

[@borealmat1889]

Amazing, a thanks for your work. Do you have a video face to face half to half doc martens vs solovair?

[@unclenam137]

I've burned through three pairs of Docs in my life. The ones from the 90's took way more of a beating than the lame modern day version. The squared soles were less prone to slipping as well.

[@NikeaTiber]

I really appreciate this. I've got a pair of lugged sole 7" steel toe english docs that I bought back in 2001. As I recall I had to buy a US half size or two larger when I bought them. I usually wear a size US11 and I believe I ended up buying 11.5 or 12. I've worn them a lot over the past 20 years and they have been a great pair of boots; seen a lot of metal bands wearing them.

[@softerhaze]

the soles on the vintage ones are gorgeous

[@TheMixCurator]

I used to own that exact pair in 1996. Loved the leather/lace colour combo. Really wished they hadn't been thrown away :(

[@vladimirputinsboyfriend9848]

Y'all gotta comment more to help the KZbin algorithm !!!!!

[@RoseAnvil]

rocky beans amen brother!

[@tombrown8800]

Good work! I'm interested in learning more about boot construction and leather in general (particularly coats) . Thanks and subbed

[@RoseAnvil]

🙌 thanks!

[@carlmeeuw]

I find the "open body" inspections of boots very intersting. Woudl like to see more of tham, not juat about Dr. Martens. Great Vid btw

[@RoseAnvil]

That’s the 🥅

[@RoseAnvil]

Ha ha oops *goal

[@brnesouthwest9915]

The sole pattern on the thirty year old boots is called a 'Commando' pattern. However it has nothing to do with the British Military, it was standard practice in the UK to put this pattern onto work/walking boots before Vibram started to be used. The Military used a similar pattern and replaced the two sets of cross type studs with one single Y Pattern this was to ensure a good grip. I only bought one set of Docs in the seventies they were useless the sole soon had a blow out (bust air pockets in the sole). The best shank I ever saw in a boot was a steel one for me the best form of sole is a direct moulded sole this were the sole is solid rubber and has no air pockets to blow. For us in the North of England we have a saying of 'been had' (ripped off) for air pocket sole as it provides no support for the foot; and for those who are heavy on their feet the air pockets wear through in next to no time and from a foot health point of view should be banned.

[@RoseAnvil]

Yikes

[@rafbassplayer]

Already sub bro and ace video on the vintage docs if you could do a 101 on leather that would be ace too

[@RoseAnvil]

Rafael Star hopefully next week!

[@rafbassplayer]

Sick man keep doing what your doing! Oo and could you look in to cutting up/reviewing some solovair who apparently make the better boot of the same style

[@RoseAnvil]

Rafael Star that’s the plan for the video after the made in England doc martens

[@captainmimiandtheinvisiblecrew]

Very interesting, hope your channel is going to blow up! I would love to see a leather 101.

[@RoseAnvil]

captain mimi and the invisible crew thanks me too! I appreciate the support. Leather 101 will be out next week hopefully

[@Squid675]

Yo what kinda triumph do you ride? I got a street triple, it's a sweet shirt

[@RoseAnvil]

Squid currently I don’t ride any of them but I’ve got a 1973 750 unit and a 1962 pre unit 650. In half way through the 750 build but I got obsessed with dr martens so it’s been put on the back burner

[@there_is_nothing_here]

They look like the ones I first bought when I was in high school back in 1995. I miss those boots and I never should have thrown them away. Back then I never ever dreamed they'd be made in freakin China.

[@simongroves722]

Definitely need to rip apart a Timberland

[@RoseAnvil]

Simon Groves is there a style in particular you want to see?

[@blobfish3026]

I would love to see the 6 inch premium waterproof boots!

[@RoseAnvil]

E. M. Cool I’ll look in to it!

[@sydstenger1227]

My aunt gave me her old Mary Jane's she got 35 years ago when she was 16. Theses shoes are so pretty and cool