Logsdon & Co Shoepac Moccasins

Just in time for Squirrel Camp, I get a package in the mail from Logsdon & Co. A couple months ago he listed a new product at a pre-order, pre-production price: Shoepac Moccasins of a style that was popular with loggers, canoers, hunters, and hikers for the first half of the 20th Century. I've been dying to get a pair of boots specifically designed for long distance in the woods. WPG's 1904 Marching Boots were the closest to that kind of thing until now.
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[@Blrtech77]

Sarge, I love your review and the joy and happiness written all over you when you get something new. Enjoy squirrel camp in Ohio and Be Safe My Friend!

[@sargevining]

I'm going to do a follow up here in a couple days after wearing them for a week. I love 'em. They're comfy on my tootsies.

[@57WillysCJ]

La Crosse made and sold alot of those along snowpac boots. I think most of the old timers had a pair of moccasins for camp at the end of the days as well as night time strolls to the little brown house out back or it's substitute.

[@UTClans_UTZ]

A lot of consideration for the choice of using snowshoes without the regret in minus 10 degree weather.

[@sargevining]

I couldn't find any "camp moccasins" that didn't look like they were made in China last month, or I'd have gotten a pair instead of the plimsols I ended up getting.

[@boomshanka8743]

Sarge I think they are eyelets. Aglets are the tips on shoelaces that stop them from unraveling.

[@jamesellsworth9673]

Yeah: 'aigrets' are those fancy cords that go on officers' uniforms.

[@sargevining]

Yah, I knew "aglets" was in there somewhere----

[@michaelhogue3489]

I love the look....I wonder how many miles they will last

[@sargevining]

We'll know in a year or two. Thanks for watching!

[@markbrandli]

If you warm the leather first such as put them in the sun , they will take the mink oil better and become soft quicker . I have a pair of elk hide mocs that have lasted me for 15 years wearing them often in rain , mud ,etc. FIEBINGS is the best .

[@artawhirler]

This is true!

[@sargevining]

Tried it and you're right, thanks for the tip.

[@tomritter493]

Can you film that screaming part pls. I found a pair from minnitonka still in the box but rotted

[@sargevining]

Even rotted, that's a good find. I'll try to cream a little in every video from now on------

[@edgarcardiel157]

Hey Sarge! Been hoping youd do a video on these. Im a cobbler and wanted to share my 2 cents on the matter 1.) I recommend obenaufs leather treatment. Its the best. Very similar to oldschool products and is 100% natural. Mink oil is not the best, as while it conditions the leather, it does not provide any wax to help with abrasion resistance. It also can stretch the grain too much over time while wax based products wont. I use it on all of my reenactment boots! 2.) Ive been wary of nathaniels boots that are coming out. Nothing personal, but from someone in my trade Im particularly wary of their last and the internal components. Having worked on boots of the period I was hoping to see something akin to older russell moccasins and similar brands if the 30s/40s I personally use vintage Bean boots until i find a pair of decent moccasins boots. 3.)instead of those plimsoles get some L.L.Bean camp mocs! Theyre almost identical to the ones made in the 30s. Theyre comfortable as hell and break in amazingly especially w some obenaufs. I have 2 pair! I do commonwealth reenacting and hate those wpg plimsoles. Hope your squirrel camp goes well, wish i could make it. P.S. Phil says hi!

[@sargevining]

I've been wearing them every day since I got them to break them in and I am very happy with them. They're very comfortable. I just should have bought them a size bigger to use the thick wool socks I might need in Ohio at Squirrel Camp, but that's a small thing as 99% of the use they're going to see is down here in Texas. Thanks for watching and the input. Thanks for the heads up on the plimsols. When these wear out, I'll go looking for those. Thanks for watching!

[@jamesellsworth9673]

Them tall boots are only good for 'stylin'.' Your new mocs are the deal! The mocs are not much good for footbed support or for civilized surfaces but they are just right for the piney woods. Years ago, I tried 'lumberman's' boots and they took forever to lace up. They were hot and heavy and 'wet.' I use French rubber hunting boots today when I need to.

[@sargevining]

I'm loving the mocs. I've been wearing them everyday since they came in. They break in easy.

[@randy-9842]

Man, both pairs of boots look awesome, but I fear I'd pass out while bending over to lace them up. Folks back in the early1900's didn't carry as much weight as I do and they exercised a LOT more. Ah, well.

[@sargevining]

Yah, the Sportsman's boots are a chore to lace up. But these larrigans are nowhere near that kind of chore. I've been wearing them everyday since they cam in to break them in and I'm loving them.

[@craigoldsen1667]

Aglets are the tips on shoelaces.....not eyelets,

[@sargevining]

Yah, I knew aglets were in there somewhere. If I shifted fire a few meters to the right or left I'da been on target. Thanks for watching!