Product Description

Because you've requested it, our Norwegian Split Toe Boot in the beautiful Dark Cognac Horween Shell Cordovan is now back. Goodyear Welted on the comfortable HOK last using vegetable tanned leather insoles & full grain vegetable tanned calf leather lining from the French Tanneries Du Puy. Featuring fully handsewn aprons and finished with a storm welt and close channel leather soles.

Horween's Shell Cordovan is one of the most sought-after leathers in the shoemaking industry and that is for a reason—this leather is simply superb. Made following the original recipes & tanning methods at Horween's Tannery in Chicago, IL.

All shells undergo very specific steps during its tanning & production that make this leather so good. Slow vegetable tanned in pits where each shell is slowly steeped in gentle vegetable liquors, then shells are hot stuffed then slicked onto glass frames to dry. To complete the process shells are aniline dyed and hand glazed to achieve its characteristic unique luster & feel. This time comsuming process takes about six months.

For more than 100 years, Horween Leather Company has been producing some of the finest leathers for shoemaking and other sectors in Chicago, IL. Horween leather Co. is widely known because of its products, quality & its tradition.

These boots are not finished with any acrylic finish or coating, they're exclusively finished with natural creams & waxes to represent the leather in its pure state accepting all its beautiful properties.

Very Limited availbility. A boot not to be missed by any shell aficionado.

Specification
  • Construction Goodyear welted
  • Upper leather Horween shell cordovan
  • Tannery Horween (usa)
  • Last Hok  
  • Uk fitting E (medium)
  • Sole Single leather
  • Insole Vegetable tanned leather
  • Lining Du puy veg tan calf