Solovair describe the upper on this one as a dark brown waxy leather, and that is accurate. In the hand it is a deep coffee brown, lighter across the toe and at the flex points where the wax has been worked thin, and darker down the quarters and around the heel. Tan round laces and dulled brass-coloured eyelets warm it up further, so the whole boot sits in one family of browns. Next to the black version it looks hand-finished rather than uniform, and the variation across the surface is the point of it.
Brown greasy leather earns its keep in autumn and winter clothing — moleskin, tweed, olive and rust, heavy denim. It is a boot that improves visibly for being worn, because the wax redistributes at the creases and the high points lighten while the recesses stay dark. Nobody should buy it expecting an even colour; that is what the Hi Shine range is for.
Maintenance is dubbin or a leather balm rather than wax polish. A new pair often looks flatter than the photographs until it has had one application, which Solovair mention on their own listing. Once fed, the leather goes back to its full depth and needs nothing more than a wipe and an occasional top-up.
Construction is Goodyear welted onto Solovair's air-cushioned sole, the sole of air behind the brand's name, with the pale welt stitch running round the edge and a green woven Solovair loop at the heel. The lining is leather and synthetic. Made throughout at the NPS Shoes factory in Wollaston, Northamptonshire, by a firm shoemaking since 1881. Six pairs of eyelets, and the 493 last, which runs slightly long and slightly narrow.
Every pair is genuine Solovair, with free UK delivery on orders over £50.
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Our specialists will answer you shortly!
Solovair describe the upper on this one as a dark brown waxy leather, and that is accurate. In the hand it is a deep coffee brown, lighter across the toe and at the flex points where the wax has been worked thin, and darker down the quarters and around the heel. Tan round laces and dulled brass-coloured eyelets warm it up further, so the whole boot sits in one family of browns. Next to the black version it looks hand-finished rather than uniform, and the variation across the surface is the point of it.
Brown greasy leather earns its keep in autumn and winter clothing — moleskin, tweed, olive and rust, heavy denim. It is a boot that improves visibly for being worn, because the wax redistributes at the creases and the high points lighten while the recesses stay dark. Nobody should buy it expecting an even colour; that is what the Hi Shine range is for.
Maintenance is dubbin or a leather balm rather than wax polish. A new pair often looks flatter than the photographs until it has had one application, which Solovair mention on their own listing. Once fed, the leather goes back to its full depth and needs nothing more than a wipe and an occasional top-up.
Construction is Goodyear welted onto Solovair's air-cushioned sole, the sole of air behind the brand's name, with the pale welt stitch running round the edge and a green woven Solovair loop at the heel. The lining is leather and synthetic. Made throughout at the NPS Shoes factory in Wollaston, Northamptonshire, by a firm shoemaking since 1881. Six pairs of eyelets, and the 493 last, which runs slightly long and slightly narrow.
Every pair is genuine Solovair, with free UK delivery on orders over £50.
You can ask any question about this product.
Our specialists will answer you shortly!
