#these are designed to be rugged but this brand also makes dressier shit and dress shoes in this condition would be unwearable

[dufrau]

BOOT POST

Oof. Finally got my Unmarked boots (the estimate when I ordered was 15-30 business days but it took 2.5 months to get them) and they are a MESS.

The funny thing is I actually really like them and I'm going to keep them and wear them. The last is cool and (for better or for worse lol just you wait) I can already tell this leather is going to patina aggressively. But I cannot recommend buying from this brand if they let things out of QC in this condition.

THIS BOOT HAS A FRICKIN TAN LINE BRO 😂😭

Also just a lot of staining/discoloration just in general plus some really sloppy welt staining that gets on the upper in places. And there's a hole right by the welt that looks like it was probably a stitching error (actually i found these on both boots after closer examination). And a shallow cut in the leather.

Just an absolute mess tbh.

I'm also annoyed because these clearly were sitting around fully built long enough to get A TAN so why did it take so long to get them to me?

But they are very cool looking and they fit really well and my plan for these was to fuck them up anyway so. I kind of love them in all their terrible glory.

But yeah I wouldn't buy anything from them again. There's always a lot of debate/discussion re heritage boots and what constitutes "Send them back" level quality issues, because this kind of boots are largely handmade and they use leathers that aren't finished with paint and plastic the way a lot of mass market shoes are which means they WILL have imperfections when you get them. But this pair of boots is a good example of definitely something worthy of being sent back. I'm not sending them back because they are fine for my purposes but if somebody else was like "is this level of quality normal?" the answer is no, this is not at all normal.