Grant Stone Diesel Boot

Horween Tan Essex
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Worn about 2 years
Work Thunderdome 2023-2024
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I am blessed to live in a boot world over flowing with choice & quality

I am blessed to be in a job with near endless variety of daily tasks. I get to do everything from hvac, hazardous material waste disposal, brazing / welding & light demolition ( controlled burns, shaped explosives, minor pyrotechnics, yay!). At first, I got razzed v badly by co-workers because they looked so much like a fashion boot, but the Diesels have lived up to their moniker & more, now become the Envy of those very same co-workers. Converting contempt to admiration is Chef's kiss, ain't no serotonin kick like it, 100% highly recommend. I wrecked the heel Block in the first month of ownership & replaced w dogger heel which has helped w ladder lock & traction. The Essex tonnage took everything I threw at it, see the two flash burn spots from flying slag spatter. They took me from the Lenape Nanticoke Enclave in South Jersey to working the smallest aircraft carrier in the world ( the baylander, just off 125th Street in our NYC backyard). They have been reliable companions every step of the way. Even when days didn't go so great (hello 4/5, earthquake for breakfast!), this experience has been a blast. Literally my only regrets are not taking the time to properly learn to be a better photographer / never shooting them with the great glass they deserve. Next Dome, I promise I will do better!
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Specs

Maker

Grant Stone

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Model

Diesel Boot

Leather

Horween Tan EssexMade for Grant Stone
Similar to Horween English Tan Essex

Last

Leo Last

Leo Last: 10.5D

Sole

Micro Stud Rubber SoleMade for Grant Stone

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Order info

Cost: 195 USD

More about this item

Unwanted & unloved GS b-grade sample sale strikes again. Replaced damaged block heel with taller (+1.5 mm) dogger heel stack; added Dale's leather works waxed boar kilties, Guarded Goods Illini burgundy Latigo laces, both from the Labor Day sale. Three brushes, single conditioning.
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When my Java wax flashed MTO delivery was rescheduled to the last weeks of the Dome's first month, I couldn't risk the Truman's being late so I had to scramble to find a replacement pair. I was inspired by somebody successfully running a pair of GS cap toes in last year's Dome and figured as long as I was careful with my tools, all toes would survive. Since I went to school in Beloit, during which I hit up Horween multiple times, I have loved basically all their stuff but was leery of running single-layer CXL in work environments. The all vegetable tan Essex seem like it might hold up tho so I took the dive.

What was the ordering process?

Purchased from Grant StoneTotal cost: 195 USD

Extremely easy, very smooth as always

Awards
Work Thunderdome Starter2023-2024 Stitchdown Patina Thunderdome Work Edition
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