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Photo by medusamachine on September 15, 2023 of the Mister Freedom Road Champ in Black Veg-Tanned Cowhide.

Mister Freedom Road Champ

Black Veg-Tanned Cowhide

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medusamachineover 1 year ago

Taken on September 15, 2023

Maker

Mister Freedom

Model

Road Champ

Leather

Black Veg-Tanned Cowhide

Made for Mister Freedom

Sole

Armortred Neoprene Nylon Cord Full Sole

Purchased from

Circle of Friends

More about this item

My feet are somewhere between a 10.5c and 10.5b due to my low instep. As anyone can see from their profile, the instep is huge on these, so naturally, they don’t fit perfectly even in a half size down. I punched a hole in the instep strap and added quarter inserts and called it a day. Overall, they would feel generally fine if I lived in a flat city. When I visit friends and family in so cal, I can walk all day in these. But I live in San Francisco, so my feet hate me after wearing these things for 6 months and walking uneven terrain. Some months, things went great if I traveled. Others, I felt like my soles were going to rip clean off from all the sliding around.

Why I own this

Style
Workplace Needs
Outdoor Activities

Many of you may not know, but nestled in the bunker at mister freedom headquarters, is an ultra top secret stash of some of their rarest items, only available to those that own at least 6 pairs of their jeans, 6 jackets, 6 shirts and sign a blood oath… at least this is how I wish things would have been in obtaining my road champs :/ My journey started back in March 2020, when the world stopped. Many of us (myself included), were unemployed and had a whole lot more time than we could have ever bargained for in our hands. I stumbled upon a video of a resole on some road champs on YouTube by a young boot maker we all know as Brian the bootmaker and I was hooked. I searched everywhere for a used pair and could not find one. To this day, these are the most elusive pair of boots I own. Being that I could not try these on and I had no idea how to use a brannock device, or find one for that matter as most stores were closed, I decided to research more to see if I could figure out my size from the online boot wizards. The more i researched, the more i realized, there was probably no way i was going to get my hands on a pair of road champs, but i tried anyway. I got on the waitlist hoping for the best (still on it 4 years strong), and still no new updates. That was when I was going around talking to people and telling them I was thinking of joining the dome for 2023-2024. One of my buddy’s friends said, “hey, I know a guy that’s been trying to sell his engineers, you should talk to him and see if they’re your size”! When I reached out, lo and behold, they were a new pair of road champs in my size! They had been sitting in his closet for who knows how long. We negotiated and the rest was history. I don’t care that they don’t fit perfectly, I’m never letting these out of my site.

Ordering process

Purchased from Circle of FriendsTotal cost: 900 USD

Impossible to order as they have not been in production since 2019. Pure luck 🍀

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