Felt like wearing boat shoes this year and ultimately chose this pair for the crazy horse leather. I would have loved to support the smaller local shops such as rancourt, quoudyy etc however the only options I could find at the time were either chromexcel or Essex which I already have. Anyways, this heavy leather did not disappoint. After brief break in period patina developed rapidly and low maintenance with regular brushing. Thanks to everyone for paticipating and all the hard work to those who make the patina thunderdome happen! See you all next year.