Worn these every work day to the office for the past 6 months. Also then playing in the sun with my toddler after work and on the weekends. Most of the wear has been on my heels where my desk chair accidentally scrapes it or when I'm sitting on the ground catching my breath after doing ninja kicks on bitumen to entertain my boys. I live in Brisbane, Australia and it is hot, sunny and humid in the summer. These guys have fared well in the storms and wet as well as getting a tan in the sun.
The leather has darkened quite nicely and continues to get some more tinges of orange from the original khaki. I'm loving the deep rich brown on the toes now. I conditioned once with fieblings mink oil but mostly just been rubbing and brushing out scratches
Tahura takes measurements and a picture of a tracing and they nailed the fit. They came with a foam sock liner and were comfortable from day 1 other than needing to retrain part of the gusseted tongue away my ankle bone which I hear is normal. It took a little bit for me to get used to the sprung toe feel of walking but now I'm loving it.
Very well built all around with accommodating and extensive customisation. For example I'd seen on their Instagram that they have done two colour Norwegian cross stitches and was keen to get one myself. I picked Tahura out of the Indonesian makers because I liked the look of the kaktoes last. The round heel counter shape and the elegant bump toe make a great silhouette in my opinion. Clicking is great. I love that the toe caps are slightly darker and with clean right grain. The only nitpicks are a couple of loose stitches and some light scoring where the Norwegian welt was cut off. But for the most part everything is solid and the flat welt stitch is especially tightly packed and sexy.
Super solid and thick and grippy when I need them. Love the look too of the speckled sides
Great, fits perfectly with the sole. Tahura shaped it to be slightly Cuban and it looks great
I was so excited when after 6 months these finally arrived and after 6 months of wearing I have to check over my shoulder so people don't catch me staring at them. The Tochigi leather is a joy to watch evolve and the silhouette and fit of these were exactly what I was after