(30 YEAR OLD) Doc Marten better in the 90's? - Vintage Dr Marten 

Ha ha ha for real

January 9th 1990 is now 30 years ago 😱

Christ i am old, stopped wearing Doc martens by mid 80's.

Erik Van der Zee, nice flag mate

@@RoseAnvil Which version of boot was this? Ive been after a nice 90s vintage 1460 and have not found anything even close to how nice these looked haha this hurt my soul..

Froufrou Deluxe I thought the same until I saw your comment.

Yeah tell me about it. As of this week, 1990 was thirty years ago!

Thanks for making me feel ooooooold

holy crap. same

Lol

ruthy8ruthy I’ll get to work 😉

Came here looking for this comment, I felt the same exact way.

@@RuckusRugs been thinking about this since watching him break open the first Docs

I'm not a craftsman and I have noticed two of two people in two boot cutting videos doing the same thing.

The amazing cobbler guy from Bedo's Leather shop cuts toward his hand, too. That guy is a master so....who knows....

If you dont use cheap dull cutting tools, you can have great control cutting towards yourself.

The blueing is on the inside of the leather. If you look closely tou can see a strip of blue in the cross section. The reason it shows on the tongue is because they split the leather in half to make it thinner and more comfortable for the tongue, thus exposing the blueing of the leather. Good question!

@@RoseAnvil This is false information. Chrome-tanned leather does not equal bad quality leather. Please stop pushing the Saddleback false information. Some of the best leathers in the world are chrome tanned.(chromexcel) Veg tan and chrome tanned leathers have different uses. For consumer shoes, chrometanned leather is generally MUCH better than vegtan. Whiteboots which you talked about last video are chrometanned.

@@Stevieboy7 I think there are different grades of "Blue Leather". Some are ok but it also gets a bad rap from the really cheap items crap thin brittle "Blue Leather" is made from.

exexpat11 the "blue" has nothing to do with the quality though. It's false to grade all leathers just by the visual characteristics that have nothing to do with quality

@@RoseAnvil i think he was asking why blueish leather is not as good quality? isnt it becaus the dye and oil in the 2nd tanning process isnt allowed to soak all the way through the leather?

That’s is super interesting. There was a trend like that in my school with k Swiss shoes

fannybear8 note to self: more dad jokes

Absolute gold.

I was about about to say the same then I saw your comment. Another new subscriber right here

Wait till you see the ASMR supercut

@@RoseAnvil hey bro can't wait I have just brought my first pair of doctor martens for when I'm out Exploring hopefully they will withstand the decay 🤣🤣

What’s this knife called? Like what male?

Clint Williams maybe after I cut open the made in England doc martens I’ll get a pit of those so we can compare them against all the versions of docs

Actually Solovair is just a brand name. The actual company that make Solovair is NPS shoes and they are older than gods dog (1881 I think). I used to buy my docs from the first shop that ever sold docs (Holts in Camden Town London now called The British Boot Company still run by the Holt family you can see it in some Madness music videos) last time I brought some boots from there was about ten years ago and they had pretty much stopped selling docs and switched to Solovair due to the piss poor quality of docs now. All the punks in Camden now pretty much only wear Solovair. Griggs sold the docs brand in the 90s, they shifted production to Thailand and it's been downhill ever since. I have a 'for life' guarantee on the last pair of docs I brought and tried to get my replacements last month. They have stopped doing the hardlife ones that replace my for life ones and expect to fob me off with these cheap inferior docs! They will be sending me 2 pairs a year for the rest of my life if they think they are pulling that crap on me I know that much.

NPS are the ones who made the airbounce soles for docs. Buying a pair of Solovair has more real doc DNA than even the made in England docs. The only thing docs did was attach the soles to the leather. Stick with Solovair and you can't go much wrong.

@@moss1066 Interesting. Solovair sells its soles online too, so I wonder if I could buy them and resole a pair of DrMartens, provided that I'd be able to find somebody with the right skills to do it.

Ya, me too

Same here, I have my dr Martens since 2000 only used in bad snowy winter, the sole is the same as the one he was cutting. I was curious when you said “sending” them for re-sole(ing) , is that sending means in dr Martens factory in UK?

@@redbishop71 I meant sending/taking to the shoe repair shop, here locally in town.

@@audreyp3444 Ahh okay. I thought Dr Martens can repair their own lines of shoes ie resole(ing). Sorry for mis-interpreting . I was already getting excited in my mind (WOW THAT IS A GREAT DEAL OF CUSTOMER SERVICE).

Less amazing, more unbelievable. I never had a pair last much beyond a year without disintegrating at all corners.

@Ben Zyl sure would be a weird thing to lie about. I assure you they lasted over twenty years. Never did take them in for a new sole. Forgot them outside last winter and I had to throw them out. Big bummer, really loved those boots.

Jen Diehl thanks! That’s a good idea about the leather jacket

Yes. Yes it is.

Phil Meeks I think I’ve seen that one. Is it the one with the chalkboard? It’s really good

@@RoseAnvil Yeah. Oldie but goodie

Phil Meeks amen brother

I felt the same way when I was doing it ha ha

And that's my size. Noooooo. 😭

I! Know! Why even cut the pull tab??? Wwwhhhhyyyyyy?!

Yep, exactly. Nooooooooooooo. It hurt.

Same here. Thinking I'll give ya $200 for those... Just stop

I don't mean to give you advice as I don't know you, but they do sell soles with arch support that you can replace them with.

@@MrKinghuman birkenstock has some great insoles

@@CrayonConoisseur that's what i used for 25 years. the combo of DM and birkenstock insoles is the absolute best

Had the exact same pair the guy's cutting...lasted me nearly 20 yrs. Was heartbroken when they gave up the ghost. So much better than the doc's of today.

Thanks I appreciate that

Phil Meeks yep! You were right! Good call

its Zdan I don’t know what that is but I ageee

Kris Grotowski contrary to popular belief and maybe the overall tone of my videos. I’m still a big fan too ha h

Filming leather 101 tomorrow

honestguy77 ! I was really impressed with the vintage pair. I really want to buy a pair that are my size

Rose Anvil They are the aztec / crazy horse model. Essentially a 1460, but with commando soles and only available in brown. Once you buy them, clean them with a brush, mild soap an lukewarm water, let them dry naturally and regrease them with Dubbin grease (its neutral in color itself, but always darkens the leather you treat with) I strongly reccomend you Tarrago brand dubbin grease. Ive been using Campeón and Tarrago brand and they are second to none. This guarantees you a lifetime company unless you wear them on a daily basis the next 5 years.

Here in Oz back in the 90s all the commando lug sole dm boots I saw were the made in New Zealand ones...

flashdamingo Wait! were they martens not made in england back then? cool!

@@honestguy7764 Yep I distinctly remember them.... we avoided em because we wanted the original English made ones...... I met someone that had the NZ commando sole version and they said they were really good.... It's weird though I cant see any reference to them on the internet.... Would've been the mid 90s ...like 95...96

whatevergabby it’s in the works!

ya way better!

Thanks!

It’s starting to become a problem!

Mandie Klessens I’m hoping to do a series on redwing next!

Danner after that

I love the lugged sole

Mike Calhoun look for Brian the Bootmaker. He showed some DM resoles. Adding a shank would be no problem I guess.

Thanks mike!

I love watching Brian the boot maker he is such a sweetheart

@@dfh-video3269 I just watched 3 of his videos. This guy is gooooood. Thanks for the info.

@@RoseAnvil I just watched 3 of his videos in a row. He is gooooood.

Shaina Anderson next week🤞

Thank you!

Crazy right!? It’s been super fun

Miguel Vargas I’m a huge fan of Chippewa. My main hunting/hiking boots are Chippewa

Miguel Vargas my absolute favorite brand! Why don’t more people know about them?

@@White000Crow The Poor Man's Red Wings.

Absolutely right! You and I are about the same age I guess, we KNOW what the REAL Doc Martens are like. 90s ain't vintage hahahah. I'm near Northampton btw, where they were made. BTW the guy cutting up the boot in the video, that ain't even a DM! look at the thread, nothing like DMs.

Damiano Cecchelin thanks we are on our way to 10k pretty quick!

glad i could help!

Crystian they make a good woman. 😉

timmytrousers thanks! It looks like we should get there maybe by the end of next week!

That’s a good question. I’ve been pretty happy with my made in England pair of dr martens so far but time will tell

Iskandar Khairul Anuar I’m dying to know too! I just found a ton of good vintage pairs on Etsy too

@@RoseAnvil currently rocking my dr.martens 8457 !! The other 2 pairs was 8460 it was a really good shoes.. thanks i will try to look on etsy if i could get some Doc's myself 😁😁 really enjoy your content by the way 👍👍👍

Same! But there are a lot on eBay and Etsy

Thank you!

DevonReviewer I’m not sure. I’ve been trying to identify when exactly they were made but there is so little info out there on these. Also your channel is awesome thanks for the support!

1970‘s outsoles don’t have the sign „made in England“

Thanks! That’s the goal!

Eric Tan-W nope it’s from part of the leather tanning process! If enough people are interested, he’ll make a leather 101 video and go into more details about it!

I think any time a boot has a heel it needs a shank to prevent the collapsing of that gap area. You can feel it in your feet when you wear a boot without a shank. After a year or so it gets really painful

the blueing is on the inside of the leather. If you look closely you can see a strip of blue in the cross section. The reason it shows on the tongue is because they split the leather in half to make it thinner and more comfortable for the tongue, thus exposing the blueing of the leather. Good question!

Rose Anvil ..Thanks, just wondering cause the leather lining on my old hiking boots, which were perfectly clean at the start, got stained by the dye on wool socks when my feet were sweaty, or maybe even mould! So I’m guessing they are to do with the chrome tanning process then? Btw, I’m really more interested in footwear and am not a leather expert, so thanks for the informative videos.

That’s super interesting. I’m 99% sure the blueing is from the tanning process but you never know ha ha

Rafael Star hopefully next week!

Sick man keep doing what your doing! Oo and could you look in to cutting up/reviewing some solovair who apparently make the better boot of the same style

Rafael Star that’s the plan for the video after the made in England doc martens

michael R that’s not bad for the price I guess. Thank for sharing your info!

That’s much longer than any shoes I’ve ever had has lasted. So id day you’re getting your moneys worth.

It hurt

🙌 thanks!

thanks! thats the plan!

That’s the 🥅

Ha ha oops *goal

Felipe Lorca Gálvez I think that will be the video after the break in video

🙌🙌🙌 thanks for the support

rocky beans amen brother!

Robert Wang it’s a leather working knife with a hook blade. I think district leather supply sells some.

Maroulio agreed but I still they would be pretty decent

I know how crazy is that! Thanks for the sub!

Anteroization ya you called it! They were made in England. I guess I forgot to say that. Gloves wouldn’t help much with that blade ha ha that baby is sharp 🔪

@@RoseAnvil I think they are referring to the cut-proof gloves

Ha ha ya redwings are awesome

Red Wings are made in China are not near the quality they once were. If you want a true Quality Boot Wesco still family owned and handmade. They're just really expensive

Thursday boots are great option as well. For 200 bucks not a better deal

Walter Thomas Red Wing Heritage boots are made in the USA.

thanks hun