Reviewing Frank’s Boots in HORWEEN STEEL PREDATOR!!!! 

Couldn't agree more! Thanks for the feedback my friend, I’m planning a boot talk with Frank and can’t wait to pick his brain

That dryer is the bane of my existence 😂 always interrupting my videos!!

@DalesLeatherworks I'd say your kid takes the award for that haha,, she's adorable tho so it's no bother at all,, hope all is well Dale ✌️

The hand sewn is called a Norwegian Welt. White's still does that a lot, but they have been moving away from it a lot lately. Nick's won't do it at all, but Frank's will do Norwegian on request. I have a green pair of Frank's that are Norwegian Welted. (did a RU-vid video on them actually)

Independent business to handle White's, Frank's, Nick's, and JK's business???? Adding another layer to complicate, and confuse? Another chance for a ball to drop? That they'd all trust to be impartial? To not get bribed? So larger builders with economies of scale would give up their advantages and level the playing field? That would have to stock a full array of sizes and widths for at least 8 lasts? What is that? 384 pairs of $600 boots for an independent company to stock? Not including duplicates? Why would a customer want to deal with the delay and possibly confused communication of not dealing direct? And how would this business get paid??? If the answer is a percent of price why would the builder want to give up margin? If it is added cost to customer, why would they want to pay more? You are essentially wanting to create a dealer model and give someone a monopoly while toy are at it? There is absolutely nothing about any of that that would make sense to anyone......but you are BAFFLED it doesn't exist????? It does suck on the tools, machines, and parts. But if it was profitable to make, somebody would be. Those things stopped being available precisely because it wasn't feasible to do so.

All 55 lasts are the same last dlso if you are asking if Frank's 55 has more room than someone else's 55, then no. But Frank's has both the 4811 and the 1977...both of which have more toe volume than the 55.

@@cloveroak5492 Some of those 55 lasts may be modified, like Drew's, or at least they build the boots around them differently. I haven't read any reviews that say that Frank's, Nick's, White's, and Drew's all fit the same with a 55 last, of course compensating for the same size.

t2010 none of the Spokane builders use a modified 55 last, only the Mexican Drew's are a modified 55, and they only did it because they couldn't offer as many widths and a marketing device. It wouldn't be logical for Spokane builders to modify the 55 they offer, and if they did, they would give it a new number instead of 55...because it in fact wouldn't be a 55 anymore. They all have seamingly endless width options to give more or less room. And I don't know if the others still offer it, but Frank's will definitely modify a specific build upon request. To make room for toes, bunyans, etc. Now, they don't all use the same upper patterns, so that can certainly be different with each builder. That can certainly make someone feel different about, say, their Nick's 55 and their Frank's 55, for example. Custom uppers can also be requested from Frank's. I think Nick's stopped? White's I'd guess still does too.

Frank's has last styles that are much narrower at the toe.