Alden for Winn Perry Navy Blucher High Boot

Winn Perry continue their partnership with Alden on a second piece of footwear, adopting Alden’s Navy Blucher High Boot with inspiration from “Pershing” Trench Boots, also known to as “Little Tanks.”

When the Pershing Boots were received in 1918, the soldiers of the U.S. 1st Division rubbed them with a treatment, which consisted of 2 parts beef tallow (beef fat basically) to 1 part Neatsfoot oil. This experiment, referred to as “dubbing”, was supposed to make the boots more waterproof and gave them a darker, oiled appearance. For our “Little Tanks”, we made them to Alden New England standards with a heavily oiled reverse chamois leather and Alden’s plantation crepe sole with leather tip. This combination certainly makes them pretty weather proof and quite a bit more comfortable than the originals, which had a triple leather sole with iron toe cleats, heal plates and hobnails, a few of the reasons they were referred to as Little Tanks. While not built for fighting in the trenches, these boots will still be very happy taking some abuse.

Available now through Winn Perry with a retail price of $420 USD.

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Portland, OR 97202
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