I've always been a Dirty Buck man, never a White one. Ditto my Saddles & Dessies. I take a bit of care of them, but not much.

I'm a dirty boy.

Who uses what?

Mine get an old clothes brush over them at best.

Last edited by 1966 (2009-02-17 09:18:02)

How did desert boots come into being (their history), and what is there primary function? Why are desert boots always make with a crepe sole?

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"WPG introduces its own brand of desert boots.  Based on original examples, this style has a higher top than the standard "brothel creeper" to better keep out sand, scorpions, etc.   Buttery soft suede leather upper and sturdy rubber sole to withstand camel thorns."

My points:

1) I've never crept through a brothel in my life, I walk proudly through them with head held high!

2) What sort of brothel has sand, scorpions and camel thorns in it? Sounds downright kinky to me.

3) Thats a damn ugly boot!

For those looking for Japanese-language instruction on keeping their saddle-shoes/bucks insanely clean, please consult:

http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/kousuke427sc/archive/2008/06/28

http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/kousuke427sc/archive/2008/12/17
I have to admit that I'm really curious as to what he's spraying on his shoes here. I have my doubts whether it can be all that good for 'em.

Last edited by Decline & Fall (2009-02-25 08:35:09)

^ The George Cox website used to show pics of their very plain and pared down styled thick crepe soled  chukka boots and shoes.(These were coloured blue, as i recall).

I believe that the George Cox company referred to these very classic, pared down  (Playboy-ish) styles as `pop boys`.So the term pop boy has certainly been used to describe these styles by George Cox to in the U.K.

I may be wrong but i also seem to recall reading a brief  online history of George Cox which seem`d to refer to  George Cox`s iconic `pop boy sole` footwear.I believe that the term pop boy may have  been an original and  earliest name -coined by George Cox to describe their then innovative and new invention of the uniquely thick crepe soled footwear.

I believe George Cox have made their very plain styled thick crepe soled suede (aswell as leather) footwear since 1949(?).I believe and imagine that throughout their history they have made all manner and all sorts of Playboy-ish styled footwear -with subtle and not so subtle diferences and/or  modifications- for different labels and indeed for different footwear brands.



I`ve read online that the early `brothel creepers` made by George Cox were based on the style of the suede crepe soled ww2 desert boots.If this is the case i would imagine that the earliest brothel creepers would actually have been very plain styled (except for those thicker crepe soles) and that these very plain styles would actually have pre-dated the more outlandish, brogued, brightly coloured, buckled and metal d -ringed brothel creepers that would likely have followed and which we usually think of when we think of brothel creepers today.

History of early (George Cox manufactured) Playboy Original label footwear.

http://playboy-shoes.com/

Last edited by jesmond (2009-02-28 02:12:56)

I bought these from Rocket Originals a few years ago and they fell apart in a very short time.  Supposedly made by George Cox but rebranded as Rocket originals, much thinner sole than the other GC's I own and an apparent decline in quality.  Very poor indeed.

Dirty, too.  Rarely polish anything nowadays.  Dessies are stained and scuffed.  Love cordovan wingtips because you just buff 'em with a cloth, and I simply dust off weejuns and slip 'em on.  First time I laid eyes on John Simons he was wearing some dead grubby once-white Sebago boat shoes; mine are getting that way.