Boot Blues

[batninja]

Cool beans!  I got a reply from Arik today with Sandlar.  He assures me they'll have something I'll like in my size.  And if not, they'll set up a special order!  Guess I'll have to wear my backups into the festival.

[CapnFayeCutler]

I have a friend who wears a size 15 and he has a pair of Sandlars that they had on hand at ORF a couple of years ago

[batninja]

I thought I'd better tell everyone the 'rest of the story'.   

So I attended TRF this weekend, and went straight to the Sandlar booth.  I saw the boots, they had them in stock, and in my size!  Tried them on, they felt great!

Now...

$460 is alot of money (especially for me since I just bought a truck!) to lay down so early in the festival, so I thought I'd wait until later in the day, to see if my funds held out.  As it happens EVERY time I attend festival, they didn't.  By the end of the day, my budget was pretty thin.  As we were heading toward the gate, we decided to stop in one more leather shop...and there they were.

They had a few pair of 'House of Andar' boots, in black, and in my size!  Since the black 11+ sizes are hard to come by, these were Andar's brown boots that had been 'dyed' black.  Not a big deal for me, as I work with leather from time to time, and could correct any imperfections from the dying process (turns out, all they needed was a good polishing!).

After a little haggling over the price, I was able to get these less than half the cost of the Sandlars!

In summary, although I like the Sandlars and will probably get a pair next time around, I was able to get the correct size and color of Andars I'd been looking for all along!