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[Initial Impression] Viberg x Miloh Shop Service Boot- Mushroom Reverse Chamois
2022.01.12 02:54 MrMiYaggi [Initial Impression] Viberg x Miloh Shop Service Boot- Mushroom Reverse Chamois
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Specs:
Service Boot
Leather: Mushroom Reverse Chamois (I think its from Horween?)
Tongue: Black contrast tongue, unsure what leather it is
Eyelet: 7 Brass
Last: 2030
Production: Stitch Down
Sole: Commando
Laces: Black Rawhide
Price: $650
Background:
I've been lurking here and occasionally participating in the General Discussion threads for about a year. In that time I've acquired 1 pair of Alden Indy boots and 4 pairs of Vibergs. This is my most recent acquisition. I've long admired the mushroom reverse chamois leather and I'm thrilled to finally own a pair of my own. I'm also finally motivated enough to try and take some decent photos to share here.
Acquisition:
I recently saw a lightly worn pair of Withered Fig x Viberg service boots on ebay for about $300 and thought that was my chance to scratch the mushroom itch. Unfortunately I lost out on that bidding war, but losing made me realize how much I really wanted those boots. Luckily for me, there was another new in box pair from Miloh Shop on ebay in my size. I'd been eyeing these for a few weeks, but was hesitant to pay full retail for them. After losing out on the WF makeup, I caved and offered the seller $650 which he accepted. 2-3 days later the boots arrived and I couldn't be happier.
Impressions:
These things are tanks! These feel much heavier and more substantial than my other Viberg boots, and every other boot in my collection. The combination of the commando soles and chamois leather feels bulletproof. The leather has a longer nap than suede and is heavily oiled- it feels almost cool to the touch. These came with standard brown rawhide laces which I switched out for some black rawhide laces I had lying around. I think the black laces and tongue is a good combo, but I'm not sure about the brass eyelets. I may try to darken the eyelets somehow, please let me know if you have any suggestions other than sending them to a cobbler.
Fit and Finish:
I wear a size 11 in Viberg's 1035 and 2050 lasts, as well as the Alden Trubalance last, and that's what I took here in the 2030 last. I think the 1035 and Trubalance fit slightly better, but these are pretty comfortable right out of the box. I'm excited to see how they feel after a few more wears. The finishing on these isn't perfect, but nothing that really bothers me. The heel on the right boot is a bit lighter shade than the rest of the boots, but I plan to darken that with some Fiebing's neatsfoot oil. The stitching isn't perfect, especially around the toe. I know some would say that it should be for a >$600 boot, but to me it just gives them a little character. No one I know or see in my life is ever going to notice something like that.
Summary:
I'm satisfied to finally have my own pair of mushroom chamois boots. These might become my favorite boots in my small collection, just because I love the leather so much. This is my first review here, so please let me know if I'm missing anything or if you have any questions. I'm planning to do some more reviews soon so I'm open to any critiques or tips you may have.
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Specs:
Service Boot
Leather: Mushroom Reverse Chamois (I think its from Horween?)
Tongue: Black contrast tongue, unsure what leather it is
Eyelet: 7 Brass
Last: 2030
Production: Stitch Down
Sole: Commando
Laces: Black Rawhide
Price: $650
Background:
I've been lurking here and occasionally participating in the General Discussion threads for about a year. In that time I've acquired 1 pair of Alden Indy boots and 4 pairs of Vibergs. This is my most recent acquisition. I've long admired the mushroom reverse chamois leather and I'm thrilled to finally own a pair of my own. I'm also finally motivated enough to try and take some decent photos to share here.
Acquisition:
I recently saw a lightly worn pair of Withered Fig x Viberg service boots on ebay for about $300 and thought that was my chance to scratch the mushroom itch. Unfortunately I lost out on that bidding war, but losing made me realize how much I really wanted those boots. Luckily for me, there was another new in box pair from Miloh Shop on ebay in my size. I'd been eyeing these for a few weeks, but was hesitant to pay full retail for them. After losing out on the WF makeup, I caved and offered the seller $650 which he accepted. 2-3 days later the boots arrived and I couldn't be happier.
Impressions:
These things are tanks! These feel much heavier and more substantial than my other Viberg boots, and every other boot in my collection. The combination of the commando soles and chamois leather feels bulletproof. The leather has a longer nap than suede and is heavily oiled- it feels almost cool to the touch. These came with standard brown rawhide laces which I switched out for some black rawhide laces I had lying around. I think the black laces and tongue is a good combo, but I'm not sure about the brass eyelets. I may try to darken the eyelets somehow, please let me know if you have any suggestions other than sending them to a cobbler.
Fit and Finish:
I wear a size 11 in Viberg's 1035 and 2050 lasts, as well as the Alden Trubalance last, and that's what I took here in the 2030 last. I think the 1035 and Trubalance fit slightly better, but these are pretty comfortable right out of the box. I'm excited to see how they feel after a few more wears. The finishing on these isn't perfect, but nothing that really bothers me. The heel on the right boot is a bit lighter shade than the rest of the boots, but I plan to darken that with some Fiebing's neatsfoot oil. The stitching isn't perfect, especially around the toe. I know some would say that it should be for a >$600 boot, but to me it just gives them a little character. No one I know or see in my life is ever going to notice something like that.
Summary:
I'm satisfied to finally have my own pair of mushroom chamois boots. These might become my favorite boots in my small collection, just because I love the leather so much. This is my first review here, so please let me know if I'm missing anything or if you have any questions. I'm planning to do some more reviews soon so I'm open to any critiques or tips you may have.
2021.11.14 18:58 ReusedBoofWater The possible Loopring partnership is huge, but it's only the beginning! Here's how NFTs will change the gaming landscape forever, and what role Gamestop might have in the midst of all of it.
After all of the DD, the research, and the sheer will and motivation I've witnessed from this sub, I finally have speculation of my own to share with you all! I know I haven't been active in the discussion surrounding the stock, Wall St, Citadel, corruption, etc as I am far too smooth-brained in these areas to participate. Although, I have absorbed this information to the best of my ability as I've followed it and have DRS'd shares of my own.
I've been an avid follower and researcher of crypto and blockchain technology for a very long time, as well as a newly aspiring Blockchain developer learning Solidity, the Ethereum blockchain programming language. This post will be a long one, but please bear with me. I think the developments with Loopring will change the entirety of gaming as we know it. In order to fully explain my speculative stance, I need to provide some blockchain education first. This partnership between Gamestop and Loopring isn't just good for the stock and the MOASS, but gamers and developers everywhere!
If you already know what NFTs are and how crypto generally works, you can probably skip to the 'What are Smart Contracts?' or 'Deeper Dive into NFTs' sections.
Disclaimer: Any of the projects or platforms I link here are for educational purposes only. I am not explicitly endorsing anything here, except for Loopring and how it will be transformational for Gamestop's future.
Now, lets start at the beginning...
At its core, an NFT is just unique data on a blockchain. Art NFTs work by linking to an image file stored in IPFS (aka InterPlanetary File System), as do most NFTs that need to link to data that cannot be or is impractical to store on a blockchain directly. Not all NFTs need to do this, but the ability for NFTs to link to external data introduces all sorts of interesting use cases. Now lets talk about IPFS.
Tl;dr;du NFTs are simply unique data stored on the blockchain. The art use-case is not their only purpose. Ultimately, it is just a way in which a unique piece of data can be assigned verifiable ownership and stored on the blockchain.
As it stands today, HTTP only allows us to download files from one server at a time. An HTTP session cannot download one file from two or more sources at once. This limitation makes file-hosting extremely bandwidth-intensive in comparison to P2P solutions. When it comes to torrents, files and even entire folders can be stored and shared by multiple sources, of which each source doesn't even have to have the full file to share it! As long as everyone has the same exact copy of data or unaltered parts of that data being shared, it doesn't matter how much of it you have. Because a torrent client can connect to multiple sources (aka seeds) at once, the bandwidth utilization of each seed is lower than a centralized host (HTTP servers).
Additionally, the internet as it stands isn't permanent. Websites don't live forever, images get lost, forum posts get deleted. Centralization and censorship makes this problem worse. IPFS solves these problems by allowing us to distribute files to multiple nodes. When other nodes look up a file, they store a copy or even just a fragment of the initial data. These fragments and/or copies are stored by every node that wants it. Additionally, when a new version of a file is added to IPFS, the cryptographic hash (a way of verifying file uniqueness) is different, thus preventing data from getting overwritten or censored.
This technology works for NFTs because it allows for the preservation and decentralized distribution of the data an NFT can link to. Anything that can connect to the internet can connect to IPFS and download this data, and this includes blockchain smart contracts too. In the case of art NFTs, the actual image the NFT is bound to is stored in IPFS, where a smart-contract powered platform such as OpenSea can link to and show you the image.
Additionally, you don't even need to store the raw data the NFT represents. A platform interacting with your NFT can utilize assets stored in IPFS that when combined by the platform, display the representation of your NFT.
Tl;dr;du IPFS allows NFTs to link to distributed, tamper and censorship-resistant data in a way that is secure. In the case of art NFTs, IPFS stores the NFT image in a way other platforms can be sure they are accessing the exact, unaltered image or representation the NFT is tied to. IPFS is primarily for platforms to show you the data the NFT is tied to and/or utilize it in ways the platform is designed for. Think of it like storing what your NFT actually is in the cloud.
Smart Contracts are code deployed to the Ethereum blockchain. This code can do almost anything that you like. At their core, they simply store, use and modify data on the blockchain. You could build a simple calculator app on the blockchain, or you could build a fully functional lending platform (effectively a crypto bank) like Aave.
In the case of OpenSea, it is an NFT marketplace utilizing a set of smart contracts to offer market services for NFTs. In a way, it is very much like eBay but for NFTs. Without an NFT exchange, if you wanted to buy an NFT you would have to either send payment first and hope the seller sends you the NFT afterwards (remember, crypto transactions can't be charged back), or use an escrow service that collects your payment and the NFT from the seller and transfers ownership of each to the prospective party and likely takes a fee for their services. Because of the nature in which crypto transactions work (no chargebacks, only the recipient can initiate a transaction to send you back your crypto assets), a marketplace is necessary.
OpenSea's smart contracts are rather simple in function and do a few specific things:
Tl;dr;du Smart Contracts are code deployed to a blockchain that can interact with your crypto assets. Instead of relying on humans to do something like arbitrate a trade, a smart contract can handle it instantly while ensuring the buyer receives exactly what they bid on or bought while the seller receives a deterministic amount of crypto for what they listed. Smart contracts can be literally almost whatever you want them to be.
There are already a handful of very successful and aspiring NFT gaming platforms out today. For the purpose of this DD, I will utilize Axie Infinity to break down how NFTs currently work in an already released game. I encourage all of you to read through the Axie Infinity documentation as I'm only going to cover the NFT aspect of it. It has so many more facets to the ecosystem that I think are valuable for this discussion, but can't be included in this post without this turning into a giant tangent/advertisement for the game.
Axie Infinity is basically a pokemon-inspired game where people can buy Axies and participate in battles. Eventually, players will be able to buy land in the game to house their Axies and participate in the Axie Infinity open world Lunacia. Axies can also be bred to produce new Axies with unique traits.
We'll take a look at a random Axie: #7667019
On this Axie's info page, we can see it has a variety of data and traits describing it. It has the following data values: Class (Axie type), Breed Count, 4 Stats (Health, Speed, Skill, Morale), 6 Body Parts, 4 Abilities, and genetic history (Parents). All of this information is encoded in the NFT itself. Its value, owner and sale history are derived from transaction data on the blockchain. The image of the Axie itself and its ability card images could be stored in IPFS or self-hosted by Axie Infinity. I am not sure which they use, but IPFS is an exceptional candidate. The Axie Infinity game could use either source to show you what the NFT is and what it can do.
There will only ever be one Axie #7667019 in this game. It is unique, only one copy of it exists on the blockchain. Because it exists on the blockchain, and is present in a specific individual's wallet, only that individual can interact with the Axie Infinity game using Axie #7667019. Nobody can simply screenshot Axie #7667019 and use it in the game, as it is literally impossible to convert that screenshot into the data required by the game. The game can check the origin of the Axie, and if it wasn't generated by mechanics present in Axie Infinity, which are all provided by the smart contracts that form it, the contracts can deny interaction with it. Counterfeit Axies are an impossibility.
The smart contracts that this game is made of are able to validate what Axie you have and then pull all of its traits from its NFT DNA. NFT DNA is essentially a random or semi-random string of numbers that a smart contract manipulates to assign all of its traits. The Axie DNA doesn't change, and therefore no matter where, what time, or from what device you use to connect to the game, the game will render your Axie the same way every single time. Your NFT ownership makes it possible to interact with the game at all.
To circle back to the art example (for the final time, I promise), this is why an NFT can't be screenshotted and still be equivalent. Even if you deployed your screenshot to the blockchain and artificially assigned it any traits to align with a specific platform, it will never be able to interact with that platform. This is what makes NFTs unique and special. It is up to smart contracts to provide NFTs utility, it is not the job of the NFT alone.
To expand on it even further, I could make my own game using real Axies, even if I had no association with Axie Infinity at all! I could process the Axie DNA in any way I see fit, give it any representation I decide, hell, I could engineer a game that allowed you to breed Axies with completely different NFTs! Now, none of this would give my platform any intrinsic value, but the point is that NFT data is public on the blockchain, and that these NFTs can be used in ways that even the original authors didn't intend, but this isn't a bad thing. My theoretical platform doesn't harm Axie Infinity in any way, as long as I don't blatantly rip off their game entirely. I'll expand on this later in a further section.
Ultimately, NFTs in the scope of gaming can be whatever the developer wants them to be. It doesn't have to simply be the characters or entities you play as or interact with. It can be items, weapons, land, vehicles whatever asset you want. A developer could even engineer them to be modified or evolved as long as they had that intent when they were created!
Tl;dr;du Gaming has a great use case for NFTs in that they can be utilized to represent the character you play as or the weapon you use. Because the NFT is unique and secure in your crypto wallet, nobody can play as you, modify your NFT assets, or interact with them in a way that isn't predefined by the smart contracts controlling them. Smart contracts can verify your NFT ownership, derive traits from random data stored in the NFT (NFT DNA), and even modify the NFT designed for those contracts.
MMOASS is an open-world MMORPG in which the world is a 1000x1000 plot of "plots" that the game takes place in. Throughout this world, there is the capitol in the center, major cities and small villages throughout the landscape, and a lot of open space. Our character has outfits/armor, weapons, skills, stats, and an inventory. However, there's something different with all of these things...
They're all NFTs!
In MMOASS, players can actually OWN plots of any plot of land and reap all the benefits that come with it. Assume there are three different types of land: Mountain, Plains, and Forest. In mountainous regions, items such as iron and gold (also NFTs) can be mined for the purpose of producing armor and weapons. Plains allows for the harvesting of resources and crafting ingredients. Lastly, the forest is where animals spawn and can be killed for their rawhide (used in outfit creation) or tamed as companions (....also an NFT). Each of these terrain types introduce their own purpose. The capitol would be controlled by the game developers and utilized for whatever purpose they saw fit.
But what purpose does land ownership actually provide in MMOASS? Well, the owner of the land could decide what happens on that land. Too many beasts in the area for your liking? Deploy pest control. Need a particular kind of tree wood for your crafting? Cut everything down and plant as much of it as you want. Additionally, land can be utilized in clan mechanics to allow clans to mark out their own provinces. Or government could be introduced and players could group together to form counties. Any benefit could be assigned to land ownership.
As for small villages and major cities, these can transfer ownership via war. They're explicitly owned by clans (despite still being NFTs, theyre just stored in a clan wallet internally in the game). These cities can provide income to the presiding clan in the form of trade taxes. Additionally, the clan could determine what kind of crafting stations or defenses to sustain with their income.
Weapons, armor, items, etc all being NFTs means they can all have any kind of trait that we want to assign them, just like in a normal game. However, item rarity would actually produce real in-game and real-world value. Because blockchains are public in nature, a blockchain explorer could be created that shows exactly how many of each item are in existence. Verifiable item rarity becomes a possibility.
But that's not all...
What if a new dungeon was added to MMOASS in the future? Lots of games out today give players day one bonuses for being some of the first players to complete a dungeon or kill a new boss (Destiny 2 banners anyone?). But MMOASS incorporates these mechanics differently. Instead of giving you a new cosmetic (which could be NFTs if it did), MMOASS actually buffs your gear with adornments.
What the hell is an adornment? Clout. An adornment would be an additional trait added to your NFT (remember how NFTs can be modified?) that could be anything we want. Congratulations on being the very first person to kill that new boss! All of the gear you wore in the battle (armor and weapon) to beat that boss now has the "First to dethrone {boss name}" trait now. You and ONLY you have that, and because of it, your items have prestige and increased value. These traits would be bound to your NFT, making it a mythical yet very real relic in the world of MMOASS. Anyone could possess the first weapon to take down Thor.....for a price of course.
Player to Player Direct Transactions
When players independently decide to trade an item in MMOASS, it's quite simple how this takes place. In MMOASS, the in-game currency is called GME Coin, or GMEC for short, and it exists on the Ethereum blockchain as a token. When players conduct a trade, an in-game mini-marketplace/escrow instance would launch, in which one player stakes the item traded, and another stakes a different item or GMEC. Once both parties agree, transactions from their wallets are issued to the blockchain, and since the game is using the blockchain as a database in a way, it and everyone else now know and can verify that these two players traded items and their inventories can now reflect the changes.
In-Game Trading Posts
In the small villages and large cities in MMOASS exist trading posts. It is here these areas can establish their own economy. Items could be listed for sale at a specific price in GMEC by a seller, and a buyer can buy that item for that price. The owners of the land plot NFT then could place a GMEC tax on trades here for their own profit. When a seller sells an item, they essentially send their item NFT to the trading post smart contract and when a buyer pays that price, they send their GMEC to the smart contract as well. The smart contract then deducts the fee and sends it to the land owner, and then sends the remainder to the seller automagically.
External Trading
Because every asset in MMOASS is held as an NFT in a crypto wallet, players could theoretically send their items wherever they want! If I wanted to gift/lend my friend a weapon to use in a boss fight, but I'm at work, I could simply send them the weapon from my crypto wallet directly! In game, they would receive it immediately and the game would reflect that. Additionally, I could sell my items for any other cryptocurrency I want! I could go as far as listing the land I acquired on OpenSea and sell it later for real money if I wanted something other than GMEC. This is the advent of play-to-earn gaming.
Additionally, this redefines the profit model for video game streamers. Not only would they generate income from viewership and subscriptions on streaming platforms, extremely talented gamers could profit off their talent as well. Higher and higher tier items could generate real world income. Additionally, they could auction off items that they beat a particular dungeon or a new boss with to their fans. Their donation and fundraising interactions would be entirely reimagined. Their most dedicated fans would relish the ability to actually show off the fact that they owned something their favorite streamer used, as the game could tie usernames to crypto addresses and show that streamer had indeed transferred that item in the item's trading history. Streamers themselves would then theoretically add to the value of the in-game economy by players leveraging their reputation.
While this has its pros and cons, it doesn't HAVE to exist in this free-market fashion or at all. I'll explain how that works.
Ban Real World Trading
I know what you're thinking. What? How is that even possible? Isn't it impossible to control the assets owned and stored in an individual's crypto wallet? Well the answer is basically kind of. Without going into the technical specifics, NFTs are essentially code too. They're smart contracts in of themselves. I won't go into the implications and specifics of what that means for the greater crypto ecosystem. Just know that you can think of them as assets being traded too, and that other smart contracts can interact with them, despite them being independent smart contracts of their own (Solidity is fucking CRAZY but really amazing too).
A ban on real world trading would essentially involve whitelisting specific wallet addresses as possible transaction recipients. These "transaction recipients" would actually be the smart contracts handling trade interactions between players (the mini-marketplace/escrow system) and trading posts. Smart contracts have addresses of their own essentially, and can be whitelisted in this manner. This would effectively prevent a player from utilizing internet marketplaces such as OpenSea. However, in our previous example of sending a friend an item while you're at work, the player-to-player trade menu could display a receive address that could be sent to the person at work. They could still send to that address, as it would be whitelisted, despite not playing the game at that time.
Of course, this still doesn't prevent scenarios where players transact money entirely separate from the blockchain.
Limit Item Transaction Count
Code could be introduced into an NFT that can control how many players it can transfer hands before locking to the player, degrading, or destroying itself. This would prevent scenarios where a really high tier weapon could theoretically be shared with alt accounts to artificially boost them. I'm sure there are other reasons for this type of control, I just wanted to point it out.
About NFT "self-destruction"... Remember, NFTs are essentially code, so "self-destruction" code can be implemented. This is an unfortunate reality that is hard to educate people about, and I won't go into the specifics here, but I will specify a few things so this statement doesn't cause FUD. NFT assets cannot be modified if they were not coded to be capable of such. Art NFTs very rarely do this. When you hear of crypto scams involving people being unable to send their assets, it's sometimes because code such as this was implemented. This is the very reason why smart contract auditing firms such as Paladin Blockchain Security exist. As always, verify what you're buying or engaging in within the crypto space. The presence of audits from reputable firms is always an important thing to see when engaging in non-mainstream crypto assets.
Limit Player Recipients to Clan Members
Similar to implementing a transaction count, the game could drop items that are essentially tied to the clan's object on the blockchain. This would allow for items to be kept within the clan, and essentially permanently block any real-world trading of almost any sort, as clan membership would be required to use it. Mechanics could also be built in that remove the item from a player's inventory if they were to leave the clan.
Essentially, while real-world trading is a possibility, it doesn't have to be an inevitability.
Looping is a zkRollup-based Ethereum Layer 2 solution. In English, what this means is Loopring has an extremely fee-efficient model of conducting transactions while still utilizing the Ethereum blockchain. This is important because the Ethereum blockchain has extremely good blockchain security. Layer 2 platforms (also called L2 networks) are fundamentally defined by still settling their transactions on the Ethereum blockchain, one way or another, while utilizing Ethereum for their security.
The use of the word security here doesn't have the same connotations that you're used to. What I essentially mean by security is that the transactions are known to be valid, authentic and traceable through the blockchain ledger. The state of the transaction cannot be altered in any way before it settles. This is how platforms such as Polygon are not actually Layer 2 solutions, as they take care of both the transaction logic and security on their chain. Transactions on Polygon do not settle to Ethereum. It only bridges assets in and out.
Loopring essentially enables extremely low-fee transactions to take place on Ethereum extremely quickly. Without going into the extreme technical specifics, Layer 2 chains will always be a fundamentally important part of the Ethereum ecosystem, even with the Ethereum 2.0 change goes live. Ethereum 2.0 is essentially a migration from proof-of-work (mining) to proof-of-stake block propagation. All of this isn't that important to this discussion, but if you want to know more about the technical specifics of either, you can find some great resources here: Loopring Whitepaper and Loopring Blog Regarding L2 Networks and Ethereum 2.0.
If Loopring's NFT Marketplace is a well equipped and cheap enough solution for integration into the gaming ecosystem, it will be huge for the gaming industry. It would allow for everything here to gain mass adoption.
And now for the most important question...
Gamestop was a failing company and was in a lot of trouble. Its assets were drying up and its future was bleak. One way or another, Gamestop needs new sources of revenue. Used games cannot be its future.
What if Gamestop could create the environment, the tools, the platforms, and all of the infrastructure necessary to make everything we've described with NFT gaming accessible to gaming developers? They could leverage Loopring as the backbone to their crypto gaming infrastructure and provide the tools necessary so that any video game, both on console and on PC could integrate NFT technology.
As it stands right now, using a crypto wallet in gaming kind of sucks. You're sucked out of the game to interact with your wallet so you can verify and send transactions. What if the Gamestop crypto framework handled all of this in a transparent manner to the user, making the interaction feel seamless, but still incorporated more advanced features for scenarios such as the aforementioned friend at work?
What if the Gamestop crypto framework made it possible for developers to allow players to utilize their NFT assets in entirely different games?
Again, because crypto assets are held on the blockchain in one way or another, they could be used by other platforms. Remember how I said I could theoretically make smart contracts that utilized NFTs that I didn't create? In theory, developers could engineer their NFTs in such a way that they could be utilized in future games. Imagine if you could use your weapons from the current Call of Duty game in the next one launched, or even just the next one by the same developer? If the Gamestop crypto framework made this possible for developers, if would redefine game development forever too.
Gamestop could power this infrastructure by requiring all participating developers utilize MMOASS's GME Coin. Or they could develop a framework in which developers could generate their own coins that exist within the ecosystem. This is essentially what is referred to as tokenomics. There are dozens of ways this could be done, and multiple different solutions could even coexist at the same time. At the end of the day, Gamestop could even levy a fee of something like 0.01% on every transaction made using tokens made within the framework and generate revenue forever.
And remember IPFS?
Gamestop could go a step further and provide an adaptation of IPFS or some similar technology to supply asset hosting resources. Essentially, Gamestop could build out the infrastructure to not only support NFTs in games, but to support developers in hosting them as well, probably for a fee of course.
The crux of this is that utilization of this infrastructure would cement Gamestop permanently into the gaming industry forever. This would effectively elevate their business model to include game development itself, tapping it as a new revenue stream. Gamestop would rise to the level of involvement companies such as Nvidia and AMD currently have.
And as always, while I own DRS'd GME shares and Loopring (LRC), none of this is financial advise and is purely my own speculation. I am not affiliated with Loopring or Gamestop in any way. But one thing I know for certain is that I'm never selling my GME.
I hope the MOASS brings upon us a new era in gaming.
If anyone has questions about anything, feel free to ask! I can try my best on all topics related to Crypto and Ethereum Blockchain Development.
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I've been an avid follower and researcher of crypto and blockchain technology for a very long time, as well as a newly aspiring Blockchain developer learning Solidity, the Ethereum blockchain programming language. This post will be a long one, but please bear with me. I think the developments with Loopring will change the entirety of gaming as we know it. In order to fully explain my speculative stance, I need to provide some blockchain education first. This partnership between Gamestop and Loopring isn't just good for the stock and the MOASS, but gamers and developers everywhere!
If you already know what NFTs are and how crypto generally works, you can probably skip to the 'What are Smart Contracts?' or 'Deeper Dive into NFTs' sections.
Disclaimer: Any of the projects or platforms I link here are for educational purposes only. I am not explicitly endorsing anything here, except for Loopring and how it will be transformational for Gamestop's future.
Now, lets start at the beginning...
What are NFTs?
NFTs, also known as Non-Fungible Tokens, are a tool that allows us to record and utilize unique data on a blockchain. Some of the most popular examples of NFTs can be seen coming from the art community. When NFT examples such as CryptoPunks and Bored Apes exploded in notoriety and value, people started to take notice. Sadly, art's grand debut into the NFT scene and the explosive prices that followed caused everyone to lose sight and excitement into what NFTs were, what they could be, and where they were headed. The crypto community did a poor job of breaking through this art craze, leading most people to simply mock them and "steal" NFTs by screenshotting them, etc. But a screenshot of an NFT is just a screenshot, not an NFT, and I will break down why.At its core, an NFT is just unique data on a blockchain. Art NFTs work by linking to an image file stored in IPFS (aka InterPlanetary File System), as do most NFTs that need to link to data that cannot be or is impractical to store on a blockchain directly. Not all NFTs need to do this, but the ability for NFTs to link to external data introduces all sorts of interesting use cases. Now lets talk about IPFS.
Tl;dr;du NFTs are simply unique data stored on the blockchain. The art use-case is not their only purpose. Ultimately, it is just a way in which a unique piece of data can be assigned verifiable ownership and stored on the blockchain.
What is IPFS?
IPFS is a tamper and censorship-resistant system in which data can be stored across the internet. Before I explain it further, it's essentially a way data can be stored, retrieved and preserved in a peer-to-peer fashion similar to how torrents function.As it stands today, HTTP only allows us to download files from one server at a time. An HTTP session cannot download one file from two or more sources at once. This limitation makes file-hosting extremely bandwidth-intensive in comparison to P2P solutions. When it comes to torrents, files and even entire folders can be stored and shared by multiple sources, of which each source doesn't even have to have the full file to share it! As long as everyone has the same exact copy of data or unaltered parts of that data being shared, it doesn't matter how much of it you have. Because a torrent client can connect to multiple sources (aka seeds) at once, the bandwidth utilization of each seed is lower than a centralized host (HTTP servers).
Additionally, the internet as it stands isn't permanent. Websites don't live forever, images get lost, forum posts get deleted. Centralization and censorship makes this problem worse. IPFS solves these problems by allowing us to distribute files to multiple nodes. When other nodes look up a file, they store a copy or even just a fragment of the initial data. These fragments and/or copies are stored by every node that wants it. Additionally, when a new version of a file is added to IPFS, the cryptographic hash (a way of verifying file uniqueness) is different, thus preventing data from getting overwritten or censored.
This technology works for NFTs because it allows for the preservation and decentralized distribution of the data an NFT can link to. Anything that can connect to the internet can connect to IPFS and download this data, and this includes blockchain smart contracts too. In the case of art NFTs, the actual image the NFT is bound to is stored in IPFS, where a smart-contract powered platform such as OpenSea can link to and show you the image.
Additionally, you don't even need to store the raw data the NFT represents. A platform interacting with your NFT can utilize assets stored in IPFS that when combined by the platform, display the representation of your NFT.
Tl;dr;du IPFS allows NFTs to link to distributed, tamper and censorship-resistant data in a way that is secure. In the case of art NFTs, IPFS stores the NFT image in a way other platforms can be sure they are accessing the exact, unaltered image or representation the NFT is tied to. IPFS is primarily for platforms to show you the data the NFT is tied to and/or utilize it in ways the platform is designed for. Think of it like storing what your NFT actually is in the cloud.
What are smart contracts?
For the purpose of this section, I will be explicitly talking about Ethereum Smart Contracts powered by the Solidity programming language. There are a variety of smart contract implementations across the crypto space, but since Loopring is on Ethereum, I'll keep this discussion specific to that.Smart Contracts are code deployed to the Ethereum blockchain. This code can do almost anything that you like. At their core, they simply store, use and modify data on the blockchain. You could build a simple calculator app on the blockchain, or you could build a fully functional lending platform (effectively a crypto bank) like Aave.
In the case of OpenSea, it is an NFT marketplace utilizing a set of smart contracts to offer market services for NFTs. In a way, it is very much like eBay but for NFTs. Without an NFT exchange, if you wanted to buy an NFT you would have to either send payment first and hope the seller sends you the NFT afterwards (remember, crypto transactions can't be charged back), or use an escrow service that collects your payment and the NFT from the seller and transfers ownership of each to the prospective party and likely takes a fee for their services. Because of the nature in which crypto transactions work (no chargebacks, only the recipient can initiate a transaction to send you back your crypto assets), a marketplace is necessary.
OpenSea's smart contracts are rather simple in function and do a few specific things:
- OpenSea can see and verify what NFT's are held in your crypto wallet at any time. This is due to the public nature of the blockchain.
- It allows you to list your NFT for sale by sending your NFT to OpenSea's smart contract and telling it what price you want it sold for.
- Someone else can bid on your NFT by sending the amount of their bid offer to the same smart contract, or they can buy it outright.
- If you decide their offer is high enough or they pay exactly what you asked, the OpenSea smart contracts handle sending you your payment, and the buyer their NFT, all without any centralized human interaction.
Tl;dr;du Smart Contracts are code deployed to a blockchain that can interact with your crypto assets. Instead of relying on humans to do something like arbitrate a trade, a smart contract can handle it instantly while ensuring the buyer receives exactly what they bid on or bought while the seller receives a deterministic amount of crypto for what they listed. Smart contracts can be literally almost whatever you want them to be.
Let's recap what we now know.
- NFTs are unique data stored on the blockchain in which ownership can be 100% verified.
- IPFS allows us to store data in a decentralized, tamper and censorship-resistant way that can also be tied directly to an NFT. IPFS is primarily for the platforms utilizing your NFT, whether it be to show an image, or to utilize the data tied to your NFT in some manner.
- Smart Contracts are code deployed on the blockchain that can perform any task, but can also utilize NFTs.
Deeper Dive into NFTs
Now that you know what NFTs are, how they can be expanded, and how they can be used, lets expand further into what makes an NFT special and provides it utility. I'm not going to extrapolate on why art NFTs have value as this isn't really the purpose of the discussion. However, I can explain them within a framework that will make more sense in our community: Gaming.There are already a handful of very successful and aspiring NFT gaming platforms out today. For the purpose of this DD, I will utilize Axie Infinity to break down how NFTs currently work in an already released game. I encourage all of you to read through the Axie Infinity documentation as I'm only going to cover the NFT aspect of it. It has so many more facets to the ecosystem that I think are valuable for this discussion, but can't be included in this post without this turning into a giant tangent/advertisement for the game.
Axie Infinity is basically a pokemon-inspired game where people can buy Axies and participate in battles. Eventually, players will be able to buy land in the game to house their Axies and participate in the Axie Infinity open world Lunacia. Axies can also be bred to produce new Axies with unique traits.
We'll take a look at a random Axie: #7667019
On this Axie's info page, we can see it has a variety of data and traits describing it. It has the following data values: Class (Axie type), Breed Count, 4 Stats (Health, Speed, Skill, Morale), 6 Body Parts, 4 Abilities, and genetic history (Parents). All of this information is encoded in the NFT itself. Its value, owner and sale history are derived from transaction data on the blockchain. The image of the Axie itself and its ability card images could be stored in IPFS or self-hosted by Axie Infinity. I am not sure which they use, but IPFS is an exceptional candidate. The Axie Infinity game could use either source to show you what the NFT is and what it can do.
There will only ever be one Axie #7667019 in this game. It is unique, only one copy of it exists on the blockchain. Because it exists on the blockchain, and is present in a specific individual's wallet, only that individual can interact with the Axie Infinity game using Axie #7667019. Nobody can simply screenshot Axie #7667019 and use it in the game, as it is literally impossible to convert that screenshot into the data required by the game. The game can check the origin of the Axie, and if it wasn't generated by mechanics present in Axie Infinity, which are all provided by the smart contracts that form it, the contracts can deny interaction with it. Counterfeit Axies are an impossibility.
The smart contracts that this game is made of are able to validate what Axie you have and then pull all of its traits from its NFT DNA. NFT DNA is essentially a random or semi-random string of numbers that a smart contract manipulates to assign all of its traits. The Axie DNA doesn't change, and therefore no matter where, what time, or from what device you use to connect to the game, the game will render your Axie the same way every single time. Your NFT ownership makes it possible to interact with the game at all.
To circle back to the art example (for the final time, I promise), this is why an NFT can't be screenshotted and still be equivalent. Even if you deployed your screenshot to the blockchain and artificially assigned it any traits to align with a specific platform, it will never be able to interact with that platform. This is what makes NFTs unique and special. It is up to smart contracts to provide NFTs utility, it is not the job of the NFT alone.
To expand on it even further, I could make my own game using real Axies, even if I had no association with Axie Infinity at all! I could process the Axie DNA in any way I see fit, give it any representation I decide, hell, I could engineer a game that allowed you to breed Axies with completely different NFTs! Now, none of this would give my platform any intrinsic value, but the point is that NFT data is public on the blockchain, and that these NFTs can be used in ways that even the original authors didn't intend, but this isn't a bad thing. My theoretical platform doesn't harm Axie Infinity in any way, as long as I don't blatantly rip off their game entirely. I'll expand on this later in a further section.
Ultimately, NFTs in the scope of gaming can be whatever the developer wants them to be. It doesn't have to simply be the characters or entities you play as or interact with. It can be items, weapons, land, vehicles whatever asset you want. A developer could even engineer them to be modified or evolved as long as they had that intent when they were created!
Tl;dr;du Gaming has a great use case for NFTs in that they can be utilized to represent the character you play as or the weapon you use. Because the NFT is unique and secure in your crypto wallet, nobody can play as you, modify your NFT assets, or interact with them in a way that isn't predefined by the smart contracts controlling them. Smart contracts can verify your NFT ownership, derive traits from random data stored in the NFT (NFT DNA), and even modify the NFT designed for those contracts.
How NFTs will revolutionize the gaming industry entirely
At this point, I'm done drawing on other sources for information. It's time to combine what we now know about NFTs with our imagination to draw up what is possible. To do this, let's envision our own theoretical MMORPG: MMOASS.MMOASS is an open-world MMORPG in which the world is a 1000x1000 plot of "plots" that the game takes place in. Throughout this world, there is the capitol in the center, major cities and small villages throughout the landscape, and a lot of open space. Our character has outfits/armor, weapons, skills, stats, and an inventory. However, there's something different with all of these things...
They're all NFTs!
In MMOASS, players can actually OWN plots of any plot of land and reap all the benefits that come with it. Assume there are three different types of land: Mountain, Plains, and Forest. In mountainous regions, items such as iron and gold (also NFTs) can be mined for the purpose of producing armor and weapons. Plains allows for the harvesting of resources and crafting ingredients. Lastly, the forest is where animals spawn and can be killed for their rawhide (used in outfit creation) or tamed as companions (....also an NFT). Each of these terrain types introduce their own purpose. The capitol would be controlled by the game developers and utilized for whatever purpose they saw fit.
But what purpose does land ownership actually provide in MMOASS? Well, the owner of the land could decide what happens on that land. Too many beasts in the area for your liking? Deploy pest control. Need a particular kind of tree wood for your crafting? Cut everything down and plant as much of it as you want. Additionally, land can be utilized in clan mechanics to allow clans to mark out their own provinces. Or government could be introduced and players could group together to form counties. Any benefit could be assigned to land ownership.
As for small villages and major cities, these can transfer ownership via war. They're explicitly owned by clans (despite still being NFTs, theyre just stored in a clan wallet internally in the game). These cities can provide income to the presiding clan in the form of trade taxes. Additionally, the clan could determine what kind of crafting stations or defenses to sustain with their income.
Weapons, armor, items, etc all being NFTs means they can all have any kind of trait that we want to assign them, just like in a normal game. However, item rarity would actually produce real in-game and real-world value. Because blockchains are public in nature, a blockchain explorer could be created that shows exactly how many of each item are in existence. Verifiable item rarity becomes a possibility.
But that's not all...
What if a new dungeon was added to MMOASS in the future? Lots of games out today give players day one bonuses for being some of the first players to complete a dungeon or kill a new boss (Destiny 2 banners anyone?). But MMOASS incorporates these mechanics differently. Instead of giving you a new cosmetic (which could be NFTs if it did), MMOASS actually buffs your gear with adornments.
What the hell is an adornment? Clout. An adornment would be an additional trait added to your NFT (remember how NFTs can be modified?) that could be anything we want. Congratulations on being the very first person to kill that new boss! All of the gear you wore in the battle (armor and weapon) to beat that boss now has the "First to dethrone {boss name}" trait now. You and ONLY you have that, and because of it, your items have prestige and increased value. These traits would be bound to your NFT, making it a mythical yet very real relic in the world of MMOASS. Anyone could possess the first weapon to take down Thor.....for a price of course.
Changes to In-Game Trading
Now that we've determined how our NFTs derive value in MMOASS, we need a way to trade them! If only we had.... an NFT marketplace! Because of the magic of NFTs and the public nature of the blockchain, the manner in which trading takes place can be entirely reimagined! There are so many ways in which this would happen, but let's touch on the major three areas.Player to Player Direct Transactions
When players independently decide to trade an item in MMOASS, it's quite simple how this takes place. In MMOASS, the in-game currency is called GME Coin, or GMEC for short, and it exists on the Ethereum blockchain as a token. When players conduct a trade, an in-game mini-marketplace/escrow instance would launch, in which one player stakes the item traded, and another stakes a different item or GMEC. Once both parties agree, transactions from their wallets are issued to the blockchain, and since the game is using the blockchain as a database in a way, it and everyone else now know and can verify that these two players traded items and their inventories can now reflect the changes.
In-Game Trading Posts
In the small villages and large cities in MMOASS exist trading posts. It is here these areas can establish their own economy. Items could be listed for sale at a specific price in GMEC by a seller, and a buyer can buy that item for that price. The owners of the land plot NFT then could place a GMEC tax on trades here for their own profit. When a seller sells an item, they essentially send their item NFT to the trading post smart contract and when a buyer pays that price, they send their GMEC to the smart contract as well. The smart contract then deducts the fee and sends it to the land owner, and then sends the remainder to the seller automagically.
External Trading
Because every asset in MMOASS is held as an NFT in a crypto wallet, players could theoretically send their items wherever they want! If I wanted to gift/lend my friend a weapon to use in a boss fight, but I'm at work, I could simply send them the weapon from my crypto wallet directly! In game, they would receive it immediately and the game would reflect that. Additionally, I could sell my items for any other cryptocurrency I want! I could go as far as listing the land I acquired on OpenSea and sell it later for real money if I wanted something other than GMEC. This is the advent of play-to-earn gaming.
Play-to-Earn Gaming
Because of how external trading opens up the possibility of trading in-game assets for other cryptocurrencies, the very framework in which gaming exists in our economy will fundamentally change. All gamers, both good and bad could theoretically make a profit from playing the game. After all, the real world value of these items are determined entirely by the players alone. An older sibling could transfer their entire Pokemon collection to one of their younger siblings when they go to college, or they could sell them and try to turn a profit.Additionally, this redefines the profit model for video game streamers. Not only would they generate income from viewership and subscriptions on streaming platforms, extremely talented gamers could profit off their talent as well. Higher and higher tier items could generate real world income. Additionally, they could auction off items that they beat a particular dungeon or a new boss with to their fans. Their donation and fundraising interactions would be entirely reimagined. Their most dedicated fans would relish the ability to actually show off the fact that they owned something their favorite streamer used, as the game could tie usernames to crypto addresses and show that streamer had indeed transferred that item in the item's trading history. Streamers themselves would then theoretically add to the value of the in-game economy by players leveraging their reputation.
While this has its pros and cons, it doesn't HAVE to exist in this free-market fashion or at all. I'll explain how that works.
Economical Controls
Obviously, such a model above with no regulation wouldn't be very sustainable. However, Solidity (Ethereum's blockchain programming language) enables developers to control exactly how their NFTs can be sold. This can happen in any way the code defines. I'll highlight a few examples.Ban Real World Trading
I know what you're thinking. What? How is that even possible? Isn't it impossible to control the assets owned and stored in an individual's crypto wallet? Well the answer is basically kind of. Without going into the technical specifics, NFTs are essentially code too. They're smart contracts in of themselves. I won't go into the implications and specifics of what that means for the greater crypto ecosystem. Just know that you can think of them as assets being traded too, and that other smart contracts can interact with them, despite them being independent smart contracts of their own (Solidity is fucking CRAZY but really amazing too).
A ban on real world trading would essentially involve whitelisting specific wallet addresses as possible transaction recipients. These "transaction recipients" would actually be the smart contracts handling trade interactions between players (the mini-marketplace/escrow system) and trading posts. Smart contracts have addresses of their own essentially, and can be whitelisted in this manner. This would effectively prevent a player from utilizing internet marketplaces such as OpenSea. However, in our previous example of sending a friend an item while you're at work, the player-to-player trade menu could display a receive address that could be sent to the person at work. They could still send to that address, as it would be whitelisted, despite not playing the game at that time.
Of course, this still doesn't prevent scenarios where players transact money entirely separate from the blockchain.
Limit Item Transaction Count
Code could be introduced into an NFT that can control how many players it can transfer hands before locking to the player, degrading, or destroying itself. This would prevent scenarios where a really high tier weapon could theoretically be shared with alt accounts to artificially boost them. I'm sure there are other reasons for this type of control, I just wanted to point it out.
About NFT "self-destruction"... Remember, NFTs are essentially code, so "self-destruction" code can be implemented. This is an unfortunate reality that is hard to educate people about, and I won't go into the specifics here, but I will specify a few things so this statement doesn't cause FUD. NFT assets cannot be modified if they were not coded to be capable of such. Art NFTs very rarely do this. When you hear of crypto scams involving people being unable to send their assets, it's sometimes because code such as this was implemented. This is the very reason why smart contract auditing firms such as Paladin Blockchain Security exist. As always, verify what you're buying or engaging in within the crypto space. The presence of audits from reputable firms is always an important thing to see when engaging in non-mainstream crypto assets.
Limit Player Recipients to Clan Members
Similar to implementing a transaction count, the game could drop items that are essentially tied to the clan's object on the blockchain. This would allow for items to be kept within the clan, and essentially permanently block any real-world trading of almost any sort, as clan membership would be required to use it. Mechanics could also be built in that remove the item from a player's inventory if they were to leave the clan.
Essentially, while real-world trading is a possibility, it doesn't have to be an inevitability.
How is Loopring involved?
As we know, Loopring is working on an NFT Marketplace, and is well equipped to support NFTs. But what is Loopring, and what does it have to do with any of this?Looping is a zkRollup-based Ethereum Layer 2 solution. In English, what this means is Loopring has an extremely fee-efficient model of conducting transactions while still utilizing the Ethereum blockchain. This is important because the Ethereum blockchain has extremely good blockchain security. Layer 2 platforms (also called L2 networks) are fundamentally defined by still settling their transactions on the Ethereum blockchain, one way or another, while utilizing Ethereum for their security.
The use of the word security here doesn't have the same connotations that you're used to. What I essentially mean by security is that the transactions are known to be valid, authentic and traceable through the blockchain ledger. The state of the transaction cannot be altered in any way before it settles. This is how platforms such as Polygon are not actually Layer 2 solutions, as they take care of both the transaction logic and security on their chain. Transactions on Polygon do not settle to Ethereum. It only bridges assets in and out.
Loopring essentially enables extremely low-fee transactions to take place on Ethereum extremely quickly. Without going into the extreme technical specifics, Layer 2 chains will always be a fundamentally important part of the Ethereum ecosystem, even with the Ethereum 2.0 change goes live. Ethereum 2.0 is essentially a migration from proof-of-work (mining) to proof-of-stake block propagation. All of this isn't that important to this discussion, but if you want to know more about the technical specifics of either, you can find some great resources here: Loopring Whitepaper and Loopring Blog Regarding L2 Networks and Ethereum 2.0.
If Loopring's NFT Marketplace is a well equipped and cheap enough solution for integration into the gaming ecosystem, it will be huge for the gaming industry. It would allow for everything here to gain mass adoption.
And now for the most important question...
How does Gamestop tie into all of this?
Think back not that long ago... If I asked you if investing in GME in July 2019 was a good idea, what would you have said? Probably a resounding no! GME was closing stores, drowning in debt, and its stock was in free fall. New consoles with no disc drives were on the horizon, and PC gaming had become a major contender.Gamestop was a failing company and was in a lot of trouble. Its assets were drying up and its future was bleak. One way or another, Gamestop needs new sources of revenue. Used games cannot be its future.
What if Gamestop could create the environment, the tools, the platforms, and all of the infrastructure necessary to make everything we've described with NFT gaming accessible to gaming developers? They could leverage Loopring as the backbone to their crypto gaming infrastructure and provide the tools necessary so that any video game, both on console and on PC could integrate NFT technology.
As it stands right now, using a crypto wallet in gaming kind of sucks. You're sucked out of the game to interact with your wallet so you can verify and send transactions. What if the Gamestop crypto framework handled all of this in a transparent manner to the user, making the interaction feel seamless, but still incorporated more advanced features for scenarios such as the aforementioned friend at work?
What if the Gamestop crypto framework made it possible for developers to allow players to utilize their NFT assets in entirely different games?
Again, because crypto assets are held on the blockchain in one way or another, they could be used by other platforms. Remember how I said I could theoretically make smart contracts that utilized NFTs that I didn't create? In theory, developers could engineer their NFTs in such a way that they could be utilized in future games. Imagine if you could use your weapons from the current Call of Duty game in the next one launched, or even just the next one by the same developer? If the Gamestop crypto framework made this possible for developers, if would redefine game development forever too.
Gamestop could power this infrastructure by requiring all participating developers utilize MMOASS's GME Coin. Or they could develop a framework in which developers could generate their own coins that exist within the ecosystem. This is essentially what is referred to as tokenomics. There are dozens of ways this could be done, and multiple different solutions could even coexist at the same time. At the end of the day, Gamestop could even levy a fee of something like 0.01% on every transaction made using tokens made within the framework and generate revenue forever.
And remember IPFS?
Gamestop could go a step further and provide an adaptation of IPFS or some similar technology to supply asset hosting resources. Essentially, Gamestop could build out the infrastructure to not only support NFTs in games, but to support developers in hosting them as well, probably for a fee of course.
The crux of this is that utilization of this infrastructure would cement Gamestop permanently into the gaming industry forever. This would effectively elevate their business model to include game development itself, tapping it as a new revenue stream. Gamestop would rise to the level of involvement companies such as Nvidia and AMD currently have.
Summary
Loopring is an Ethereum Layer 2 technology that is working on an NFT Marketplace. NFTs are unique representations of data on the blockchain that can represent so much more than art, but are not limited to objects in games such as: weapons, armor, land, items, vehicles, etc. If Gamestop developed a framework that utilized Loopring's technology to make NFTs and crypto in general accessible to game developers of all types, it would cement Gamestop into the gaming industry forever, tapping the industry itself as a revenue source at the same time.And as always, while I own DRS'd GME shares and Loopring (LRC), none of this is financial advise and is purely my own speculation. I am not affiliated with Loopring or Gamestop in any way. But one thing I know for certain is that I'm never selling my GME.
I hope the MOASS brings upon us a new era in gaming.
If anyone has questions about anything, feel free to ask! I can try my best on all topics related to Crypto and Ethereum Blockchain Development.
2021.11.14 18:57 ReusedBoofWater The possible Loopring partnership is huge, but it's only the beginning! Here's how NFTs will change the gaming landscape forever, and what role Gamestop might have in the midst of all of it.
After all of the DD, the research, and the sheer will and motivation I've witnessed from this sub, I finally have speculation of my own to share with you all! I know I haven't been active in the discussion surrounding the stock, Wall St, Citadel, corruption, etc as I am far too smooth-brained in these areas to participate. Although, I have absorbed this information to the best of my ability as I've followed it and have DRS'd shares of my own.
I've been an avid follower and researcher of crypto and blockchain technology for a very long time, as well as a newly aspiring Blockchain developer learning Solidity, the Ethereum blockchain programming language. This post will be a long one, but please bear with me. I think the developments with Loopring will change the entirety of gaming as we know it. In order to fully explain my speculative stance, I need to provide some blockchain education first. This partnership between Gamestop and Loopring isn't just good for the stock and the MOASS, but gamers and developers everywhere!
If you already know what NFTs are and how crypto generally works, you can probably skip to the 'What are Smart Contracts?' or 'Deeper Dive into NFTs' sections.
Disclaimer: Any of the projects or platforms I link here are for educational purposes only. I am not explicitly endorsing anything here, except for Loopring and how it will be transformational for Gamestop's future.
Now, lets start at the beginning...
At its core, an NFT is just unique data on a blockchain. Art NFTs work by linking to an image file stored in IPFS (aka InterPlanetary File System), as do most NFTs that need to link to data that cannot be or is impractical to store on a blockchain directly. Not all NFTs need to do this, but the ability for NFTs to link to external data introduces all sorts of interesting use cases. Now lets talk about IPFS.
Tl;dr;du NFTs are simply unique data stored on the blockchain. The art use-case is not their only purpose. Ultimately, it is just a way in which a unique piece of data can be assigned verifiable ownership and stored on the blockchain.
As it stands today, HTTP only allows us to download files from one server at a time. An HTTP session cannot download one file from two or more sources at once. This limitation makes file-hosting extremely bandwidth-intensive in comparison to P2P solutions. When it comes to torrents, files and even entire folders can be stored and shared by multiple sources, of which each source doesn't even have to have the full file to share it! As long as everyone has the same exact copy of data or unaltered parts of that data being shared, it doesn't matter how much of it you have. Because a torrent client can connect to multiple sources (aka seeds) at once, the bandwidth utilization of each seed is lower than a centralized host (HTTP servers).
Additionally, the internet as it stands isn't permanent. Websites don't live forever, images get lost, forum posts get deleted. Centralization and censorship makes this problem worse. IPFS solves these problems by allowing us to distribute files to multiple nodes. When other nodes look up a file, they store a copy or even just a fragment of the initial data. These fragments and/or copies are stored by every node that wants it. Additionally, when a new version of a file is added to IPFS, the cryptographic hash (a way of verifying file uniqueness) is different, thus preventing data from getting overwritten or censored.
This technology works for NFTs because it allows for the preservation and decentralized distribution of the data an NFT can link to. Anything that can connect to the internet can connect to IPFS and download this data, and this includes blockchain smart contracts too. In the case of art NFTs, the actual image the NFT is bound to is stored in IPFS, where a smart-contract powered platform such as OpenSea can link to and show you the image.
Additionally, you don't even need to store the raw data the NFT represents. A platform interacting with your NFT can utilize assets stored in IPFS that when combined by the platform, display the representation of your NFT.
Tl;dr;du IPFS allows NFTs to link to distributed, tamper and censorship-resistant data in a way that is secure. In the case of art NFTs, IPFS stores the NFT image in a way other platforms can be sure they are accessing the exact, unaltered image or representation the NFT is tied to. IPFS is primarily for platforms to show you the data the NFT is tied to and/or utilize it in ways the platform is designed for. Think of it like storing what your NFT actually is in the cloud.
Smart Contracts are code deployed to the Ethereum blockchain. This code can do almost anything that you like. At their core, they simply store, use and modify data on the blockchain. You could build a simple calculator app on the blockchain, or you could build a fully functional lending platform (effectively a crypto bank) like Aave.
In the case of OpenSea, it is an NFT marketplace utilizing a set of smart contracts to offer market services for NFTs. In a way, it is very much like eBay but for NFTs. Without an NFT exchange, if you wanted to buy an NFT you would have to either send payment first and hope the seller sends you the NFT afterwards (remember, crypto transactions can't be charged back), or use an escrow service that collects your payment and the NFT from the seller and transfers ownership of each to the prospective party and likely takes a fee for their services. Because of the nature in which crypto transactions work (no chargebacks, only the recipient can initiate a transaction to send you back your crypto assets), a marketplace is necessary.
OpenSea's smart contracts are rather simple in function and do a few specific things:
Tl;dr;du Smart Contracts are code deployed to a blockchain that can interact with your crypto assets. Instead of relying on humans to do something like arbitrate a trade, a smart contract can handle it instantly while ensuring the buyer receives exactly what they bid on or bought while the seller receives a deterministic amount of crypto for what they listed. Smart contracts can be literally almost whatever you want them to be.
There are already a handful of very successful and aspiring NFT gaming platforms out today. For the purpose of this DD, I will utilize Axie Infinity to break down how NFTs currently work in an already released game. I encourage all of you to read through the Axie Infinity documentation as I'm only going to cover the NFT aspect of it. It has so many more facets to the ecosystem that I think are valuable for this discussion, but can't be included in this post without this turning into a giant tangent/advertisement for the game.
Axie Infinity is basically a pokemon-inspired game where people can buy Axies and participate in battles. Eventually, players will be able to buy land in the game to house their Axies and participate in the Axie Infinity open world Lunacia. Axies can also be bred to produce new Axies with unique traits.
We'll take a look at a random Axie: #7667019
On this Axie's info page, we can see it has a variety of data and traits describing it. It has the following data values: Class (Axie type), Breed Count, 4 Stats (Health, Speed, Skill, Morale), 6 Body Parts, 4 Abilities, and genetic history (Parents). All of this information is encoded in the NFT itself. Its value, owner and sale history are derived from transaction data on the blockchain. The image of the Axie itself and its ability card images could be stored in IPFS or self-hosted by Axie Infinity. I am not sure which they use, but IPFS is an exceptional candidate. The Axie Infinity game could use either source to show you what the NFT is and what it can do.
There will only ever be one Axie #7667019 in this game. It is unique, only one copy of it exists on the blockchain. Because it exists on the blockchain, and is present in a specific individual's wallet, only that individual can interact with the Axie Infinity game using Axie #7667019. Nobody can simply screenshot Axie #7667019 and use it in the game, as it is literally impossible to convert that screenshot into the data required by the game. The game can check the origin of the Axie, and if it wasn't generated by mechanics present in Axie Infinity, which are all provided by the smart contracts that form it, the contracts can deny interaction with it. Counterfeit Axies are an impossibility.
The smart contracts that this game is made of are able to validate what Axie you have and then pull all of its traits from its NFT DNA. NFT DNA is essentially a random or semi-random string of numbers that a smart contract manipulates to assign all of its traits. The Axie DNA doesn't change, and therefore no matter where, what time, or from what device you use to connect to the game, the game will render your Axie the same way every single time. Your NFT ownership makes it possible to interact with the game at all.
To circle back to the art example (for the final time, I promise), this is why an NFT can't be screenshotted and still be equivalent. Even if you deployed your screenshot to the blockchain and artificially assigned it any traits to align with a specific platform, it will never be able to interact with that platform. This is what makes NFTs unique and special. It is up to smart contracts to provide NFTs utility, it is not the job of the NFT alone.
To expand on it even further, I could make my own game using real Axies, even if I had no association with Axie Infinity at all! I could process the Axie DNA in any way I see fit, give it any representation I decide, hell, I could engineer a game that allowed you to breed Axies with completely different NFTs! Now, none of this would give my platform any intrinsic value, but the point is that NFT data is public on the blockchain, and that these NFTs can be used in ways that even the original authors didn't intend, but this isn't a bad thing. My theoretical platform doesn't harm Axie Infinity in any way, as long as I don't blatantly rip off their game entirely. I'll expand on this later in a further section.
Ultimately, NFTs in the scope of gaming can be whatever the developer wants them to be. It doesn't have to simply be the characters or entities you play as or interact with. It can be items, weapons, land, vehicles whatever asset you want. A developer could even engineer them to be modified or evolved as long as they had that intent when they were created!
Tl;dr;du Gaming has a great use case for NFTs in that they can be utilized to represent the character you play as or the weapon you use. Because the NFT is unique and secure in your crypto wallet, nobody can play as you, modify your NFT assets, or interact with them in a way that isn't predefined by the smart contracts controlling them. Smart contracts can verify your NFT ownership, derive traits from random data stored in the NFT (NFT DNA), and even modify the NFT designed for those contracts.
MMOASS is an open-world MMORPG in which the world is a 1000x1000 plot of "plots" that the game takes place in. Throughout this world, there is the capitol in the center, major cities and small villages throughout the landscape, and a lot of open space. Our character has outfits/armor, weapons, skills, stats, and an inventory. However, there's something different with all of these things...
They're all NFTs!
In MMOASS, players can actually OWN plots of any plot of land and reap all the benefits that come with it. Assume there are three different types of land: Mountain, Plains, and Forest. In mountainous regions, items such as iron and gold (also NFTs) can be mined for the purpose of producing armor and weapons. Plains allows for the harvesting of resources and crafting ingredients. Lastly, the forest is where animals spawn and can be killed for their rawhide (used in outfit creation) or tamed as companions (....also an NFT). Each of these terrain types introduce their own purpose. The capitol would be controlled by the game developers and utilized for whatever purpose they saw fit.
But what purpose does land ownership actually provide in MMOASS? Well, the owner of the land could decide what happens on that land. Too many beasts in the area for your liking? Deploy pest control. Need a particular kind of tree wood for your crafting? Cut everything down and plant as much of it as you want. Additionally, land can be utilized in clan mechanics to allow clans to mark out their own provinces. Or government could be introduced and players could group together to form counties. Any benefit could be assigned to land ownership.
As for small villages and major cities, these can transfer ownership via war. They're explicitly owned by clans (despite still being NFTs, theyre just stored in a clan wallet internally in the game). These cities can provide income to the presiding clan in the form of trade taxes. Additionally, the clan could determine what kind of crafting stations or defenses to sustain with their income.
Weapons, armor, items, etc all being NFTs means they can all have any kind of trait that we want to assign them, just like in a normal game. However, item rarity would actually produce real in-game and real-world value. Because blockchains are public in nature, a blockchain explorer could be created that shows exactly how many of each item are in existence. Verifiable item rarity becomes a possibility.
But that's not all...
What if a new dungeon was added to MMOASS in the future? Lots of games out today give players day one bonuses for being some of the first players to complete a dungeon or kill a new boss (Destiny 2 banners anyone?). But MMOASS incorporates these mechanics differently. Instead of giving you a new cosmetic (which could be NFTs if it did), MMOASS actually buffs your gear with adornments.
What the hell is an adornment? Clout. An adornment would be an additional trait added to your NFT (remember how NFTs can be modified?) that could be anything we want. Congratulations on being the very first person to kill that new boss! All of the gear you wore in the battle (armor and weapon) to beat that boss now has the "First to dethrone {boss name}" trait now. You and ONLY you have that, and because of it, your items have prestige and increased value. These traits would be bound to your NFT, making it a mythical yet very real relic in the world of MMOASS. Anyone could possess the first weapon to take down Thor.....for a price of course.
Player to Player Direct Transactions
When players independently decide to trade an item in MMOASS, it's quite simple how this takes place. In MMOASS, the in-game currency is called GME Coin, or GMEC for short, and it exists on the Ethereum blockchain as a token. When players conduct a trade, an in-game mini-marketplace/escrow instance would launch, in which one player stakes the item traded, and another stakes a different item or GMEC. Once both parties agree, transactions from their wallets are issued to the blockchain, and since the game is using the blockchain as a database in a way, it and everyone else now know and can verify that these two players traded items and their inventories can now reflect the changes.
In-Game Trading Posts
In the small villages and large cities in MMOASS exist trading posts. It is here these areas can establish their own economy. Items could be listed for sale at a specific price in GMEC by a seller, and a buyer can buy that item for that price. The owners of the land plot NFT then could place a GMEC tax on trades here for their own profit. When a seller sells an item, they essentially send their item NFT to the trading post smart contract and when a buyer pays that price, they send their GMEC to the smart contract as well. The smart contract then deducts the fee and sends it to the land owner, and then sends the remainder to the seller automagically.
External Trading
Because every asset in MMOASS is held as an NFT in a crypto wallet, players could theoretically send their items wherever they want! If I wanted to gift/lend my friend a weapon to use in a boss fight, but I'm at work, I could simply send them the weapon from my crypto wallet directly! In game, they would receive it immediately and the game would reflect that. Additionally, I could sell my items for any other cryptocurrency I want! I could go as far as listing the land I acquired on OpenSea and sell it later for real money if I wanted something other than GMEC. This is the advent of play-to-earn gaming.
Additionally, this redefines the profit model for video game streamers. Not only would they generate income from viewership and subscriptions on streaming platforms, extremely talented gamers could profit off their talent as well. Higher and higher tier items could generate real world income. Additionally, they could auction off items that they beat a particular dungeon or a new boss with to their fans. Their donation and fundraising interactions would be entirely reimagined. Their most dedicated fans would relish the ability to actually show off the fact that they owned something their favorite streamer used, as the game could tie usernames to crypto addresses and show that streamer had indeed transferred that item in the item's trading history. Streamers themselves would then theoretically add to the value of the in-game economy by players leveraging their reputation.
While this has its pros and cons, it doesn't HAVE to exist in this free-market fashion or at all. I'll explain how that works.
Ban Real World Trading
I know what you're thinking. What? How is that even possible? Isn't it impossible to control the assets owned and stored in an individual's crypto wallet? Well the answer is basically kind of. Without going into the technical specifics, NFTs are essentially code too. They're smart contracts in of themselves. I won't go into the implications and specifics of what that means for the greater crypto ecosystem. Just know that you can think of them as assets being traded too, and that other smart contracts can interact with them, despite them being independent smart contracts of their own (Solidity is fucking CRAZY but really amazing too).
A ban on real world trading would essentially involve whitelisting specific wallet addresses as possible transaction recipients. These "transaction recipients" would actually be the smart contracts handling trade interactions between players (the mini-marketplace/escrow system) and trading posts. Smart contracts have addresses of their own essentially, and can be whitelisted in this manner. This would effectively prevent a player from utilizing internet marketplaces such as OpenSea. However, in our previous example of sending a friend an item while you're at work, the player-to-player trade menu could display a receive address that could be sent to the person at work. They could still send to that address, as it would be whitelisted, despite not playing the game at that time.
Of course, this still doesn't prevent scenarios where players transact money entirely separate from the blockchain.
Limit Item Transaction Count
Code could be introduced into an NFT that can control how many players it can transfer hands before locking to the player, degrading, or destroying itself. This would prevent scenarios where a really high tier weapon could theoretically be shared with alt accounts to artificially boost them. I'm sure there are other reasons for this type of control, I just wanted to point it out.
About NFT "self-destruction"... Remember, NFTs are essentially code, so "self-destruction" code can be implemented. This is an unfortunate reality that is hard to educate people about, and I won't go into the specifics here, but I will specify a few things so this statement doesn't cause FUD. NFT assets cannot be modified if they were not coded to be capable of such. Art NFTs very rarely do this. When you hear of crypto scams involving people being unable to send their assets, it's sometimes because code such as this was implemented. This is the very reason why smart contract auditing firms such as Paladin Blockchain Security exist. As always, verify what you're buying or engaging in within the crypto space. The presence of audits from reputable firms is always an important thing to see when engaging in non-mainstream crypto assets.
Limit Player Recipients to Clan Members
Similar to implementing a transaction count, the game could drop items that are essentially tied to the clan's object on the blockchain. This would allow for items to be kept within the clan, and essentially permanently block any real-world trading of almost any sort, as clan membership would be required to use it. Mechanics could also be built in that remove the item from a player's inventory if they were to leave the clan.
Essentially, while real-world trading is a possibility, it doesn't have to be an inevitability.
Looping is a zkRollup-based Ethereum Layer 2 solution. In English, what this means is Loopring has an extremely fee-efficient model of conducting transactions while still utilizing the Ethereum blockchain. This is important because the Ethereum blockchain has extremely good blockchain security. Layer 2 platforms (also called L2 networks) are fundamentally defined by still settling their transactions on the Ethereum blockchain, one way or another, while utilizing Ethereum for their security.
The use of the word security here doesn't have the same connotations that you're used to. What I essentially mean by security is that the transactions are known to be valid, authentic and traceable through the blockchain ledger. The state of the transaction cannot be altered in any way before it settles. This is how platforms such as Polygon are not actually Layer 2 solutions, as they take care of both the transaction logic and security on their chain. Transactions on Polygon do not settle to Ethereum. It only bridges assets in and out.
Loopring essentially enables extremely low-fee transactions to take place on Ethereum extremely quickly. Without going into the extreme technical specifics, Layer 2 chains will always be a fundamentally important part of the Ethereum ecosystem, even with the Ethereum 2.0 change goes live. Ethereum 2.0 is essentially a migration from proof-of-work (mining) to proof-of-stake block propagation. All of this isn't that important to this discussion, but if you want to know more about the technical specifics of either, you can find some great resources here: Loopring Whitepaper and Loopring Blog Regarding L2 Networks and Ethereum 2.0.
If Loopring's NFT Marketplace is a well equipped and cheap enough solution for integration into the gaming ecosystem, it will be huge for the gaming industry. It would allow for everything here to gain mass adoption.
And now for the most important question...
Gamestop was a failing company and was in a lot of trouble. Its assets were drying up and its future was bleak. One way or another, Gamestop needs new sources of revenue. Used games cannot be its future.
What if Gamestop could create the environment, the tools, the platforms, and all of the infrastructure necessary to make everything we've described with NFT gaming accessible to gaming developers? They could leverage Loopring as the backbone to their crypto gaming infrastructure and provide the tools necessary so that any video game, both on console and on PC could integrate NFT technology.
As it stands right now, using a crypto wallet in gaming kind of sucks. You're sucked out of the game to interact with your wallet so you can verify and send transactions. What if the Gamestop crypto framework handled all of this in a transparent manner to the user, making the interaction feel seamless, but still incorporated more advanced features for scenarios such as the aforementioned friend at work?
What if the Gamestop crypto framework made it possible for developers to allow players to utilize their NFT assets in entirely different games?
Again, because crypto assets are held on the blockchain in one way or another, they could be used by other platforms. Remember how I said I could theoretically make smart contracts that utilized NFTs that I didn't create? In theory, developers could engineer their NFTs in such a way that they could be utilized in future games. Imagine if you could use your weapons from the current Call of Duty game in the next one launched, or even just the next one by the same developer? If the Gamestop crypto framework made this possible for developers, if would redefine game development forever too.
Gamestop could power this infrastructure by requiring all participating developers utilize MMOASS's GME Coin. Or they could develop a framework in which developers could generate their own coins that exist within the ecosystem. This is essentially what is referred to as tokenomics. There are dozens of ways this could be done, and multiple different solutions could even coexist at the same time. At the end of the day, Gamestop could even levy a fee of something like 0.01% on every transaction made using tokens made within the framework and generate revenue forever.
And remember IPFS?
Gamestop could go a step further and provide an adaptation of IPFS or some similar technology to supply asset hosting resources. Essentially, Gamestop could build out the infrastructure to not only support NFTs in games, but to support developers in hosting them as well, probably for a fee of course.
The crux of this is that utilization of this infrastructure would cement Gamestop permanently into the gaming industry forever. This would effectively elevate their business model to include game development itself, tapping it as a new revenue stream. Gamestop would rise to the level of involvement companies such as Nvidia and AMD currently have.
And as always, while I own DRS'd GME shares and Loopring (LRC), none of this is financial advise and is purely my own speculation. I am not affiliated with Loopring or Gamestop in any way. But one thing I know for certain is that I'm never selling my GME.
I hope the MOASS brings upon us a new era in gaming.
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I've been an avid follower and researcher of crypto and blockchain technology for a very long time, as well as a newly aspiring Blockchain developer learning Solidity, the Ethereum blockchain programming language. This post will be a long one, but please bear with me. I think the developments with Loopring will change the entirety of gaming as we know it. In order to fully explain my speculative stance, I need to provide some blockchain education first. This partnership between Gamestop and Loopring isn't just good for the stock and the MOASS, but gamers and developers everywhere!
If you already know what NFTs are and how crypto generally works, you can probably skip to the 'What are Smart Contracts?' or 'Deeper Dive into NFTs' sections.
Disclaimer: Any of the projects or platforms I link here are for educational purposes only. I am not explicitly endorsing anything here, except for Loopring and how it will be transformational for Gamestop's future.
Now, lets start at the beginning...
What are NFTs?
NFTs, also known as Non-Fungible Tokens, are a tool that allows us to record and utilize unique data on a blockchain. Some of the most popular examples of NFTs can be seen coming from the art community. When NFT examples such as CryptoPunks and Bored Apes exploded in notoriety and value, people started to take notice. Sadly, art's grand debut into the NFT scene and the explosive prices that followed caused everyone to lose sight and excitement into what NFTs were, what they could be, and where they were headed. The crypto community did a poor job of breaking through this art craze, leading most people to simply mock them and "steal" NFTs by screenshotting them, etc. But a screenshot of an NFT is just a screenshot, not an NFT, and I will break down why.At its core, an NFT is just unique data on a blockchain. Art NFTs work by linking to an image file stored in IPFS (aka InterPlanetary File System), as do most NFTs that need to link to data that cannot be or is impractical to store on a blockchain directly. Not all NFTs need to do this, but the ability for NFTs to link to external data introduces all sorts of interesting use cases. Now lets talk about IPFS.
Tl;dr;du NFTs are simply unique data stored on the blockchain. The art use-case is not their only purpose. Ultimately, it is just a way in which a unique piece of data can be assigned verifiable ownership and stored on the blockchain.
What is IPFS?
IPFS is a tamper and censorship-resistant system in which data can be stored across the internet. Before I explain it further, it's essentially a way data can be stored, retrieved and preserved in a peer-to-peer fashion similar to how torrents function.As it stands today, HTTP only allows us to download files from one server at a time. An HTTP session cannot download one file from two or more sources at once. This limitation makes file-hosting extremely bandwidth-intensive in comparison to P2P solutions. When it comes to torrents, files and even entire folders can be stored and shared by multiple sources, of which each source doesn't even have to have the full file to share it! As long as everyone has the same exact copy of data or unaltered parts of that data being shared, it doesn't matter how much of it you have. Because a torrent client can connect to multiple sources (aka seeds) at once, the bandwidth utilization of each seed is lower than a centralized host (HTTP servers).
Additionally, the internet as it stands isn't permanent. Websites don't live forever, images get lost, forum posts get deleted. Centralization and censorship makes this problem worse. IPFS solves these problems by allowing us to distribute files to multiple nodes. When other nodes look up a file, they store a copy or even just a fragment of the initial data. These fragments and/or copies are stored by every node that wants it. Additionally, when a new version of a file is added to IPFS, the cryptographic hash (a way of verifying file uniqueness) is different, thus preventing data from getting overwritten or censored.
This technology works for NFTs because it allows for the preservation and decentralized distribution of the data an NFT can link to. Anything that can connect to the internet can connect to IPFS and download this data, and this includes blockchain smart contracts too. In the case of art NFTs, the actual image the NFT is bound to is stored in IPFS, where a smart-contract powered platform such as OpenSea can link to and show you the image.
Additionally, you don't even need to store the raw data the NFT represents. A platform interacting with your NFT can utilize assets stored in IPFS that when combined by the platform, display the representation of your NFT.
Tl;dr;du IPFS allows NFTs to link to distributed, tamper and censorship-resistant data in a way that is secure. In the case of art NFTs, IPFS stores the NFT image in a way other platforms can be sure they are accessing the exact, unaltered image or representation the NFT is tied to. IPFS is primarily for platforms to show you the data the NFT is tied to and/or utilize it in ways the platform is designed for. Think of it like storing what your NFT actually is in the cloud.
What are smart contracts?
For the purpose of this section, I will be explicitly talking about Ethereum Smart Contracts powered by the Solidity programming language. There are a variety of smart contract implementations across the crypto space, but since Loopring is on Ethereum, I'll keep this discussion specific to that.Smart Contracts are code deployed to the Ethereum blockchain. This code can do almost anything that you like. At their core, they simply store, use and modify data on the blockchain. You could build a simple calculator app on the blockchain, or you could build a fully functional lending platform (effectively a crypto bank) like Aave.
In the case of OpenSea, it is an NFT marketplace utilizing a set of smart contracts to offer market services for NFTs. In a way, it is very much like eBay but for NFTs. Without an NFT exchange, if you wanted to buy an NFT you would have to either send payment first and hope the seller sends you the NFT afterwards (remember, crypto transactions can't be charged back), or use an escrow service that collects your payment and the NFT from the seller and transfers ownership of each to the prospective party and likely takes a fee for their services. Because of the nature in which crypto transactions work (no chargebacks, only the recipient can initiate a transaction to send you back your crypto assets), a marketplace is necessary.
OpenSea's smart contracts are rather simple in function and do a few specific things:
- OpenSea can see and verify what NFT's are held in your crypto wallet at any time. This is due to the public nature of the blockchain.
- It allows you to list your NFT for sale by sending your NFT to OpenSea's smart contract and telling it what price you want it sold for.
- Someone else can bid on your NFT by sending the amount of their bid offer to the same smart contract, or they can buy it outright.
- If you decide their offer is high enough or they pay exactly what you asked, the OpenSea smart contracts handle sending you your payment, and the buyer their NFT, all without any centralized human interaction.
Tl;dr;du Smart Contracts are code deployed to a blockchain that can interact with your crypto assets. Instead of relying on humans to do something like arbitrate a trade, a smart contract can handle it instantly while ensuring the buyer receives exactly what they bid on or bought while the seller receives a deterministic amount of crypto for what they listed. Smart contracts can be literally almost whatever you want them to be.
Let's recap what we now know.
- NFTs are unique data stored on the blockchain in which ownership can be 100% verified.
- IPFS allows us to store data in a decentralized, tamper and censorship-resistant way that can also be tied directly to an NFT. IPFS is primarily for the platforms utilizing your NFT, whether it be to show an image, or to utilize the data tied to your NFT in some manner.
- Smart Contracts are code deployed on the blockchain that can perform any task, but can also utilize NFTs.
Deeper Dive into NFTs
Now that you know what NFTs are, how they can be expanded, and how they can be used, lets expand further into what makes an NFT special and provides it utility. I'm not going to extrapolate on why art NFTs have value as this isn't really the purpose of the discussion. However, I can explain them within a framework that will make more sense in our community: Gaming.There are already a handful of very successful and aspiring NFT gaming platforms out today. For the purpose of this DD, I will utilize Axie Infinity to break down how NFTs currently work in an already released game. I encourage all of you to read through the Axie Infinity documentation as I'm only going to cover the NFT aspect of it. It has so many more facets to the ecosystem that I think are valuable for this discussion, but can't be included in this post without this turning into a giant tangent/advertisement for the game.
Axie Infinity is basically a pokemon-inspired game where people can buy Axies and participate in battles. Eventually, players will be able to buy land in the game to house their Axies and participate in the Axie Infinity open world Lunacia. Axies can also be bred to produce new Axies with unique traits.
We'll take a look at a random Axie: #7667019
On this Axie's info page, we can see it has a variety of data and traits describing it. It has the following data values: Class (Axie type), Breed Count, 4 Stats (Health, Speed, Skill, Morale), 6 Body Parts, 4 Abilities, and genetic history (Parents). All of this information is encoded in the NFT itself. Its value, owner and sale history are derived from transaction data on the blockchain. The image of the Axie itself and its ability card images could be stored in IPFS or self-hosted by Axie Infinity. I am not sure which they use, but IPFS is an exceptional candidate. The Axie Infinity game could use either source to show you what the NFT is and what it can do.
There will only ever be one Axie #7667019 in this game. It is unique, only one copy of it exists on the blockchain. Because it exists on the blockchain, and is present in a specific individual's wallet, only that individual can interact with the Axie Infinity game using Axie #7667019. Nobody can simply screenshot Axie #7667019 and use it in the game, as it is literally impossible to convert that screenshot into the data required by the game. The game can check the origin of the Axie, and if it wasn't generated by mechanics present in Axie Infinity, which are all provided by the smart contracts that form it, the contracts can deny interaction with it. Counterfeit Axies are an impossibility.
The smart contracts that this game is made of are able to validate what Axie you have and then pull all of its traits from its NFT DNA. NFT DNA is essentially a random or semi-random string of numbers that a smart contract manipulates to assign all of its traits. The Axie DNA doesn't change, and therefore no matter where, what time, or from what device you use to connect to the game, the game will render your Axie the same way every single time. Your NFT ownership makes it possible to interact with the game at all.
To circle back to the art example (for the final time, I promise), this is why an NFT can't be screenshotted and still be equivalent. Even if you deployed your screenshot to the blockchain and artificially assigned it any traits to align with a specific platform, it will never be able to interact with that platform. This is what makes NFTs unique and special. It is up to smart contracts to provide NFTs utility, it is not the job of the NFT alone.
To expand on it even further, I could make my own game using real Axies, even if I had no association with Axie Infinity at all! I could process the Axie DNA in any way I see fit, give it any representation I decide, hell, I could engineer a game that allowed you to breed Axies with completely different NFTs! Now, none of this would give my platform any intrinsic value, but the point is that NFT data is public on the blockchain, and that these NFTs can be used in ways that even the original authors didn't intend, but this isn't a bad thing. My theoretical platform doesn't harm Axie Infinity in any way, as long as I don't blatantly rip off their game entirely. I'll expand on this later in a further section.
Ultimately, NFTs in the scope of gaming can be whatever the developer wants them to be. It doesn't have to simply be the characters or entities you play as or interact with. It can be items, weapons, land, vehicles whatever asset you want. A developer could even engineer them to be modified or evolved as long as they had that intent when they were created!
Tl;dr;du Gaming has a great use case for NFTs in that they can be utilized to represent the character you play as or the weapon you use. Because the NFT is unique and secure in your crypto wallet, nobody can play as you, modify your NFT assets, or interact with them in a way that isn't predefined by the smart contracts controlling them. Smart contracts can verify your NFT ownership, derive traits from random data stored in the NFT (NFT DNA), and even modify the NFT designed for those contracts.
How NFTs will revolutionize the gaming industry entirely
At this point, I'm done drawing on other sources for information. It's time to combine what we now know about NFTs with our imagination to draw up what is possible. To do this, let's envision our own theoretical MMORPG: MMOASS.MMOASS is an open-world MMORPG in which the world is a 1000x1000 plot of "plots" that the game takes place in. Throughout this world, there is the capitol in the center, major cities and small villages throughout the landscape, and a lot of open space. Our character has outfits/armor, weapons, skills, stats, and an inventory. However, there's something different with all of these things...
They're all NFTs!
In MMOASS, players can actually OWN plots of any plot of land and reap all the benefits that come with it. Assume there are three different types of land: Mountain, Plains, and Forest. In mountainous regions, items such as iron and gold (also NFTs) can be mined for the purpose of producing armor and weapons. Plains allows for the harvesting of resources and crafting ingredients. Lastly, the forest is where animals spawn and can be killed for their rawhide (used in outfit creation) or tamed as companions (....also an NFT). Each of these terrain types introduce their own purpose. The capitol would be controlled by the game developers and utilized for whatever purpose they saw fit.
But what purpose does land ownership actually provide in MMOASS? Well, the owner of the land could decide what happens on that land. Too many beasts in the area for your liking? Deploy pest control. Need a particular kind of tree wood for your crafting? Cut everything down and plant as much of it as you want. Additionally, land can be utilized in clan mechanics to allow clans to mark out their own provinces. Or government could be introduced and players could group together to form counties. Any benefit could be assigned to land ownership.
As for small villages and major cities, these can transfer ownership via war. They're explicitly owned by clans (despite still being NFTs, theyre just stored in a clan wallet internally in the game). These cities can provide income to the presiding clan in the form of trade taxes. Additionally, the clan could determine what kind of crafting stations or defenses to sustain with their income.
Weapons, armor, items, etc all being NFTs means they can all have any kind of trait that we want to assign them, just like in a normal game. However, item rarity would actually produce real in-game and real-world value. Because blockchains are public in nature, a blockchain explorer could be created that shows exactly how many of each item are in existence. Verifiable item rarity becomes a possibility.
But that's not all...
What if a new dungeon was added to MMOASS in the future? Lots of games out today give players day one bonuses for being some of the first players to complete a dungeon or kill a new boss (Destiny 2 banners anyone?). But MMOASS incorporates these mechanics differently. Instead of giving you a new cosmetic (which could be NFTs if it did), MMOASS actually buffs your gear with adornments.
What the hell is an adornment? Clout. An adornment would be an additional trait added to your NFT (remember how NFTs can be modified?) that could be anything we want. Congratulations on being the very first person to kill that new boss! All of the gear you wore in the battle (armor and weapon) to beat that boss now has the "First to dethrone {boss name}" trait now. You and ONLY you have that, and because of it, your items have prestige and increased value. These traits would be bound to your NFT, making it a mythical yet very real relic in the world of MMOASS. Anyone could possess the first weapon to take down Thor.....for a price of course.
Changes to In-Game Trading
Now that we've determined how our NFTs derive value in MMOASS, we need a way to trade them! If only we had.... an NFT marketplace! Because of the magic of NFTs and the public nature of the blockchain, the manner in which trading takes place can be entirely reimagined! There are so many ways in which this would happen, but let's touch on the major three areas.Player to Player Direct Transactions
When players independently decide to trade an item in MMOASS, it's quite simple how this takes place. In MMOASS, the in-game currency is called GME Coin, or GMEC for short, and it exists on the Ethereum blockchain as a token. When players conduct a trade, an in-game mini-marketplace/escrow instance would launch, in which one player stakes the item traded, and another stakes a different item or GMEC. Once both parties agree, transactions from their wallets are issued to the blockchain, and since the game is using the blockchain as a database in a way, it and everyone else now know and can verify that these two players traded items and their inventories can now reflect the changes.
In-Game Trading Posts
In the small villages and large cities in MMOASS exist trading posts. It is here these areas can establish their own economy. Items could be listed for sale at a specific price in GMEC by a seller, and a buyer can buy that item for that price. The owners of the land plot NFT then could place a GMEC tax on trades here for their own profit. When a seller sells an item, they essentially send their item NFT to the trading post smart contract and when a buyer pays that price, they send their GMEC to the smart contract as well. The smart contract then deducts the fee and sends it to the land owner, and then sends the remainder to the seller automagically.
External Trading
Because every asset in MMOASS is held as an NFT in a crypto wallet, players could theoretically send their items wherever they want! If I wanted to gift/lend my friend a weapon to use in a boss fight, but I'm at work, I could simply send them the weapon from my crypto wallet directly! In game, they would receive it immediately and the game would reflect that. Additionally, I could sell my items for any other cryptocurrency I want! I could go as far as listing the land I acquired on OpenSea and sell it later for real money if I wanted something other than GMEC. This is the advent of play-to-earn gaming.
Play-to-Earn Gaming
Because of how external trading opens up the possibility of trading in-game assets for other cryptocurrencies, the very framework in which gaming exists in our economy will fundamentally change. All gamers, both good and bad could theoretically make a profit from playing the game. After all, the real world value of these items are determined entirely by the players alone. An older sibling could transfer their entire Pokemon collection to one of their younger siblings when they go to college, or they could sell them and try to turn a profit.Additionally, this redefines the profit model for video game streamers. Not only would they generate income from viewership and subscriptions on streaming platforms, extremely talented gamers could profit off their talent as well. Higher and higher tier items could generate real world income. Additionally, they could auction off items that they beat a particular dungeon or a new boss with to their fans. Their donation and fundraising interactions would be entirely reimagined. Their most dedicated fans would relish the ability to actually show off the fact that they owned something their favorite streamer used, as the game could tie usernames to crypto addresses and show that streamer had indeed transferred that item in the item's trading history. Streamers themselves would then theoretically add to the value of the in-game economy by players leveraging their reputation.
While this has its pros and cons, it doesn't HAVE to exist in this free-market fashion or at all. I'll explain how that works.
Economical Controls
Obviously, such a model above with no regulation wouldn't be very sustainable. However, Solidity (Ethereum's blockchain programming language) enables developers to control exactly how their NFTs can be sold. This can happen in any way the code defines. I'll highlight a few examples.Ban Real World Trading
I know what you're thinking. What? How is that even possible? Isn't it impossible to control the assets owned and stored in an individual's crypto wallet? Well the answer is basically kind of. Without going into the technical specifics, NFTs are essentially code too. They're smart contracts in of themselves. I won't go into the implications and specifics of what that means for the greater crypto ecosystem. Just know that you can think of them as assets being traded too, and that other smart contracts can interact with them, despite them being independent smart contracts of their own (Solidity is fucking CRAZY but really amazing too).
A ban on real world trading would essentially involve whitelisting specific wallet addresses as possible transaction recipients. These "transaction recipients" would actually be the smart contracts handling trade interactions between players (the mini-marketplace/escrow system) and trading posts. Smart contracts have addresses of their own essentially, and can be whitelisted in this manner. This would effectively prevent a player from utilizing internet marketplaces such as OpenSea. However, in our previous example of sending a friend an item while you're at work, the player-to-player trade menu could display a receive address that could be sent to the person at work. They could still send to that address, as it would be whitelisted, despite not playing the game at that time.
Of course, this still doesn't prevent scenarios where players transact money entirely separate from the blockchain.
Limit Item Transaction Count
Code could be introduced into an NFT that can control how many players it can transfer hands before locking to the player, degrading, or destroying itself. This would prevent scenarios where a really high tier weapon could theoretically be shared with alt accounts to artificially boost them. I'm sure there are other reasons for this type of control, I just wanted to point it out.
About NFT "self-destruction"... Remember, NFTs are essentially code, so "self-destruction" code can be implemented. This is an unfortunate reality that is hard to educate people about, and I won't go into the specifics here, but I will specify a few things so this statement doesn't cause FUD. NFT assets cannot be modified if they were not coded to be capable of such. Art NFTs very rarely do this. When you hear of crypto scams involving people being unable to send their assets, it's sometimes because code such as this was implemented. This is the very reason why smart contract auditing firms such as Paladin Blockchain Security exist. As always, verify what you're buying or engaging in within the crypto space. The presence of audits from reputable firms is always an important thing to see when engaging in non-mainstream crypto assets.
Limit Player Recipients to Clan Members
Similar to implementing a transaction count, the game could drop items that are essentially tied to the clan's object on the blockchain. This would allow for items to be kept within the clan, and essentially permanently block any real-world trading of almost any sort, as clan membership would be required to use it. Mechanics could also be built in that remove the item from a player's inventory if they were to leave the clan.
Essentially, while real-world trading is a possibility, it doesn't have to be an inevitability.
How is Loopring involved?
As we know, Loopring is working on an NFT Marketplace, and is well equipped to support NFTs. But what is Loopring, and what does it have to do with any of this?Looping is a zkRollup-based Ethereum Layer 2 solution. In English, what this means is Loopring has an extremely fee-efficient model of conducting transactions while still utilizing the Ethereum blockchain. This is important because the Ethereum blockchain has extremely good blockchain security. Layer 2 platforms (also called L2 networks) are fundamentally defined by still settling their transactions on the Ethereum blockchain, one way or another, while utilizing Ethereum for their security.
The use of the word security here doesn't have the same connotations that you're used to. What I essentially mean by security is that the transactions are known to be valid, authentic and traceable through the blockchain ledger. The state of the transaction cannot be altered in any way before it settles. This is how platforms such as Polygon are not actually Layer 2 solutions, as they take care of both the transaction logic and security on their chain. Transactions on Polygon do not settle to Ethereum. It only bridges assets in and out.
Loopring essentially enables extremely low-fee transactions to take place on Ethereum extremely quickly. Without going into the extreme technical specifics, Layer 2 chains will always be a fundamentally important part of the Ethereum ecosystem, even with the Ethereum 2.0 change goes live. Ethereum 2.0 is essentially a migration from proof-of-work (mining) to proof-of-stake block propagation. All of this isn't that important to this discussion, but if you want to know more about the technical specifics of either, you can find some great resources here: Loopring Whitepaper and Loopring Blog Regarding L2 Networks and Ethereum 2.0.
If Loopring's NFT Marketplace is a well equipped and cheap enough solution for integration into the gaming ecosystem, it will be huge for the gaming industry. It would allow for everything here to gain mass adoption.
And now for the most important question...
How does Gamestop tie into all of this?
Think back not that long ago... If I asked you if investing in GME in July 2019 was a good idea, what would you have said? Probably a resounding no! GME was closing stores, drowning in debt, and its stock was in free fall. New consoles with no disc drives were on the horizon, and PC gaming had become a major contender.Gamestop was a failing company and was in a lot of trouble. Its assets were drying up and its future was bleak. One way or another, Gamestop needs new sources of revenue. Used games cannot be its future.
What if Gamestop could create the environment, the tools, the platforms, and all of the infrastructure necessary to make everything we've described with NFT gaming accessible to gaming developers? They could leverage Loopring as the backbone to their crypto gaming infrastructure and provide the tools necessary so that any video game, both on console and on PC could integrate NFT technology.
As it stands right now, using a crypto wallet in gaming kind of sucks. You're sucked out of the game to interact with your wallet so you can verify and send transactions. What if the Gamestop crypto framework handled all of this in a transparent manner to the user, making the interaction feel seamless, but still incorporated more advanced features for scenarios such as the aforementioned friend at work?
What if the Gamestop crypto framework made it possible for developers to allow players to utilize their NFT assets in entirely different games?
Again, because crypto assets are held on the blockchain in one way or another, they could be used by other platforms. Remember how I said I could theoretically make smart contracts that utilized NFTs that I didn't create? In theory, developers could engineer their NFTs in such a way that they could be utilized in future games. Imagine if you could use your weapons from the current Call of Duty game in the next one launched, or even just the next one by the same developer? If the Gamestop crypto framework made this possible for developers, if would redefine game development forever too.
Gamestop could power this infrastructure by requiring all participating developers utilize MMOASS's GME Coin. Or they could develop a framework in which developers could generate their own coins that exist within the ecosystem. This is essentially what is referred to as tokenomics. There are dozens of ways this could be done, and multiple different solutions could even coexist at the same time. At the end of the day, Gamestop could even levy a fee of something like 0.01% on every transaction made using tokens made within the framework and generate revenue forever.
And remember IPFS?
Gamestop could go a step further and provide an adaptation of IPFS or some similar technology to supply asset hosting resources. Essentially, Gamestop could build out the infrastructure to not only support NFTs in games, but to support developers in hosting them as well, probably for a fee of course.
The crux of this is that utilization of this infrastructure would cement Gamestop permanently into the gaming industry forever. This would effectively elevate their business model to include game development itself, tapping it as a new revenue stream. Gamestop would rise to the level of involvement companies such as Nvidia and AMD currently have.
Summary
Loopring is an Ethereum Layer 2 technology that is working on an NFT Marketplace. NFTs are unique representations of data on the blockchain that can represent so much more than art, but are not limited to objects in games such as: weapons, armor, land, items, vehicles, etc. If Gamestop developed a framework that utilized Loopring's technology to make NFTs and crypto in general accessible to game developers of all types, it would cement Gamestop into the gaming industry forever, tapping the industry itself as a revenue source at the same time.And as always, while I own DRS'd GME shares and Loopring (LRC), none of this is financial advise and is purely my own speculation. I am not affiliated with Loopring or Gamestop in any way. But one thing I know for certain is that I'm never selling my GME.
I hope the MOASS brings upon us a new era in gaming.
2021.01.25 17:06 ViPe2323 Easymocs (1 Month In) impressions
Pics first https://imgur.com/gallery/lbNi7gV
Background Four years ago I purchased red suede easy Mocs new off EBay. It was from NEOC, which through this sub I found that no longer exists under that name. The suede was buttery and the clasp to tighten looked so different than anything I had seen in the market. I got excited and took them out of the house early. Living in Chicago required a lot of walking, so the crepe soles took their beating. I converted them to house shoes but wanted a resolve. I reached out to Maine Mountain first (the new name) and didn’t hear anything. Then I saw a post about Easymocs as the new continuation of the “brand”. They offered to resolve that pair with camp soles, but when they received it they saw they might damage the uppers by taking off the crepe sole. As a make good offer, they offered a discount on their new offerings. So, I’m a new owner of the Honey Mocs.
Unboxing They came in good condition with supple leather and no marks. One pair of the laces remained tied in shipping while the other came undone. Overall, the box and shoes were in good shape and had paper to protect the pair.
Fit and sizing These run true to size. With the moccasin construction these are softly structured designed to adapt to the foot. That said, these were tight for the first two weeks. I had to work up the length of time I wore them until they are perfect now. A mistake I made with the first pair is I didn’t force my foot all the way in, and so I collapsed the heel portion more than I wanted.
Overall impressions These are the perfect WFH shoes. They are comfortable to wear all day. My feet run hot so I don’t like to wear most slippers during the day. In these the leather is thick but they are lighter and the footbed can withstand it. While I attempt the illusion of dressing up for video meetings in the nth month of all this, this is the great blend of being buttoned up ish and reasonable for being at home. The only wish I had was that these had the clasp and not the rawhide laces.
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Background Four years ago I purchased red suede easy Mocs new off EBay. It was from NEOC, which through this sub I found that no longer exists under that name. The suede was buttery and the clasp to tighten looked so different than anything I had seen in the market. I got excited and took them out of the house early. Living in Chicago required a lot of walking, so the crepe soles took their beating. I converted them to house shoes but wanted a resolve. I reached out to Maine Mountain first (the new name) and didn’t hear anything. Then I saw a post about Easymocs as the new continuation of the “brand”. They offered to resolve that pair with camp soles, but when they received it they saw they might damage the uppers by taking off the crepe sole. As a make good offer, they offered a discount on their new offerings. So, I’m a new owner of the Honey Mocs.
Unboxing They came in good condition with supple leather and no marks. One pair of the laces remained tied in shipping while the other came undone. Overall, the box and shoes were in good shape and had paper to protect the pair.
Fit and sizing These run true to size. With the moccasin construction these are softly structured designed to adapt to the foot. That said, these were tight for the first two weeks. I had to work up the length of time I wore them until they are perfect now. A mistake I made with the first pair is I didn’t force my foot all the way in, and so I collapsed the heel portion more than I wanted.
Overall impressions These are the perfect WFH shoes. They are comfortable to wear all day. My feet run hot so I don’t like to wear most slippers during the day. In these the leather is thick but they are lighter and the footbed can withstand it. While I attempt the illusion of dressing up for video meetings in the nth month of all this, this is the great blend of being buttoned up ish and reasonable for being at home. The only wish I had was that these had the clasp and not the rawhide laces.
2020.12.02 21:36 qandnotandy [Initial Impressions] Julian Boots (Buckingham boots in burgundy French calf)
Photos first, of course. (Especially since this review was longer than I expected)
Thought I’d write up this pair of Julian boots I recently picked up since there hasn’t been a lot written about Julian on here, and from what I can tell, no reviews in the past 4 or 5 years.
Background:
Back in September, after 6 months of quarantining together at my place, my girlfriend of nearly two years moved in with me. Inevitably this meant condensing some closet space, which was just the impetus I needed to finally get my boot collection in order. Having swelled to over 30 pair in the five or so years since I first got serious about boots, my collection was largely a reflection of my desire to try a variety of brands and styles as I honed in on what exactly I loved about my favorite pairs. So fast forward to today, and I’ve sold off 19 pairs in the past two months. It’s actually been fantastic having LESS boots. The boots I’ve kept are the pairs I truly love, and they all get worn more frequently. And having freed up so much space (not to mention the paypal balance from selling all those boots), I didn’t feel bad about finally grabbing some Vibergs and....this pair of Julian Buckingham boots.
Purchasing:
Living in Los Angeles where Julian is based, I was vaguely familiar with Julian Imerie and his take on American heritage boots. But being a US size 13 and not seeing anything in that size from the brand, plus not wanting to do an MTO, I assumed Julian was yet another brand of beautiful boots too small for my cavemen feet (see also: Rolling Dub Trio, John Lofgren, Red Wing 2996). So I was very pleasantly surprised to find a store on eBay selling a new pair in size 13. This pair was overstock (new) from Barney’s being sold by a reseller for $650. When buying direct, Julian boots start at $875 on their website or you can find a limited number of seconds through the Julian eBay store for around $700. So to find a new pair of firsts for $650 (from a seller who accepted returns) and in my size....I was in.
Details:
Model: Julian Buckingham Boot
Leather: Burgundy French Calf
Lined: Yes, leather
Toe: structured with captoe, but without the brogueing you see on their popular Bowery boot
Hardware: 7 eyelets, burgundy
Outsole: Nailed double leather sole
Heel: stacked leather base with Cat’s Paw rubber heel
Size: 13
Fit / Sizing:
Unfortunately the Julian website is painfully short on details, so I don’t know what last this was built on or if the Buckingham last is different from the last they use for their popular Bowery boot. But when I first pulled these out of the box, I was surprised how small they looked (which is usually not an issue I’ve had, being a size 13). So before trying them on I held them up (sole to sole) to a pair of White’s semi-dress I had out, and they were noticeably outwardly smaller. I was a bit worried about the implications this would have on the fit, but thankfully it wasn’t an issue. While they’re definitely my most snug pair of boots, fitting slightly more snug than my Viberg 2030s in the same size, they feel great. I actually really like their narrowness, as I have a very narrow foot and these work great in that regard. But I can see this being problematic if you have wider feet.
LeatheConstruction:
The French calf leather they use is really beautiful and required very little break in. Unfortunately I don’t know the provenance, but the quality is fantastic and I’m guessing it might be from Annonay. This particular shade of burgundy is really deep and complex. It’s not as maroon/wine-toned as, say, Red Wing’s black cherry or oxblood leathers, but is still decidedly “red” adjacent. While there are chocolate tones that add to the depth, this isn’t a burgundy/cherry/oxblood you’ll mistake for brown. The lining is also lovely...it’s a soft, light calfskin (I believe) and adds to the overall polish of the boots. Interestingly, the gusseted tongue is of a slightly different leather, without the smooth finish of the outer leather, and adds a nice contrast. It’s also impossibly soft and supple, whatever it’s made from. As for construction, they really are impeccable. No loose threads, missed stitches, or tooling marks to be seen...the welt joins are practically invisible...and overall they feel equal parts substantial as well as polished. Only my Vibergs have impressed me as much as these.
Sole:
This was my biggest cause of hesitation in buying these boots. Up until now I had only had one pair of leather soled boots, which I quickly had a cobbler add a rubber topper to. I half heartedly tried giving them a chance, but ultimately caved. This time I’ve decided I’m really leaning into these soles as-is. One thing that helped with the decision is the nailed double leather sole. I’ve actually never seen this before, but it’s not too dissimilar in theory from adding a rubber half sole protector. Instead of gluing a layer of rubber to the leather sole, they’ve nailed a leather half sole to the leather sole. (The photos illustrate this better than my description). In addition to contributing to the sturdiness of the aesthetic by adding some chunk to the sole, this should also greatly extend the life of the soles as I can just get a new leather halfsole added when this wears through (again, like a rubber topper, but without the added grip). The first day I got the boots I took a walk around my neighborhood to scuff up the soles a bit. After those first two miles or so of sidewalks, the boots now feel much more grippy and solid underfoot. By no means are they as sure footed as a vibram or roccia sole, but I’m starting to appreciate the comfort and different feel you get from a leather sole. Now I just need to decide whether I should have French (metal) tips added to the soles or not (please comment if you have any opinions on this).
Overall impression:
While the shape and aesthetic is very “Americana heritage work boot inspired” and reminiscent of a lot of the high quality boots you see come out of Japan, there is a refined subtlety in the design that I’ve really come to appreciate. No one is going to confuse these with a balmoral or button boot, but they do occupy a sort of unique niche between casual/work boot and dress boot that I love. And to that end, while the stock flat cotton laces that it arrived with contribute to the dressier side of the boot, I’ve since swapped in rawhide laces to play up its more casual features. And in the two weeks I’ve had the boots, wearing them heavily to speed up break-in, I’ve unexpectedly come to really like leather soles...Who knew?
While $650 is not a small amount of money (and I had the added benefit of having just sold off a bunch of boots), I still highly recommend them at this price. The quality is fantastic, the construction and attention to detail is impeccable, and they feel like I’ll have them for a lifetime. Not to mention their adaptability to be dressed up and down.
Photos one more time for you legends who actually made it through that write up.
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Thought I’d write up this pair of Julian boots I recently picked up since there hasn’t been a lot written about Julian on here, and from what I can tell, no reviews in the past 4 or 5 years.
Background:
Back in September, after 6 months of quarantining together at my place, my girlfriend of nearly two years moved in with me. Inevitably this meant condensing some closet space, which was just the impetus I needed to finally get my boot collection in order. Having swelled to over 30 pair in the five or so years since I first got serious about boots, my collection was largely a reflection of my desire to try a variety of brands and styles as I honed in on what exactly I loved about my favorite pairs. So fast forward to today, and I’ve sold off 19 pairs in the past two months. It’s actually been fantastic having LESS boots. The boots I’ve kept are the pairs I truly love, and they all get worn more frequently. And having freed up so much space (not to mention the paypal balance from selling all those boots), I didn’t feel bad about finally grabbing some Vibergs and....this pair of Julian Buckingham boots.
Purchasing:
Living in Los Angeles where Julian is based, I was vaguely familiar with Julian Imerie and his take on American heritage boots. But being a US size 13 and not seeing anything in that size from the brand, plus not wanting to do an MTO, I assumed Julian was yet another brand of beautiful boots too small for my cavemen feet (see also: Rolling Dub Trio, John Lofgren, Red Wing 2996). So I was very pleasantly surprised to find a store on eBay selling a new pair in size 13. This pair was overstock (new) from Barney’s being sold by a reseller for $650. When buying direct, Julian boots start at $875 on their website or you can find a limited number of seconds through the Julian eBay store for around $700. So to find a new pair of firsts for $650 (from a seller who accepted returns) and in my size....I was in.
Details:
Model: Julian Buckingham Boot
Leather: Burgundy French Calf
Lined: Yes, leather
Toe: structured with captoe, but without the brogueing you see on their popular Bowery boot
Hardware: 7 eyelets, burgundy
Outsole: Nailed double leather sole
Heel: stacked leather base with Cat’s Paw rubber heel
Size: 13
Fit / Sizing:
Unfortunately the Julian website is painfully short on details, so I don’t know what last this was built on or if the Buckingham last is different from the last they use for their popular Bowery boot. But when I first pulled these out of the box, I was surprised how small they looked (which is usually not an issue I’ve had, being a size 13). So before trying them on I held them up (sole to sole) to a pair of White’s semi-dress I had out, and they were noticeably outwardly smaller. I was a bit worried about the implications this would have on the fit, but thankfully it wasn’t an issue. While they’re definitely my most snug pair of boots, fitting slightly more snug than my Viberg 2030s in the same size, they feel great. I actually really like their narrowness, as I have a very narrow foot and these work great in that regard. But I can see this being problematic if you have wider feet.
LeatheConstruction:
The French calf leather they use is really beautiful and required very little break in. Unfortunately I don’t know the provenance, but the quality is fantastic and I’m guessing it might be from Annonay. This particular shade of burgundy is really deep and complex. It’s not as maroon/wine-toned as, say, Red Wing’s black cherry or oxblood leathers, but is still decidedly “red” adjacent. While there are chocolate tones that add to the depth, this isn’t a burgundy/cherry/oxblood you’ll mistake for brown. The lining is also lovely...it’s a soft, light calfskin (I believe) and adds to the overall polish of the boots. Interestingly, the gusseted tongue is of a slightly different leather, without the smooth finish of the outer leather, and adds a nice contrast. It’s also impossibly soft and supple, whatever it’s made from. As for construction, they really are impeccable. No loose threads, missed stitches, or tooling marks to be seen...the welt joins are practically invisible...and overall they feel equal parts substantial as well as polished. Only my Vibergs have impressed me as much as these.
Sole:
This was my biggest cause of hesitation in buying these boots. Up until now I had only had one pair of leather soled boots, which I quickly had a cobbler add a rubber topper to. I half heartedly tried giving them a chance, but ultimately caved. This time I’ve decided I’m really leaning into these soles as-is. One thing that helped with the decision is the nailed double leather sole. I’ve actually never seen this before, but it’s not too dissimilar in theory from adding a rubber half sole protector. Instead of gluing a layer of rubber to the leather sole, they’ve nailed a leather half sole to the leather sole. (The photos illustrate this better than my description). In addition to contributing to the sturdiness of the aesthetic by adding some chunk to the sole, this should also greatly extend the life of the soles as I can just get a new leather halfsole added when this wears through (again, like a rubber topper, but without the added grip). The first day I got the boots I took a walk around my neighborhood to scuff up the soles a bit. After those first two miles or so of sidewalks, the boots now feel much more grippy and solid underfoot. By no means are they as sure footed as a vibram or roccia sole, but I’m starting to appreciate the comfort and different feel you get from a leather sole. Now I just need to decide whether I should have French (metal) tips added to the soles or not (please comment if you have any opinions on this).
Overall impression:
While the shape and aesthetic is very “Americana heritage work boot inspired” and reminiscent of a lot of the high quality boots you see come out of Japan, there is a refined subtlety in the design that I’ve really come to appreciate. No one is going to confuse these with a balmoral or button boot, but they do occupy a sort of unique niche between casual/work boot and dress boot that I love. And to that end, while the stock flat cotton laces that it arrived with contribute to the dressier side of the boot, I’ve since swapped in rawhide laces to play up its more casual features. And in the two weeks I’ve had the boots, wearing them heavily to speed up break-in, I’ve unexpectedly come to really like leather soles...Who knew?
While $650 is not a small amount of money (and I had the added benefit of having just sold off a bunch of boots), I still highly recommend them at this price. The quality is fantastic, the construction and attention to detail is impeccable, and they feel like I’ll have them for a lifetime. Not to mention their adaptability to be dressed up and down.
Photos one more time for you legends who actually made it through that write up.
2020.11.13 16:01 Myredditsirname Quoddy Blucher 3 Year Review
Pictures First: https://imgur.com/a/GNM2RE0
Looks:
The Quoddy Blucher is really a combination of two styles of shoes – the boat shoe and a ranger moc. Taking style ques from each, and sometimes splitting the differences down the middle, the shoe acts as a bridge between the two styles and can have a very different impact based on the color choices the consumer selects.
This particular pair is made from a whiskey leather and brick-red sole, a combo that pushes it firmly towards the ranger moc aesthetic. Up front, the classic moc toe has started to separate slightly. The white thread that keeps it together, however, is mostly even and shows no sign of wear at all.
The leather on the toe has tight creasing, with a pull up effect that is still strong years later. It does show scratches and knicks, but they tend to fade into the background due to the color variation. On top of the tongue/plug panel, the quarters feature three brass eyelets with rawhide laces running through them. The stitching on the quarters is tight and straight, even if the leather panels themselves are a bit uneven.
At the top of the quarters and running along the throat, the shoe features a collar with large pinking (or the zig zag cut in the leather) along the edge. This panel is soft and comfortable, but does feature a raw edge near the eyelets. To me, this area comes off as unfinished and is really the only area on the shoe where I have a major complaint. You can’t miss it when wearing the shoe. Wrapping the panel around on itself would have gone a long way in helping the shoe feel complete.
In the back, one of the only areas where leather overlaps is a vertical panel covering the stitching. This meets a horizontal stitch that is unique compared to Quoddy’s cross-town rivals Rancourt and Oak Street Bootmakers. While others put the seem higher up, and treat it as a styling feature, Quoddy has done the opposite. This stitching is as low as Quoddy could make it – right up against the sole – and the leather was cut short to keep the back flat.
On the bottom, the shoe features a brick colored Vibram camp moc outsole. It's worth noting that faint design along the side walls have a tendency to hold dirt more than other camp moc soles I’ve tried.
Inside, the shoe is unlined, with your feet directly against the interior of the leather. Finishing out the shoe, a full length black insole provides a bit of contrast.
Fit & Comfort:
These shoes fit true to length, and fairly wide – even compared to other Quoddy products. I’m a 11.75 D on the Brannock and I have these in a size 11 D. While I would probably order an 11.5 if I was going to do it again, unlike my other pair of Quoddys I won't have these professional stretched. Of course, everyone is going to have their own personal preference
While these shoes are not quite as bad as the Quoddy True Penny when it comes to comfort, they are not something you’ll want to wear if you’re getting your steps in. On the positive side, the Vibram sole has a bit of softness to it, and provides a bit of padding. This, combined with the leather insole, does an OK job overall.
Unfortunately, Quoddy still refuses to use any sort of arch support at all. With a completely flat insole, your feet feel like they’ve walked three times as far as they actually have. I appreciate that true moccasin construction keeps things as simple as possible, but this is one area where a classic design can be improved.
Elsewhere on the shoe, don’t expect any kind of structure. Apart from the strip on the back and the collar, the shoe is just a single layer of soft leather over your foot. This can be a good or bad thing depending on your individual needs, but personally I found it very comfortable.
Break-In:
Break-In on this shoe was easy. The sole is soft out of the box, and the leather was even softer – something Quoddy does better than anyone. As mentioned above, these were probably a half size too small for me so I had a bit of stretching to get these really dialed in. That being said if you got the right size, I don’t even expect that to be the case.
Materials:
With the softness of this leather out of the box and how it ages, I was certain it was Horween’s chromexcel. To my surprise, I only learned it was actually Horween’s cavalier leather when researching for this review. My previous experience with Cavalier that it was stiffer and waxier than chromexcel. This shoe blows that expectation out of the water. This leather is softer than anything I own except for my chromexcel Quoddy True Penny loafers. I don’t know how they do it, but Quoddy consistently seems to find the softest hides for their shoes.
Underneath your foot, the insole is another piece of soft leather, and the upper leather is wrapped around under your foot as well. The only other component of the shoe is the Vibram outsole. Made of a softer compound compared to what Oak Street Bootmakers use, this sole has had average wear. Not great, not terrible. That being said, considering that the outsole is providing the majority of the impact resistance, that is a trade off I’m happy to make.
Ease of Care:
Like most other handsewns, this shoe is fairly easy to take care of. While natural leather will never be care-free, a bit of Bick 4 or similar conditioner every few months is all it needs. The leather laces are also starting to wear out, but are replaceable.
When the sole does end up wearing through, Quoddy does offer a full refurbish service. In this, they replace the sole, condition the leather, clean up loose stitching, and replace the laces. This costs $129, but Quoddy does run sales for $99 multiple times a year. While the cost of the refurbishment is in line with others, I do wish Quoddy would offer a replacement for just the sole for less. Rancourt does this for $60 and seems to be doing just fine.
It is possible to get the shoe resoled elsewhere, but you need to make sure your cobbler has a blake stitching machine. Since blake stitching requires special equipment, expect to pay a bit more compared to replacing a good year welt. Outside of major metropolitan areas, resoling at a cobbler might not be an option at all.
Pricing:
If you’re looking to design your own, Quoddy prices their Blucher at $295-$320. They also have a large variety of in-stock combinations, including the one here, for $275 through the same link. The blucher, often in this colorway, is also carried by numerous 3rd party outlets including J Crew, Guideboat, Mr. Porter, and even Wal Mart.
With so many retailers carrying the shoe, it’s typically pretty easy to find it on sale. At time of writing, Guideboat has the Toast color on sale for $150 in a nearly full-size run. Further, Quoddy has yearly tent sales where they sell them at a similar price – if they have your size.
Alternatively, there is an ebay seller that doesn’t claim any connection to the brand, but is suspiciously located in the same town as Quoddy, and only sells brand new Quoddys. They typically have great pricing, but what they have, and in what size, seems to be random. At time of writing they have mostly boat shoes, but a few weeks ago it was almost all boots.
With Quoddy’s unique blend of a ranger moc and boat shoe, there are no direct comparisons to this shoe. The closest are probably Rancourt’s Ranger Moc ($250), and Oak Street Bootmaker’s Trail Oxford ($282). If you’re looking for something more affordable, LL Bean also offers a ranger moc ($109), but don’t expect anywhere near the same quality. It’s worth noting all of these shoes are more similar to Quoddy’s Maliseet Oxford ($299) than the blucher.
Value:
While the MSRP falls between their two major rivals, Quoddy will generally still be the most affordable due to sales. Not only will Quoddy products go on the deepest discount, they also go on sale more often. From an initial value standpoint, Quoddy probably takes the cake. Of course, when choosing a shoe like this, there are more important things than just cost. In this range, people are willing to pay extra to get what they want.
The Quoddy is the best for someone who isn’t looking for something too “outdoorsy.” At the same time, it’s a bit less “nautical” then boat shoes – and doesn’t carry the same fratty vibe. Quoddy is also the best at providing materials that hug your foot, which is one of the main reasons people shop for handsewns.
Overall:
The Quoddy Blucher gives you a unique style with excellent materials. If you want something that is a bit different compared to the boat shoes and ranger mocs of the world, you could do a lot worse than picking up one of these. I just wish they would put a little bit of arch support in.
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As many of you know by now, I have this and about 22 other reviews on a website I run: 100wears.com
While I personally think the website is somewhere between google and amazon in importance to the internet, in case you disagree I’ve pulled all the internal links from the review above so nobody gets sent there who doesn't want to go. Here are the links that were pulled if you're interested.
Rancourt Horse Bit Loafer
Rancourt Read Boat Shoe
Oak Street Bootmakers Camp Moc
Quoddy True Penny Loafer
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Looks:
The Quoddy Blucher is really a combination of two styles of shoes – the boat shoe and a ranger moc. Taking style ques from each, and sometimes splitting the differences down the middle, the shoe acts as a bridge between the two styles and can have a very different impact based on the color choices the consumer selects.
This particular pair is made from a whiskey leather and brick-red sole, a combo that pushes it firmly towards the ranger moc aesthetic. Up front, the classic moc toe has started to separate slightly. The white thread that keeps it together, however, is mostly even and shows no sign of wear at all.
The leather on the toe has tight creasing, with a pull up effect that is still strong years later. It does show scratches and knicks, but they tend to fade into the background due to the color variation. On top of the tongue/plug panel, the quarters feature three brass eyelets with rawhide laces running through them. The stitching on the quarters is tight and straight, even if the leather panels themselves are a bit uneven.
At the top of the quarters and running along the throat, the shoe features a collar with large pinking (or the zig zag cut in the leather) along the edge. This panel is soft and comfortable, but does feature a raw edge near the eyelets. To me, this area comes off as unfinished and is really the only area on the shoe where I have a major complaint. You can’t miss it when wearing the shoe. Wrapping the panel around on itself would have gone a long way in helping the shoe feel complete.
In the back, one of the only areas where leather overlaps is a vertical panel covering the stitching. This meets a horizontal stitch that is unique compared to Quoddy’s cross-town rivals Rancourt and Oak Street Bootmakers. While others put the seem higher up, and treat it as a styling feature, Quoddy has done the opposite. This stitching is as low as Quoddy could make it – right up against the sole – and the leather was cut short to keep the back flat.
On the bottom, the shoe features a brick colored Vibram camp moc outsole. It's worth noting that faint design along the side walls have a tendency to hold dirt more than other camp moc soles I’ve tried.
Inside, the shoe is unlined, with your feet directly against the interior of the leather. Finishing out the shoe, a full length black insole provides a bit of contrast.
Fit & Comfort:
These shoes fit true to length, and fairly wide – even compared to other Quoddy products. I’m a 11.75 D on the Brannock and I have these in a size 11 D. While I would probably order an 11.5 if I was going to do it again, unlike my other pair of Quoddys I won't have these professional stretched. Of course, everyone is going to have their own personal preference
While these shoes are not quite as bad as the Quoddy True Penny when it comes to comfort, they are not something you’ll want to wear if you’re getting your steps in. On the positive side, the Vibram sole has a bit of softness to it, and provides a bit of padding. This, combined with the leather insole, does an OK job overall.
Unfortunately, Quoddy still refuses to use any sort of arch support at all. With a completely flat insole, your feet feel like they’ve walked three times as far as they actually have. I appreciate that true moccasin construction keeps things as simple as possible, but this is one area where a classic design can be improved.
Elsewhere on the shoe, don’t expect any kind of structure. Apart from the strip on the back and the collar, the shoe is just a single layer of soft leather over your foot. This can be a good or bad thing depending on your individual needs, but personally I found it very comfortable.
Break-In:
Break-In on this shoe was easy. The sole is soft out of the box, and the leather was even softer – something Quoddy does better than anyone. As mentioned above, these were probably a half size too small for me so I had a bit of stretching to get these really dialed in. That being said if you got the right size, I don’t even expect that to be the case.
Materials:
With the softness of this leather out of the box and how it ages, I was certain it was Horween’s chromexcel. To my surprise, I only learned it was actually Horween’s cavalier leather when researching for this review. My previous experience with Cavalier that it was stiffer and waxier than chromexcel. This shoe blows that expectation out of the water. This leather is softer than anything I own except for my chromexcel Quoddy True Penny loafers. I don’t know how they do it, but Quoddy consistently seems to find the softest hides for their shoes.
Underneath your foot, the insole is another piece of soft leather, and the upper leather is wrapped around under your foot as well. The only other component of the shoe is the Vibram outsole. Made of a softer compound compared to what Oak Street Bootmakers use, this sole has had average wear. Not great, not terrible. That being said, considering that the outsole is providing the majority of the impact resistance, that is a trade off I’m happy to make.
Ease of Care:
Like most other handsewns, this shoe is fairly easy to take care of. While natural leather will never be care-free, a bit of Bick 4 or similar conditioner every few months is all it needs. The leather laces are also starting to wear out, but are replaceable.
When the sole does end up wearing through, Quoddy does offer a full refurbish service. In this, they replace the sole, condition the leather, clean up loose stitching, and replace the laces. This costs $129, but Quoddy does run sales for $99 multiple times a year. While the cost of the refurbishment is in line with others, I do wish Quoddy would offer a replacement for just the sole for less. Rancourt does this for $60 and seems to be doing just fine.
It is possible to get the shoe resoled elsewhere, but you need to make sure your cobbler has a blake stitching machine. Since blake stitching requires special equipment, expect to pay a bit more compared to replacing a good year welt. Outside of major metropolitan areas, resoling at a cobbler might not be an option at all.
Pricing:
If you’re looking to design your own, Quoddy prices their Blucher at $295-$320. They also have a large variety of in-stock combinations, including the one here, for $275 through the same link. The blucher, often in this colorway, is also carried by numerous 3rd party outlets including J Crew, Guideboat, Mr. Porter, and even Wal Mart.
With so many retailers carrying the shoe, it’s typically pretty easy to find it on sale. At time of writing, Guideboat has the Toast color on sale for $150 in a nearly full-size run. Further, Quoddy has yearly tent sales where they sell them at a similar price – if they have your size.
Alternatively, there is an ebay seller that doesn’t claim any connection to the brand, but is suspiciously located in the same town as Quoddy, and only sells brand new Quoddys. They typically have great pricing, but what they have, and in what size, seems to be random. At time of writing they have mostly boat shoes, but a few weeks ago it was almost all boots.
With Quoddy’s unique blend of a ranger moc and boat shoe, there are no direct comparisons to this shoe. The closest are probably Rancourt’s Ranger Moc ($250), and Oak Street Bootmaker’s Trail Oxford ($282). If you’re looking for something more affordable, LL Bean also offers a ranger moc ($109), but don’t expect anywhere near the same quality. It’s worth noting all of these shoes are more similar to Quoddy’s Maliseet Oxford ($299) than the blucher.
Value:
While the MSRP falls between their two major rivals, Quoddy will generally still be the most affordable due to sales. Not only will Quoddy products go on the deepest discount, they also go on sale more often. From an initial value standpoint, Quoddy probably takes the cake. Of course, when choosing a shoe like this, there are more important things than just cost. In this range, people are willing to pay extra to get what they want.
The Quoddy is the best for someone who isn’t looking for something too “outdoorsy.” At the same time, it’s a bit less “nautical” then boat shoes – and doesn’t carry the same fratty vibe. Quoddy is also the best at providing materials that hug your foot, which is one of the main reasons people shop for handsewns.
Overall:
The Quoddy Blucher gives you a unique style with excellent materials. If you want something that is a bit different compared to the boat shoes and ranger mocs of the world, you could do a lot worse than picking up one of these. I just wish they would put a little bit of arch support in.
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As many of you know by now, I have this and about 22 other reviews on a website I run: 100wears.com
While I personally think the website is somewhere between google and amazon in importance to the internet, in case you disagree I’ve pulled all the internal links from the review above so nobody gets sent there who doesn't want to go. Here are the links that were pulled if you're interested.
Rancourt Horse Bit Loafer
Rancourt Read Boat Shoe
Oak Street Bootmakers Camp Moc
Quoddy True Penny Loafer
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2020.11.06 15:57 Myredditsirname (cross post with r/gyw) Rancourt Read Boat Shoes: Initial Impressions
Pictures First: https://imgur.com/a/tQU8TZ2
History:
Looking back through Rancourt & Co’s archives on their website, the very first post about their company – before they even opened as an online store – was about Kyle Rancourt wearing a pair of Rancourt boat shoes boat shoes. Back then, to order a pair you had to email Kyle directly describing what you wanted and he would get a pair made for you.
Without those first boat shoes, Rancourt & Co wouldn’t be where they are today, and the Read boat shoe is their classic version. Of course, Rancourt is known for much more than just boat shoes and penny loafers in 2020, but every boot, wingtip, belt, and sneaker can trace it’s linage back to this shoe.
With less than a year to go for the shoe’s 10-year anniversary, it’s worth checking to see if Rancourt had it right all along, or if this shoe is the remnant of a time before Rancourt was the brand we know today.
Looks:
The Read is Rancourt’s classic boat shoe, but that doesn’t mean it’s a full cookie cutter copy of everyone else. Up front, the toe box is narrower in design than many of their competitors, and features a moc toe sewn with a heavily waxed, off-white colored thread. The thread that they used here is thicker and waxier than any other hand sewn that I’ve ever owned, almost feeling like plastic. While others might not like this look, there is something distinctly nautical about it that lends itself to a boat shoe.
Further back, the shoe features a typical two-eyelet design with brushed silver eyelets and natural colored rawhide laces running through them. The flaps themselves have some decorative stitching running from the anchor point on the toe, which again come off as something you’d see on an actual boat and helps set them apart from the very plain look of something like a Sperry.
As you continue towards the rear of the shoe, the brushed silver eyelets and rawhide laces wrap around the throat. The stitching used on this panel is tight and even, though there are a few loose threads at the end, something not present on any other Rancourt shoe I’ve owned. This area is the largest point of concern out of the box as the left shoe came with a significant amount of bowing on the exterior side. I was able to partially remedy this by pulling the laces tight, though that has resulted in a bit of puckering around the throat. Keep an eye out for an update to see if this problem resolves itself with wear, or if this is an ongoing problem.
At the rear of the shoe, the hand sewing on the back highlights the thickness of the thread they are using with big, chunky knots. Again, I don’t mind the look at all – and I like it more the longer I have the shoe – but this is something that might not be for everyone. Otherwise, the stitching is tight and leaves nothing to complain about.
The “Carolina Brown” leather is significantly lighter in color than what they advertise on the website. It also appears that this pair lost the chromexcel lottery as after just trying them on a bit of loose grain was visible on the toe. This is an unfortunate part of using this leather, and not something to hold against Rancourt. Inside, the shoe is primarily the roughout side of chromexcel with the only exception being a tan heel bad running half the length of the shoe.
At the bottom, the shoe features a bright white boat shoe sole. The sole features tight sipping and Rancourt & Co branding in the middle.
Fit & Comfort:
These shoes are a standard length, but are fairly narrow in the toe. The chromexcel leather will be fairly forgiving compared to other leather types, but even with that I went a half size larger than I normally would from the Maine handsewn manufacturers. I measure an 11.75 D on the brannock and ordered these in a size 12 D. They are slightly too long, however while an 11.5 D would likely have stretched to accommodate my foot, it is likely that my toes would have gone over the edge of the sole.
From a comfort perspective, these shoes have a lot going for them. The most important item here is that underneath the heel pad, Rancourt has built up a bit of arch support. On the first wear this made a world of difference compared to some of the other handsewns. From first feel, this could be either padding or leather, so I’m not certain how it will hold up in the long term. Further, the leather underfoot and the midsole combine to provide a bit of shock protection – it isn’t a running shoe, but it is something you could wear all day without complaining.
If I was going to list a complaint, the leather on these shoes is significantly stiffer than any other non-lined chromexcel pair I own. It doesn’t envelop your foot in the way that something like the chromexcel from Quoddy does. It’ll be interesting to see if it softens up with age.
Materials:
The materials on this shoe is what we’ve all come to expect from Rancourt, or in other words they are great. While stiffer than other pairs I’ve owned, the chromexcel is still that famous material we’ve all come to love. Rancourt has decided to use double layers on the tongue and eyelet flaps – measuring nearly 4 mm thick – which should provide even more strength here.
The laces are solid as well, almost too thick to tie a good-looking knot. Further, unlike most other brands, the laces are truly one piece that runs throughout the back of the shoe. I’ve noticed that apart from Sperry, most brands make their boat shoe soles too hard, but that isn’t a trap that Rancourt has fallen into. The sole feels and acts like a Sperry outsole, and that is a good thing. Of course, it’s likely that this softer compound will lead to faster wear on the outsole.
Ease of Care:
While natural leather will never be care free, these shoes should be as close to it as possible. Expect to condition every 4 to 6 months, depending on wear, and keep shoe trees in when not wearing to help them keep their shape.
It’s also important to highlight that Rancourt still stands alone among the well-known shoe brands in offering a reasonable cost of resoling. If you’re only looking to get a new sole put on, Rancourt only charges $60 dollars. Their competitors, such as Oak Street Bootmakers and Quoddy, only offer a full refurbish service for around $130 dollars (which Rancourt offers as well for $135).
Pricing:
Normally priced at $250, this particular pair was picked up during their recent crowdfunding request for $150. During the COVID-19 shut down, Rancourt offered to sell specific models at a steep discount in order to cover the costs of keeping the factory open. Though it’s hard to say this is a sale that you should wait for, this likely isn’t a sustainable price point for the company long-term and is extremely unlike to happen outside of a global pandemic.
While it used to be fairly easy to find Rancourt shoes at a discount, it is much harder these days. Pairs will pop up on eBay from time to time, but otherwise you’ll likely need to wait for a sale from Rancourt themselves. Rancourt has a standing 10% off for signing up for their mailing list, and does offer sales on some of the big holidays.
Alternatively, Rancourt has their “Dirigo” line. These are shoes made with leathers that are either overstock or otherwise cheaper for the brand to pick up. If you’re flexible on color and material type, this can be a good option to save a little bit of money. It’s also possible to pick up something from the Dirigo line during one of their sales for an even bigger savings.
If you’re looking for another option, the two most obvious choices are the Quoddy “Classic Boat Shoe,” which range from $275 to $325 depending on if you want to customize, and the Oak Street Bootmakers “Boat Shoe,” which comes in at $282. Alternatively, Sperry Gold Cup Line MSRPs at $159 if you want to look for something on the more affordable side. It is worth noting that all of these, especially the Sperrys, go on sale more often and at deeper discounts than the Rancourts.
Value:
First, if you managed to grab the crowdfunding batch, the value is great. Period. Next section.
What about those who didn’t? That is a harder to answer question. While the most affordable of the “big three” Maine-based handsewn makers at full price, the other two run sales more often and at a higher discount so it’s likely that pricing will depend more on when you decide to buy, rather than which brand you select.
You’re likely to find value in this shoe if you’re looking for a classic boat shoe with classic construction methods. Both of the other brands have changed the formula from what Paul Sperry first introduced more than half a century ago, either through construction or design. Rancourt stayed much closer to the original formula. In fact, when Sperry decided to introduce their current “Made in America” line, they opted to use Rancourt as the supplier.
Overall:
The Read Boat shoe is a classic design, and the foundation of one of the largest American-made shoe companies. While there are notable flaws on this particular pair – the bowing in particular has me worried – the quality on the other pairs leads me to give them the benefit of the doubt that once the leather softens up these will be just fine.
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I'm sure some of you are sick of this, but google analyics says that almost everyone who comes from Reddit ends up reading 3 or 4 reviews, so hopefully people are finding it helpful: 100wears.com. As always, I've pulled all the links from the review above so nobody gets tricked into going if they don't want to. There is no monetization or ads on the site.
Here are the links that were in there:
Sperry Gold Cup 5 Year Review
Quoddy True Penny 2 Year Review
All Rancourt Reviews (includes bit loafer and wingtip)
Oak Street Bootmakers Camp Moc 5 Year Review
And a Permalink to the review above: https://100wears.com/stitched-footwearancourt-boat-shoe-review/
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Pictures First: https://imgur.com/a/tQU8TZ2
History:
Looking back through Rancourt & Co’s archives on their website, the very first post about their company – before they even opened as an online store – was about Kyle Rancourt wearing a pair of Rancourt boat shoes boat shoes. Back then, to order a pair you had to email Kyle directly describing what you wanted and he would get a pair made for you.
Without those first boat shoes, Rancourt & Co wouldn’t be where they are today, and the Read boat shoe is their classic version. Of course, Rancourt is known for much more than just boat shoes and penny loafers in 2020, but every boot, wingtip, belt, and sneaker can trace it’s linage back to this shoe.
With less than a year to go for the shoe’s 10-year anniversary, it’s worth checking to see if Rancourt had it right all along, or if this shoe is the remnant of a time before Rancourt was the brand we know today.
Looks:
The Read is Rancourt’s classic boat shoe, but that doesn’t mean it’s a full cookie cutter copy of everyone else. Up front, the toe box is narrower in design than many of their competitors, and features a moc toe sewn with a heavily waxed, off-white colored thread. The thread that they used here is thicker and waxier than any other hand sewn that I’ve ever owned, almost feeling like plastic. While others might not like this look, there is something distinctly nautical about it that lends itself to a boat shoe.
Further back, the shoe features a typical two-eyelet design with brushed silver eyelets and natural colored rawhide laces running through them. The flaps themselves have some decorative stitching running from the anchor point on the toe, which again come off as something you’d see on an actual boat and helps set them apart from the very plain look of something like a Sperry.
As you continue towards the rear of the shoe, the brushed silver eyelets and rawhide laces wrap around the throat. The stitching used on this panel is tight and even, though there are a few loose threads at the end, something not present on any other Rancourt shoe I’ve owned. This area is the largest point of concern out of the box as the left shoe came with a significant amount of bowing on the exterior side. I was able to partially remedy this by pulling the laces tight, though that has resulted in a bit of puckering around the throat. Keep an eye out for an update to see if this problem resolves itself with wear, or if this is an ongoing problem.
At the rear of the shoe, the hand sewing on the back highlights the thickness of the thread they are using with big, chunky knots. Again, I don’t mind the look at all – and I like it more the longer I have the shoe – but this is something that might not be for everyone. Otherwise, the stitching is tight and leaves nothing to complain about.
The “Carolina Brown” leather is significantly lighter in color than what they advertise on the website. It also appears that this pair lost the chromexcel lottery as after just trying them on a bit of loose grain was visible on the toe. This is an unfortunate part of using this leather, and not something to hold against Rancourt. Inside, the shoe is primarily the roughout side of chromexcel with the only exception being a tan heel bad running half the length of the shoe.
At the bottom, the shoe features a bright white boat shoe sole. The sole features tight sipping and Rancourt & Co branding in the middle.
Fit & Comfort:
These shoes are a standard length, but are fairly narrow in the toe. The chromexcel leather will be fairly forgiving compared to other leather types, but even with that I went a half size larger than I normally would from the Maine handsewn manufacturers. I measure an 11.75 D on the brannock and ordered these in a size 12 D. They are slightly too long, however while an 11.5 D would likely have stretched to accommodate my foot, it is likely that my toes would have gone over the edge of the sole.
From a comfort perspective, these shoes have a lot going for them. The most important item here is that underneath the heel pad, Rancourt has built up a bit of arch support. On the first wear this made a world of difference compared to some of the other handsewns. From first feel, this could be either padding or leather, so I’m not certain how it will hold up in the long term. Further, the leather underfoot and the midsole combine to provide a bit of shock protection – it isn’t a running shoe, but it is something you could wear all day without complaining.
If I was going to list a complaint, the leather on these shoes is significantly stiffer than any other non-lined chromexcel pair I own. It doesn’t envelop your foot in the way that something like the chromexcel from Quoddy does. It’ll be interesting to see if it softens up with age.
Materials:
The materials on this shoe is what we’ve all come to expect from Rancourt, or in other words they are great. While stiffer than other pairs I’ve owned, the chromexcel is still that famous material we’ve all come to love. Rancourt has decided to use double layers on the tongue and eyelet flaps – measuring nearly 4 mm thick – which should provide even more strength here.
The laces are solid as well, almost too thick to tie a good-looking knot. Further, unlike most other brands, the laces are truly one piece that runs throughout the back of the shoe. I’ve noticed that apart from Sperry, most brands make their boat shoe soles too hard, but that isn’t a trap that Rancourt has fallen into. The sole feels and acts like a Sperry outsole, and that is a good thing. Of course, it’s likely that this softer compound will lead to faster wear on the outsole.
Ease of Care:
While natural leather will never be care free, these shoes should be as close to it as possible. Expect to condition every 4 to 6 months, depending on wear, and keep shoe trees in when not wearing to help them keep their shape.
It’s also important to highlight that Rancourt still stands alone among the well-known shoe brands in offering a reasonable cost of resoling. If you’re only looking to get a new sole put on, Rancourt only charges $60 dollars. Their competitors, such as Oak Street Bootmakers and Quoddy, only offer a full refurbish service for around $130 dollars (which Rancourt offers as well for $135).
Pricing:
Normally priced at $250, this particular pair was picked up during their recent crowdfunding request for $150. During the COVID-19 shut down, Rancourt offered to sell specific models at a steep discount in order to cover the costs of keeping the factory open. Though it’s hard to say this is a sale that you should wait for, this likely isn’t a sustainable price point for the company long-term and is extremely unlike to happen outside of a global pandemic.
While it used to be fairly easy to find Rancourt shoes at a discount, it is much harder these days. Pairs will pop up on eBay from time to time, but otherwise you’ll likely need to wait for a sale from Rancourt themselves. Rancourt has a standing 10% off for signing up for their mailing list, and does offer sales on some of the big holidays.
Alternatively, Rancourt has their “Dirigo” line. These are shoes made with leathers that are either overstock or otherwise cheaper for the brand to pick up. If you’re flexible on color and material type, this can be a good option to save a little bit of money. It’s also possible to pick up something from the Dirigo line during one of their sales for an even bigger savings.
If you’re looking for another option, the two most obvious choices are the Quoddy “Classic Boat Shoe,” which range from $275 to $325 depending on if you want to customize, and the Oak Street Bootmakers “Boat Shoe,” which comes in at $282. Alternatively, Sperry Gold Cup Line MSRPs at $159 if you want to look for something on the more affordable side. It is worth noting that all of these, especially the Sperrys, go on sale more often and at deeper discounts than the Rancourts.
Value:
First, if you managed to grab the crowdfunding batch, the value is great. Period. Next section.
What about those who didn’t? That is a harder to answer question. While the most affordable of the “big three” Maine-based handsewn makers at full price, the other two run sales more often and at a higher discount so it’s likely that pricing will depend more on when you decide to buy, rather than which brand you select.
You’re likely to find value in this shoe if you’re looking for a classic boat shoe with classic construction methods. Both of the other brands have changed the formula from what Paul Sperry first introduced more than half a century ago, either through construction or design. Rancourt stayed much closer to the original formula. In fact, when Sperry decided to introduce their current “Made in America” line, they opted to use Rancourt as the supplier.
Overall:
The Read Boat shoe is a classic design, and the foundation of one of the largest American-made shoe companies. While there are notable flaws on this particular pair – the bowing in particular has me worried – the quality on the other pairs leads me to give them the benefit of the doubt that once the leather softens up these will be just fine.
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I'm sure some of you are sick of this, but google analyics says that almost everyone who comes from Reddit ends up reading 3 or 4 reviews, so hopefully people are finding it helpful: 100wears.com. As always, I've pulled all the links from the review above so nobody gets tricked into going if they don't want to. There is no monetization or ads on the site.
Here are the links that were in there:
Sperry Gold Cup 5 Year Review
Quoddy True Penny 2 Year Review
All Rancourt Reviews (includes bit loafer and wingtip)
Oak Street Bootmakers Camp Moc 5 Year Review
And a Permalink to the review above: https://100wears.com/stitched-footwearancourt-boat-shoe-review/
2020.11.06 15:46 Myredditsirname Rancourt Read Boat Shoe: Initial Impressions
Pictures First: https://imgur.com/a/tQU8TZ2
History:
Looking back through Rancourt & Co’s archives on their website, the very first post about their company – before they even opened as an online store – was about Kyle Rancourt wearing a pair of Rancourt boat shoes boat shoes. Back then, to order a pair you had to email Kyle directly describing what you wanted and he would get a pair made for you.
Without those first boat shoes, Rancourt & Co wouldn’t be where they are today, and the Read boat shoe is their classic version. Of course, Rancourt is known for much more than just boat shoes and penny loafers in 2020, but every boot, wingtip, belt, and sneaker can trace it’s linage back to this shoe.
With less than a year to go for the shoe’s 10-year anniversary, it’s worth checking to see if Rancourt had it right all along, or if this shoe is the remnant of a time before Rancourt was the brand we know today.
Looks:
The Read is Rancourt’s classic boat shoe, but that doesn’t mean it’s a full cookie cutter copy of everyone else. Up front, the toe box is narrower in design than many of their competitors, and features a moc toe sewn with a heavily waxed, off-white colored thread. The thread that they used here is thicker and waxier than any other hand sewn that I’ve ever owned, almost feeling like plastic. While others might not like this look, there is something distinctly nautical about it that lends itself to a boat shoe.
Further back, the shoe features a typical two-eyelet design with brushed silver eyelets and natural colored rawhide laces running through them. The flaps themselves have some decorative stitching running from the anchor point on the toe, which again come off as something you’d see on an actual boat and helps set them apart from the very plain look of something like a Sperry.
As you continue towards the rear of the shoe, the brushed silver eyelets and rawhide laces wrap around the throat. The stitching used on this panel is tight and even, though there are a few loose threads at the end, something not present on any other Rancourt shoe I’ve owned. This area is the largest point of concern out of the box as the left shoe came with a significant amount of bowing on the exterior side. I was able to partially remedy this by pulling the laces tight, though that has resulted in a bit of puckering around the throat. Keep an eye out for an update to see if this problem resolves itself with wear, or if this is an ongoing problem.
At the rear of the shoe, the hand sewing on the back highlights the thickness of the thread they are using with big, chunky knots. Again, I don’t mind the look at all – and I like it more the longer I have the shoe – but this is something that might not be for everyone. Otherwise, the stitching is tight and leaves nothing to complain about.
The “Carolina Brown” leather is significantly lighter in color than what they advertise on the website. It also appears that this pair lost the chromexcel lottery as after just trying them on a bit of loose grain was visible on the toe. This is an unfortunate part of using this leather, and not something to hold against Rancourt. Inside, the shoe is primarily the roughout side of chromexcel with the only exception being a tan heel bad running half the length of the shoe.
At the bottom, the shoe features a bright white boat shoe sole. The sole features tight sipping and Rancourt & Co branding in the middle.
Fit & Comfort:
These shoes are a standard length, but are fairly narrow in the toe. The chromexcel leather will be fairly forgiving compared to other leather types, but even with that I went a half size larger than I normally would from the Maine handsewn manufacturers. I measure an 11.75 D on the brannock and ordered these in a size 12 D. They are slightly too long, however while an 11.5 D would likely have stretched to accommodate my foot, it is likely that my toes would have gone over the edge of the sole.
From a comfort perspective, these shoes have a lot going for them. The most important item here is that underneath the heel pad, Rancourt has built up a bit of arch support. On the first wear this made a world of difference compared to some of the other handsewns. From first feel, this could be either padding or leather, so I’m not certain how it will hold up in the long term. Further, the leather underfoot and the midsole combine to provide a bit of shock protection – it isn’t a running shoe, but it is something you could wear all day without complaining.
If I was going to list a complaint, the leather on these shoes is significantly stiffer than any other non-lined chromexcel pair I own. It doesn’t envelop your foot in the way that something like the chromexcel from Quoddy does. It’ll be interesting to see if it softens up with age.
Materials:
The materials on this shoe is what we’ve all come to expect from Rancourt, or in other words they are great. While stiffer than other pairs I’ve owned, the chromexcel is still that famous material we’ve all come to love. Rancourt has decided to use double layers on the tongue and eyelet flaps – measuring nearly 4 mm thick – which should provide even more strength here.
The laces are solid as well, almost too thick to tie a good-looking knot. Further, unlike most other brands, the laces are truly one piece that runs throughout the back of the shoe. I’ve noticed that apart from Sperry, most brands make their boat shoe soles too hard, but that isn’t a trap that Rancourt has fallen into. The sole feels and acts like a Sperry outsole, and that is a good thing. Of course, it’s likely that this softer compound will lead to faster wear on the outsole.
Ease of Care:
While natural leather will never be care free, these shoes should be as close to it as possible. Expect to condition every 4 to 6 months, depending on wear, and keep shoe trees in when not wearing to help them keep their shape.
It’s also important to highlight that Rancourt still stands alone among the well-known shoe brands in offering a reasonable cost of resoling. If you’re only looking to get a new sole put on, Rancourt only charges $60 dollars. Their competitors, such as Oak Street Bootmakers and Quoddy, only offer a full refurbish service for around $130 dollars (which Rancourt offers as well for $135).
Pricing:
Normally priced at $250, this particular pair was picked up during their recent crowdfunding request for $150. During the COVID-19 shut down, Rancourt offered to sell specific models at a steep discount in order to cover the costs of keeping the factory open. Though it’s hard to say this is a sale that you should wait for, this likely isn’t a sustainable price point for the company long-term and is extremely unlike to happen outside of a global pandemic.
While it used to be fairly easy to find Rancourt shoes at a discount, it is much harder these days. Pairs will pop up on eBay from time to time, but otherwise you’ll likely need to wait for a sale from Rancourt themselves. Rancourt has a standing 10% off for signing up for their mailing list, and does offer sales on some of the big holidays.
Alternatively, Rancourt has their “Dirigo” line. These are shoes made with leathers that are either overstock or otherwise cheaper for the brand to pick up. If you’re flexible on color and material type, this can be a good option to save a little bit of money. It’s also possible to pick up something from the Dirigo line during one of their sales for an even bigger savings.
If you’re looking for another option, the two most obvious choices are the Quoddy “Classic Boat Shoe,” which range from $275 to $325 depending on if you want to customize, and the Oak Street Bootmakers “Boat Shoe,” which comes in at $282. Alternatively, Sperry Gold Cup Line MSRPs at $159 if you want to look for something on the more affordable side. It is worth noting that all of these, especially the Sperrys, go on sale more often and at deeper discounts than the Rancourts.
Value:
First, if you managed to grab the crowdfunding batch, the value is great. Period. Next section.
What about those who didn’t? That is a harder to answer question. While the most affordable of the “big three” Maine-based handsewn makers at full price, the other two run sales more often and at a higher discount so it’s likely that pricing will depend more on when you decide to buy, rather than which brand you select.
You’re likely to find value in this shoe if you’re looking for a classic boat shoe with classic construction methods. Both of the other brands have changed the formula from what Paul Sperry first introduced more than half a century ago, either through construction or design. Rancourt stayed much closer to the original formula. In fact, when Sperry decided to introduce their current “Made in America” line, they opted to use Rancourt as the supplier.
Overall:
The Read Boat shoe is a classic design, and the foundation of one of the largest American-made shoe companies. While there are notable flaws on this particular pair – the bowing in particular has me worried – the quality on the other pairs leads me to give them the benefit of the doubt that once the leather softens up these will be just fine.
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I'm sure some of you are sick of this, but google analyics says that almost everyone who comes from Reddit (generally more than 100 people a day) ends up reading 3 or 4 reviews, so hopefully people are finding it helpful: 100wears.com. As always, I've pulled all the links from the review above so nobody gets tricked into going if they don't want to. There is no monetization or ads on the site.
Here are the links that were in there:
Sperry Gold Cup 5 Year Review
Quoddy True Penny 2 Year Review
All Rancourt Reviews (includes bit loafer and wingtip)
Oak Street Bootmakers Camp Moc 5 Year Review
And a Permalink to the review above: https://100wears.com/stitched-footwearancourt-boat-shoe-review/
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History:
Looking back through Rancourt & Co’s archives on their website, the very first post about their company – before they even opened as an online store – was about Kyle Rancourt wearing a pair of Rancourt boat shoes boat shoes. Back then, to order a pair you had to email Kyle directly describing what you wanted and he would get a pair made for you.
Without those first boat shoes, Rancourt & Co wouldn’t be where they are today, and the Read boat shoe is their classic version. Of course, Rancourt is known for much more than just boat shoes and penny loafers in 2020, but every boot, wingtip, belt, and sneaker can trace it’s linage back to this shoe.
With less than a year to go for the shoe’s 10-year anniversary, it’s worth checking to see if Rancourt had it right all along, or if this shoe is the remnant of a time before Rancourt was the brand we know today.
Looks:
The Read is Rancourt’s classic boat shoe, but that doesn’t mean it’s a full cookie cutter copy of everyone else. Up front, the toe box is narrower in design than many of their competitors, and features a moc toe sewn with a heavily waxed, off-white colored thread. The thread that they used here is thicker and waxier than any other hand sewn that I’ve ever owned, almost feeling like plastic. While others might not like this look, there is something distinctly nautical about it that lends itself to a boat shoe.
Further back, the shoe features a typical two-eyelet design with brushed silver eyelets and natural colored rawhide laces running through them. The flaps themselves have some decorative stitching running from the anchor point on the toe, which again come off as something you’d see on an actual boat and helps set them apart from the very plain look of something like a Sperry.
As you continue towards the rear of the shoe, the brushed silver eyelets and rawhide laces wrap around the throat. The stitching used on this panel is tight and even, though there are a few loose threads at the end, something not present on any other Rancourt shoe I’ve owned. This area is the largest point of concern out of the box as the left shoe came with a significant amount of bowing on the exterior side. I was able to partially remedy this by pulling the laces tight, though that has resulted in a bit of puckering around the throat. Keep an eye out for an update to see if this problem resolves itself with wear, or if this is an ongoing problem.
At the rear of the shoe, the hand sewing on the back highlights the thickness of the thread they are using with big, chunky knots. Again, I don’t mind the look at all – and I like it more the longer I have the shoe – but this is something that might not be for everyone. Otherwise, the stitching is tight and leaves nothing to complain about.
The “Carolina Brown” leather is significantly lighter in color than what they advertise on the website. It also appears that this pair lost the chromexcel lottery as after just trying them on a bit of loose grain was visible on the toe. This is an unfortunate part of using this leather, and not something to hold against Rancourt. Inside, the shoe is primarily the roughout side of chromexcel with the only exception being a tan heel bad running half the length of the shoe.
At the bottom, the shoe features a bright white boat shoe sole. The sole features tight sipping and Rancourt & Co branding in the middle.
Fit & Comfort:
These shoes are a standard length, but are fairly narrow in the toe. The chromexcel leather will be fairly forgiving compared to other leather types, but even with that I went a half size larger than I normally would from the Maine handsewn manufacturers. I measure an 11.75 D on the brannock and ordered these in a size 12 D. They are slightly too long, however while an 11.5 D would likely have stretched to accommodate my foot, it is likely that my toes would have gone over the edge of the sole.
From a comfort perspective, these shoes have a lot going for them. The most important item here is that underneath the heel pad, Rancourt has built up a bit of arch support. On the first wear this made a world of difference compared to some of the other handsewns. From first feel, this could be either padding or leather, so I’m not certain how it will hold up in the long term. Further, the leather underfoot and the midsole combine to provide a bit of shock protection – it isn’t a running shoe, but it is something you could wear all day without complaining.
If I was going to list a complaint, the leather on these shoes is significantly stiffer than any other non-lined chromexcel pair I own. It doesn’t envelop your foot in the way that something like the chromexcel from Quoddy does. It’ll be interesting to see if it softens up with age.
Materials:
The materials on this shoe is what we’ve all come to expect from Rancourt, or in other words they are great. While stiffer than other pairs I’ve owned, the chromexcel is still that famous material we’ve all come to love. Rancourt has decided to use double layers on the tongue and eyelet flaps – measuring nearly 4 mm thick – which should provide even more strength here.
The laces are solid as well, almost too thick to tie a good-looking knot. Further, unlike most other brands, the laces are truly one piece that runs throughout the back of the shoe. I’ve noticed that apart from Sperry, most brands make their boat shoe soles too hard, but that isn’t a trap that Rancourt has fallen into. The sole feels and acts like a Sperry outsole, and that is a good thing. Of course, it’s likely that this softer compound will lead to faster wear on the outsole.
Ease of Care:
While natural leather will never be care free, these shoes should be as close to it as possible. Expect to condition every 4 to 6 months, depending on wear, and keep shoe trees in when not wearing to help them keep their shape.
It’s also important to highlight that Rancourt still stands alone among the well-known shoe brands in offering a reasonable cost of resoling. If you’re only looking to get a new sole put on, Rancourt only charges $60 dollars. Their competitors, such as Oak Street Bootmakers and Quoddy, only offer a full refurbish service for around $130 dollars (which Rancourt offers as well for $135).
Pricing:
Normally priced at $250, this particular pair was picked up during their recent crowdfunding request for $150. During the COVID-19 shut down, Rancourt offered to sell specific models at a steep discount in order to cover the costs of keeping the factory open. Though it’s hard to say this is a sale that you should wait for, this likely isn’t a sustainable price point for the company long-term and is extremely unlike to happen outside of a global pandemic.
While it used to be fairly easy to find Rancourt shoes at a discount, it is much harder these days. Pairs will pop up on eBay from time to time, but otherwise you’ll likely need to wait for a sale from Rancourt themselves. Rancourt has a standing 10% off for signing up for their mailing list, and does offer sales on some of the big holidays.
Alternatively, Rancourt has their “Dirigo” line. These are shoes made with leathers that are either overstock or otherwise cheaper for the brand to pick up. If you’re flexible on color and material type, this can be a good option to save a little bit of money. It’s also possible to pick up something from the Dirigo line during one of their sales for an even bigger savings.
If you’re looking for another option, the two most obvious choices are the Quoddy “Classic Boat Shoe,” which range from $275 to $325 depending on if you want to customize, and the Oak Street Bootmakers “Boat Shoe,” which comes in at $282. Alternatively, Sperry Gold Cup Line MSRPs at $159 if you want to look for something on the more affordable side. It is worth noting that all of these, especially the Sperrys, go on sale more often and at deeper discounts than the Rancourts.
Value:
First, if you managed to grab the crowdfunding batch, the value is great. Period. Next section.
What about those who didn’t? That is a harder to answer question. While the most affordable of the “big three” Maine-based handsewn makers at full price, the other two run sales more often and at a higher discount so it’s likely that pricing will depend more on when you decide to buy, rather than which brand you select.
You’re likely to find value in this shoe if you’re looking for a classic boat shoe with classic construction methods. Both of the other brands have changed the formula from what Paul Sperry first introduced more than half a century ago, either through construction or design. Rancourt stayed much closer to the original formula. In fact, when Sperry decided to introduce their current “Made in America” line, they opted to use Rancourt as the supplier.
Overall:
The Read Boat shoe is a classic design, and the foundation of one of the largest American-made shoe companies. While there are notable flaws on this particular pair – the bowing in particular has me worried – the quality on the other pairs leads me to give them the benefit of the doubt that once the leather softens up these will be just fine.
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I'm sure some of you are sick of this, but google analyics says that almost everyone who comes from Reddit (generally more than 100 people a day) ends up reading 3 or 4 reviews, so hopefully people are finding it helpful: 100wears.com. As always, I've pulled all the links from the review above so nobody gets tricked into going if they don't want to. There is no monetization or ads on the site.
Here are the links that were in there:
Sperry Gold Cup 5 Year Review
Quoddy True Penny 2 Year Review
All Rancourt Reviews (includes bit loafer and wingtip)
Oak Street Bootmakers Camp Moc 5 Year Review
And a Permalink to the review above: https://100wears.com/stitched-footwearancourt-boat-shoe-review/
2020.06.21 04:17 daughter2pop https://www.ebay.com/itm/Rawhide-The-Complete-First-Season-DVD-2006-7-Disc-Set-Clint-Eastwood-/164255238139
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2019.07.12 16:55 fixieben [Initial Impressions / 1 month] Red Wing Foreman Derby in Hawthorne Muleskinner Roughout
![[Initial Impressions / 1 month] Red Wing Foreman Derby in Hawthorne Muleskinner Roughout](https://external-preview.redd.it/UbciMucPkkZJOLPd-RXgf-5omhK662IaY7LRzC6FhY8.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=b305567fe000efd6eda2a4640ae61208cad00dd7 "[Initial Impressions / 1 month] Red Wing Foreman Derby in Hawthorne Muleskinner Roughout") | Album submitted by fixieben to goodyearwelt [link] [comments] https://preview.redd.it/lcnd27gdrw931.jpg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a44850859ae71c3e81aa6ceddf52ec8a257bc5b4 Background My interest has been shifting from dress shoes to more casual options due to a change of jobs so I thought I’d finally grab a pair of Red Wings. When these were mentioned under a Steals & Deals post in early June they ticked a few boxes for me and the price was great - Immediate trigger pull. First pair of Red Wings and first roughout footwear. First real post on here as well. Note - In looking back at the discussion that clued me into these I realized that a different makeup for J. Crew had been reviewed just before I purchased mine, just to give credit where it’s due and for another take on these great shoes. Purchase: The Rack, $130 USD Last/Fit Someone in the Steals & Deals thread asked about wearing these sockless and I would recommended against it. The triple stitching on the quarter is rugged, using heavy gauge thread, and there is no lining in that area to keep your foot from rubbing against it. I tried them in bare feet for about five minutes and the chafing started immediately. Appearance and Construction I love how these look with jeans or khakis. They are obviously tough, hearty, shoes but the lower profile last keeps the shape just sleek enough to avoid a full boot-like look. It’s obvious some thought went into making this design look great. The contrast welt stitching matches the sole perfectly. The center row of stitching on the triple-stitched quarter is the same color as well and, along with the silver eyelets, keeps the top of the shoe on-theme and not too heavy looking. The two-tone Taslan laces that were included did not look great - Very dark overall, creating too much contrast/weight - but the rawhide laces I purchased from Guarded Goods are an ideal match. I am extremely impressed with the leather quality and finishing on these shoes. I honestly don’t have a clue as to why they were being sold as seconds, there are no noticeable flaws and no 2nd designation/marking on either shoe. The Hawthorne Muleskinner is an even and very attractive light tan color with none of the undertones or over-saturation of color you sometimes see in tan work boots/shoes. Stitching is perfect throughout. Other than the canvas lining in the toe, and the relatively rugged/simple design, there is very little separating the apparent quality of the materials and finishing on these shoes from much more expensive footwear I own. In Use I’ve had these for a month but didn’t wear them for the first week or so as I was waiting on the rawhide laces. The stock laces really stood out and kind of wrecked the look of this shoe, IMO. Since getting the rawhide laces I’ve worn them 7 times, including two full days of constant outdoor walking in the city. Both of the long days I was wearing the raw denim pictured, the source of the crocking visible in the photographs. I will be wearing these mostly with jeans so I’m happy with the patina that is starting to develop. These shoes were comfortable right out of the box. They have become slightly more supple but with no break-in pains to report. Other than a couple short wears around the house, my first time in them was a 7+ mile urban hike showing a friend around Chicago and I was pretty astonished with how comfortable they were the entire day. I really like the Atlas sole. It doesn’t have a lot of personality but it is comfortable, both flexible and shock-absorbing, and so far is wearing well. Traction hasn’t been a concern in the conditions I’ve worn these in so far so I'll have to wait and see how they perform in inclement weather. I can’t compare the Atlas to other Red Wing sole options but it seems similar in comfort and style to the Vibram “Cushion Crepe” sole on my Chippewa Suburban Chukkas. In summary, these are well made, durable, attractive, and comfortable. A home run at a bargain price. I often thrift and buy from eBay but as far as shoes I’ve purchased new from a typical retail outlet, these are the best value I’ve found. Highly recommended! |
2019.06.23 05:15 joltally [US - California - Bay Area] Kingdom Death - A lot of extra Monster/Armor/Kickstarter Sprues for cheap
Hello,
I bought a ton of extras during the KD 1.0 and KD 1.5 kickstarters and this is more than I will ever need and will never see a hobby knife from me. Looking for someone to buy these in person in the Northern California (Bay area). I don't want to deal with ebay/shipping. Would like to unload these in one transaction so for all of the below I am thinking $800 (Armor kits alone w. KD shop would be $700 MSRP) is fair, but offer what you think it is worth, better in the hands of someone else to use them!
Sprues that come with the game:
10 Kings Hand (MSRP ?)
2 Phoenixes (MSRP ?)
3.5 Lion armor kits (3 of the figure sprues, and 4 of the weapon sprues) (MSRP $40 Each)
4 Phoenix armor kits (MSRP $40 Each)
1 Lonely Lady sprue (MSRP ?)
3 Watchers (MSRP ?)
4 Rawhide kits (MSRP $40 Each)
2 Lantern armor kits (MSRP $40 Each)
2 Screaming Fur armor kits (MSRP $40 Each)
2 Leather armor kits (MSRP $40 Each)
Promos / Kickstarter Exclusives (MSRP ?)
2 Adam and Anna
1 Twilight Knight / Paul / Aya / Snow
1 Kara Black
1 Messenger of Courage
2.5 Messenger of Humanity (Every sprue of this one I requested for a replacement from them came broke)
1 Messenger of the Sprial Path
1 White Speaker
50 Skull base inserts (however many come with them)
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I bought a ton of extras during the KD 1.0 and KD 1.5 kickstarters and this is more than I will ever need and will never see a hobby knife from me. Looking for someone to buy these in person in the Northern California (Bay area). I don't want to deal with ebay/shipping. Would like to unload these in one transaction so for all of the below I am thinking $800 (Armor kits alone w. KD shop would be $700 MSRP) is fair, but offer what you think it is worth, better in the hands of someone else to use them!
Sprues that come with the game:
10 Kings Hand (MSRP ?)
2 Phoenixes (MSRP ?)
3.5 Lion armor kits (3 of the figure sprues, and 4 of the weapon sprues) (MSRP $40 Each)
4 Phoenix armor kits (MSRP $40 Each)
1 Lonely Lady sprue (MSRP ?)
3 Watchers (MSRP ?)
4 Rawhide kits (MSRP $40 Each)
2 Lantern armor kits (MSRP $40 Each)
2 Screaming Fur armor kits (MSRP $40 Each)
2 Leather armor kits (MSRP $40 Each)
Promos / Kickstarter Exclusives (MSRP ?)
2 Adam and Anna
1 Twilight Knight / Paul / Aya / Snow
1 Kara Black
1 Messenger of Courage
2.5 Messenger of Humanity (Every sprue of this one I requested for a replacement from them came broke)
1 Messenger of the Sprial Path
1 White Speaker
50 Skull base inserts (however many come with them)
2019.06.03 00:18 mcfabber [Initial Impressions] “A new challenger approaches” Red Wing X J Crew “Oxfords” (that are actually derbies) in Loden Roughout
What we’re all actually here for.
Intro I’m not the most active person on this sub. But I like to share things here and there that I think might be useful. And with summer gearing up, and a proliferation of summer related GYW footwear, I thought I’d share a recent pick up. A pair of Red Wing “Oxfords”, that are actually derbies. Red Wing should know better, but it seems like these workwear companies have a secret vendetta and they wanna change the definition of the oxford. Who knows.
I wasn’t planning on buying these, as I thought my shoe collection was complete. But then I saw pictures of these and I somehow felt that I NEEDED a pair of beater roughout derbies for the summer. Also, I felt that I NEEDED pair of green shoes with all the olive waxed flesh makeups that were popping up. This sub tends to do that to people it seems. The enabling presence is strong here. But I began my search for something that would fit the bill. And out of nowhere, as if google ads could read my mind, I saw these in a J Crew ad, along with an additional 40% off everything announcement. So I decided to jump in and buy one of the few pairs that they had left in size 10. While waiting for them to ship I stumbled across a pair of seconds in a size 9.5 on eBay. I decided to wait until my J Crew pair arrived and try them on to see if I could drop down a half size and save like $80 with the pair of seconds. Turns out there was enough room to get a smaller size, so I returned the J Crew pair and made an offer on this pair. A week later I got to slip these puppies on and I’m excited to include them in the rotation for summer.
Details - Official Name: Red Wing for J Crew Oxfords in Rough Loden - Price: $145 on eBay - Size: 9.5 D - Atlas Tred Soles - Brown Taslan Laces - Goodyear welted - Chrome Eyelets - 210 last (I believe)
Sizing I’m a 10 D Brannock. I normally wear a 9 in Red Wing’s 8 last, a 9.5 in the 45 last, and such. Like I said, I ended up going down a half size for the sake of saving money. But also because my plan is to rock them sockless or with thin socks most of the time. If you wanna wear medium to thick socks with these, I’d probably recommend sticking to your Brannock size. But with thin socks you could swing half a size down. The first two days of wear they felt perfect for me. The instep is great. And the toe box still had plenty of room
Impressions First off the reason for being “seconds” seems to be one of two things: the difference in nap between shoes, or the “cut” on one of the shoes, or both (see pics). When I saw a picture of the “cut” I was worried that it was bad. Turns out it's more like the nap is flattened in a small section. My guess is when sanding the soles they accidentally sanded that spot.
As for impressions of the actual shoes, I AM BLOWN AWAY. These things look so good in person and on foot. They aren’t very heavy compared to boots, obviously, but they are TANKS. Certain components of the shoes are definitely stiff and will require break in, but the leather itself is pretty subtle. I’ve had Red Wing’s Abilene before on a pair I sold and it honestly feels kinda rubbery. It’s also dyed evenly all the way through, so the patina potential is not as high. But as it breaks in it feels great.
They are partially lined with a canvas material. I have four pairs of GYW Red Wings, and two have leather in the toe area, and the other two have that canvas material. The ones with leather were a much rougher break in than the canvas. But certain parts of the inner components will definitely cause some discomfort as they break in.
The atlas tread soles are GREAT. I wore these for a whole day the first wear and I didn’t have any discomfort besides some rubbing from stiff upper components. Everything under foot was comfortable, which is not typical for Red Wings which usually have a rough break in with those thick veg tan insoles.
The laces aren’t necessarily the best. Before they arrived I had planned on replacing them with rawhide laces. But when they came in I realized I actually enjoyed the look with the taslan, we’ll see what happens.
Conclusion J Crew seems to be sold out of these currently. Not sure if they’ll be restocking or not. But if they do, I would highly recommend getting these if you’re looking for a good summer beater that is casual and comfy, but not a sneaker necessarily. Hoping these will last ages and look better and better with wear.
Cheers!
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Intro I’m not the most active person on this sub. But I like to share things here and there that I think might be useful. And with summer gearing up, and a proliferation of summer related GYW footwear, I thought I’d share a recent pick up. A pair of Red Wing “Oxfords”, that are actually derbies. Red Wing should know better, but it seems like these workwear companies have a secret vendetta and they wanna change the definition of the oxford. Who knows.
I wasn’t planning on buying these, as I thought my shoe collection was complete. But then I saw pictures of these and I somehow felt that I NEEDED a pair of beater roughout derbies for the summer. Also, I felt that I NEEDED pair of green shoes with all the olive waxed flesh makeups that were popping up. This sub tends to do that to people it seems. The enabling presence is strong here. But I began my search for something that would fit the bill. And out of nowhere, as if google ads could read my mind, I saw these in a J Crew ad, along with an additional 40% off everything announcement. So I decided to jump in and buy one of the few pairs that they had left in size 10. While waiting for them to ship I stumbled across a pair of seconds in a size 9.5 on eBay. I decided to wait until my J Crew pair arrived and try them on to see if I could drop down a half size and save like $80 with the pair of seconds. Turns out there was enough room to get a smaller size, so I returned the J Crew pair and made an offer on this pair. A week later I got to slip these puppies on and I’m excited to include them in the rotation for summer.
Details - Official Name: Red Wing for J Crew Oxfords in Rough Loden - Price: $145 on eBay - Size: 9.5 D - Atlas Tred Soles - Brown Taslan Laces - Goodyear welted - Chrome Eyelets - 210 last (I believe)
Sizing I’m a 10 D Brannock. I normally wear a 9 in Red Wing’s 8 last, a 9.5 in the 45 last, and such. Like I said, I ended up going down a half size for the sake of saving money. But also because my plan is to rock them sockless or with thin socks most of the time. If you wanna wear medium to thick socks with these, I’d probably recommend sticking to your Brannock size. But with thin socks you could swing half a size down. The first two days of wear they felt perfect for me. The instep is great. And the toe box still had plenty of room
Impressions First off the reason for being “seconds” seems to be one of two things: the difference in nap between shoes, or the “cut” on one of the shoes, or both (see pics). When I saw a picture of the “cut” I was worried that it was bad. Turns out it's more like the nap is flattened in a small section. My guess is when sanding the soles they accidentally sanded that spot.
As for impressions of the actual shoes, I AM BLOWN AWAY. These things look so good in person and on foot. They aren’t very heavy compared to boots, obviously, but they are TANKS. Certain components of the shoes are definitely stiff and will require break in, but the leather itself is pretty subtle. I’ve had Red Wing’s Abilene before on a pair I sold and it honestly feels kinda rubbery. It’s also dyed evenly all the way through, so the patina potential is not as high. But as it breaks in it feels great.
They are partially lined with a canvas material. I have four pairs of GYW Red Wings, and two have leather in the toe area, and the other two have that canvas material. The ones with leather were a much rougher break in than the canvas. But certain parts of the inner components will definitely cause some discomfort as they break in.
The atlas tread soles are GREAT. I wore these for a whole day the first wear and I didn’t have any discomfort besides some rubbing from stiff upper components. Everything under foot was comfortable, which is not typical for Red Wings which usually have a rough break in with those thick veg tan insoles.
The laces aren’t necessarily the best. Before they arrived I had planned on replacing them with rawhide laces. But when they came in I realized I actually enjoyed the look with the taslan, we’ll see what happens.
Conclusion J Crew seems to be sold out of these currently. Not sure if they’ll be restocking or not. But if they do, I would highly recommend getting these if you’re looking for a good summer beater that is casual and comfy, but not a sneaker necessarily. Hoping these will last ages and look better and better with wear.
Cheers!
2019.05.06 17:26 TrevorDowns [USA, UT] [H] PRICES LOWERED: Lots of Marvel/DC Misc. TPB & HC- Daredevil, Wicked/Divine, Batman, Showcase Superman; Final Incal HC; Marvel Essentials; Authority floppies [W] PayPal
$5 Flat Rate Shipping / FREE Shipping on orders over $40
All items are in great condition with some minor shelf and cover wear but pages are clean and there are no major issues unless noted. Smoke-free home. Picture of everything can be seen here (https://imgur.com/ef8nL3z). Pictures of some individual items can be seen on my website— copy and paste if the link isn’t working (trevordowns.com/garagesale). I’m happy to provide more pictures; just let me know. I would definitely prefer to keep bundles together, but might consider splitting in some circumstances. USA shipping only.
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TRADES / HARDCOVERS (arranged by price) __________________________________________________________________________________________
$60:
SINGLES __________________________________________________________________________________________
Only some are bagged and boarded; none are graded. They’re all in fine condition, though; they’ve just been sitting in boxes. These items are listed on local FB marketplace.
DVD / BLU RAY __________________________________________________________________________________________
Figured I'd throw these on here too, just in case anyone wants them. Pictures available on my website linked above.
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All items are in great condition with some minor shelf and cover wear but pages are clean and there are no major issues unless noted. Smoke-free home. Picture of everything can be seen here (https://imgur.com/ef8nL3z). Pictures of some individual items can be seen on my website— copy and paste if the link isn’t working (trevordowns.com/garagesale). I’m happy to provide more pictures; just let me know. I would definitely prefer to keep bundles together, but might consider splitting in some circumstances. USA shipping only.
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TRADES / HARDCOVERS (arranged by price) __________________________________________________________________________________________
$60:
- Marvel Essentials Bundle - Includes: Essential Fantastic Four Vol. 1, Essential Fantastic Four Vol. 2, Essential Punisher, Vol. 1, Essential Spider-Man, Vol. 1, Essential Spider-Man, Vol. 2, Essential X-Men, Vol. 2, Essential Ghost Rider, Vol. 2, Essential Rawhide Kid, Vol. 1.
- Daredevil Bundle - Includes Daredevil by BrubakeLark Ultimate Collection Vol. 1 TPB, Daredevil: The Man Without Fear TPB, Daredevil Visionaries: Frank Miller Vol. 2 TPB.
- Final Incal Hardcover - Currently Listed on Ebay.
- Thor Bundle - Includes Thor: The Mighty Avenger Vol. 1 TPB , Thor: The Mighty Avenger Vol. 2 TPB, Thor: The Black Galaxy Saga TPB (former library book, some bent pages), Thor: The World Eaters TPB (former library book, cover pretty beat up), Thor & Captain America: The Mighty Fighting Avengers Free Comic Book Day Special.
- Devil Dinosaur Complete Collection TPB
- Doctor Doom & The Masters of Evil TPB
- Showcase Presents: Superman Vol. 1 TPB
- Hercules: Sacred Invasion, oversized hardcover
- X-Men: Supernovas, oversized hardcover
- Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, oversized hardcover
- Nextwave: Agents of HATE Complete Collection TPB
- Batman: The Hunt for Robin (Tomasi/Gleason) hardcover
- The Wicked & The Divine Vol. 1: The Faust Act TPB
- The Wicked & The Divine Vol. 2: Fandemonium TPB
- Fables Vol. 6: Homelands TPB
- Superior (MillaYu) hardcover
- The Authority Volume 2 hardcover by MillaQuitely
- The Authority: Fractured Worlds TPB
- The Authority: Human on the Inside hardcover
- Jack Hawskmoor: Secret History of The Authority TPB
- Solomon Kane: The Castle of the Devil TPB
- All You Need is Kill TPB
- Runaways Complete Collection Vol. 1 TPB
- Ultimate X: Origins by Loeb/Adams Hardcover
- Fantastic 4: World’s Greatest TPB (cover is pretty bent up: see picture)
- Villains United TPB
- Ultimate Origins TPB
- Ultimate Thor TPB
- Dracula: Fear Itself hardcover
- American Jesus: Chosen TPB
- Squadron Supreme: Hyperion Vs. Nighthawk
- Scott Pilgrim Vol. 6: Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour
- Ultimate X-Men: Ultimate War TPB
- The Ultimates 2: Gods & Monsters TPB
- Ultimatum: Ultimate Fantastic FouUltimate X-Men TPB, former library book
- The Authority: Relentless TPB
- The Authority: Under New Management TPB
- Bad Island TPB
- Justice League of America: Second Coming TPB, former library, rough condition
- Justice League of America: Sanctuary hardcover, former library book
- Axe Cop Vol. 5: Axe Cop Gets Married & Other Stories TPB, former library, rough condition
- Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard Vol. 2 hardcover, former library book
- The Adventures of Tintin: Cigars of the Pharaohs, former library book
- The Adventures of Tintin: King Ottokar’s Sceptre, former library book
- Madame Frankenstein TPB (Image Comics)
- Uncanny Avengers: Axis Prelude hardcover, former library book
- The Unsinkable Walker Bean, former library book
- Mercury by Hope Larson TPB, former library book
- Hopeless, Maine: Inheritance Hardcover, former library book
- Doctor Who Archives: Eleventh Doctor, Vol. 3 TPB, former library book; cover is torn
- Rising Stars of Manga Vol. 2 TPB
- The Shadow: Blood & Judgment, pretty beat up: see pictures
SINGLES __________________________________________________________________________________________
Only some are bagged and boarded; none are graded. They’re all in fine condition, though; they’ve just been sitting in boxes. These items are listed on local FB marketplace.
- $40 – The Authority Comic Bundle (40 issues) - Includes The Authority, Vol. 1 #20 (Earth Inferno 4 of 4), The Authority, Vol. 1 #22-29 (complete Brave New World/Transfer of Power arcs), The Secret History of the Authority: Jenny Sparks #1-5 (Complete series), The Authority, Vol. 2 #1-4 (complete Reality Incorporated arc), The Authority, Vol. 2 #6-9 (complete Godhead arc), The Authority, Vol. 2 #10-13 (complete Fractured World arc), The Authority: Scorched Earth one shot, The Authority: Revolution #1-12 (Complete series), Planetary: Lost Worlds (96 page one shot)
DVD / BLU RAY __________________________________________________________________________________________
Figured I'd throw these on here too, just in case anyone wants them. Pictures available on my website linked above.
- $40 - Supernatural Seasons 1-7 - Seasons 4-7 are black multi-disc replacement cases, still includes all original art and inserts.
- $12 - Doctor Who Bundle - Includes The Christmas Specials (4 disc set, includes all modern Xmas specials up through Capaldi in Last Christmas), The Day of the Doctor and Time of the Doctor specials (in one case).
- $10 - The Shield Seasons 1-4
- $10 - That 70's Show Seasons 1-5
- $9 - King Kong Production Diaries Box Set - 2 disc set, includes Certificate of Authenticity, booklet, 4 art prints, in original box.
- $2 each - Mr. & Mrs. Smith Blu Ray, Star Trek Into Darkness Blu Ray
2019.05.03 05:46 bingbonged [US-IL][H] Floppy lots, tpbs & hardcovers, random Singles [W] Paypal
Shipping will be around $3. I might have some pictures of sold stuff floating around, only the items listed in this post are still available.
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Hc & tpbs
Marvel[Annihlation Lot Road to 1, 2 & Annihilation 1, 2 3 tpb$55](http://imgur.com/a/HLCDVP6)- Thanos Quest Tpb (2000 reprint) $10
- X-factor: Life and Death Matters HC $5
- X-men: golgotha tpb $5
- Captain America Red Menace vol 2 tpb $5
- The List (Dark Avengers/Darkreign) tpb $5
- Ultimate Comics Spider-man book 1: The World According to Peter Parker ( Normal sized hardcover, not oversized)
- Avengers Vol 4 (Vol 38 Variant) $25
- Fantastic Four Vol 7 (Vol 34 Variant) $20
- Fantastic Four Vol 8 (Vol 42 Variant) $20
- Fantastic Four Vol 9 (Vol 53 Variant) $20
- Amazing Spider-man Vol 1(Vol 1 Variant) $30
- Amazing Spider-man Vol 2 (Vol 5 Variant) $30
- Amazing Spider-man Vol 3 (Vol 10 Variant) $20
- Amazing Spider-man Vol 7 (Vol 44 Variant) $25
- The Incredible Hulk Vol 1 (Vol 8 Variant) $25
- The Incredible Hulk Vol 2 (Vol 39 Variant) $20
- The Incredible Hulk Vol 3 (Vol 56 Variant) $25
- Golden Age Submariner Vol 1 (Vol 32 Variant) $20
- Silver Age Submariner Vol 1 (Vol 47 Variant) $20
- Golden Age Marvel Comics Vol 1 (Vol 36 Variant) $20
- Golden Age Human Torch Vol 1 (Vol 51 Variant) $20
- Golden Age All Winners Vol 1 (Vol 55 Variant) $20
- Batman Year Two (Prestige format) $5
- Batman A Lonely Place Of Dying (Prestiege format) $5
- Batman the Blue the Grey and the Bat (Prestiege format) $2
- Batman Houdini (Prestiege format) $2
- Batman Ghosts (Loeb & Sale Prestiege format) $2
- Batman Gotham by Gaslight (Prestiege format) $5
- Thomas Edison's Frankenstein 1910 (Prestiege format) $5
- Usagi Yojimbo Book 2 tpb(New Printing) Sketch/Signature inside cover by Stan Sakai $15
- Space Usagi Tpb $20
- The Cursed Earth Uncensored Hardcover $60
- Dark Justice Hardcover $10
- Classic Dark Judges Hardcover $20
Floppie Sets
- Ant Man (Nick Spencer 2015) 1- 5 + Last days of Ant Man $10
- Astonishing Ant Man (2016) 1- 3 (hip hope variant #1) $6
- Black Bolt 1,3,4,5 $5
- Captain America White 1-4 $5
- Captain America Brubaker: 1-5,7-13,15-28,30-32,35 $62
- Captain Britain & the might Defenders 1&2 (Secret Wars) $2
- Deathlok #1-4 ( 4 part mini series 1990) $4
- Earth X 0 - 12 + X, Universe X 0 - 12 + X, Captain America, Beasts, Fantastic Four 30 total book $60
- Groot 1-6 (2015) $15
- Korvac Saga 1-4 (Secret Wars) $4
- House of M 1&2 (Secret Wars) $2
- Star Lord & Kitty Pryde 1-3 (Secret Wars) $3
- Siege 1-4 (Marvel Secret Wars) $4
- Venom Space Knight 1&2 $3
- Punisher 1987 #1-8,11,13-20,33,34,57 $45
- Old Man Logan vol 1 #1-5 (Secret Wars) $10
- Old Man Logan vol 2 # 1--31,36 $60
- Wolverine Origins 1-6 Cover A + 1,2,3,5 Variants $12
- Miracleman the Golden Age #17-22 + Annual $14
- Star Wars: Darth Vader (2017) 16-25, Annual 2 - $20
- Secret Empire 1-10 + Omega $20
- Sandman Mystery Theatre 1 - 52 missing #6,15,13 - $50
- The Dreaming (Sandman 1996) #1-8 $8
- DC Universe Presents Deadman 1 - 5 (reader copies) $5
- Deadman Love after Death 1 & 2 $3
- Cosmic Odyssey 1-4 $8
- DC: The New Frontier 1-6 $15
- Walking Dead 163, 169, Tyreese special 1 - $4
- Walking Dead 140 - 143 $10
- Walking Dead 144 - 147 $10
- Walking Dead 114, 127-129 $10
- Walking Dead Whisperer War 157, 158, 159, 161, 162 (missing 160) $12
- Outcast 1-20,25 (Rober Kirkman, Image) $35
- Descender (Image) 2-19,22 $35
- I Hate Fairyland (Skottie Young) 1 - 2 $4
- The Weather Man (Image) 1 - 2 $4
- Bone 52-55 $8
- Mouse Guard vol 1 # 3 & 4 + Winter #3 $5
- Usagi Vol 1 #11,12,15,16,17 $10
- Alan Moore From Hell 1 - 11 1st printing $60 i have this listed on ebay also
Individal Floppies $2 each (unless price marked)
Amazing Spiderman (2019 Spencer) 2,3,4,5- Ant-Man Larger than life #1 $1
- Cloak and Dagger #1 (Limited Series) $4
- Tony Stark Iron Man (2019)1, 3
- The Scarlet Spider (2017) 12
- Daredevil (2016) 21
- Uncanny x-men (2018) 12
- Spirits of Vengeance (2018) 5
- Infinity Entity 1
- Immortal Iron Fist 10 (Zombie Variant)
- The Punisher Wolverine: African Saga $3
- Daredevil and the Punisher: Childs play $3
- The Rawhide Kid #1 (Limited Series) $4
- Wolverine Saga #1 (stained cover) $1
- Wolverine: Jungle Adventures (Mignola cover) $3
- Detective Comics Annual 2 (KKK Cover)
- Justice League (2018) 1, 2
- New Super-man #1 (Rebirth)
- Shazam (2019) 2 variant
- Sandman 61 (2nd series) $1
- Dark Knight Batman Who Laughs #1 (2nd print, non foil) $5
- American Gods #1 (Darkhorse)
- Dalgoda #1 (Fantagraphics) $1
- Bloodborne #1 ( Titan Comics 2nd print) $6
- Exciting Comics (2019) #1 $4
- Walking Dead 101, 102 $3 each (1st print)
- Cannibal #1 (Image)
- Crosswind #1 (Image Foil Variant) $4
- Extremity #1 (Image)
- The Fade Out #1 (Image) $1
- Huck #1 (Image) $4
- Leviathan #1 (Image)
- ODYC #1 (Image)
- Shirtless Bear Fighter #1 (Image)
- Grrl Scouts #1 b (Image)
- Moonstruck #1 (Image Gold Foil Variant)
- Creed #1 (Hall of Heroes Publishing) $10
- Tank Girl Bad Wind Rising #1 (Titan)
- Thr Phantom #62 (Charlton 1974)
Funko Pops
- Dum Dum $8
- Jabber Jaw $8
- Baba Looey $8
- Venom $20
- Chrome Flash 3 Pack $20
- Steamboat Willie $8
- Saitama $5
- Uncanny X-Force Deadpool $25
2019.04.26 16:49 TrevorDowns [USA] [H] Miller/Brubaker DD TPB, Johns Superman, Marvel Essentials, Stormwatch, Top 10, Scott Pilgrim, LOTS of Marvel/DC Misc. TPB & HC [W] PayPal
$5 Flat Rate Shipping / FREE Shipping on orders over $40
All items are in great condition with some minor shelf and cover wear but pages are clean and there are no major issues unless noted. Smoke-free home. Some Amazon marketplace prices are included as reference (lowest cost available for these items available). Pictures of most items are available on my website— copy and paste if the link isn’t working (trevordowns.com/garagesale). I’m happy to provide more pictures; just let me know! I would definitely prefer to keep bundles together, but might consider splitting in some circumstances. USA shipping only.
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TRADES / HARDCOVERS (arranged by price) __________________________________________________________________________________________
$60:
SINGLES __________________________________________________________________________________________
Only some are bagged and boarded; none are graded. They’re all in fine condition, though; they’ve just been sitting in boxes. These items are listed on local FB marketplace.
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All items are in great condition with some minor shelf and cover wear but pages are clean and there are no major issues unless noted. Smoke-free home. Some Amazon marketplace prices are included as reference (lowest cost available for these items available). Pictures of most items are available on my website— copy and paste if the link isn’t working (trevordowns.com/garagesale). I’m happy to provide more pictures; just let me know! I would definitely prefer to keep bundles together, but might consider splitting in some circumstances. USA shipping only.
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TRADES / HARDCOVERS (arranged by price) __________________________________________________________________________________________
$60:
- Marvel Essentials Bundle (Marketplace: $97) - Includes: Essential Fantastic Four Vol. 1, Essential Fantastic Four Vol. 2, Essential Punisher, Vol. 1, Essential Ghost Rider, Vol. 2, Essential Spider-Man, Vol. 1, Essential Spider-Man, Vol. 2, Essential X-Men, Vol. 2, Essential Rawhide Kid, Vol. 1. Currently listed on Ebay at $70.
- Daredevil Bundle (Marketplace: $59) - Includes Daredevil: The Man Without Fear TPB, Daredevil Visionaries: Frank Miller Vol. 2 TPB, Daredevil by BrubakeLark Ultimate Collection Vol. 1 TPB.
- Final Incal Hardcover (Marketplace: $26). Currently Listed on Ebay.
- Thor Bundle (Marketplace: $35) - Includes Thor: The Mighty Avenger Vol. 1 TPB , Thor: The Mighty Avenger Vol. 2 TPB, Thor: The Black Galaxy Saga TPB (former library book, some bent pages), Thor: The World Eaters TPB (former library book, cover pretty beat up), Thor & Captain America: The Mighty Fighting Avengers Free Comic Book Day Special.
- X-Men: Supernovas, oversized hardcover, OOP
- Doctor Doom & The Masters of Evil TPB, rare OOP. Currently listed on Ebay.
- Showcase Presents: Superman Vol. 1, rare OOP.
- Nextwave: Agents of HATE Complete Collection TPB, OOP
- Hercules: Sacred Invasion, oversized hardcover
- Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, oversized hardcover
- The Wicked & The Divine Vol. 1: The Faust Act TPB
- The Wicked & The Divine Vol. 2: Fandemonium TPB
- Fables Vol. 6: Homelands TPB
- Superior (MillaYu) hardcover (Marketplace: $9)
- The Authority Volume 2 hardcover by MillaQuitely
- The Authority: Fractured Worlds TPB
- The Authority: Human on the Inside hardcover
- Jack Hawskmoor: Secret History of The Authority TPB
- Solomon Kane: The Castle of the Devil TPB (Marketplace: $11)
- All You Need is Kill TPB (Marketplace: $10)
- Runaways Complete Collection Vol. 1 TPB
- Ultimate X: Origins by Loeb/Adams Hardcover
- Fantastic 4: World’s Greatest TPB (cover is pretty bent up: see picture)
- Villains United TPB
- Ultimate Origins TPB
- Ultimate Thor TPB
- Dracula: Fear Itself hardcover
- American Jesus: Chosen TPB
- Squadron Supreme: Hyperion Vs. Nighthawk
- Scott Pilgrim Vol. 6: Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour
- Ultimate X-Men: Ultimate War TPB
- The Ultimates 2: Gods & Monsters TPB
- Ultimatum: Ultimate Fantastic FouUltimate X-Men TPB, former library book
- The Authority: Relentless TPB
- The Authority: Under New Management TPB
- Bad Island TPB
- Justice League of America: Second Coming TPB, former library, rough condition
- Justice League of America: Sanctuary hardcover, former library book (Marketplace: $12)
- Axe Cop Vol. 5: Axe Cop Gets Married & Other Stories TPB, former library, rough condition
- Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard Vol. 2 hardcover, former library book (Marketplace: $8)
- The Adventures of Tintin: Cigars of the Pharaohs, former library book (Marketplace: $12)
- The Adventures of Tintin: King Ottokar’s Sceptre, former library book (Marketplace: $6)
- Madame Frankenstein TPB (Image Comics)
- Uncanny Avengers: Axis Prelude hardcover, former library book (Marketplace: $7)
- The Unsinkable Walker Bean, former library book (Marketplace: $6)
- Mercury by Hope Larson TPB, former library book
- Hopeless, Maine: Inheritance Hardcover, former library book (Marketplace: $8)
- Doctor Who Archives: Eleventh Doctor, Vol. 3 TPB, former library book; cover is torn (Marketplace: $10)
- Rising Stars of Manga Vol. 2 TPB
- The Shadow: Blood & Judgment, pretty beat up: see pictures (Marketplace: $7)
SINGLES __________________________________________________________________________________________
Only some are bagged and boarded; none are graded. They’re all in fine condition, though; they’ve just been sitting in boxes. These items are listed on local FB marketplace.
- $40 – The Authority Comic Bundle (40 issues) - Includes The Authority, Vol. 1 #20 (Earth Inferno 4 of 4), The Authority, Vol. 1 #22-29 (complete Brave New World/Transfer of Power arcs), The Secret History of the Authority: Jenny Sparks #1-5 (Complete series), The Authority, Vol. 2 #1-4 (complete Reality Incorporated arc), The Authority, Vol. 2 #6-9 (complete Godhead arc), The Authority, Vol. 2 #10-13 (complete Fractured World arc), The Authority: Scorched Earth one shot, The Authority: Revolution #1-12 (Complete series), Planetary: Lost Worlds (96 page one shot)
2019.03.30 01:34 UberKnoxville [USA][H]Huge Comic Collection [W]Paypal, CGC Graded
Hey guys. Selling some of my comic collection. I can provide ebay feedback if needed (350+ 100%).
All images with the comics are actual scans of the front and back. Will ship them with new bags/boards.
$4 shipping for a single comic,
$7 shipping flat for 2-10 comics
Willing to hear any reasonable offers! Also willing to trade for some CGC graded comics
Action Comics #455 - $4 https://imgur.com/a/QJRbTZi
Action Comics #460 - $4 https://imgur.com/a/84MeLcu
Action Comics #461 - $4 https://imgur.com/a/kRTArFV
Action Comics #467 - $4 https://imgur.com/a/m1E8oQm
Action Comics #470 - $4 https://imgur.com/a/QTxguqL
Action Comics #720 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/XBSqqCm
Adventure Comics #337 -$20 https://imgur.com/a/hPgX90o
Adventure Comics #370 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/v30QaAI
Adventures Of Superman #540 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/rnVKXBM
Akira #6 - SOLD
Akira #8 - SOLD
Akira #30 - SOLD
Akira #31 -SOLD
Akira #32 - SOLD
Avengers #130 - $13 https://imgur.com/a/bDilx9B
Badrock & Company #1 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/P1HLBam
Batman Mitefall - $4 https://imgur.com/a/cbIxuYI
Beavis & Butthead #1 - $7 https://imgur.com/a/tWG7Tun
Bloodshot #8 - $3 https://imgur.com/a/xtxevfc
Bloodshot Yearbook #1 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/ZfUMCNX
Bone #1 - $3 https://imgur.com/a/P8yU8Pq
Bone #3 - $3 https://imgur.com/a/Of4AV6z
Cable #36 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/jPtb2Hn
Captain America #44 - $3 https://imgur.com/a/nuhfq2l
Captain Marvel #8 - $3 https://imgur.com/a/LkxePk5
Comic's Greatest World "X" #1 -$2 https://imgur.com/a/yvHrUrN
Daredevil #124 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/7lHCfdW
Daredevil #137 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/TdwbwbQ
Darkhawk #29 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/XmYQVAA
Deathblow #11 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/36ulfJ0
Deathmate Blue - $3 https://imgur.com/a/Gu7etu7
The Defenders #33 - $3 https://imgur.com/a/0RfMEf9
Fantastic Four #133 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/BHq4JzF
Fantastic Four #154 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/8WNUvRz
Fantastic Four #161 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/vQSr8XE
Fantastic Four #177 - $10 https://imgur.com/a/TxS4Lqx
Fantastic Four #184 - $10 https://imgur.com/a/v7tB0P5
The Flash #256 - $10 https://imgur.com/a/JrIEXT0
The Flash #264 - $8 https://imgur.com/a/4sRaaA2
The Flash #282 - SOLD https://imgur.com/a/d56aYS7
The Flash #284 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/MPCum7W
The Flash #309 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/JAo1fL3
The Flash #316 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/f1GZrAy
Gears Of War #8 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/8BX7912
Gen 13 #1 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/nuBqxrV
Ghost Rider #6 - $25 https://imgur.com/a/955LijE
Ghost Rider #20 - $20 https://imgur.com/a/LuDfHfj
Green Lantern #32 - $20 https://imgur.com/a/b9GMEmF
Green Lantern #91 - $10 https://imgur.com/a/HiMAV4I
Green Lantern #99 - SOLD https://imgur.com/a/FFmpwwW
Hulk #175 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/05YyTaD
Hulk #189 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/PLepQJB
Iron Man - 152 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/J36LVzw
Kull The Destroyer #11 - $10 https://imgur.com/a/3HCuucF
Last Avengers Story #2 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/l5tHBRd
Lobo The Last Czarnian - $12 https://imgur.com/a/z4agTzx
Longshot #5 - $12 https://imgur.com/a/UReXRim
Marc Spector: Moon Knight - $3 https://imgur.com/a/O9SVjR9
Marvel Comics Presents #44 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/0zkrBSP
Marvel Comics Presents #66 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/hmvYuy4
Marvel Comics Presents #85 - $3 https://imgur.com/a/JvxKMEh
Marvel Comics Presents #87 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/d5NQHzP
Marvel Holiday Special 1993 - $3 https://imgur.com/a/8YTMTFL
Marvel Super Action #25 - $4 https://imgur.com/a/wR3nUwj
Marvel Tales #235 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/jcwkFKT
Marvel Tales #236 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/RMD4nWH
Marvel Tales #254 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/BLP3UhW
Power Man (Luke Cage) #20 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/aTCx4L1
Rawhide Kid #62 - $30 https://imgur.com/a/wON2ojT
Secret Defenders, The (1993) #1 - $3 https://imgur.com/a/01Eqkbi
Secret Defenders, The #3 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/b5VYBbp
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon #20 - $30 https://imgur.com/a/tLETWJ1
Shazam #9 - $20 https://imgur.com/a/pCMOacA
Sherlock Holmes #1 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/tn0jxaF
Spawn #7 - $6 https://imgur.com/a/svOU1N7
Spawn #11 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/2cpNoIB
Spawn #14 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/BuN59U2
Spawn #17 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/n8hv34q
Spawn #18 - $7 https://imgur.com/a/5A3RdZH
Spawn #21 - $7 https://imgur.com/a/JgsskZY
Spawn #25 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/UrOFv78
Spawn #52 - $3 https://imgur.com/a/7fDCqS1
Spider-Man & Wolverine #4 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/QAnKQDJ
Spider-Woman #6 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/8ztFWvR
Spider-Woman #11 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/w27PL5B
Strange Adventures #161 - $30 https://imgur.com/a/hhFCPhB
Superman: Man Of Steel #5 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/AI9oZln
Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #116 - $20 https://imgur.com/a/oyCOvNN
Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #137 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/ptmL15E
Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #147 - $20 https://imgur.com/a/XrHdnZ2
Swamp Thing #24 - $20 https://imgur.com/a/ISHFw2k
Teen Titans #12 - $25 https://imgur.com/a/7M6wvzO
Teen Titans #17 - $25 https://imgur.com/a/RPFSSDO
Teen Titans #46 - $20 https://imgur.com/a/GE80COF
Teen Titans #52 - $20 https://imgur.com/a/DgKXuTH
Thor #237 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/KY9XKkT
Thor #244 - $12 https://imgur.com/a/51UfBBv
Ultimate Captain America #1 - $3 https://imgur.com/a/PlgXMis
Uncanny X-Men #191 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/6ZyXsyF
Uncanny X-Men #205 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/FHToOdf
Uncanny X-Men #207 - $10 https://imgur.com/a/v6tjESw
Universe X: Cap - 1 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/VUHIrZZ
Wolverine #69 - $1 https://imgur.com/a/zYRb5oJ
Wolverine #72 - $3 https://imgur.com/a/bfhCvqH
Wonder Woman #184 - $35 https://imgur.com/a/lwoGqdO
Wonder Woman #190 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/engxi0y
X-Men #1 - SOLD https://imgur.com/a/Gc47zpc
X-Men 2099 #2 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/RDIda0x
Young Romance #144 - $30 https://imgur.com/a/VehVVv3
Savage Dragon Lot
submitted by UberKnoxville to comicswap [link] [comments]
All images with the comics are actual scans of the front and back. Will ship them with new bags/boards.
$4 shipping for a single comic,
$7 shipping flat for 2-10 comics
Willing to hear any reasonable offers! Also willing to trade for some CGC graded comics
Action Comics #455 - $4 https://imgur.com/a/QJRbTZi
Action Comics #460 - $4 https://imgur.com/a/84MeLcu
Action Comics #461 - $4 https://imgur.com/a/kRTArFV
Action Comics #467 - $4 https://imgur.com/a/m1E8oQm
Action Comics #470 - $4 https://imgur.com/a/QTxguqL
Action Comics #720 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/XBSqqCm
Adventure Comics #337 -$20 https://imgur.com/a/hPgX90o
Adventure Comics #370 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/v30QaAI
Adventures Of Superman #540 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/rnVKXBM
Avengers #130 - $13 https://imgur.com/a/bDilx9B
Badrock & Company #1 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/P1HLBam
Batman Mitefall - $4 https://imgur.com/a/cbIxuYI
Beavis & Butthead #1 - $7 https://imgur.com/a/tWG7Tun
Bloodshot #8 - $3 https://imgur.com/a/xtxevfc
Bloodshot Yearbook #1 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/ZfUMCNX
Bone #1 - $3 https://imgur.com/a/P8yU8Pq
Bone #3 - $3 https://imgur.com/a/Of4AV6z
Cable #36 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/jPtb2Hn
Captain America #44 - $3 https://imgur.com/a/nuhfq2l
Captain Marvel #8 - $3 https://imgur.com/a/LkxePk5
Comic's Greatest World "X" #1 -$2 https://imgur.com/a/yvHrUrN
Daredevil #124 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/7lHCfdW
Daredevil #137 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/TdwbwbQ
Darkhawk #29 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/XmYQVAA
Deathblow #11 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/36ulfJ0
Deathmate Blue - $3 https://imgur.com/a/Gu7etu7
The Defenders #33 - $3 https://imgur.com/a/0RfMEf9
Fantastic Four #133 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/BHq4JzF
Fantastic Four #154 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/8WNUvRz
Fantastic Four #161 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/vQSr8XE
Fantastic Four #177 - $10 https://imgur.com/a/TxS4Lqx
Fantastic Four #184 - $10 https://imgur.com/a/v7tB0P5
The Flash #256 - $10 https://imgur.com/a/JrIEXT0
The Flash #264 - $8 https://imgur.com/a/4sRaaA2
The Flash #284 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/MPCum7W
The Flash #309 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/JAo1fL3
The Flash #316 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/f1GZrAy
Gears Of War #8 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/8BX7912
Gen 13 #1 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/nuBqxrV
Ghost Rider #6 - $25 https://imgur.com/a/955LijE
Ghost Rider #20 - $20 https://imgur.com/a/LuDfHfj
Green Lantern #32 - $20 https://imgur.com/a/b9GMEmF
Green Lantern #91 - $10 https://imgur.com/a/HiMAV4I
Hulk #175 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/05YyTaD
Hulk #189 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/PLepQJB
Iron Man - 152 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/J36LVzw
Kull The Destroyer #11 - $10 https://imgur.com/a/3HCuucF
Last Avengers Story #2 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/l5tHBRd
Lobo The Last Czarnian - $12 https://imgur.com/a/z4agTzx
Longshot #5 - $12 https://imgur.com/a/UReXRim
Marc Spector: Moon Knight - $3 https://imgur.com/a/O9SVjR9
Marvel Comics Presents #44 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/0zkrBSP
Marvel Comics Presents #66 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/hmvYuy4
Marvel Comics Presents #85 - $3 https://imgur.com/a/JvxKMEh
Marvel Comics Presents #87 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/d5NQHzP
Marvel Holiday Special 1993 - $3 https://imgur.com/a/8YTMTFL
Marvel Super Action #25 - $4 https://imgur.com/a/wR3nUwj
Marvel Tales #235 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/jcwkFKT
Marvel Tales #236 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/RMD4nWH
Marvel Tales #254 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/BLP3UhW
Power Man (Luke Cage) #20 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/aTCx4L1
Rawhide Kid #62 - $30 https://imgur.com/a/wON2ojT
Secret Defenders, The (1993) #1 - $3 https://imgur.com/a/01Eqkbi
Secret Defenders, The #3 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/b5VYBbp
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon #20 - $30 https://imgur.com/a/tLETWJ1
Shazam #9 - $20 https://imgur.com/a/pCMOacA
Sherlock Holmes #1 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/tn0jxaF
Spawn #7 - $6 https://imgur.com/a/svOU1N7
Spawn #11 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/2cpNoIB
Spawn #14 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/BuN59U2
Spawn #17 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/n8hv34q
Spawn #18 - $7 https://imgur.com/a/5A3RdZH
Spawn #21 - $7 https://imgur.com/a/JgsskZY
Spawn #25 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/UrOFv78
Spawn #52 - $3 https://imgur.com/a/7fDCqS1
Spider-Man & Wolverine #4 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/QAnKQDJ
Spider-Woman #6 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/8ztFWvR
Spider-Woman #11 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/w27PL5B
Strange Adventures #161 - $30 https://imgur.com/a/hhFCPhB
Superman: Man Of Steel #5 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/AI9oZln
Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #116 - $20 https://imgur.com/a/oyCOvNN
Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #137 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/ptmL15E
Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #147 - $20 https://imgur.com/a/XrHdnZ2
Swamp Thing #24 - $20 https://imgur.com/a/ISHFw2k
Teen Titans #12 - $25 https://imgur.com/a/7M6wvzO
Teen Titans #17 - $25 https://imgur.com/a/RPFSSDO
Teen Titans #46 - $20 https://imgur.com/a/GE80COF
Teen Titans #52 - $20 https://imgur.com/a/DgKXuTH
Thor #237 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/KY9XKkT
Thor #244 - $12 https://imgur.com/a/51UfBBv
Ultimate Captain America #1 - $3 https://imgur.com/a/PlgXMis
Uncanny X-Men #191 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/6ZyXsyF
Uncanny X-Men #205 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/FHToOdf
Uncanny X-Men #207 - $10 https://imgur.com/a/v6tjESw
Universe X: Cap - 1 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/VUHIrZZ
Wolverine #69 - $1 https://imgur.com/a/zYRb5oJ
Wolverine #72 - $3 https://imgur.com/a/bfhCvqH
Wonder Woman #184 - $35 https://imgur.com/a/lwoGqdO
Wonder Woman #190 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/engxi0y
X-Men 2099 #2 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/RDIda0x
Young Romance #144 - $30 https://imgur.com/a/VehVVv3
Savage Dragon Lot
2019.03.27 02:23 UberKnoxville [USA][H] Marvel, DC, Silver Age, Bronze, Modern, Spawn, Savage Dragon [W]Paypal
Hey guys. Selling some of my comic collection, it's my first time here. I can provide ebay feedback if needed (350+ 100%).
All images with the comics are actual scans of the front and back. Will ship them with new bags/boards.
$4 shipping for a single comic,
$7 shipping flat for 2-10 comics
Willing to hear any reasonable offers!
Action Comics #455 - $4 https://imgur.com/a/QJRbTZi
Action Comics #460 - $4 https://imgur.com/a/84MeLcu
Action Comics #461 - $4 https://imgur.com/a/kRTArFV
Action Comics #467 - $4 https://imgur.com/a/m1E8oQm
Action Comics #470 - $4 https://imgur.com/a/QTxguqL
Action Comics #720 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/XBSqqCm
Adventure Comics #337 -$25 https://imgur.com/a/hPgX90o
Adventure Comics #370 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/v30QaAI
Adventures Of Superman #540 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/rnVKXBM
Avengers #130 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/bDilx9B
Badrock & Company #1 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/P1HLBam
Batman Mitefall - $5 https://imgur.com/a/cbIxuYI
Beavis & Butthead #1 - $8https://imgur.com/a/tWG7Tun
Bloodshot #8 - $3 https://imgur.com/a/xtxevfc
Bloodshot Yearbook #1 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/ZfUMCNX
Bone #1 - $4 https://imgur.com/a/P8yU8Pq
Bone #3 - $4 https://imgur.com/a/Of4AV6z
Cable #36 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/jPtb2Hn
Captain America #44 - $4 https://imgur.com/a/nuhfq2l
Captain Marvel #8 - $4 https://imgur.com/a/LkxePk5
Comic's Greatest World "X" #1 -$2 https://imgur.com/a/yvHrUrN
Daredevil #124 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/7lHCfdW
Daredevil #137 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/TdwbwbQ
Darkhawk #29 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/XmYQVAA
Deathblow #11 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/36ulfJ0
Deathmate Blue - $3 https://imgur.com/a/Gu7etu7
The Defenders #33 - $4 https://imgur.com/a/0RfMEf9
Fantastic Four #133 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/BHq4JzF
Fantastic Four #154 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/8WNUvRz
Fantastic Four #161 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/vQSr8XE
Fantastic Four #177 - $10 https://imgur.com/a/TxS4Lqx
Fantastic Four #184 - $10 https://imgur.com/a/v7tB0P5
The Flash #256 - $10 https://imgur.com/a/JrIEXT0
The Flash #264 - $8 https://imgur.com/a/4sRaaA2
The Flash #282 - $7 https://imgur.com/a/d56aYS7
The Flash #284 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/MPCum7W
The Flash #309 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/JAo1fL3
The Flash #316 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/f1GZrAy
Gears Of War #8 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/8BX7912
Gen 13 #1 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/nuBqxrV
Ghost Rider #6 - $25 https://imgur.com/a/955LijE
Ghost Rider #20 - $20 https://imgur.com/a/LuDfHfj
Green Lantern #32 - $20 https://imgur.com/a/b9GMEmF
Green Lantern #91 - $10 https://imgur.com/a/HiMAV4I
Green Lantern #99 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/FFmpwwW
Hulk #175 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/05YyTaD
Hulk #189 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/PLepQJB
Iron Man - 152 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/J36LVzw
Kull The Destroyer #11 - $10 https://imgur.com/a/3HCuucF
Last Avengers Story #2 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/l5tHBRd
Lobo The Last Czarnian - $12 https://imgur.com/a/z4agTzx
Longshot #5 - $12 https://imgur.com/a/UReXRim
Marc Spector: Moon Knight - $3 https://imgur.com/a/O9SVjR9
Marvel Comics Presents #44 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/0zkrBSP
Marvel Comics Presents #66 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/hmvYuy4
Marvel Comics Presents #85 - $3 https://imgur.com/a/JvxKMEh
Marvel Comics Presents #87 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/d5NQHzP
Marvel Holiday Special 1993 - $3 https://imgur.com/a/8YTMTFL
Marvel Super Action #25 - $4 https://imgur.com/a/wR3nUwj
Marvel Tales #235 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/jcwkFKT
Marvel Tales #236 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/RMD4nWH
Marvel Tales #254 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/BLP3UhW
Power Man (Luke Cage) #20 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/aTCx4L1
Rawhide Kid #62 - $30 https://imgur.com/a/wON2ojT
Secret Defenders, The (1993) #1 - $3 https://imgur.com/a/01Eqkbi
Secret Defenders, The #3 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/b5VYBbp
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon #20 - $30 https://imgur.com/a/tLETWJ1
Shazam #9 - $20 https://imgur.com/a/pCMOacA
Sherlock Holmes #1 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/tn0jxaF
Spawn #7 - $6 https://imgur.com/a/svOU1N7
Spawn #11 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/2cpNoIB
Spawn #14 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/BuN59U2
Spawn #17 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/n8hv34q
Spawn #18 - $7 https://imgur.com/a/5A3RdZH
Spawn #21 - $7 https://imgur.com/a/JgsskZY
Spawn #25 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/UrOFv78
Spawn #52 - $3 https://imgur.com/a/7fDCqS1
Spider-Man & Wolverine #4 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/QAnKQDJ
Spider-Woman #6 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/8ztFWvR
Spider-Woman #11 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/w27PL5B
Strange Adventures #161 - $30 https://imgur.com/a/hhFCPhB
Superman: Man Of Steel #5 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/AI9oZln
Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #116 - $20 https://imgur.com/a/oyCOvNN
Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #137 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/ptmL15E
Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #147 - $20 https://imgur.com/a/XrHdnZ2
Swamp Thing #24 - $20 https://imgur.com/a/ISHFw2k
Teen Titans #12 - $25 https://imgur.com/a/7M6wvzO
Teen Titans #17 - $25 https://imgur.com/a/RPFSSDO
Teen Titans #46 - $20 https://imgur.com/a/GE80COF
Teen Titans #52 - $20 https://imgur.com/a/DgKXuTH
Thor #237 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/KY9XKkT
Thor #244 - $12 https://imgur.com/a/51UfBBv
Ultimate Captain America #1 - $3 https://imgur.com/a/PlgXMis
Uncanny X-Men #191 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/6ZyXsyF
Uncanny X-Men #205 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/FHToOdf
Uncanny X-Men #207 - $10 https://imgur.com/a/v6tjESw
Universe X: Cap - 1 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/VUHIrZZ
Wolverine #69 - $1 https://imgur.com/a/zYRb5oJ
Wolverine #72 - $3 https://imgur.com/a/bfhCvqH
Wonder Woman #184 - $35 https://imgur.com/a/lwoGqdO
Wonder Woman #190 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/engxi0y
X-Men #1 - SOLD https://imgur.com/a/Gc47zpc
X-Men 2099 #2 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/RDIda0x
Young Romance #144 - $30 https://imgur.com/a/VehVVv3
Still to add:
Akira Lot
Savage Dragon Lot
submitted by UberKnoxville to comicswap [link] [comments]
All images with the comics are actual scans of the front and back. Will ship them with new bags/boards.
$4 shipping for a single comic,
$7 shipping flat for 2-10 comics
Willing to hear any reasonable offers!
Action Comics #455 - $4 https://imgur.com/a/QJRbTZi
Action Comics #460 - $4 https://imgur.com/a/84MeLcu
Action Comics #461 - $4 https://imgur.com/a/kRTArFV
Action Comics #467 - $4 https://imgur.com/a/m1E8oQm
Action Comics #470 - $4 https://imgur.com/a/QTxguqL
Action Comics #720 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/XBSqqCm
Adventure Comics #337 -$25 https://imgur.com/a/hPgX90o
Adventure Comics #370 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/v30QaAI
Adventures Of Superman #540 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/rnVKXBM
Avengers #130 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/bDilx9B
Badrock & Company #1 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/P1HLBam
Batman Mitefall - $5 https://imgur.com/a/cbIxuYI
Beavis & Butthead #1 - $8https://imgur.com/a/tWG7Tun
Bloodshot #8 - $3 https://imgur.com/a/xtxevfc
Bloodshot Yearbook #1 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/ZfUMCNX
Bone #1 - $4 https://imgur.com/a/P8yU8Pq
Bone #3 - $4 https://imgur.com/a/Of4AV6z
Cable #36 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/jPtb2Hn
Captain America #44 - $4 https://imgur.com/a/nuhfq2l
Captain Marvel #8 - $4 https://imgur.com/a/LkxePk5
Comic's Greatest World "X" #1 -$2 https://imgur.com/a/yvHrUrN
Daredevil #124 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/7lHCfdW
Daredevil #137 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/TdwbwbQ
Darkhawk #29 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/XmYQVAA
Deathblow #11 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/36ulfJ0
Deathmate Blue - $3 https://imgur.com/a/Gu7etu7
The Defenders #33 - $4 https://imgur.com/a/0RfMEf9
Fantastic Four #133 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/BHq4JzF
Fantastic Four #154 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/8WNUvRz
Fantastic Four #161 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/vQSr8XE
Fantastic Four #177 - $10 https://imgur.com/a/TxS4Lqx
Fantastic Four #184 - $10 https://imgur.com/a/v7tB0P5
The Flash #256 - $10 https://imgur.com/a/JrIEXT0
The Flash #264 - $8 https://imgur.com/a/4sRaaA2
The Flash #282 - $7 https://imgur.com/a/d56aYS7
The Flash #284 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/MPCum7W
The Flash #309 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/JAo1fL3
The Flash #316 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/f1GZrAy
Gears Of War #8 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/8BX7912
Gen 13 #1 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/nuBqxrV
Ghost Rider #6 - $25 https://imgur.com/a/955LijE
Ghost Rider #20 - $20 https://imgur.com/a/LuDfHfj
Green Lantern #32 - $20 https://imgur.com/a/b9GMEmF
Green Lantern #91 - $10 https://imgur.com/a/HiMAV4I
Green Lantern #99 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/FFmpwwW
Hulk #175 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/05YyTaD
Hulk #189 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/PLepQJB
Iron Man - 152 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/J36LVzw
Kull The Destroyer #11 - $10 https://imgur.com/a/3HCuucF
Last Avengers Story #2 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/l5tHBRd
Lobo The Last Czarnian - $12 https://imgur.com/a/z4agTzx
Longshot #5 - $12 https://imgur.com/a/UReXRim
Marc Spector: Moon Knight - $3 https://imgur.com/a/O9SVjR9
Marvel Comics Presents #44 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/0zkrBSP
Marvel Comics Presents #66 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/hmvYuy4
Marvel Comics Presents #85 - $3 https://imgur.com/a/JvxKMEh
Marvel Comics Presents #87 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/d5NQHzP
Marvel Holiday Special 1993 - $3 https://imgur.com/a/8YTMTFL
Marvel Super Action #25 - $4 https://imgur.com/a/wR3nUwj
Marvel Tales #235 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/jcwkFKT
Marvel Tales #236 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/RMD4nWH
Marvel Tales #254 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/BLP3UhW
Power Man (Luke Cage) #20 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/aTCx4L1
Rawhide Kid #62 - $30 https://imgur.com/a/wON2ojT
Secret Defenders, The (1993) #1 - $3 https://imgur.com/a/01Eqkbi
Secret Defenders, The #3 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/b5VYBbp
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon #20 - $30 https://imgur.com/a/tLETWJ1
Shazam #9 - $20 https://imgur.com/a/pCMOacA
Sherlock Holmes #1 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/tn0jxaF
Spawn #7 - $6 https://imgur.com/a/svOU1N7
Spawn #11 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/2cpNoIB
Spawn #14 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/BuN59U2
Spawn #17 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/n8hv34q
Spawn #18 - $7 https://imgur.com/a/5A3RdZH
Spawn #21 - $7 https://imgur.com/a/JgsskZY
Spawn #25 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/UrOFv78
Spawn #52 - $3 https://imgur.com/a/7fDCqS1
Spider-Man & Wolverine #4 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/QAnKQDJ
Spider-Woman #6 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/8ztFWvR
Spider-Woman #11 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/w27PL5B
Strange Adventures #161 - $30 https://imgur.com/a/hhFCPhB
Superman: Man Of Steel #5 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/AI9oZln
Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #116 - $20 https://imgur.com/a/oyCOvNN
Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #137 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/ptmL15E
Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #147 - $20 https://imgur.com/a/XrHdnZ2
Swamp Thing #24 - $20 https://imgur.com/a/ISHFw2k
Teen Titans #12 - $25 https://imgur.com/a/7M6wvzO
Teen Titans #17 - $25 https://imgur.com/a/RPFSSDO
Teen Titans #46 - $20 https://imgur.com/a/GE80COF
Teen Titans #52 - $20 https://imgur.com/a/DgKXuTH
Thor #237 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/KY9XKkT
Thor #244 - $12 https://imgur.com/a/51UfBBv
Ultimate Captain America #1 - $3 https://imgur.com/a/PlgXMis
Uncanny X-Men #191 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/6ZyXsyF
Uncanny X-Men #205 - $5 https://imgur.com/a/FHToOdf
Uncanny X-Men #207 - $10 https://imgur.com/a/v6tjESw
Universe X: Cap - 1 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/VUHIrZZ
Wolverine #69 - $1 https://imgur.com/a/zYRb5oJ
Wolverine #72 - $3 https://imgur.com/a/bfhCvqH
Wonder Woman #184 - $35 https://imgur.com/a/lwoGqdO
Wonder Woman #190 - $15 https://imgur.com/a/engxi0y
X-Men 2099 #2 - $2 https://imgur.com/a/RDIda0x
Young Romance #144 - $30 https://imgur.com/a/VehVVv3
Still to add:
Akira Lot
Savage Dragon Lot
2019.03.04 05:28 ClassyCanids [US-NY][H] Floppies [W] Trades or $$$
- See something you like? Make an offer, whether it be a trade or cash, just make an offer!
- When I say "2:1 Trades" I mean that'll I'll send you twice what your offer is worth just to make the deal happen. Maybe more depending on the tradeoffer.
- These are also listed on eBay so get them while they last!
- Shipping price is not included, but I typically ship via Priority Mail.
- G&S fee should be accounted for in your PayPal payment or sent as F&F.
For the reader's copies please realize that the grade of these vary greatly, but I will gladly send pictures. Additionally, I usually toss a few random reader's copies into purchases--assuming that there is room in the package--so be warned that this list may be off somewhat.
- Your offers
- PayPal
- A visual of my collection; hopefully this will help you see what I’m missing so you can help fill in the blanks.
- Marvel Events (and companions) such as, but not limited to: House of M, Annihilation, Civil War, World War Hulk: War Bound, World War Hulk: Aftersmash, Annihilation: Conquest, Secret Invasion, War of Kings, Siege, DoomWar, Realm of Kings, The Thanos Imperative, Chaos War, Fear Itself, AvX, Age of Ultron Companion, X-Termination, Infinity Companion, Death of Wolverine, Spider-Verse, Time Runs Out, Secret Wars, Avengers: Standoff, Civil War II, Dead No More: The Clone Conspiracy, Death of X, Inhumans Vs. X-Men, Grounded, Monster Unleased, Secret Empire
- Avengers titles prior Hickman's run
- Iron Man HC/Omnibus titles prior Disassembled to current (excluding Gillen's run and Taylor's Superior run)
- The Mighty Avengers (Vol 1): Earth's Mightiest Vol 5 and The Unspoken Vol 6 (with gold spine lettering and not red)
- Dark Avenger HC vol 1 and 3
- Secret Avengers HCs
- Deadpool HCs/Omnibuses from Way to current
- Spider-Man/Deadpool HC
- Fatale HC 1-2
- East of West tpb vol 2+
- Harley Quinn HCs from Conner and Palmiotti to current (excluding Hot in the City)
- Black Science tpb vol 6+
- Abe Sapien tpbs (excluding The Drowning)
- Rocket Raccoon HCs
- Groot Vol 1
- Rocket Raccoon and Groot: Tricks of the Trade and Civil War II
- Hulk HCs (need to narrow down which ones though)
- Gotham City Sirens 2, 9, 10, 14, 16, 20, 21, 22, 24, & 26
- Iron Lantern
- JLX Unleashed
- Dark Claw Adventures
- Generation Hex
- Lobo the Duck
- Thorion of the New Asgods
- Age of Reptiles: The Journey 1-4
- Age of Reptiles: Ancient Egyptians 1-4
- Scooby-Doo Team-Up 23 & 24
- Gotham City Garage 15 & 16
- Bombshells United 6 & 7
- Joker's Asylum: Poison Ivy
- Harley and Ivy: Love on the Lam
- Harley and Ivy Meet Betty and Veronica 1-6
- Batman: Harley and Ivy 1-3
- Batman Adventures 1, 9, 26
- Batman 367 & 609
- Detective Comics 694
- Detective Comics (New 52) 14
- Harley Quinn Raod Trip Special
- DC Bombshells 27 & 32
- Harley Quinn (vol 3) 3 & 8
- Harley Quinn (vol 2) 7
- Gotham City Sirens
TPB
Sex: The Summer of Hard
Age of Ultron 1 (2013) $1
Fantastic Force 1-16, Missing 17 & 18 for a complete run (1994-1996) $10
Flash Gordon 1-2 (1995) $4 Complete Set
New Avengers 1-14 & 16-25 (2005-2010) $18
Red Wolf 2-6 $5
Rocket Raccoon 1, 2, 5-10 $10
Spider-Man Unlimited 3-11 & 17-22 (1993-1998) $8
Super Soldiers 1-8 (1993) $5
Ultimate Spider-Man 17, 20-23, 25-29, 38, 66-68, 70-74, 79, 81-83, 85, 87-90, 95-96, 112, 118-124, 127, 129, 131, Annual 1 & 3, & Ultimate Fallout 6 $35
Atom: Special 1-2 (1993-1995) $2
Birds of Prey: Manhunt 1-4 (1996) $4
Catwoman 1,000,000 (1998) $1
DCU Holiday Bash One-Shot (1997) $1
Genesis 1-4 (1997) $4
Green Lantern 98 (1990-2004) $1
Huntress 1-4 (1994) $4
JLA 1,000,000 (1998) $1
JLA Created Equal 1-2 (2000) $4
Legion Lost 1-7 (2000-2001) $5
Legionnaires 1,000,000 (1998) $1
Legionnaires Annual 1-3 (1994-1996) $2
Legends of the DC Universe: Crisis on Infinite Earth 1 (1999) $1
Legends of the DC Universe: Crisis on Infinite Earth 12 (1998-2001) $1
Legends of the Legion 1-4 (1998) $4
Legion of Super-Heroes: Secret Files 1-2 (1998) $4
Legion Science Police 1-4 (1998) $3
Superman: Man of Tomorrow 1,000,000 $1
The Final Night 1-4 (1996) $4
Titans/Legions of Super-Heroes: Universe Ablaze 1-4 (2000) $4
Curse of Rune 1-4 (1995) $5
Rune 0-9 (1994-1995) $25
Rune 1-7 (1995-1996) $10
Rune Vs Venom One-Shot (1995) $2
Rune/Silver Surfer One-Shot (1995) $2
Rune: Heart of Darkness 1-3 (1996) $5
Rune: Infinity One-Shot (1995) $2
Conan Vs. Rune One-Shot (1995) $2
Angelic 1 $1
God Complex 1-2 $2
I Hate Fairyland FCBD 1 1 x2 50¢
Saga 29 $1
Snowfall 1-4 $4
DragonHeart 1-2 (1996) $2
Lady Rawhide 1-5 (1995-1996) $4
Lady Rawhide 1-5 (1996-1997) $4
Lady Rawhide Special Edition (1995) $1
Space: Above and Beyond 1-3 (1996) $2
Space: Above and Beyond the Gauntlet 1-2 (1996) $2
The X Files: Special Collectors Item Issues 0-2 $3
Species 1-4 (1995) $4
AVP: Life and Death 1 $1
Predator: Life and Death 1 Fried Pie Variant 1 $1
AVP: Fire and Stone 1-4 $4
Aliens: Fire and Stone 2-4 $3
Predator: Fire and Stone 1, 3,& 4 $3
Prometheus: Fire and Stone 2-4 $3
Prometheus Omega: Fire and Stone $1
Predator: Homeworld 2-4 $3
Predator: Captive $1
Predator: Jungle Tales $1
Predator: Strange Roux $1
Predator: Invaders from the Fourth Dimension $1
Predator: Primal $1
Poison Ivy Impopster $7
Harley Quinn Impopster $7
Other
Orange Bastion Blizzard Overwatch Cute But Deadly $4
- As previously noted, this list of reader's copies is sporadically updated (I usually toss in some as freebies with purchases on here or eBay) and therefore only ~95% up to date.
- These are reader's copies and the condition is no where near NM/VF
- Do not come bagged and boarded
Marvel
Classic X-Men 1 17 30¢
Classic X-Men 1 42 30¢
Heros for Hope 1 1 30¢
Killraven 1 29 30¢
Killraven 1 33 30¢
Luke Cage, Power Man 1 26 30¢
Luke Cage, Power Man 1 28 30¢
The Man-Thing 1 16 30¢
DC
All Star Comics 1 60 30¢
All Star Comics 1 61 30¢
All Star Comics 1 62 30¢
All Star Comics 1 63 30¢
Forever People 1 10 30¢
New Teen Titans 1 15 30¢
New Teen Titans 1 16 30¢
New Teen Titans 1 18 30¢
New Teen Titans 1 19 30¢
Our Fighting Forces 1 164 30¢
Richard Dragon Kung-Fu Fighter 1 7 30¢
Starman 1 12 30¢
Continuity Comics
Earth 4 1 2 x1 30¢
Megalith 1 6 x3 30¢
Charlton Comics
Yang 1 3 30¢
Rip Off Press
The Balloon Vender 1 1 $2
The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers 1 1 $5
Spire Christian Comics
Archie's Something Else 1 1 30¢
Live It Up 1 1 30¢
2018.10.17 20:18 birdslice New to crafting, could use help backing a traditional bow.
Hi all, first time on this sub, and I’m new to crafting in general really. I have undertaken a board now as my first project as I’ve recently bought a house with a garage.
From the instructional videos I’ve watched it’s said I should back the bow with rawhide, however I’m in the UK and I simply can’t find a rawhide supplier other than wholesale types selling whole hides.
I’ve spoken to a leather crafts seller on EBay who has said that the veg tan leather they supply would suit the project. Because It’s moulded when wet and dries hard.
The question I have is whether I would dye the leather before stretching it to the shape/size I need as I’d like the bow to have a dark brown finish instead of the natural tan that the sheet comes in.
As I’ve said this is my first crafting project so I’m open to any suggestions you guys might have. And if I’m being dumb just call me on it.
Thanks in advance.
submitted by birdslice to Leathercraft [link] [comments]
From the instructional videos I’ve watched it’s said I should back the bow with rawhide, however I’m in the UK and I simply can’t find a rawhide supplier other than wholesale types selling whole hides.
I’ve spoken to a leather crafts seller on EBay who has said that the veg tan leather they supply would suit the project. Because It’s moulded when wet and dries hard.
The question I have is whether I would dye the leather before stretching it to the shape/size I need as I’d like the bow to have a dark brown finish instead of the natural tan that the sheet comes in.
As I’ve said this is my first crafting project so I’m open to any suggestions you guys might have. And if I’m being dumb just call me on it.
Thanks in advance.
2018.09.17 01:06 ClassyCanids [US-NY][H] Cheap Floppies [W] PayPal, 2:1 Trades, OBO
- See something you like? Make an offer, whether it be a trade or cash, just make an offer!
- When I say "2:1 Trades" I mean that'll I'll send you twice what your offer is worth just to make the deal happen. Maybe more depending on the tradeoffer.
- These are also listed on eBay so get them while they last!
- Shipping price is not included, but I typically ship via Priority Mail.
- G&S fee should be accounted for in your PayPal payment or sent as F&F.
For the reader's copies please realize that the grade of these vary greatly, but I will gladly send pictures. Additionally, I usually toss a few random reader's copies into purchases--assuming that there is room in the package--so be warned that this list may be off somewhat.
- Your offers
- PayPal
- A visual of my collection; hopefully this will help you see what I’m missing so you can help fill in the blanks.
- Marvel Events (and companions) such as, but not limited to: House of M, Annihilation, Civil War, World War Hulk: War Bound, World War Hulk: Aftersmash, Annihilation: Conquest, Secret Invasion, War of Kings, Siege, DoomWar, Realm of Kings, The Thanos Imperative, Chaos War, Fear Itself, AvX, Age of Ultron Companion, X-Termination, Infinity Companion, Death of Wolverine, Spider-Verse, Time Runs Out, Secret Wars, Avengers: Standoff, Civil War II, Dead No More: The Clone Conspiracy, Death of X, Inhumans Vs. X-Men, Grounded, Monster Unleased, Secret Empire
- Avengers titles prior Hickman's run
- Iron Man HC/Omnibus titles prior Disassembled to current (excluding Gillen's run and Taylor's Superior run)
- The Mighty Avengers (Vol 1): Earth's Mightiest Vol 5 and The Unspoken Vol 6 (with gold spine lettering and not red)
- Dark Avenger HC vol 1 and 3
- Secret Avengers HCs
- Deadpool HCs/Omnibuses from Way to current
- Spider-Man/Deadpool HC
- Fatale HC 1-2
- East of West tpb vol 2+
- Trees tpb 2 (ehhh maybe)
- Harley Quinn HCs from Conner and Palmiotti to current (excluding Hot in the City)
- Black Science tpb vol 6+
- Abe Sapien tpbs (excluding The Drowning)
- Rocket Raccoon Vol 2 and 3
- Groot Vol 1
- Rocket Raccoon and Groot: Tricks of the Trade and Civil War II
- Hulk HCs (need to narrow down which ones though)
- Gotham City Sirens
- Iron Lantern
- Super Soldier: Man of War
- JLX Unleashed
- Spider-Boy Team-Up
- Dark Claw Adventures
- Generation Hex
- Lobo the Duck
- Thorion of the New Asgods
- Red Wolf 1
- Snowfall 5-9
- Rocket Raccoon 2-4 & 11
- Aliens: Fire and Stone 1
- Prometheus: Fire and Stone 1
- AVP: Fire and Stone 1
- Predator: Fire and Stone 2
- Predator: Life and Death 1-4
- Prometheus: Life and Death 1-4
- Aliens: Life and Death 1-4
- AVP: Life and Death 1
- Prometheus: Life and Death - Final Conflict 1
- Predator: Primal 1
- Predator: Homeworld 1
- Age of Reptiles: The Journey 1-4
- Age of Reptiles: Ancient Egyptians 1-4
- Scooby-Doo Team-Up 23 & 24
- Gotham City Garage 15& 16
- Bombshells United 6 & 7
- Joker's Asylum: Poison Ivy
- Harley and Ivy: Love on the Lam
- Harley and Ivy Meet Betty and Veronica 1-6
- Batman: Harley and Ivy 1-3
- Batman Adventures 1, 9, 26
- Batman 367, 495, & 609
- Detective Comics 694 & 823
- Detective Comics (New 52) 14
- Harley Quinn Raod Trip Special
- DC Bombshells 27 & 32
- Harley Quinn (vol 3) 3 & 8
- Harley Quinn (vol 2) 7
- Gotham City Sirens
Hardcovers
Tales of the Batman J.H.Williams III $9 -- Shrink Wrapped
Fantastic Force 1-16, Missing 17 & 18 for a complete run (1994-1996) $10
Fantastic Four Unlimited 1-12 (1993-1995) $15
New Avengers 1-14 & 16-25 (2005-2010) $18
Spider-Man Unlimited 3-11 & 17-22 (1993-1998) $8
Super Soldiers 1-8 (1993) $5
Ultimate Spider-Man 17, 20-23, 25-29, 38, 66-68, 70-74, 79, 81-83, 85, 87-90, 95-96, 112, 118-124, 127, 129, 131, Annual 1 & 3, & Ultimate Fallout 6 $35
Wild Thing 1-7 (1993-1994) $5
Age of Ultron 1 (2013) $1
Conan 4 (1994-1996) $1
Doctor Strange: Sorcerer Supreme 50 (1988-1996) $1
Fantastic Four 374 (1993) $1
Fantastic Four Unplugged 1 (1995) $1
Flash Gordon 1-2 (1995) $4 Complete Set
Scarlet Spider Unlimited One-Shot (1995) $1
Superior Iron Man 1-6 (2015) $6
Web of Spider-Man 113 (1985-1995) $1
Atom: Special 1-2 (1993-1995) $2
Birds of Prey: Manhunt 1-4 (1996) $4
DC 1,000,000 1-4 (1998) $5
Genesis 1-4 (1997) $4
Huntress 1-4 (1994) $4
JLA Created Equal 1-2 (2000) $4
Legends of the Legion 1-4 (1998) $4
Legion of Super-Heroes: Secret Files 1-2 (1998) $4
Legion Science Police 1-4 (1998) $3
Showcase '93 1-12 (1993) $8
Showcase '95 1-12 (1995) $8
The Final Night 1-4 (1996) $4
Titans/Legions of Super-Heroes: Universe Ablaze 1-4 (2000) $4
Birds of Prey: Revolution One-Shot (1997) $1
Blue Beetle One-Shot (2016) $1
Blue Beetle 3 (2017) $1
Blue Beetle 1 (2011) $1
Catwoman 1,000,000 (1998) $1
DCU Holiday Bash One-Shot (1997) $1
Green Lantern 98 (1990-2004) $1
Green Lantern Movie Prequel: Kilowog $1
JLA 1,000,000 (1998) $1
Legends of the DC Universe: Crisis on Infinite Earth One-Shot (1999) $1
Legends of the DC Universe: Crisis on Infinite Earth 12 (1998-2001) $1
Legion Lost 1-7 (2000-2001) $5
Legionnaires 1,000,000 (1998) $1
Legionnaires Annual 1-3 (1994-1996) $2
Superman: Man of Tomorrow 1,000,000 $1
Xena Warrior Princess 1-13, Missing 14 (1999-2000) $15
The Marriage of Hercules and Xena One-Shot (1998) $2
Xena Warrior Princess 1-2 (1997) $4
Xena Warrior Princess & Joxer Warrior Prince 1-3 (1997-1998) $4
Xena Warrior Princess Vs. Callisto 1-3 (1998) $4
Xena Warrior Princess: And The Original Olympics 1-3 (1998) $4
Xena Warrior Princess: Blood Lines 1-2 (1998) $4
Xena Warrior Princess: The Dragon's Teeth 1-3 (1997-1998) $4
Xena Warrior Princess: The Orpheus Trilogy 1-3 (1998) $4
Xena Warrior Princess: The Wrath of Hera 1-2 (1998) $4
Curse of Rune 1-4 (1995) $5
Rune 0-9 (1994-1995) $25
Rune 1-7 (1995-1996) $10
Rune Vs Venom One-Shot (1995) $2
Rune/Silver Surfer One-Shot (1995) $2
Rune: Heart of Darkness 1-3 (1996) $5
Rune: Infinity One-Shot (1995) $2
Conan Vs. Rune One-Shot (1995) $2
Marvel VS DC 2 (1996) $1
Marvel VS DC 3 (1996) $1
DC VS Marvel 4 (1996) $1
Super Soldier (x4) $2
I Hate Fairyland FCBD 1 1 x2 50¢
Stromwatch 1 28 x5 50¢
DragonHeart 1-2 (1996) $2
Hercules: The Legendary Journey 1-5 (1996) $4
Lady Rawhide 1-5 (1995-1996) $4
Lady Rawhide 1-5 (1996-1997) $4
Lady Rawhide Special Edition (1995) $1
Space: Above and Beyond 1-3 (1996) $2
Space: Above and Beyond the Gauntlet 1-2 (1996) $2
Sliders 1-2 (1996) $2
Sliders Ultimatum 1-2 (1996) $2
Sliders: Darkest Hour 1-3 (1996) $3
Sliders: Special 1-3 (1996-1997) $3
*Or take all the Sliders for $5
Species 1-4 (1995) $4
Blade of the Immortal 47 x3 $1
Blade of the Immortal 61 x6 $1
Planet of the Apes: Bloodlines 4 x3 $1
Album 1
Album 2
Winged Castiel $15
Spider-Man $7
Spider-Gwen $7
Harley Quinn $7
Deadshot $7
Poison Ivy Impopster $7
Harley Quinn Impopster $7
Other
Orange Bastion Blizzard Overwatch Cute But Deadly $4
- As previously noted, this list of reader's copies is sporadically updated (I usually toss in some as freebies with purchases on here or eBay) and therefore only ~95% up to date.
- These are reader's copies and the condition is no where near NM/VF
- Do not come bagged and boarded
Marvel
Classic X-Men 1 17 30¢
Classic X-Men 1 42 30¢
Heros for Hope 1 1 30¢
Killraven 1 29 30¢
Killraven 1 33 30¢
Luke Cage, Power Man 1 26 30¢
Luke Cage, Power Man 1 28 30¢
Marvel Double Feature 1 7 30¢
Master of Kung-Fu 1 31 30¢
Master of Kung-Fu Giant Size 1 3 30¢
Werewolf Giant-Size 1 4 Poor condition 30¢
Werewolf By Night 1 26 30¢
DC
Angel Love 1 1 30¢
Angel Love 1 6 30¢
Angel Love 1 8 30¢
All Star Comics 1 60 30¢
All Star Comics 1 61 30¢
All Star Comics 1 62 30¢
All Star Comics 1 63 30¢
Forever People 1 10 30¢
New Teen Titans 1 15 30¢
New Teen Titans 1 16 30¢
New Teen Titans 1 18 30¢
New Teen Titans 1 19 30¢
Our Fighting Forces 1 164 30¢
Richard Dragon Kung-Fu Fighter 1 7 30¢
Starman 1 12 30¢
Continuity Comics
Earth 4 1 2 x1 30¢
Megalith 1 6 x5 30¢
Ms. Mystic 1 4 x3 30¢
Shaman 1 0 x1 30¢
Urth 4 1 4 x1 30¢
Charlton Comics
Yang 1 3 30¢
Rip Off Press
The Balloon Vender 1 1 $2
The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers 1 1 $5
Spire Christian Comics
Archie's Something Else 1 1 30¢
Live It Up 1 1 30¢
2018.06.19 09:29 briguy2018 [WTS] Le Phare Large 1950's Chronograph
Hello, I am looking to sell my 1950's Le Phare chronograph. This was my first vintage watch and the one that started me down this rabbit-hole :) As I write this and look at the photos it's making me kinda re-think this decision :) But I will carry on. Unfortunately since I have gotten a "smartwatch" none of the watches, in my very modest collection, get much wrist time. And she deserves to be worn, not tucked away in case on top of my bookshelf! And I deserve a motorcycle :)
She is an early 1950's Le Phare (the precursor to Jean d'eve <- link to history if interested) with a nicely patinéed dial. She is big for her age, pushing 38mm (40mm including the crown) NOT like the "little" 33mm's on ebay! She wears just fine by today's standards. She winds and keeps time well. The buttons feel nice strong. The stop watch can be a little jumpy, but resets to zero most of the time (see attached video). I got her fitted with a great vintage Italian rawhide leather strap that matches perfectly IMO. Lugs are 19mm and she's packing an early Landeron 48 movement.
Looking for $700 OBO and will ship CONUS included. Thanks for taking a look.
Gold(ish) numbers
https://preview.redd.it/acky0anqrw411.jpg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d19e2600a08ec3f6153b2d5caac2b0351c6cd07b
https://preview.redd.it/hf79yzcurw411.jpg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9981a9b38c28704612f7a5bd417f27f466e01932
The raw hide leather feels so authentic
https://preview.redd.it/uki34ke4sw411.jpg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6d9ae2d619dffb4e99cd4f8cf442746d98b5a80e
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Wears nice and big
My Orient Pepsi Mako for size reference
https://reddit.com/link/8s6ys6/video/qo3p14ptsw411/player
she's real :)
submitted by briguy2018 to Watchexchange [link] [comments]
She is an early 1950's Le Phare (the precursor to Jean d'eve <- link to history if interested) with a nicely patinéed dial. She is big for her age, pushing 38mm (40mm including the crown) NOT like the "little" 33mm's on ebay! She wears just fine by today's standards. She winds and keeps time well. The buttons feel nice strong. The stop watch can be a little jumpy, but resets to zero most of the time (see attached video). I got her fitted with a great vintage Italian rawhide leather strap that matches perfectly IMO. Lugs are 19mm and she's packing an early Landeron 48 movement.
Looking for $700 OBO and will ship CONUS included. Thanks for taking a look.
Gold(ish) numbers
https://preview.redd.it/acky0anqrw411.jpg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d19e2600a08ec3f6153b2d5caac2b0351c6cd07b
https://preview.redd.it/hf79yzcurw411.jpg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9981a9b38c28704612f7a5bd417f27f466e01932
The raw hide leather feels so authentic
https://preview.redd.it/uki34ke4sw411.jpg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6d9ae2d619dffb4e99cd4f8cf442746d98b5a80e
https://preview.redd.it/7dvklgl8sw411.jpg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9aaa28725f271c571aca230c334d9011023a1f21
https://preview.redd.it/yavjz4fcsw411.jpg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2a9da57234d71c9ba7af3e899aa39bce391b8377
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https://preview.redd.it/ttgwulecsw411.jpg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bd5d5c36c811e525f03415903ea3983e547c76a6
https://preview.redd.it/h0tqwlecsw411.jpg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=89b6daf775a70672f11b375baf13aa93f236e41b
https://preview.redd.it/fk8wzlecsw411.jpg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=36bd52e8652c2f7d66bed58939286389cd8f36ed
https://preview.redd.it/c98ltmecsw411.jpg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fc6583a00df89591c04a5424a2184b1012683914
Wears nice and big
My Orient Pepsi Mako for size reference
https://reddit.com/link/8s6ys6/video/qo3p14ptsw411/player
she's real :)
2018.04.24 22:42 JupiterIsBeautiful [Initial Impressions] White's Semi Dress Boot in black Chromexcel
Album
Acquisition
I got these via the eBay seller whitesriver. They are almost the exact makeup I wanted when I looked through all the options on the Baker's site. Single leather sole, single row of stitching, antique eyelets, cuban heel. It was like they were made for me. :) The only thing that's missing is a lining but I'm totally ok with not having that.
I used a 15% eBay coupon to bring the price down very nicely.
They came in a White's box, all wrapped up, just like I had bought them from a normal place. It was really nice!
I got sized from Baker's and they suggested a 9.5D. I found this unreasonably big since I am a 9D. So, I ordered a 9EE since there was no 9D. I emailed Kyle back and he did say he'd resize me if I sent some more tracings in. But, since returns were accepted with this eBay seller, I just got em.
(Also, side note, I ordered them on March 27th and got them March 29th. Amazing.)
They were really big. Bigger than I like, and I like bigger shoes. So, I returned them (just paid shipping) and waited for another eBay coupon. Which came the next day! Yay!
This time, I picked up an 8EE. I like the way they fit. This is a super personal preference. I like a bit more room in my footwear. I think 8D would have been fine as well, but I'm not bothered by the extra space in it.
I have a pair of Iron Rangers in 8EE as well and the White's are even wider than that.
Construction
These things feel soooo solid. I wore them at home for a few full days before taking them out. Stairs were hard. :) The leather is super thick. So far the chromexcel is very nice. Other than the left tongue, I don't see any loose grain at all. The tongue is where you want loose grain if you have to have some!
The stitching isn't quite perfect, but stuff like that never bothers me.
Design and Details
The cuban heel has me like whoa. It has a perfect sharp lip. The curve is out of this world!
And now, the arch. The arch is CRAZY. I read about it and the amazing arch support White's has, but to actually feel it just BOOM push on your arch is intense. Unlike any boot I have ever tried on. I stand at work at least half the day and it is just THERE. In my arch. It's not a bad thing, it's just so different from all my other shoes except maybe athletic shoes.
The laces suck. Period. They are these brown nylon things that look like something on shoes from Walmart. So I put Guarded Goods rawhide laces and that made em real nice.
I don't like big welts. I was so glad these came standard with a single row of stitching. I wouldn’t have got them otherwise!
This is a really wide last. They are big boots.
Final Impressions
I wore them Friday for one full day to work and then out that night and I felt great. That was actually amazing. I couldn't believe that I could wear leather this thick for over 12 hours. I walked to work! I walked to a museum! Crazy.
Then on Sunday I put them on to go out for errands and my ankles felt tender. So, they definitely have some breaking in to do, but overall I have high hopes!
submitted by JupiterIsBeautiful to goodyearwelt [link] [comments]
Acquisition
I got these via the eBay seller whitesriver. They are almost the exact makeup I wanted when I looked through all the options on the Baker's site. Single leather sole, single row of stitching, antique eyelets, cuban heel. It was like they were made for me. :) The only thing that's missing is a lining but I'm totally ok with not having that.
I used a 15% eBay coupon to bring the price down very nicely.
They came in a White's box, all wrapped up, just like I had bought them from a normal place. It was really nice!
- White's Semi Dress
- Black chromexcel leather
- 8EE
- No pull loops
- No leather liner
- Antique eyelets and speedhooks
- 5" height
- Single leather sole
- Standard (cuban) heel
- $292 shipped
I got sized from Baker's and they suggested a 9.5D. I found this unreasonably big since I am a 9D. So, I ordered a 9EE since there was no 9D. I emailed Kyle back and he did say he'd resize me if I sent some more tracings in. But, since returns were accepted with this eBay seller, I just got em.
(Also, side note, I ordered them on March 27th and got them March 29th. Amazing.)
They were really big. Bigger than I like, and I like bigger shoes. So, I returned them (just paid shipping) and waited for another eBay coupon. Which came the next day! Yay!
This time, I picked up an 8EE. I like the way they fit. This is a super personal preference. I like a bit more room in my footwear. I think 8D would have been fine as well, but I'm not bothered by the extra space in it.
I have a pair of Iron Rangers in 8EE as well and the White's are even wider than that.
Construction
These things feel soooo solid. I wore them at home for a few full days before taking them out. Stairs were hard. :) The leather is super thick. So far the chromexcel is very nice. Other than the left tongue, I don't see any loose grain at all. The tongue is where you want loose grain if you have to have some!
The stitching isn't quite perfect, but stuff like that never bothers me.
Design and Details
The cuban heel has me like whoa. It has a perfect sharp lip. The curve is out of this world!
And now, the arch. The arch is CRAZY. I read about it and the amazing arch support White's has, but to actually feel it just BOOM push on your arch is intense. Unlike any boot I have ever tried on. I stand at work at least half the day and it is just THERE. In my arch. It's not a bad thing, it's just so different from all my other shoes except maybe athletic shoes.
The laces suck. Period. They are these brown nylon things that look like something on shoes from Walmart. So I put Guarded Goods rawhide laces and that made em real nice.
I don't like big welts. I was so glad these came standard with a single row of stitching. I wouldn’t have got them otherwise!
This is a really wide last. They are big boots.
Final Impressions
I wore them Friday for one full day to work and then out that night and I felt great. That was actually amazing. I couldn't believe that I could wear leather this thick for over 12 hours. I walked to work! I walked to a museum! Crazy.
Then on Sunday I put them on to go out for errands and my ankles felt tender. So, they definitely have some breaking in to do, but overall I have high hopes!