On this page we highlight all the great patina’s that our customers have created with their footwear. Together with these supporters of slow we try to promote a new way of consumption and care.
- Name: Jeffry Lek
- Age: 42
- City & Country: The Hague, The Netherlands
- Instagram ID: @thehaguedenim
- Boots style: Heritage boots
- Boots age: 18 months (started October 2018)
- Boots treatment: Smiths leather balm every 4 months
- Laces: Pisgah Range LTD.
- Other treatments: none yet.
- Name: Apon
- Age: 30
- City & Country: Taipei, Taiwan
- Instagram ID:apon228
- Boots style: Heritage Boots
- Boots age: 18 months
- Boots treatment: none yet
- Name: Douwe Bob
- Age: 27
- City & Country: His boat
- Instagram ID: @douwebob
- Boots style: Heritage boots
- Boots age: 20 months of heavy podium use 🙂 (started 28th of October 2018)
- Boots treatment: Butts and Shoulder Bee Wax Care Kit
- Other treatments: none yet.
- Name: Floor
- Age: 37
- City & Country: Eindhoven, The Netherlands
- Instagram ID: @mygreenhappiness3.0
- Boots style: Classic boots
- Boots age: 29 months (started September 2017)
- Occasional wax treatment
- Name: Ron
- Age:
- City & Country: Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, The Netherlands
- Instagram ID:
- Boots style: Heritage Boots
- Patina start: 1 of March 2019
- Boots treatment: none yet
- Name: Lukasz Dzierzanowski
- Age:
- City & Country: Warsaw, Poland
- Instagram ID: @luingreen
- Boots style: Monkey Boots
- Patina start: 3rd of May, 2020
- Other treatments: none yet.
- Name:Jeroen Gerits
- Age: 40
- City & Country:Weert, the Netherlands
- Instagram ID: @jeroenjaygerits
- Boots style: the Classic Boots
- Boots from: June 2018 (22 months old)
- Boots treatment: Sentz Beezwax
- Name: Nils
- Age: 50
- City & Country: Hamburg, Germany
- iG ID: @ende_denim
- Style: Worker Boots
- Age: 2 months
- Treatment: none yet
- Name: Dirk Hens
- Age: 36
- City & Country: Kaatsheuvel, The Netherlands
- Instagram ID: @dirkhens
- Boots style: Worker boots
- Boots age: 8 months daily use (started September 2019)
- Boots treatment: Butts and Shoulder Bee Wax Care Kit (a little wax every few weeks)
- Other treatments: none yet.
- Name: Patrick Speijers
- Age: 46
- City & Country: Arnhem, The Netherlands
- Boots Style: Classic Boots
- Boots Age: 33 months (starting date: 1st of July 2017)
- Boots Treatment: Twice a year a B&S wax
- Name: Moritz Fuchs
- Age: 30
- City & Country: Munich, Germany
- Instagram ID: newheritage_festival
- Boots style: Classic Boot
- Boots age: about 2 Years
- Boots treatment: balm from a small market in munich
- Name: Ralph Dankers aka 005.275 (after his boots number)
- City & Country: Kaatsheuvel, the Netherlands
- Instagram ID: Ralphdankers
- Boots Style: Classic Boots
- Start Date: 3rd of October, 2017 (boots are 2,5 years old)
- Boots Treatment: Butts and Shoulders Care Kit
- Name: Jasper Westerdiep
- Age: 41
- City & Country: Meppel, the Netherlands
- Instagram ID: Denim_jas
- Boots Style: Heritage Boots
- Start Date: 4th of March, 2019
- Boots Treatment: Butts and Shoulders Care Kit
- Name: Felice Iovino
- Age: 58
- City & Country: Winterthur, Switzerland
- Instagram ID: @iovinocloth
- Boots style: Heritage Boots
- Age: 20 months (start: September 2018)
- Boots treatment: Various good shoe waxes
- Name: Mike Clemens
- Boots style: Worker Boots
- Age: 16 months (start: December 2018)
- Name: John Verhoeven aka Mercy John (www.mercyjohn.com)
- City & Country: Veghel, The Netherlands
- Instagram ID:@mercyjohnmusic
- Boots style: Classic Black Boots
- Age: 35 months (start: June 2017)
- Boots Treatment: A new sole twice
- Name: Anthony Diks
- Instagram ID: @anthony.diks
- Boots style: Classic Boots
- Age: 51 months (start: January 2016)
- Boots Treatment: A new sole and several waxes
- Name: Rik van Coolwijk
- Age: 34
- City & Country:The Hague, Netherlands
- Instagram ID:@rikslvdg
- Boots style: Classic Boots
- Age: 14 months (start: January 2019)
- Boots treatment: Smith’s leather balm
Read about our insights in the world of slow fashion on our blog. If you have any suggestions for posts…let us know via dirk@buttsandshoulders.com. We are more than happy to promote great events, slow brands or craftsmen/women who share the same passions as we do.
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