Shoes 'n' Boots of the Week: Division Road Nicks, The Limmer Century Boot & Real McCoy's Monkeys

This year’s Patina Thunderdome is officially over. But while your esteemed judges are busy tallying the results, we’ve got plenty more unworn boots for you: Division Road x Nicks, Limmer’s 100th Anniversary Boot, Real McCoy’s restocked roofer, two new models from Chico Imrie at Burg & Schild, Hiro Yanagimachi’s summer sneakers, a pair of Alden makeups with handsewn aprons, and more…

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Division Road x Nicks Concrete Workman Moc in Light Grey Cypress: $785

A workman made of concrete probably wouldn’t be flexible enough to built much of anything, but this is the concrete workman—that would be the name of Division Road’s most recent collaboration with Nicks, a 6″ moc toe boot with wedge soles. The uppers are clicked from light grey Cypress, vegetable tanned by Horween, and attached to the outsoles by two rows of stitchdown.

Viberg Slipper in Bison Janus Calf Suede: $905

Alexandria, VA based Old House Provisions got their hands on a couple of as-of-yet unreleased as-of-yet unreleased Spring Summer 26 models from Viberg: a slipper, with a 360˚ storm welt and Lactae Havea outsoles…

Viberg Navvy Cut Shoe in Bison Janus Calf Suede: $1,155

…and take on the Navvy cut derby pattern, executed on the anatomical Cantilever last and constructed with a 270˚ flat welt and leather outsoles…

Viberg Sneaker in Bison Janus Calf Suede: $820

…and Viberg’s sneaker pattern, which uses a channeled leather insole and cork fill cemented into a Vibram Fuga outsole. All three models are use Janus Calf Suede uppers in Bison, and are available in stock.

Limmer Century Boot in Brown Bullhide (Made to Order): $1,000+

If you aren’t already familiar, Peter Limmer & Sons is small but extremely serious bootmaker in the White Mountains of New Hampshire mostly focused on building practical, custom fit boots for hikers. How serious? They’ve been making black boots for 100 years, because changing the color won’t help you go up a mountain better.

But as of April 18th, they’ve officially been in the US for a century (so long Bavaria!) and they’re marking the occasion with an open house, a group hike in Intervale, NH, and a limited release version of their benchmade boot in brown. Whoa take it easy guys! The model uses a single piece upper tanned by S.B. Foot, single-row stitchdown construction, and Vibram Montagna outsoles. If you’re at the open house on Saturday April 18th, you can order a pair that’ll come in six months. Beyond that, Limmer will be offering the Century Boot to anyone on their backlog waitlist (although that’ll take quite a bit longer).

Nicks Boot of the Month #6 in Brown Minotaur Bullhide: $639 (Made to Order)

April marks the sixth round of Nicks’ monthly makeup experiments, and this time they’ve constructed a conspicuously shaftless 360˚ stitchdown boot based on the Aldert Strider model. Brown bullhide uppers sit atop a flexible rubber midsole and cream wedge soles. Nicks says the combo makes for a cool, flexible, and water resistant summer boot—if you squint hard enough, they’re almost a PNW sneaker.

Real McCoy’s Ten Mile Work Boots in Brown Roughout: $1,440

The Ten Mile is real McCoy’s take on the “roofer” boot, itself Americanized version of the lace-to-toe Czech monkey boots that floated around in large numbers in the postwar period. These have roughout quarters with a contrasting smooth leather on the toe and backstay in either brown…

Real McCoy’s Ten Mile Work Boots in Black Roughout: $1,440

…or black, depending on the model. They have a 270˚ flat welt and a thick leather midsole atop wedge outsoles, and solid brass hardware.

Chico Imrie Fellini Boot in Canguro Nero: $1,160

Julian Imrie–the guy who did the iconic Mister Freedom Road Champ engineer, and bootmaking brain behind Chicho Imrie—had anything but a straight path to bootmaking. He first assisted famous fashion photographer Bruce Weber, then worked on a horse ranch in rural Pennsylvania, and a farm in Kentucky, where he first picked up the trade. Now the brand’s boots are made in Italy, hence the very Italian name of the black kangaroo used for the uppers on this model, assembled with a 270˚ flat welt on gripflex outsoles. Burg & Schild is currently carrying them alongside…

Chico Imrie Coppola Boot in Black Horsehide: $1,050

…Julian’s Coppola boot in black horsehide, which has a simpler quarter pattern and a rounder last, but the same welt and outsole setup.

Hiro Yanagimachi LS1 in White/Off-White: $1,848 (Pre-order)

The LS1’s form factor hides a secret—they’re hand welted, and built by one of Japan’s best known bespoke shoemaking operations. Hiro’s spring preorder includes five different colorways with leather and canvas uppers. All of those colors are available at Leffot, including white…

Hiro Yanagimachi LS1 in Brown/Beige: $1,848 (Pre-order)

…and brown, as well as green and black.

Grant Stone x Blamo! Traveler Penny in Black Suede: $395

Surely the most important cultural development produced by 2016 (Brangelina came in second to this one) was the menswear and culture podcast Blamo!. Ten years on, Mr. Blamo himself Jeremy Kirkland is teaming up with Grant Stone for an anniversary collab: a Traveler Penny Loafer in Black Suede, with a 260˚ flat welt and a micro stud outsole. Great looking simple black loafer here.

Harker Leatherworks x Oldspeed Henry Johnson Boot in Black Pueblo: $1,355 (Made to Order)

As is probably already apparent, there have been a ton of collabs in the last few weeks, but this one is a little more even than most. The GMTO is for two things: a stitchdown Henry Johnson boot made by Oldspeed Mfg., with grain-out quarters and a roughout heel, and a belt in the same Badalassi Carlo Pueblo, with a brass double tongue buckle, made by Harker Leatherworks in Georgia.

Brogue x Alden Handsewn Mocc Tassel Loafer in Color 8 Shell: $1,034

Borrowing the tassel from Alden’s tassel loafer and grafting it to the high-walled, casual toe of the LHS is a pretty compelling recipe for an Alden special makeup. Built on the Van last with hand sewn apron stitching, leather outsoles, and a 360˚ flat welt.