Ace Boots Oxford Shoes Lot.2001 12 Months In Use

Before 1970s, most of the leather shoes/boots are slowly made by individual boots craftsman and at the time, the leathers are not chemically dyed but colors are all hand-painted which are not as stable as nowadays .  So with many wears, you may see some natural tan underneath  will come up little by little . It was a "Little Problem" for the customers who keen to keep the colors of leathers . However, some of Japanese "American Boots" lovers reckon the "uneven dyed" leathers are beautiful and age very soulfully with wears especially when they see too many footwear are massively produced in big modern factory which look almost exactly same and nothing last long these days ...

Starting from the late 1980s , The American Boots become a trend in Japan and more and more Japanese who love quality boots always like to talk about the craftsmanship and "Black/Brown Tea Cord Leathers" . So what is the "Black/Brown Tea Cord Leathers" ? They are actually the leathers are black or brown color uneven dyed (hand painted ) and being with many wears, the natural tan will come up little by little . In western , people just call it as "Uneven Dyed Leathers" . However, Japanese give it a  cute name like some very warm traditional Japanese green tea ^^ 

The "Brown Tea Cord Leather" should be the leather will appear some original tan very slowly with wears. And with some good leather cares, the leather will still remain some dark brown color , however, if you dont really do leather cares frequently , you may see some original tan color come up easily with many wears and here are the photos of my Ace Boots Oxford Shoes Lot.2001 12 Months In Use as below:

In these 12 months, I only did a leather care when I keep on wearing them for 3 months . Then after , I did not do any leather cares, I love the leather becomes slightly two toned like the way how indigo denims age to ~