Jakkrabbits Gunner

Horween Black Chromexcel & Badalassi Carlo Oliva Pueblo

Journey of a thousand miles, journal mile 308

I cannot be more excited about this pair of boots. While this contest has been interesting and I see the patina and wear of other boots, I feel like I’m just starting the journey. I hope Jakkrabbits gets some notoriety out of the Gunner entry, as for me, I’m only on mile 308. I’m happy just being in the boots and telling my tale.

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11 months ago

Maker

Jakkrabbits

Model

Gunner

Leathers

Badalassi Carlo Oliva Pueblo

Horween Black Chromexcel

Last

Hornady Last

US Men's Brannock: L 11D, R 10.5D

Hornady Last: 10.5D

Custom measurements sent in to Jakkrabbits

Sole

Dr. Sole #1091 Cork Half Sole Army Green/Yellow Plugs

Purchased from

Jakkrabbits Bootmaker

More about this item

A special thanks to the crew at Jakkrabbits for working with me on this dream come to life design. They went out of their way to see my through my minds eye and even prototyped a build prior to starting the design, working with all of my redirects throughout, like pros. It started on their MTO page with their 7” service boot article on the Hornady last. Non medallion wingtip, custom brogues, rolled edge lace reinforcement panel (new to the design), This is a three color design starting from the bottom, Dr. Sole’s Green Half sole, brown double leather midsole, green and black woven stitch on a brown 270 Veldtschoen welting, Black Chromexcel, wingtip, heel cap, and lace reinforcement, Badalassi Carlo Pueblo Olive for the quarters and vamp, Brown Dublin tongue, Jakkrabbit’s beeswax laces, plus nickel hardware. All three colors of black, brown and green are balanced to create a gentlemen’s jungle boot feel. I asked the guys at Jakkrabbits if we could call this article the “Gunner” because it gives me a military deck gunner vibe from years gone by and bonus, its my dog’s name. Like everything they were all to happy to agree. I’ve been dying for the thunderdome to start so that I could start wearing them, but at the same time they look too amazing to wear.

Why I own this

Custom

Style

This MTO was a first for me in purchasing a boot that wasn’t off an assembly line. I fell into the rabbit hole of boots via Rose Anvil. I was tired of buying a new pair of off the rack boots every 6 to 8 months. I jumped in deep and what I found was that the quality boots that are out there while amazing just didn’t quite match my style. I had come across Jakkrabbits mentions here and there, while the website was a little confusing for a first run, they helped me with everything. I really wanted to take a classic military boot and cross it with a dress boot that I could wear to work and then out afterwards. I had a pair of Vietnam jungle boots that I just could not destroy and really like wingtips without medallions, the Gunner is where I landed. And I got to tell you, these guys did a prototype mock up for me during the design process. Amazing!

How I sized

Foot Tracing

Foot tracing mostly but it occurred to me that while standing with my shoes off and looking down at the shape of toes that I should get a last that has the same toe box.

Ordering process

Purchased from Jakkrabbits BootmakerTotal cost: 480 USD Lead time: 3 months

Customer Service

A little wonky at first but that’s because I didn’t understand the terminology very well at the time, but there was great email support and I was able to send over existing pictures of their articles that I had drawn on in paint to get my thoughts across.