Dirty Horsebutt Engineers (Guidi)

About our Guidi “Dirty” Horsebutt Engineer boots… Completely handcrafted whole-cut vamp & heel Engineer boots with 11-inch shaft and heavy gauge Polished Nickel or Polished Brass finished Vintage style brass buckles in hand-dyed “Dirty” Horsebutt made on our Waylon last. Horsebutt leather base vegetable tanned by Guidi & Rosellini tannery in Santa Croce, Tuscany, Italy, and hand-dyed & finished by us in Long Beach, California USA. Expected turnaround: 4-5 month estimated delivery *Shaft height can be reduced from 11-inch down to 9-inch height by request, please use the “Special Instructions” box at checkout. About our Sumi-dyed “Dirty” Horsebutt leather, part of our SUMI SERIES… Using the Yuen-boku Sumi that’s made from the soot of burning vegetable oils, we stone-grind the Sumi ink stick in water to make the ink before it’s ready to hand-dye and finish each of these leather hides over the period of three weeks in Long Beach, California. At the base, it’s the same vegetable