US buckle boots

**reneblacky** · 07-19-2018, 11:03 PM

by Jeronimo

Reneblacky,
Mine are from the same manufacturer "International Shoe Company".
I can't read the date in your photo. I'm curious when yours were made.
There might be a readable identical ink stamp below the cuff in the boot section.
Mine were made 13 (or 15) July 1944 and almost mint.
Yours are the other side of the spectrum; they've been around, and even re-soled!
If only they could talk!!

G'day Jeronimo,
mine are Feb '45

**christek** · 07-20-2018, 04:31 AM

Some nice examples of this great boot! My pair have also been around the block. Unfortunately, the ink stamps are barely legible, April 1943, I think? I didn't know about the two letter code standing for makers mark. Does anyone know what the 'GX' code stands for? Cheers

**Jeronimo** · 07-20-2018, 05:48 PM

by reneblacky

G'day Jeronimo,
mine are Feb '45

The part about the rivets being omitted is straight out of the Specs. Yours has rivets, so apparently some manufacturers continued to use them in '45!

**Jeronimo** · 07-20-2018, 05:59 PM

by christek

Some nice examples of this great boot! My pair have also been around the block. Unfortunately, the ink stamps are barely legible, April 1943, I think? I didn't know about the two letter code standing for makers mark. Does anyone know what the 'GX' code stands for? Cheers

Chris,
I don't know the background on the manufacturer codes, but I've mostly seen them start with "F" and "G".
Even with that, there is no consistency; the code in my '44 International Shoe Co. is "GT". The code in
Rene's '45 International Shoe Co is "GY"...
I can't quite read your stamp, but it looks like International Shoe Co. as well. With a "GX" code.
There might be more info available, but I have not researched this.

**Chopperman** · 07-20-2018, 08:22 PM

I had a pair of these buckle boots that I bought when I was 14 years old
to use for camping. I'm not sure what year they were but I do remember
they were a lighter sand color. My mother hated them because they left
really bad black scuff marks on her linoleum kitchen floor.

**reneblacky** · 07-21-2018, 04:53 AM

by Chopperman

I had a pair of these buckle boots that I bought when I was 14 years old
to use for camping. I'm not sure what year they were but I do remember
they were a lighter sand color. My mother hated them because they left
really bad black scuff marks on her linoleum kitchen floor.

We used to get the strap at school for doing that!!!