GJ Cleverley - heavy duty hide Chukka of the day

For the day I have sampled a pair of boots, a very popular and appreciated style of boots, a Chukka renditioned by the London based GJ Cleverley house. This style of boot is also known as the "Desert boot" when made of suede and a heavy rubber sole. 
This is no ordinary Chukka boot aka (Desert boot), as this is made of real heavy duty hide (Hippopotamus) with it's three eyelets and fitted with a leather sole and the distinctive Cleverley square chiseled toe last. 

The colour of the boot is also very astonishing as it brings the texture of the hide out and gives it that suede like look. This is the ultimate "Chukka boot" for the Summer, if you wish so, or for the Autumn period. Again the George Cleverley house has released a another white bunny out of their magic bag. Enjoy the Chukka boot.

Three eyelet Chukka boot made of brown "hippo" heavy hide.

Photos sourced from GJ Cleverley

G.J. Cleverley Hippo Chukka boots

As I look out each day I get reminded that it is now getting colder and colder for each day that goes, not to mention that it also gets dark very early, well, that is Winter in a nutshell. 
That brings me to thinking of boots. For today I have sampled a "heavy weight" whole cut Chukka boot made from hippo hide by the London based G.J. Cleverley house. 

GJ Cleverley whole-cut hippo hide Chukka boot. The boot needs some patina, I like the texture of the hide, but as it is now -; very dull though interesting.

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GJ Cleverley - Shoe of the week - Heavy weight hide

The beauty of bespoke shoe making is: the client can select from all kinds of hides, design the shoe, pick the colour, last etc. and wait for the first trial fits and after some months/year of waiting, then comes the final product. 
Speaking of hide selection, I thought I had seen it all, but then as always, I do get some pleasant surprises now & then. London bespoke shoemaker George J. Cleverley (England) made a bespoke shoe in a "new heavy weight hide" for a client in Asia, Singapore.

The below shoe a two tier derby with tasseled laces, is of the hide (which alone can weigh half a ton) of the third largest living land mammal on Earth, after elephants and white rhinos. The Hippopotamus can weigh between 1 500 Kg and 3 000 Kgs. The hide has so much texture, colour and grain as can be seen from the photos. But then again, some gents will not find it good taste to walk in shoes made of a Hippopotamus hide, so in short this may not be every gent's taste....

Pictures sourced from A Suitable Wardrobe