"Viking Style" Brouge lacing?

[Father Bill]

I've mentioned this elsewhere, but as a color-deficient person I usually try to play it as safe as possible if I'm trying new combos ;). I don't even know what "bison" is, other than tasty.

"Bison" is a shade of tan.

[Tobus]

"Bison" is a shade of tan.

I would call it a really dark tan or a medium brown. It's a wonderful earth tone colour that seems to go with anything.

https://horseandhoof.com/house-of-ch...n-113804-p.asp

[Tobus]

This is what "bison" hose look like in the wild.

[ShaunMaxwell]

This is what "bison" hose look like in the wild.

Tobus:

Are those bison or dark natural? I think they may be the latter.

I’m thinking the bison hose are lighter.

https://horseandhoof.com/house-of-ch...riantid=112152

Either way, looking sharp as always!

Cheers,

SM

[Tobus]

Tobus:

Are those bison or dark natural? I think they may be the latter.

I’m thinking the bison hose are lighter.

https://horseandhoof.com/house-of-ch...riantid=112152

Either way, looking sharp as always!

Cheers,

SM

I was pretty sure those hose are bison, but it's been about ten years since I purchased them. So it's possible that my memory is wrong.

[tripleblessed]

Tobus: Are those bison or dark natural? I think they may be the latter. I’m thinking the bison hose are lighter.

Computer screens and eyes often have different ideas about color, and humans vary surprisingly in their perceptions of the same color. Holding my bison hose up to my
screen, my hose are definitely darker than the Horse and Hoof link photo, and the "in the wild" photo looks slightly darker than mine. I do have a darker brown pair as well,
but don't recall the HoC labeling of that color. I think Tobus is correct. Different dye lots? Just the computer?

[ShaunMaxwell]

Computer screens and eyes often have different ideas about color, and humans vary surprisingly in their perceptions of the same color. Holding my bison hose up to my
screen, my hose are definitely darker than the Horse and Hoof link photo, and the "in the wild" photo looks slightly darker than mine. I do have a darker brown pair as well,
but don't recall the HoC labeling of that color. I think Tobus is correct. Different dye lots? Just the computer?

Interesting! My bison hose are very close in color to the ones in the link I’d posted previously. They appear on the far left in the image below. (I couldn’t find a photo of me wearing them…)



Cheers and merry Christmas, gentlemen!

SM

[MacKenzie]

I wear white socks all the time... with jeans or shorts and hiking boots. It is my every day attire. I'm quite out of style now-a-days because a) black is the "in" color for casual socks and b) I still wear mid-calf length vs. the ubiquitous footies (they've been "footies" all my life, but now that men are wearing them they are called "no shows"). Footies simply don't work with "mid-top" hiking boots and I don't own a pair of low-top athletic/running/sneaker shoes.

On the occasion I wear semi-formal attire - or, heaven forbid, formal - do I even consider white socks or, were I in with the trend, black footies? No. Is there a rule that says I can't? No. Would it look right if I did? No. Have I ever even thought about this? No.

For me, the kilt is not casual, knock-about attire*. Ergo, no white socks. As was said above, it's jarring to my eye.

Now, about shoes...

*There are lots that do wear a kilt as casual attire. That's great. I tried it. I bought a couple of utility/cargo kits and, for me, a kilt just doesn't work in the wood shop or the wood lot or mucking around in the barn or woods. Like footies and hiking boots, it's not practical.

[kiltedsawyer]

This thread reminds me of a trend some years back where young men were wearing their blue jeans backwards, with the fly to the rear. This trend was short-lived, no doubt due to the obvious impracticality. In the end, it is most often what works, what makes sense, that stands the test of time. The "look at me, I'm different," trends all fade only to come back twenty years later and fade again, even faster.

Happy Holidays,

David

[Jock Scot]

I would call it a really dark tan or a medium brown. It's a wonderful earth tone colour that seems to go with anything.

https://horseandhoof.com/house-of-ch...n-113804-p.asp

Through my non artistic and somewhat aged eyes, green is green, red is red , blue is blue, black is black, white is white and so on. I can even differentiate between assorted shades of colour, but i cannot for the life of me get the hang of these more artistic terminologies such as "bison", " teal" and so on.