Redback Boots???

[Lucy @ Farm Marketplace]

Have come across these “Redback Boots” for sale today on an Agri site and after having sold so many pairs on Farm Marketplace recently and knowing that there is little to no stock out there at the moment I was wondering if these were some really old stock or possibly fake? As the box is completely different with the B backwards and the tag is at the side rather than on the back pull.

thoughts greatly appreciated

Edit: these are what fake redbacks look like.

 

[Cowabunga]

This is their website.

The Official REDBACK BOOTS

100% Austrailian made. Work boots built as tough as the people that wear them!

www.redbackboots.com

I've been through nearly all categories just now and can't find anything with that style of welt or branding. Consequently I believe yours may well be fakes. If they make cheap fakes of £8 Casio watches, they will likely fake anything.

 

[TechWise]

I'm pretty sure the genuine ones all have a little label inside the back tab telling you not to cut off the tabs for pulling them on. Mine do at least.

 

[HolzKopf]

I've got seven pairs of various redbacks bought since 2012 both in Australia and UK. None look like that - box or boot wise. Why not email that pic to Redbacks?

edit: - and also ask vendor why they're selling boots that clearly aren't Redbacks and why they're pretending they are. A reversed 'B' ain't a good enough excuse. Trading standards also?

HK

 

[335d]

The sole looks more like a blund stone style than red back.

Blundstone 192 Safety Dealer Boots Brown Size 8 - Screwfix

Order online at Screwfix.com. Stout dealer boots with premium, water-resistant leather upper. Comfortable and lightweight, luxury PU footbed with arch support. L-Protection nail-proof sole in HT ceramic fabric provides optimum penetration resistance whilst allowing maximum flexibility. FREE next...

www.screwfix.com

 

[Lucy @ Farm Marketplace]

Was my initial thought too, I asked the vendor what style they were and he just directed me to his site where they are called Redback Magma and are £41 so absolutely fakes Nothing is sacred in this world it seems

 

[JeepJeep]

Reminds me as a kid mates little brother wanted some Nike trousers... His mum said she'd seen them and she'll pick them up next time. She returned with trousers by Nine with the tick going the other way.

Bobby Dazzlers

 

[Matthew Britton]

Have come across these “Redback Boots” for sale today on an Agri site and after having sold so many pairs on Farm Marketplace recently and knowing that there is little to no stock out there at the moment I was wondering if these were some really old stock or possibly fake? As the box is completely different with the B backwards and the tag is at the side rather than on the back pull.

thoughts greatly appreciated

If you want to check then give Gavin a call at trade winds. He is the uk/European importer. If you don’t deal with him already and need his number then feel free to pm me.

 

[HolzKopf]

The sole looks more like a blund stone style than red back.

I agree with you, they do. Blundstone only now make a few boots at their true home which is (was?) Hobart, Tasmania. Production of the mass market Blundstones switched to Thailand some ten years ago and Blunnies are also produced in China, Vietnam and India. US production comes from Mexico.

Easier to rip off this shape then in these factories......

Lucy, unless a prospective buyer is pretty stupid and knows nothing about the boots, what they look like, the tabs and the boxes, why would they buy these?

p.s. is 'China-virus' (I prefer Trump's description of the ailment) responsible for the stock shortages? I need another pair of UBOK size 10.

HK

 

[Chae1]

Reminds me as a kid mates little brother wanted some Nike trousers... His mum said she'd seen them and she'll pick them up next time. She returned with trousers by Nine with the tick going the other way.

Bobby Dazzlers

I used to have Hikes at school!

Almost as cool as Nikes

 

[Lucy @ Farm Marketplace]

I agree with you, they do. Blundstone only now make a few boots at their true home which is (was?) Hobart, Tasmania. Production of the mass market Blundstones switched to Thailand some ten years ago and Blunnies are also produced in China, Vietnam and India. US production comes from Mexico.

Easier to rip off this shape then in these factories......

Lucy, unless a prospective buyer is pretty stupid and knows nothing about the boots, what they look like, the tabs and the boxes, why would they buy these?

p.s. is 'China-virus' (I prefer Trump's description of the ailment) responsible for the stock shortages? I need another pair of UBOK size 10.

HK

Yes that is exactly the issue lol! No flights in or out of Australia due to Covid, they had started to ship via Boat a costly and time consuming process and have now been hit by Port strikes in Australia.
Keep checking our site as we should have a few boots going on soon but it will only be a few, and then we are hoping for a new shipment in November.

 

[kiwi pom]

So does no one in the UK make work boots?

 

[Tubbylew]

78N Hob-nailed Boot - William Lennon & Co Ltd

Traditional Derby style Hob-nailed Boot with 7 eyelet upper in smooth brown waxy leather. Hob nailed boots made by William Lennon & Co Ltd.

www.rufflander.co.uk

Not sure i wanna go back to hob nail boots,

 

[dudders]

So does no one in the UK make work boots?

Probably not. I can remember getting shepherds boots from somewhere up north. You could order them with the sole at normal pitch or already bent upwards, ready for mountain work! Two different angles, even.
Hoggs of Fife might make them, but not likely at this price: https://www.hoggs.co.uk/hoggs-professional-workwear/zeus-safety-dealer-boots.

 

[Tubbylew]

Gaucho Crazy Horse Dealer Boot | Solovair | Handmade in England

Gaucho Crazy Horse Dealer Boot made of leather using Goodyear welted construction with a signature soft suspension sole. Handmade in Wollaston, Northamptonshire, England.

www.nps-solovair.com

Suprising how many british shoe manufacturers are stil going, £££ mind, not sure i'd want these covered in sheepshit.

 

[Kidds]

Gaucho Crazy Horse Dealer Boot | Solovair | Handmade in England

Gaucho Crazy Horse Dealer Boot made of leather using Goodyear welted construction with a signature soft suspension sole. Handmade in Wollaston, Northamptonshire, England.

www.nps-solovair.com

Suprising how many british shoe manufacturers are stil going, £££ mind, not sure i'd want these covered in sheepshit.

Not a bad price really, I paid a lot more for my current work boots.

 

[Badshot]

So does no one in the UK make work boots?

Not worth wearing. No.

 

[Tubbylew]

Not a bad price really, I paid a lot more for my current work boots.

Black Greasy Engineer Boot

Black Greasy Steel Toe Engineer Boot made of leather using Goodyear welted construction with a signature soft suspension sole. Handmade in Wollaston, Northamptonshire, England.

www.nps-solovair.com

Now there's a pair of clod hoppers!

 

[Kidds]

Black Greasy Engineer Boot

Black Greasy Steel Toe Engineer Boot made of leather using Goodyear welted construction with a signature soft suspension sole. Handmade in Wollaston, Northamptonshire, England.

www.nps-solovair.com

Now there's a pair of clod hoppers!

I'd go for them if they were without the buckles nonsense.

 

[Tubbylew]

I'd go for them if they were without the buckles nonsense.

Surely thats just a pair of wellies?