Refurbished Vintage Frye Boots · Real Men Real Style Community

Refurbished Vintage Frye Boots

I’ve been working on this project off and on for several weeks. These started out as beat up, light brown MIM Frye boots that I got on PoshMark for $40. After seeing

@John C

’s beautiful custom patina Allen Edmonds, I was inspired. Thanks to

@Brian McGuire

for the referral to the Shoe Snob; I was further emboldened. I stripped them, dyed them burgundy, added a black patina on the toe and heal, and then conditioned and polished them. I sent them to the local cobbler for new black soles and heels.

I’m pretty pleased for a first try. They got a little darker than anticipated when I conditioned them so the black patina is not as prominent as I had hoped. I’ll be putting them through a Boots and Suits awards event in Texas this week.

Thanks, John and Brian for the inspiration and info. Thanks to the community for the positive environment.

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