Boat Shoe Guide - How To Wear Deck Shoes, Break Them In & Mistakes To Avoid

See our comprehensive guide to BOAT SHOES here: http://gentl.mn/boat-shoes-guide #boatshoes #notsponsored #gentlemansgazette 00:00 Introduction In the early 1930's, Paul Sperry looked at his dog and was surprised that he had an amazing amount of grip on the ice. Upon closer inspection of the dog's pads on his feet, he realized that there was a slight herringbone pattern. Intrigued by this pattern, Paul started actually carving a herringbone pattern into his shoes and voila!, he had more grip. The process of getting the ridges in your shoe soles is also known as siping. This concept is actually invented in 1923 by John F. Sipe. In 1935, the first Sperry Topsider boat shoe or deck shoe was introduced to the market and it was a mid-brown shoe with mid-brown leather laces and that was the birth of the boat shoe as you know it today. 01:47 BOAT SHOE CHARACTERISTICS - The traditional boat shoe came in brown, but today, you can find all kinds of colors. Basically any other color under the sun. - In terms of leather, boat shoes are made with a water repellent finish such as the chromexcel from Horween. - An important feature of the traditional boat shoe is that it's hand-sewn so you can see hand sewing all along. - It has the moccasin toe construction which is also sewn by hand though today, sometimes, they're sewn by machine. - Boat shoes, traditionally, feature a 360-degree lacing system - Most boat shoes in the market will feature two rows of aglet. - In order for it t