Casper Side Zip Boot - Black Kobe Shrink

The Casper Side Zips are an impressively sleek wholecut boot. With supremely minimal detailing on first glance, there's a lot more to these than is initially revealed. They're full of low key but interesting details - the polished brass zipper on the inner side of each shaft bears a subtle "Rolling Dub Trio" stamp, as does the metal toe tap that reinforces the front of the outsole.

The Kobe Shrink leather comes from cows raised for Kobe Beef production. After the hides are removed from the steaks, they're subjected to an exceptionally slow chrome-tanning process, and finished with a heavy waxed treatment. During the entire conversion from skin to leather, the hides are never stretched, allowing them to shrink to about 2/3 of their original size, gaining additional thickness and developing a more pronounced grain texture. The dense, tight grain promises to age beautifully beyond its already striking new condition.

Featuring a full kip lining, and standing on a cork outsole with a custom THE BOOTS FACTORY AR Heel, these are remarkably comfortable to wear even for extended periods of time. To help slide them on, custom woven pull tabs are sewn into the back of the shaft, and when it's time to pull them off, make sure the pull tab of the custom locking zipper is aligned and not at an angle, then pull straight down.

These are built on the Rolling Dub Trio CBT02 last. For average volume and D-width feet, we suggest choosing 1 full size smaller than your Brannock measurement. If you have particularly wide feet, you may only need to choose 0.5 size smaller than Brannock. If you have narrow or low volume feet, choose 1.5 sizes smaller than your Brannock size.

• Shrunken cowhide from Kobe beef cows
  
• Italian Kip Lining (finished in Japan)
• Rolling Dub Trio CBT02 last
• Oil finish
• 360 degree Goodyear welt
  
• Cork outsole
• Reinforced "Toe tap" made from Belgian leather & iron
• Zipper must be properly aligned to unzip them
• The Boots Factory AR heel
• Wholecut silhouette
  
• Brass zipper
  
• Woven pull tabs
• Custom labels
• Made in Japan for MR. BOOTSAHOLIC