TLB Artista Chelsea Boot Dark Brown Semi Hatch Grain

An elegant chelsea boot from TLB Mallorca's top range Artista, made in Hatch grain leather from the famous American tannery Horween. Since this is a wholecut chelsea boot, the leather is stretched quite heavily, meaning that the grain character becomes rather subtle, just add a bit of character and life. It merges lovely with the classic round toe last Goya.

The Artista range have become famous for taking features from the absolutely finest RTW shoes in the world, and also from bespoke shoes, and offer them at a really affordable price level. We have super slim waists, bevelling going in all the way under the heel for extra strength, heel stiffeners in real leather that shape well to the foot, and so on.

Read more about Artista here.

Construction:
Goodyear welted.
Very narrow waist, real leather heel stiffener that conforms to the feet in the best way. Read more about the unique features for Artista below.

Sole: 
TLB's slim city diamond rubber sole. The sole is developed by TLB and has the same thickness and sole edge treatment as an leather sole to get the sleek look of the leather sole with the durability of the rubber sole.

Sizes:
Sizes are considered normal, they are comparable to other Goodyear welted shoes like Yanko, Loake, Crockett & Jones and Carmina. Here you'll find an extensive size guide to all our shoes. If you are still uncertain on your size, please e-mail ktj@skolyx.se for further guidance.

Shoe care:
Saphir Medaille d'Or Creme Pommadier shoe cream and Saphir Pate De Luxe wax polish in Havana or dark brown (depending on how dark you want them to transform over time) for regular care. Use Saphir Creme Renovateur 1-2 times / year for cleaning and extra nourishment. See below for further care instructions.

Construction:
The Goodyear welted construction method is a relatively advanced way of building shoes that requires a high level of craftsmanship, produces durable shoes that easily can be resoled several times.
Learn all about the Goodyear welted shoe construction in this guide.

Below an image that gives an overview of the construction:

All shoes have leather board heel stiffeners (cheaper brands usually use harder plastic heel stiffeners) which adapt to your feet are used for all our shoes, except TLB Mallorca Artista and Midas which have real leather heel stiffeners, which can conform even better.

Leather:
All Goodyear welted shoes we offer use smooth full grain calf leather, quality embossed calf grain leather or fine calf suede from well-renowned European or American tanneries. Most of the leathers are sourced from Annonay, Du Puy, Ilcea, Zonta, Charles F. Stead or Horween.

Sole:
There are three different types of soles used for the Goodyear welted shoes we sell (under the tab Product details and on the photos you see which are used for respective model).

Leather sole - High quality, durable Super Prime soles vegetable tanned in Italy with among other things chestnut bark. Here the sole stitch is hidden inside a closed channel, a more time consuming operation that gives a cleaner look.

Thin rubber sole - A so-called city rubber sole with a slim profile just like a leather sole, with a rubber composition that offers good grip and excellent durability.

Rubber sole - In most cases these are Vibram's praised Eton studded rubber soles, which has a rubber compound that also can handle minus degrees, are comfortable yet highly durable.