A heavy Derby shoe that bears the brogue detailing synonymous with true country shoes. The Bourton is a piece of Northampton shoemaking history, and today they are the go-to shoe for men all around the world.
Leather: Burgundy bookbinder
Sole: Double Leather
Last: 4444
Width: Fit 5 / F / Standard
Made in Northampton, England
A full bellows tongue is folded and attached to the boot to provide a watertight seal, with the storm welt providing an additional watertight seal between the shoe's upper and sole. The profile of a Bourton is characteristically strong; with a solid sole unit.
The high shine rub off Bookbinder effect is a coated treatment applied to the leather. Apart from the black, all colours have a darker top and then a lighter shade on the base. During Trickers' shoeroom method, they cut back this darker top to bring the lighter shade to the surface giving a two-tone effect. This is created when polished on the mops in their Northampton factory Shoe Room giving the footwear a lustre and gleaming finish indicative of 1930s dress shoes.
Bookbinder is a Corrected Grain. Trickers source the finest corrected grain leather on the market. The break of corrected leathers is never as natural as with full grain. This break can be made worse across the vamps with ill fitting shoes. The best course of action a customer can take to look after their Bookbinder leather is to purchase shoe trees to keep the shoe in shape and polish regularly to keep the leather nurtured.
Be careful with the aftercare for these shoes. Do not use a renovator as it will strip out the high shine. Sometimes all you need to do is rub these shoes with a clean cloth and they will be beautiful. Use a Black or Neutral polish sparingly if you do wish to add a temporary protective barrier to the leather. Less is more with this type of leather.
This last has been used for decades. It is part of Trickers history and character as England's oldest shoe manufacturer.
The size (length fitting) of Tricker’s footwear made on this last (4444) is larger than a regular UK size by half a size.
So if you normally take a UK size 8 (equivalent to US size 9, Japan size 27 and EU size 42), we recommend you order a size 7½ and so on.
