Chestnut Trail

$119.00

A chestnut leather runner on a gum sole — the one pair here that improves with scuffing.

Size — UK

FitRuns a half size large. Leather relaxes across the width within a fortnight, so take your true size rather than sizing up for comfort.

In stock — ships in 2-3 business days.

The shoe

What you're actually buying

A 1970s road-running silhouette rebuilt in full-grain leather. Chestnut Trail is the least technical shoe in the catalogue and the one most likely to still be in rotation in five years.

The leather is unfinished enough to take a patina rather than crack — it'll darken at the flex point and lighten across the toe, which is the entire point. The tan is dyed through, so a scuff shows leather rather than a pale under-layer.

The gum outsole is soft and grippy on dry surfaces and honest about being slick on wet tile. Low-profile cushioning underneath keeps the proportions slim; this is a shoe cut to sit under a trouser hem, not to absorb miles.

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