Aphelion Boot - Dublin Merlot (ltd. edition)
Aphelion Boot - Dublin Merlot (ltd. edition)
Product Details
The Black Heron Aphelion Boot is a 5" plain-toe boot in Horween Dublin Merlot. The Aphelion colorway features black eyelets, black stitching, and a full lining of chrome-tanned matte black cow leather. Only eight pairs of this limited-edition colorway will be produced this year.
Horween Dublin leather is tanned using Cordovan vegetable-tanning liquor formulas over 100 years old.
Sizing
We recommend 1 full size down from your Brannock size for most people. All sizes shown are US men's sizes and widths.
Women's sizing is 2.5 sizes down from your Brannock size. For example, for a women's size 7.5, choose a men's size 5. We do offer women's sizes 6.5 & 7 (men's 4 & 4.5), just make a note in Special Instructions at checkout.
Learn more about our sizing.
Lead Time
Current lead times for our custom boots are 8-12 weeks from the time of order. Ready-to-ship products typically ship within a few days of ordering. Shipping is free within the Continental US.
Features
- Built on the iconic 55 last
- Seamless leather-lined vamp with non-bellowed tongue
- DB Gurney brass clinch nail-down shank & heel
- Veg-tan leather wet-molded insole ~12 oz
- Veg-tan leather midsole ~12 oz
- Leather half-sock liner with EVA heel pad
- Cloth-wrapped steel shank with leather shank cover
- Neoprene foam void pad
- American-made brass binding eyelets
- Leather heel counter
- Unstructured toe box
- Double-stitched reinforcements
- Quadruple-stitched vamp curve
- Topline and eyestay tape reinforcements
- Rapid-E single-row stitchdown welt in a channeled outsole
- Stacked leather heel lift with 1″ heel rise
- Vibram 700 Tygum V-bar nailed top lift
- Vibram 700 Tygum V-bar full sole
- American-made waxed cotton laces
- Handmade in Brooklyn, NY