Blundstone shoes- How Do I know if they are fake?

[yarden_modan]

Hi people,
I just bought brand- new 585 Blundstone shoes, and I don’t know if they are fake… they cost me 123$ and the main reason i started to suspect theyre fake is due to the fact there are no size or the style number and “Tasmania Australia” mentioned on the tags (located in the front and the back of the shoe opening- where you put your foot) …
moreover I saw how the box should look like and everything was alright in my box except two things… first one: one of the big Blundstones logos is missing… and the second one: look at the rows (in the picture below) - Quality, Comfort, Style… see near the Style there’s little logo of circle and v inside- this one is missing too.

when i look at the sole there are tiny- little holes in the upper part of the sole near the place it’s connected to the leather… this part is not perfectly finished…
beside that everything looks quite similar to the authentic ones i saw in the web… and the stitching looks professional and precise and the leather looks quite authentic, but I dont know really how to determine whether it’s fake or not…
The Shoes were made in Vietnam btw…
thank you so much for help

[yarden_modan]

How Do I know if my Blundstones are fake?

Hi people,
I just bought brand- new 585 Blundstone shoes, and I don’t know if they are fake… they cost me 123$ and the main reason i started to suspect theyre fake is due to the fact there are no size or the style number and “Tasmania Australia” mentioned on the tags (located in the front and the back of the shoe opening- where you put your foot) …
moreover I saw how the box should look like and everything was alright in my box except two things… first one: one of the big Blundstones logos is missing… and the second one: look at the rows (in the picture below) - Quality, Comfort, Style… see near the Style there’s little logo of circle and v inside- this one is missing too.

http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/040...g?v=1406840148

when i look at the sole there are tiny- little holes in the upper part of the sole near the place it’s connected to the leather… this part is not perfectly finished…
beside that everything looks quite similar to the authentic ones i saw in the web… and the stitching looks professional and precise and the leather looks quite authentic, but I dont know really how to determine whether it’s fake or not…
The Shoes were made in Vietnam btw…
thank you so much for help

[caper]

Blundstone boots quality has gone somewhat downhill. They have been made in Vietnam for quite some time now.

[Ambitious_Kate]

What kind of shoes are these? Are these riding boots or shoes?

[msj]

Blundstones are made in Australia as far as I know. Not sure if they are made elsewhere but they are traditionally an Australian shoe/boot company. At least the last time I bought Blundstones they were made in Australia. Lately though due to many COTH posts about the poorer quality of them I’d gone over to Redback boots, also made in Australia.

[IPEsq]

I can’t seen anything in your link. Where did you buy them from?

[amastrike]

I think this is a weird spammer.

[LauraKY]

I’m guessing spam. Don’t click on the link. Reported.

[Lady_Eboshi]

That said, I don’t think anyone’s selling counterfeits or even knock-off’s. Louis Vuitton they ain’t . . . :winkgrin:

[Hippolyta]

They did move their production off shore. I have friends that work for REI & they tell me ppl who have been BS fans for years are returning pairs after a few months & they are trashed- sole coming off, etc. A friend had the same issue.

Original versions lasted forever, the new ones not so much. Redbacks are the better choice:

http://www.redbackboots.com/ecommerce/slip-on-boots.CFM

[copper1]

I had a pair and I loved them but the entire sole on both totally deteriorated with very little wear and they could not be repaired or replaced!

[trubandloki]

[QUOTE=Hippolyta;7765536]

Original versions lasted forever, the new ones not so much.[/QUOTE]
This sounds like the progression Ariat paddock boots have taken.

[caper]

Poster up above the Blundstones have not been made in Australia for quite some time now. They ARE made in Vietnam.

The sole on my boots desintegrated. I e-mailed them with no response. So customer service kinda sucks too.

Will check into those other boots. Thanks for the link.

[skykingismybaby1]

I consider all Blundstones not made in Australia to be fake. The quality is crap.

[IPEsq]

[QUOTE=Lady Eboshi;7765293]
That said, I don’t think anyone’s selling counterfeits or even knock-off’s. Louis Vuitton they ain’t . . . :winkgrin:[/QUOTE]

You may be surprised what gets knocked off. I work in trademark land, and on a daily basis I see brand owners having this problem, and they sell a variety of products at all sorts of price points. It’s not just the “it” fashion items that are at issue.

[NoSuchPerson]

[QUOTE=Hippolyta;7765536]

Original versions lasted forever, the new ones not so much. Redbacks are the better choice:[/QUOTE]

I bought my first pair of Blundstones in Australia about 10 years ago. Those things wore like iron. They continued to clean up well and look great right up to the point where the leather at the bend of my toes finally creased through and got holes. And that took several years of almost daily wear around the farm.

The final pair I bought, maybe 3-4 years ago, was ordered from a boot shop in Australia. The brown color on the toes of the boots started rubbing off almost immediately and they lasted only a fraction of the time my first pair did.

I bought my first pair of Redbacks not too long after I bought my last pair of Blundstones. I have worked them hard. Daily wear around the farm, mowing, manure management, slogging through the mud and then hosing them off… They are just now beginning to show the first signs of wear, but are no where near the end of their useful life. And the brown toes are just as brown as they were the day I got them.

In short, I am now a Redback convert.

[msj]

I’m on my second pr. of Redbacks after thoroughly killing the first pr after probably 6 yrs of hard wear and no kind treatment.

I was lucky that I did have 2 pr of good Blundestones but after seeing so many COTHers that had problems I made the switch to Redbacks. Glad I did.