300 vs Forefront

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Why are these boots so different? Although they look nearly identical at first glance, a close look into our 300 and Forefront models reveals that they are fundamentally distinct-from weight of leather, stitching process, to bottoming. What remains the same, is the quality of build, as they are each handmade in the same workshop in our eastern Washington headquarters (USA).
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  • @The1860th
    @The1860th Жыл бұрын

    The F-150 & F-350 analogy was really helpful!

  • @zygmuntthecacaokakistocrat6589

    @zygmuntthecacaokakistocrat6589

    11 ай бұрын

    lot of people think they need an F350, but all they really need is is a Subaru Outback.

  • @mesjosh363
    @mesjosh363 Жыл бұрын

    Any chance we might see a moc toe from JK? I’d love a similar boot to the 300, but with that classic moc toe look!

  • @mendezj1287

    @mendezj1287

    Жыл бұрын

    that would be nice

  • @kurtzcol

    @kurtzcol

    Жыл бұрын

    me 3

  • @ulisesr614

    @ulisesr614

    Жыл бұрын

    Same!

  • @dontorres2055

    @dontorres2055

    Жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @dontorres2055

    @dontorres2055

    Жыл бұрын

    Or a cap toe

  • @HeritageCast
    @HeritageCast Жыл бұрын

    Love the idea of a warehouse, architect in a office boot. Its exactly what is needed for most guys.

  • @sharonglowka2603
    @sharonglowka2603 Жыл бұрын

    Great video as always Tim

  • @johnn2701
    @johnn2701 Жыл бұрын

    Wondering if you will be making a video on the Harvester boot? Thank you for the quality, explanatory videos.

  • @joeypreciado7049
    @joeypreciado7049 Жыл бұрын

    Man thanks for another great video and explaining the difference I need a pair of these soon mann

  • @xochj
    @xochj Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the information! It makes the decision easier!

  • @josephlinares96
    @josephlinares966 ай бұрын

    I just bought a pair of 300 by the end of this video. You couldn't have said it better. Keep in the three hundred for the weekend and go on with the forefront during the week.

  • @johncarmichael4698
    @johncarmichael4698 Жыл бұрын

    Just put my order in for the Forefront . Love the videos totally transparent. That says a lot in my book. ❤ Talk about a good business model. Also good customer service. Can you imagine if all businesses was as upfront with there product. Looking forward to getting my boots. It’s that more special when your proud of the company that has lived integrity. Thanks JK stay awesome.

  • @LeadByExample2911

    @LeadByExample2911

    3 ай бұрын

    Any comments/regrets/suggestions now that you’ve had them for a while? I’m thinking of pulling the trigger on a pair, but I’ve never spent that much on boots before, and I’ve never had a pair of boots last me longer than a year, so I’m trying my best to make a well educated decision. They seem very reliable if properly cared for, but it would be great to hear from someone that has had them for a while.

  • @johncarmichael4698

    @johncarmichael4698

    3 ай бұрын

    @@LeadByExample2911 so here is my impressions ,,, are they comfortable ? They are comfortable but that has a caveat they are comfortable in the way a boot feels comfortable. I wear them a lot , a lot from work to working on my car , work at a hospital so lots of standing. Took the foot insert out feels better I use darn tough socks. Thicker socks seems to work better. Break in for me weeks probably six weeks . Reason thick leather, that’s not a bad thing putting some effort for the greater longevity don’t regret. Also applied there furnished oil to help. Use iron lace for lace for the Boot laces. Hold tight stay in place. Leather looks cool but the iron lace more comfortable. Tried the tongue guard for me more comfortable without . I have one regret I should have gotten the 8” instead of the 6” I have skinny ankles would make the boot more comfortable , more ankle support. So most I have ever spent also. I don’t regret would do it again yes . So when they break in and they will with perseverance they have a satisfaction feeling of sturdiness comfortable and longevity. Not like other cheaper options where a year from now they have degraded now more uncomfortable eventually to the point need new ones. The uptake is say 4 years from now the JK Forefront boots improve with age due to the quality of the material that’s molding to the shape of your foot. By living with these Boots I understand why people describe as an investment. Hope this helps 😎

  • @Tonyplat98

    @Tonyplat98

    2 ай бұрын

    @@LeadByExample2911 That's a very valid question I'd love to hear some feedback also. Are the Forefront heavy that's my biggest thing I like my boots comfortable and lighter think the 300s are more what I'm leaning towards.

  • @adamlink7779
    @adamlink7779 Жыл бұрын

    I just purchased the 300s and super duties couple days ago. Excited to get them. This will be my 4th JK boot.

  • @joeypreciado7049

    @joeypreciado7049

    Жыл бұрын

    How is your experience with your other job boots?? Iv very interested in buying the 300

  • @adamlink7779

    @adamlink7779

    Жыл бұрын

    @@joeypreciado7049 So far I really enjoy the boots. I’m excited to wear my arctic 2 this winter. Easy break in time.

  • @kornfedboy
    @kornfedboy Жыл бұрын

    Thank you-you read my mind by making this video!

  • @eisenhauerca
    @eisenhauerca10 ай бұрын

    Just ordered my Bison forefront for my Harley rides and everyday wear. I can’t wait. No compromise.

  • @jeremywoodall9800
    @jeremywoodall980010 ай бұрын

    I just bought my first pair of JK’s tonight, bison forefronts, after seeing wranglerstars video. I can’t wait till they arrive!. This will be my first pair of boots in this caliber of quality. Super excited

  • @ike780

    @ike780

    3 ай бұрын

    Man I was just looking at the smooth bison forefront. What a good looking boot.

  • @cjanquart
    @cjanquart10 ай бұрын

    Bought a pair of 300X's as an everyday wear boot; they are noticeably lighter and you can easily push the toe of the boot with a thumb. Upon leaving a review and an email regarding wear on the tongue, Nathaniel gave me some good pointers and suggested a Forefront as a next boot (I'm accustomed to gusseted tongues and boot pulls). I also wanted a boot that was recraftable and made in the U.S. so these fit the bill nicely.

  • @cjanquart

    @cjanquart

    7 ай бұрын

    Update: I was getting some heel slip and the sock liner in my right boot started peeling back; fine donning but will pull back when doffing; their insole solved the heel slip and sock liner issue. The leather is slightly wrinkled/"pruny", even after three applications of Obanhauf's boot oil (their supplied and preferred conditioner). Looked at doing a custom Forefront in either brown or bison with brass hardware and a black Christy sole; the only thing that rubs me the wrong way is the $100 "set up fee", but JK offers a $100 discount if you kick out the build time to 26 weeks (similar to Nick's but without the fee/discount.

  • @T25de
    @T25de Жыл бұрын

    Looking forward to getting a pair

  • @tightbhole420
    @tightbhole420 Жыл бұрын

    this kid is a good salesman

  • @zacharycale4250
    @zacharycale42508 ай бұрын

    Will the foam in the 300’s last like the leather mid sole in the forefronts?

  • @Condor1970
    @Condor1970 Жыл бұрын

    If I work on concrete floors most of the day, and want a pair of Forefronts in Redwood. However, memory foam insole like Copper fit work have some built in arch support. Is the Forefront built in a fashion that allows for installation of a memory foam insole, and not have too much arch support added?

  • @todtalk3912
    @todtalk3912 Жыл бұрын

    I just snagged some Bison forefronts. They have a BF sale going on and I personally can't believe how absolutely amazing the price is for an amazing pair of boots. Im hoping JK reaches out soon as I'd like to confirm the size is what I need. They claim to call, at some point, after you order which is top notch service if you ask me.

  • @paullt5111
    @paullt51114 ай бұрын

    Awesome boots, i own pair, highly recommended

  • @jackebagbaga8454
    @jackebagbaga8454 Жыл бұрын

    Moc toe in 300 or Forefront would be nice!

  • @jkbootsusa

    @jkbootsusa

    Жыл бұрын

    Stay tuned!! ;)

  • @X-Appeal
    @X-Appeal Жыл бұрын

    Do a video on the assembly of the forefronts

  • @thesheepthemightythecrazy
    @thesheepthemightythecrazy Жыл бұрын

    I am gonna buy a pair, sand down the outsole so my local cobbler can glue on a flat slip resistant vibram outsole. I want to wear this for my restaurant job :P the original outsole will provide cushion and now act like a midsole. This looks like a great pair of boots.

  • @jkbootsusa

    @jkbootsusa

    Жыл бұрын

    Sounds great!

  • @newlenoxbeastly
    @newlenoxbeastly Жыл бұрын

    Which boot will provide more comfort on concrete

  • @Mightycaptain
    @Mightycaptain Жыл бұрын

    What is the weight difference between the two?

  • @joeschmoe6941
    @joeschmoe69418 ай бұрын

    I'm confused about the stitching on the 300. Is the sole glued to the boot or is there a proper stitching? I'm looking at the 300 the lighter weight seems more ideal for hot weather

  • @ikafire1230

    @ikafire1230

    8 ай бұрын

    I think the midsole was stitched through, and the outsole was glued.

  • @wynobot786
    @wynobot7866 ай бұрын

    Wearing my brand new pair of JK 300 Brown right now watching this in my favorite place to watch KZread

  • @Brasilcat
    @Brasilcat7 ай бұрын

    How's the Arch support on the Forefront compared to the Super Duty?

  • @bbff4931
    @bbff4931 Жыл бұрын

    Man I like your materials and ideals. But I can't get over the thru sole frenzied stitching. Is there a reason why this looks so rushed and haphazard ?

  • @MiclaveesEl7
    @MiclaveesEl710 ай бұрын

    Any idea when will you guys make a moc toe?

  • @simongrushka983
    @simongrushka98310 ай бұрын

    hi. do you sell your boots in the UK? also, how wide are the lasts you are using? I've got a wide foot and I do get problems with most work and leisure boots. have you though about using the nato/mondopoint sizing (lenght and width of the foot in mm)? also, when you are talking about the ounces of weight of leather- do you mean the weight of the already made upper or the weight of the square meter/foot (?) of the raw material, before the cut?

  • @pianofry1138

    @pianofry1138

    10 ай бұрын

    I think you can get a boot to accommodate your width in the foot. Im not certain of how comfortable it'd be for you without knowing your feet, but they offer multiple widths. For leather weighing 5oz, 8oz, 9oz, ect its per area, I think. It's kind of like leather thickness but not exactly. I believe 8oz is like 3.2mm and 5oz is like 2.2mm or something like that but dont quote me. The boot itself probably weighs about 2ish pounds a boot or about a kilo.

  • @rogerr.8507
    @rogerr.8507 Жыл бұрын

    got any 300's waxed roughout leather?

  • @MortimerJones99
    @MortimerJones993 ай бұрын

    The Forefront would be exactly the boot I'm looking for if it had a full gusset tongue

  • @wonkydonkey7899
    @wonkydonkey7899 Жыл бұрын

    It’d be nice if JK introduces Chelsea style of forefront.

  • @bruceramsier5011
    @bruceramsier5011 Жыл бұрын

    id like a moc toe and bison in a 300 ! thoughts?

  • @navigatormp
    @navigatormp Жыл бұрын

    Are you going to make a chelsea version of 300?

  • @lgroves336
    @lgroves336 Жыл бұрын

    check out the Bison Forefront

  • @darkker1532
    @darkker1532 Жыл бұрын

    No kill, like overkill. 😉 Decided I earned an F350 for Christmas 😁

  • @todtalk3912

    @todtalk3912

    Жыл бұрын

    Same. Check out the Bison Leather. They are also having a Black Friday sale of 10% I think off of the actual boots. Not like Whites or Nicks which will at best do the sale on the accessories only. JK is killing it with these faster shipping same northwest amazing style and build. The owner of this shop, to me, is far better story and life than any of the others. However, Franks is an equal par as far im concerned. Nicks is getting to big, so to wait a year is absolutely ridiculous to me. Also have a good chance of them (forgetting) to do something you wanted done, knowing full well you waited a 8 months so ur going to accept it. Whites is and has been, way to big for far too long. I personally wouldn't down if they have the capital to have some machines doing the majority of the work. JK's owner is an immigrants (like all of us, i believe 1st gen). He worked in this trade all his life and did so in anither country, so he has experience and different techniques than the rest. This is, I believe, his kid. Excellent guy. Look at his love for the materials and his Dad and his business. I just love family businesses and will always support them. I love in an area that no one, has ever seen boots like I'm about to have. They are going to flip when they see them. Im from the cuty but work in a ace that all come from farming and coal miner families, n they are going to go nuts when they see them. I can't wear whatever shoes I want at work, so I can only wesr them to training and when im not at work. Id bet my life I wind up getting JK a min of 20 guys buying a pair. That Bison leather is so special and rugged and just raw looking. I can't believe they found a good supplier of that skin and its a display of their company and their abilities for sure. I can't say enough good things about this company. I heard about them from a ytuber Anvil something or nother. My brother in law got a pair already and they absolutely epic. Even if you only west them to lowes and show people how great ur decision making skills of boots are, you will impress all that love boots.

  • @americanbassin2648
    @americanbassin26484 ай бұрын

    So what I'm hearing is that the 300 is for boss man and the forefront is for the workers/laborers

  • @viking8781
    @viking8781 Жыл бұрын

    I love these. Wouldn't the stitching through the sole easily be worn through walking on concrete or really any rough hard surface? I feel like that stitching is the only thing I don't trust

  • @thejakein7867

    @thejakein7867

    7 ай бұрын

    That's why you're not a boot engineer. 😂

  • @drewpknutz1410
    @drewpknutz1410 Жыл бұрын

    On the Vibram Christy soles, are they the same hardness all the way through? I work at an airport, and guarantee the tread will be gone in a month. A lot of outsoles are only hard on the outside, but once the tread is gone they have a super super soft and useless center...Tarmac is like sandpaper.

  • @ianmccoy9475

    @ianmccoy9475

    Жыл бұрын

    It's the same hardness all the way threw.

  • @mad0uche

    @mad0uche

    Жыл бұрын

    thorogood and whites have a custom cristy sole that wares down slower than the classic vibram

  • @drewpknutz1410

    @drewpknutz1410

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mad0uche Good to know, Im just not a big fan of Whites since they got bought by a Japanese company, but maybe I can find just the custom sole.

  • @mad0uche

    @mad0uche

    Жыл бұрын

    @@drewpknutz1410 My whites perrys wore down much slower than JK forefronts, and with the price hikes of places asking close to $700 for custom boots it's hard to beat whites millwood and perry IMO - if you don't need a steel toe that is.

  • @wolfandkitty7848

    @wolfandkitty7848

    Жыл бұрын

    @@drewpknutz1410 I hear that but they still in Washington and hire Washington people

  • @ike780
    @ike7803 ай бұрын

    Seems like the 300 is where it's at for a hunting or hiking boot. I'll always recommend 2 sets of boots to allow dry time after work. 2 different models of boot also make your foot work differently stabilizing differnt ankle muscles.

  • @c.terrell3498
    @c.terrell34983 ай бұрын

    I would like to see all bison leather options in the 300.

  • @brunonjezic6208
    @brunonjezic620811 ай бұрын

    I belive as barista for me is 300. I wonder how much is import to Germany

  • @edwardwalters1607
    @edwardwalters1607 Жыл бұрын

    I would order a pair of 300 if you offered arch pads with them.

  • @Totemparadox

    @Totemparadox

    Жыл бұрын

    Not to sound rude, but how much arch support do you need? Like the 300 seems to have plenty already.

  • @58harwood
    @58harwood5 ай бұрын

    Give us the option for a Black Christy sole!

  • @AnthonyWilliams-pj5nl
    @AnthonyWilliams-pj5nl Жыл бұрын

    I bought the forefronts over the 300 because I couldn't pass up the new gray leather.

  • @luisnguyen5455
    @luisnguyen54555 ай бұрын

    Light weight boots 🥾 with zipper are the best running 🏃‍♀️ during workings and take off or put on …? Ok thanks for sharing.(RCL Veterans)🇺🇸🇫🇷🇨🇦🇦🇺🇹🇼👏

  • @Tonyplat98
    @Tonyplat982 ай бұрын

    I think lighter would be better for most people that aren't in construction or fireman but still want a good pair of boots the 300s would be the best fit because they're lighter and more comfortable and easier to break in etc... I only wish they were like 100 bucks less I'd buy them RN. JK do you ever have sales lol.

  • @jeanmartox3570
    @jeanmartox3570 Жыл бұрын

    hello to France!!! quel est l'équivalent en épaisseur en rapport au poids en onces!!! Merci!

  • @ramonvega6106
    @ramonvega610610 ай бұрын

    300 would be great even after the unpleasant experience with the custom forefronts I purchased.

  • @alexsantiago3661

    @alexsantiago3661

    9 ай бұрын

    What was unpleasant if you don’t mind me asking ? I’m actually leaning towards the forefront

  • @ramonvega6106

    @ramonvega6106

    9 ай бұрын

    @@alexsantiago3661 they were super lose in the toe box and I had got a toe cap done and they ended up looking like clown shoes due to the amount of leather used. Also I’m semi flat footed so the arch was to much for my liking

  • @alexsantiago3661

    @alexsantiago3661

    9 ай бұрын

    @@ramonvega6106 Thank you for the input !

  • @ramonvega6106

    @ramonvega6106

    9 ай бұрын

    @@alexsantiago3661 currently I have lend more towards Whites boots and have 4 pairs currently and they have been great right out the box.

  • @pjfeeney06
    @pjfeeney06 Жыл бұрын

    Can the 300’s be resoled?

  • @mad0uche

    @mad0uche

    Жыл бұрын

    It's $179 for a resole on the 300, $205 resole on the forefront, plus a $25 shipping charge, which is pretty insane actually.

  • @ianmccoy9475

    @ianmccoy9475

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mad0uche that's if you go threw them. Any cobbler can resole either boots. Shit. I put a vibrum christy sole on my own boots. Cost me under 50 bucks and a couple hours of time.

  • @mad0uche

    @mad0uche

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ianmccoy9475 With all due respect, I don't trust myself or any rando to do a better job than a professional from whites, nicks, JK.

  • @hridoymahmudhridoy5283
    @hridoymahmudhridoy5283 Жыл бұрын

    Im shoes factory job 6 years 2013..... 2019

  • @mikeperkins3469
    @mikeperkins3469 Жыл бұрын

    $120.

  • @user-wf3cw9yx6m
    @user-wf3cw9yx6m Жыл бұрын

    اريد منعنده واحد بس اني من العراق

  • @toadamine
    @toadamine6 ай бұрын

    if youre not a big guy, you probably dont need super heavy duty boots... just like you dont put semi truck tires on your pickup... a super duty on me would just slow me down, and be terrible on steep slippery roofs... the 300 is aawesome and doesnt slow me down. i weara the soles off them long before the leather goes bad... i can have them resold a few tijes before the leather goes bad...

  • @greatlakestrout
    @greatlakestrout6 ай бұрын

    Get rid of the white please?

  • @JohnAvillaHerpetocultural

    @JohnAvillaHerpetocultural

    Ай бұрын

    You mean the soles? I got the 300 with regular studded sole and they look much nicer.

  • @greatlakestrout

    @greatlakestrout

    Ай бұрын

    @@JohnAvillaHerpetocultural Yes the soles

  • @chadd587
    @chadd587 Жыл бұрын

    I get the light duty vs heavy duty analogy but no one eeds to be paying money for a Ford.

  • @jcaaa5w837
    @jcaaa5w83715 күн бұрын

    Moc toe

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