Italian Salesman Sample Hiking Boots, A Pair student award with the slide lid fighting

with the slide lid fighting tightly

as if the reflected light of a camera flash

from box open on the table to pictures hanging on the wall to little cricket stool

(Feels like a metaphor

A highly collectible piece

Italian Salesman Sample Hiking Boots, A Pair student award with the slide lid fightingI found these in Vermont, which seems as likely a place as anywhere to find a pair of salesman sample hiking boots! A faint stamp on the sole of one indicates they were made in Italy which also makes sense, as who makes better shoes, or boots, than the Italians! The level of craftsmanship on these is pretty outstanding, down to the metal clinkers tricounis around the soles, distinguishing them as mountain boots, c. 1930s 40s I believe. Each approx 3 7