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When I called them up to find out, all they said was that it comes from “South America or Asia,” which is a pretty broad net of 5 billion people to cast. Martens doesn’t say a lot about the origin of their leather.

Solovair has this “hi shine” leather and a matte, “greasy” leather, whereas the 1460s are more of a medium shine.ĭr. The stitching along the sole actually serves different purposes on each boot, but first, let’s check the leather.ĭr. Then again, other guys think the yellow stitching is almost the whole point of getting a boot like this. Martens, so they find the more sober stitching on the Solovairs to be more versatile. A lot of guys don’t love the trademark bright yellow stitching on the Dr. Where they differ - and we’re just talking about when you first look at the boots, the exterior - is that the Solovairs have a slightly snubbier look and the stitching is much more muted.

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The Solovair has a glossier leather, but they’re both made with shiny, corrected grain leather - meaning it’s been smoothed down to eliminate the grainy, skin-like appearance of full grain leather - they both have 8 pairs of eyelets, a bouncy rubber sole, triple stitching along the sides, and single stitching at the counter and along the eyelets. Martens boot.” It’s what the vast majority of people buy and it’s the company’s principle product, so it makes the most sense to compare these two models.īoth shoes are pretty similar. Martens even says on their site that this made-in-Asia boot is “The original Dr. Marten, 99 percent of all the company’s boots are not made in England. Wait, Why Not Compare Solovair With the “Made in England” Dr. Is it better to size up or down in Doc Martens?.What is the difference between Dr Martens and Solovair?.Are Doc Martens and Solovair the same size?.What is the difference between Doc Martens and Dr.Wait, Why Not Compare Solovair With the “Made in England” Dr.So which one is better? Here’s what we’re looking at: Martens stopped paying Solovair to make their boots so they could make them overseas, but Solovair just kept on making boots under a different name. Martens they used to make, but started selling them under the name of Solovair. They used their facility to make boots that are extremely similar to the Dr.

Martens moved most of their production to Asia, cutting ties with Solovair, Solovair didn’t stop manufacturing boots.

Martens has, but many consider Solovair the real Dr. Solovair hasn’t really caught on in the United States the same way Dr.

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Back then they were sold under the license “Dr. Martens in Northamptonshire, England for decades. Solovair - whose name just comes from “Sole Of Air” - were the manufacturers of Dr. Why?įor starters, the boots are practically identical, but the two brands also share a very storied history. Martens 1460 boots, I’ve been asked to compare it to the shoe’s twin, Solovair.

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