Lockhart Boot Blog

A Retro Look At: Hummel 8.4 PIO FGX

Exceptional Design Hummel used to be a lot more relevant internationally in the football boot market than they are now. They tried a lot of bold designs and were among the first brands to use goat leather for the upper of their boots, noting that it was stronger than kangaroo leather. A lot of interesting […]

How to avoid buying Fake Boots

Tips to help you out It’s a scourge of Ebay and a threat to everyone looking to pick up boots they’ve missed out on. Almost every person I know has had trouble figuring out if some boots they have found are fake or not. I recently have had my own issues with this. I (thought […]

Some brands are better prepared to weather storms

We might start seeing some brands disappear With the ongoing uncertainty around the globe right now, the market has become quite volatile. While a lot of the conversation in the football boot industry has been about whether release dates will be kept and what will happen to product that was scheduled to release this year, […]

A Quick Look At: Gavic Mathieu Ten 天 20

Gavic has been a staple in the Japanese market for some time. Although primarily an apparel and futsal shoe brand, much like Athleta, they made the leap into football boots in 2018 with their Mathieu Ten and Jin silos. Unlike Athleta though, Gavic’s impact has been much smaller. It isn’t for lack of trying and […]

Adidas Predator 20.1 Low Review

In a first for GaijinBootBlog, BOOTHYPE.com writer JayC gives us his review of the Pred 20.1 Low! The most iconic boots in history often makes people question their pre-conceived notions. The 1994 Predator questioned the idea of what a football boot could be. The 2010 adizero questioned if you had to make a sacrifice between […]

A Quick Look At: Hummel Vorart Pro

A stealthy underrated boot from an underrated brand Hummel has kept a fairly low profile in the boot industry over the past several years. From their high points with the Vault Series from 2004 to slowly leaving the industry altogether in the past few years, there have been a few highs and some lows. However, […]

Yasuda launches the Innovator Pro

Yasuda has been slowing making waves in Japan ever since it relaunched through a successful crowdfunding campaign in 2018. Their YX-2018 and YX-2019 series have started finding their way onto the feet of players around Japan including a few professionals. The old school style of the boots was down to the classic soleplate construction as […]

Don’t fret about buying used boots

You’re saving more than just money In an industry that seems to fulfill almost everyone’s dreams when it comes to new releases, remakes and the like, there is still the issue that a lot of boots are quite expensive when they release. I’ve talked about this point a lot and me as well as a […]

Blog Update #3

I’ll keep this short and sweet since I know everyone is getting tired of hearing about Coronavirus all of the time. Make sure to follow your local health authorities for what actions to take to keep yourself and everyone else safe. Remember that you may feel fine but by keeping yourself healthy, it will allow […]

A Return to Dominance for non-knit synthetic boots

In force Over the past half a decade knit has come to absolutely dominate the boot market. It is because of this that the industry has been able to go to new places and create product that one never thought might have been possible in the past. However, it somewhat seems like something has been […]