How do you wear your Bean Rubber Mocs?

**hardline_42** · August 22nd, 2011, 19:12

With all the rain we've been getting in the Northeast, my Bean Rubber Mocs have been getting a lot of use. I wear them for everything from walking the dogs in the field to walking to my office from the parking lot. I like to wear them with the tongues folded down and the super-secret moc lacing. I usually don't engage in those types of things (no pennies in my loafers or eastland knots on anything) but there's something downright impish about taking a shoe that the average person probably doesn't really "get" and make them that much more wild. Naturally, every other part of my wardrobe is of a serious nature when I wear them. So, how do you wear your mocs? Tongue up? Down? Laced behind the tongue?

Here they are covered in grass seeds

**Jovan** · August 22nd, 2011, 19:24

I need to get a pair at some point. They, like other "trad" oddities I didn't like at first, are slowly growing on me. Specifically what serious stuff do you usually wear with yours?

**TweedyDon** · August 22nd, 2011, 19:26

Maine Hunting Shoes for me.... I rather live in 'em!

**hookem12387** · August 22nd, 2011, 19:28

I like the tongue down thing, but what's the secret lacing. I feel like my post count is high enough that you can tell me

**hardline_42** · August 22nd, 2011, 19:36

Originally Posted by Jovan

I need to get a pair at some point. They, like other "trad" oddities I didn't like at first, are slowly growing on me. Specifically what serious stuff do you usually wear with yours?

I don't mean business suits. I just mean that I wear them as if they were a GTH item. No other "statement" pieces.

**hardline_42** · August 22nd, 2011, 19:41

Originally Posted by hookem12387

I like the tongue down thing, but what's the secret lacing. I feel like my post count is high enough that you can tell me

It's actually not a secret. At least, that's how they lace the display mocs at my local LLB. The rawhide laces on the mocs are annoyingly long, so you tie a starting knot in front of the tongue, then you pass the ends through the forward-most section of the 360* lacing on the opposite side. Then back to the front and you tie a standard shoelace knot. I wet form the tongue and laces all at once, so they stay tied forever.

**Taken Aback** · August 22nd, 2011, 21:24

It's interesting that the mocs' rubber laces are too long, while the gumshoe's boot laces are too short.

That aside, I still love the look of the gumshoe over the moc, and look for excuses to wear them (I'll pray for rain after a while).

Do any of you own both and prefer the moc?

**Danny** · August 22nd, 2011, 21:59

I love the rubber mocs. I have worn them with the tongue up until this point. I may change my tune. I'll have to see how I feel next time I wear them.

**inq89** · August 22nd, 2011, 22:28

I wear mine any chance I have. I actually look forward to rainy days sometimes haha. I wear them to class in a trad manner: OCBD, chinos, bean mocs sockless (summer) or wool socks (winter).

**eagle2250** · August 23rd, 2011, 06:12

Originally Posted by hardline_42

It's actually not a secret. At least, that's how they lace the display mocs at my local LLB. The rawhide laces on the mocs are annoyingly long, so you tie a starting knot in front of the tongue, then you pass the ends through the forward-most section of the 360* lacing on the opposite side. Then back to the front and you tie a standard shoelace knot. I wet form the tongue and laces all at once, so they stay tied forever.

Hardline: You cannot share those (kinds of) super-secret details with Hookem. That's an unauthorizes disclosure and (LOL) he's the guy with the Espadrilles...remember! Jovan is boderline suspect as well.

**hardline_42** · August 23rd, 2011, 06:43

Originally Posted by Taken Aback

Do any of you own both and prefer the moc?

I have both the gumshoe and the moc. For me, they serve a similar purposes under different circumstances. I usually wear my mocs sockless, in warm weather, when it's raining or the ground is wet (like morning dew on the grass, not just wet pavement). The easy-on/off nature of the mocs means that I wear them more often when I need to step out into the yard for any reason or make a quip trip to the supermarket, etc. I wear the gumshoes in cooler weather with socks when it's raining. The higher cut keeps my socks dry and the laces makes them fit more like shoes. The gumshoe is a more deliberate choice than the moc, which is more of a functional afterthought.

**hardline_42** · August 23rd, 2011, 06:44

Originally Posted by eagle2250

Hardline: You cannot share those (kinds of) super-secret details with Hookem. That's an unauthorizes disclosure and (LOL) he's the guy with the Espadrilles...remember! Jovan is boderline suspect as well.

D'oh!

**Larsd4** · August 23rd, 2011, 13:09

I wear them tongue-up, laces rolled noose-like into tassels. This is a borderline affectation I'm disliking more as I write it.

**hardline_42** · August 23rd, 2011, 13:20

Lars, do you have a pic? The thought of rubber "tassel mocs" is intriguing.

**absent_prof** · August 28th, 2011, 03:04

Never seen these in Australia, so may have to get some. Can you "barrel knot" them, like I do with my boat shoes? I like the barrel knot because it challenges my masculinity...

**TommyDawg** · August 28th, 2011, 09:18

Originally Posted by absent_prof

Never seen these in Australia, so may have to get some. Can you "barrel knot" them, like I do with my boat shoes? I like the barrel knot because it challenges my masculinity...

What's a barrel knot??
Tom

**inq89** · August 28th, 2011, 12:58

Was caught up in Irene yesterday and wore something very similar to this outfit pic I posted a while ago.

**hardline_42** · August 28th, 2011, 14:34

Originally Posted by inq89

Was caught up in Irene yesterday and wore something very similar to this outfit pic I posted a while ago.

This is the exact outfit I wore yesterday, only with a blue OCBD under an LE rain shell (same color blue, too).

**hardline_42** · August 28th, 2011, 14:35

Originally Posted by TommyDawg

What's a barrel knot??
Tom

I have a feeling he's referring to an Eastland knot.

**absent_prof** · August 28th, 2011, 17:44

Originally Posted by hardline_42

I have a feeling he's referring to an Eastland knot.

Yep that's the one. I didn't know any other name than "barrels" for it, cheers.

**DixieJD** · August 28th, 2011, 18:48

It's funny y'all are getting all the rain w/Irene. Down here in New Orleans I feel like we haven't gotten a drop of real rain in awhile. Here's a picture of my mocs. I wear gumshoes once it's cold enough. I do an eastland knot. My wife says my mocs look like they belong to a 12 year old girl. C'est la vie.

**Larsd4** · August 28th, 2011, 18:50

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**absent_prof** · August 28th, 2011, 21:05

Originally Posted by DixieJD

It's funny y'all are getting all the rain w/Irene. Down here in New Orleans I feel like we haven't gotten a drop of real rain in awhile. Here's a picture of my mocs. I wear gumshoes once it's cold enough. I do an eastland knot. My wife says my mocs look like they belong to a 12 year old girl. C'est la vie.

Thumbs up on that. Look's great! I must get some...

**hardline_42** · August 29th, 2011, 05:13

Dixie and Lars, those are both great! It's like the rainy-day version of tassel mocs. I bet if you tied the laces over the folded tongue they would look like kiltie tassels. Is it a regional thing, or did you guys just think of that yourselves?

**hardline_42** · August 29th, 2011, 05:14

Originally Posted by DixieJD

It's funny y'all are getting all the rain w/Irene. Down here in New Orleans I feel like we haven't gotten a drop of real rain in awhile. Here's a picture of my mocs. I wear gumshoes once it's cold enough. I do an eastland knot. My wife says my mocs look like they belong to a 12 year old girl. C'est la vie.

Shoe trees?