UTILITARIAN COMFORT
ALL DAY COMFORT AND STABILITY
BIOEVA OBRA® WORKING FOOTBED™I'm green® certification;
Made of non-GMO sugarcane-based ethanol;
Pigment free;
Performance polyamide footbed lining: Cool in the summer, Warm in the Winter. Washable.
PLANT-BASED EVA FOOTBED
I'M GREEN® BIOEVAMade of non-GMO Brazilian sugarcane resin-based BIO EVA. Our EVA replaces petroleum with sugarcane ethanol, a renewable fuel made of plant material.
*Certified 63% Biobased. Verified by ASTM D6866.(Test Methods for Determining the Biobased Content of Solid, Liquid, and Gaseous Samples Using Radiocarbon Analysis).
UTILITARIAN FOOT PROTECTION
OBRA WRAP TOEThick OBRA vulcanized rubber foxing with a forefoot wrap-around protection.
OBRA FULL CAP
Utilitarian double rubber toe-box: Thick OBRA vulcanized rubber foxing layered with the WRAP TOE forefoot wrap-around—plus our signature biased protective rubber toe cap.
BUILT FOR EVERYDAY WEAR
OBRA® BRANDED RUBBER FOXINGThick and tall, durable wraparound foxing;
MAXIMUM THREAD-COUNT LACES
Tear-&-wear resistant, 100% cotton;
TOP GRADE CANVASES
240 Canvas: Strong and light, fine weave canvas;
Terra Canvas: Durable heavy-duty weave canvas;
FOSSIL FUEL FREE RUBBER
RICE HUSK-BASED SILICAOBRA® uses ORYZASIL® rice-husk based green silicas in its outsole rubber compound.
Replacing traditional fossil fuel-based silica production methods, Oryzasil® processes rice husks to produce its silica. Silica is a main ingredient in the production of rubber compounds and rice husks waste is an abundant byproduct of the vast Brazilian rice industry.
NATURAL BRAZILIAN RUBBER
OBRA® sources and utilizes natural Brazilian rubber to manufacture it's proprietary outsoles. The end result is softer, stickier, grippier outsole and more comfortable step, day in, day out.
EVERYDAY EASY
Reinforced, large finger loop for easy pull-on;Lateral AquaGuard® YKK® zipper on high tops;
VEGAN AS STANDARD. LEATHER AS OPTIONAL.
Save future occasional editions and optional leather upper offerings, all our new productions delivered in 2020 will be vegan: Leather linings and other leather components have been replaced by high-end, ultra soft vegan leathers and high-performance synthetic alternatives.
