Yea, that was how I found out the brand name of the boots. Hadn't seen that listing for the shirt, though. The other site I found it on just had the blurriest picture ever posted to the internet.
So I picked up the boots and wore them to work today, a bit of a review:
OW!
Very painful. I guess goths have to be in pain to feel cool. They're a bit tight across the top of the foot, and the leather pinches in when the foot bends (with every step). The buckles are a really stupid design, it's impossible to tighten the boots completely down onto your ankles without punching extra holes, and it takes about 10 minutes to get the things on. They aren't fantastic quality, either. For $250 boots, I would expect at least the same quality as my $200 All Saints boots, but it doesn't come close. Heck, I've got a couple pairs of $80 boots that blow these out of the water in the stitching department. There are silver pen marks exposed where they misaligned pieces, some of the topstitches waver, and one of the stitches on the pull tabs is just falling out. Luckily that's one of the bits that'll be going in the trash when I replace the buckles with velcro. The New Rock emblems were a piece of cake to remove, and just left 4 small holes. So yea, pictures.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v328/NinjaRisu/DSC03341_zpsc6d03e98.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v328/NinjaRisu/DSC03342_zps2d68357c.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v328/NinjaRisu/DSC03343_zpsb88c331b.jpg
The differences between these boots and the Buffalo boots (which I now believe may actually be the knockoffs, not these.)
Big: The soles are completely different. Different shape, molding, thickness, and tread. They do have the same number of exposed treads on the sides, though. This one kind of leads into the welts. They're not actually welts, the soles are stitched on through the boot leather. If I had to guess, I'd say these aren't resoleable at all. I'll still bring them in to get a professional opinion, though. One thing that's clear is that these are top stitched all the way around, where the Buffalo boots have a set in heel. And the straps, which I can make just about perfect with mods.
Not so big: Different color liner. Not huge. Different logo stamping as well, but I have a planned mod for that. The back pull tabs are slightly skinnier and taller on the New Rocks.
All in all, if you want to do a good Korben costume and have the money, get these. If you think they look cool for any other purpose, don't. They're better than costume quality, but definitely not worth that much money. Don't get me wrong, though. No regrets here.
I'll have a look for that other thread again, but if the jacket was modified USAF, then they completely removed the sleeves and made new ones.