Pretty sure it has to do with the leather too, the leather used on the FTRs is tough.
However, I guess it could also has to do with the colourways, if I remember correctly they're all done 'tone in tone', with shells, soles, uppers and stripes all done in the same colour.
Interesting, ok, now we're starting to get somewhere. Hopefully lorre doesn't mind but here's an image he took of a Boston Super FTR... how does this fit into the FTR scheme then?
Yup, I know the For The Record meaning, not sure that's the same here... ez-1 what are you saying? That you think the acronym means something different depending on which model it's applied to? Now that would be confusing!!!