French Schriner & Umer Gentlemans Shoes

[Bugguy]

I came across these in an on-line auction (active till 2/5/13 @ ~ 8 PM ET) and am not familiar with French Schriner & Umer. Unfortunately, my dainty feet don't come anywhere near 9 1/2. But, the look really appeals to me - basically, I wish I owned a pair. Now I need to begin looking on Ebay plus doing some research on vintage shoes. I sure hope gentlemen had big feet back when...

http://bid.ebth.com/cgi-bin/mnlist.cgi?ebth183/236/showall

 

[Foxer55]

I believe you mean French, Shriner and Urner. Damn good shoes in their day. It was the first pair of dress Cordovans I bought in Philadelphia when I was in the Civil Air Patrol, about 1958. I think I paid around $30 for them. They were always comparable to Florsheim.

 

[Bugguy]

You're correct. I've done some reading and they're really nice. As usual, auction folks don't always have it right. Thanks for correcting me. I still wish they were my size. $30 was prettry pricey back then - like Allen Edmonds, they were made to last.