Show us your SHOES !!!

[Isshinryu101]

If the have any pairs in 8-10 I will buy them from you. That is a promise.

Those lasts are designed to fit exactly into a pair of shoes, as they are lasted. As trees, they won't work so well. However, if you are having a pair MADE, they could use them as actual lasts.

 

[sproily]

Found these today

 

[esteban68]

2 pair of ski boots? and one pair of infantry boots? I wish you could find stuff like that over here!

 

[Dinerman]

The ridges on that pair of dress boots are amazing. What style!

 

[sproily]

They are my size. Will put them into working order and post more pictures.

 

[cookie]

Bet they look as nice as those other ones.

 

[flyfishark]

After two sellers backed out, I finally got a pair of sea turtles. Unfortunately, these are about a 7.5. Decided to keep the toes and sell the shoes--but it was a coin toss!

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[cookie]

After two sellers backed out, I finally got a pair of sea turtles. Unfortunately, these are about a 7.5. Decided to keep the toes and sell the shoes--but it was a coin toss!

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The shoes should be recrafted to your size if that were possible. Turtle is so nice and officially unavailable due to CITES etc.

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

Casual shoes Hush Puppy Carver.Hush Puppy Carver

 

[flyfishark]

So much for thinking about selling the sea turtle shoes I bought. The incredibly helpful US Fish & Wildlife Inspector I just spoke with (along with looking at the Federal Regs) makes it very clear that the sale of ANY sea turtle--no matter how old, even those carrying the old federal permits--is wholly illegal. Agents are monitoring online offers for sale. Damn, am I glad the other two sellers reneged on me. I wholly support the conservation efforts, but it seems a waste to ban those beautiful skins that were taken when it was legal (I'm not touching the ethical aspects here). If you know of a museum-institute-university that might be interested, let me know.

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[cookie]

So much for thinking about selling the sea turtle shoes I bought. The incredibly helpful US Fish & Wildlife Inspector I just spoke with (along with looking at the Federal Regs) makes it very clear that the sale of ANY sea turtle--no matter how old, even those carrying the old federal permits--is wholly illegal. Agents are monitoring online offers for sale. Damn, am I glad the other two sellers reneged on me. I wholly support the conservation efforts, but it seems a waste to ban those beautiful skins that were taken when it was legal (I'm not touching the ethical aspects here). If you know of a museum-institute-university that might be interested, let me know.

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That is bizarre if they are pre-CITES what is the problem? This information is new to me.

 

[Isshinryu101]

you would need PROOF they were made before the sea turtle was added to the list. Almost impossible to get that. Also, over 80% of the turtles i've seen (and I've seen plenty now) were POST CITES, made in Mexico.

 

[flyfishark]

you would need PROOF they were made before the sea turtle was added to the list. Almost impossible to get that. Also, over 80% of the turtles i've seen (and I've seen plenty now) were POST CITES, made in Mexico.

The regional service in NJ told me that the ban applied to ALL sea turtle products. They quoted the Endangered Species Act, which, in the US, applies to importation/exportation, and interstate offers to sell or purchase. Either the 3rd or 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld this interpretation. (I'm old, and can't remember which). I'm looking for a university to donate them to. (although, since they can't be sold, the write-off is probably worthless). They were emphatic that the ban applied to pre-CITES sea turtle products.

 

[Vampyre Master]

Greetings all
got these at Chester Vintage Fair, UK, all leather

VM

 

[freakersea]

Ostendo makes them old but I suspect that AE won't recraft those.

emailed AE, they cant be recrafted because those nails have peirced the inner sole, also they are 30-35 years old..... couple of steps closer to vintage

 

[sproily]

Does anyone know where one would be able to find the shoes pictured below (or what their name is)?

 

[cookie]

Does anyone know where one would be able to find the shoes pictured below (or what their name is)?

They are called espadrilles.

Those have no back on them making them harder to wear. Traditional ones have a heel support.


http://www.styleforum.net/t/294431/espadrilles

 

[sproily]

I thought they were espadriilles, but this style seems to be impossible to find. Thanks!

 

[Isshinryu101]

The last of the US Handmade Greats!

 

[sproily]

Interesting how tiny the toe taps are. Should think about that myself, are they OK so small?