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[CircuitRider]

french toe

The guy holding the shoes must use Moe Howard's barber! :eusa_clap

 

[feltfan]

Was in Johnston and Murphy the other day when I saw these and the guy told me these didn't come in wide but looking on the web - they do! Just ordered a pair, linen and brown leather for $135. Cool.

Added later: got them for less than list by using a promo code. Woohoo!

http://www.johnstonmurphy.com/product.aspx?c=624&sc=1215&fv=1&pid=93700

Hey, share the promo code! Actually I'm more interested to know how wide "wide" is. Is it EEE wide or just D or E wide?

 

[Isshinryu101]

Hey, share the promo code! Actually I'm more interested to know how wide "wide" is. Is it EEE wide or just D or E wide?

HA! Welcome to modern American Shoes! Aside from AE & Alden, it's pretty much a "one size fits all" mentality for U.S. shoes. Contact J&M and ask them. D is medium, and I believe the W is basically an E width. Wider than that??? fuggeddaboutit.

 

[Foxer55]

feltfan,

Hey, share the promo code! Actually I'm more interested to know how wide "wide" is. Is it EEE wide or just D or E wide?

I expect wide is an E which should work for me. If I leave my orthotics out it should work fine. Sorry, don't recall the code, I just searched the web for a few minutes until I found one that worked.

 

[Foxer55]

isshinryu,

HA! Welcome to modern American Shoes! Aside from AE & Alden, it's pretty much a "one size fits all" mentality for U.S. shoes. Contact J&M and ask them. D is medium, and I believe the W is basically an E width. Wider than that??? fuggeddaboutit.

Yeah, what is it with that anyway? They make these shoes with these stupid long, narrow toe boxes. You can barely find wide shoes in any stores. As far as I can tell, department stores don't sell wide shoes, only ordinary sizes.

 

[jamespowers]

isshinryu,



Yeah, what is it with that anyway? They make these shoes with these stupid long, narrow toe boxes. You can barely find wide shoes in any stores. As far as I can tell, department stores don't sell wide shoes, only ordinary sizes.

They forgot they sell shoes not canoes. :eusa_doh:

 

[LoveMyHats2]

They forgot they sell shoes not canoes. :eusa_doh:

Geez, up the creek with no paddles? lol!

If you are looking for a decent pair of vintage looking shoes, for the money, check out Remix Vintage shoes....I think they leave some of the competition in the dust....

 

[Isshinryu101]

Geez, up the creek with no paddles? lol!

If you are looking for a decent pair of vintage looking shoes, for the money, check out Remix Vintage shoes....I think they leave some of the competition in the dust....

decent enough at a quick glance. Of course they have 0 competition, so being #1 is only so much of an accomplishment

 

[Mr. Speakeasy]

Here's an old pair of shoes I got a few years ago, they were sold to me at the time as from the 1920's or 30's. I think that's probably accurate, though they might be 40's....
What do you guys think?

 

[LoveMyHats2]

I am going to take the plunge and say at least 1940's maybe even older. I will base that on a few things. First the cracking on the waist area of the sole, and the heel itself. I have had a pair of shoes with that sole on them, they were two tone black and white split toe shoes. They belonged to my Great Grandfather before they ended up in my closet, from at least 1940 or earlier for sure.
I would start drowning them in conditioner before the leather rots on you, and after a week or so of drenching them in leather conditioner, shove some shoe trees in them and let them sit for a while (day or two) then wipe them and get some cream polish on them. Drench them inside and out with the leather conditioner. They should literally use at least 3 ounces of good conditioner, you can see how dry they are....may have some history behind those shoes, you know like maybe Jack Benny wore them while checking out palm springs and left them in the sand? You never know. But those are really a nice find, not something you are going to see every day. You can bring them back to life with some work on them. It appears they have had "half sole" replacements, I would have someone remove the heels, pull the soles, re sole them and put the original heels back on. Those shoes are worth it.

 

[cookie]

Amazing swan neck detailing there I have not seen that so elaborately done before.

 

[The Shooman]

Very nice. Please post more pics.

l love the old vintage orange brown colour and the styles of John's shoes are unique and a good sample of his 1950's ltalian heritage as a cobbler in the poor part if Italian villages.

The new bespoke:

Last years bespoke

Bespoke trial shoe

They all look much better in person.

 

[Isshinryu101]

Here's an old pair of shoes I got a few years ago, they were sold to me at the time as from the 1920's or 30's. I think that's probably accurate, though they might be 40's....
What do you guys think?

1940's shoes. That cracking is a result of getting wet, then drying too fast. Possibly laid near a heat source right after coming in from the rain. Not uncommon for a man to lay his wet clothes by a fire to dry them. Fine for cotton, but bad for leather. The sole cracking is a sure tell-tale sign of this.

 

[Isshinryu101]

It appears they have had "half sole" replacements, I would have someone remove the heels, pull the soles, re sole them and put the original heels back on. Those shoes are worth it.

Those are replacement heels. Why save them and put back on? Keep in mind the original owner's foot shape and style of walking and standing has started to wear them in a manner consistent with his particulars. Best to start fresh and wear the heels specifically for your own needs.

 

[Warden]

Edna went to get a radio interview in London this weekend for Harry & Edna on the Wireless, but as well as the interview she some how came back with these? twitpic.com/c6kq5h

 

[Flat Foot Floey]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-21588578

I spy some beauties (tarsal straps on the left are my favourite)

 

[LoveMyHats2]

Those are replacement heels. Why save them and put back on? Keep in mind the original owner's foot shape and style of walking and standing has started to wear them in a manner consistent with his particulars. Best to start fresh and wear the heels specifically for your own needs.

True but if they were mine I would desire to keep the original heels if at all possible. Hard to find some vintage replacement heels today for those, unless he opts to have some leather heel plates made up. The cracking of the soles takes time, I do agree it may have been due to a heat source, being very wet (some evidence of the inside of the shoes shows stains associated with that some). Those shoes are well worth putting some restoration money into. Overall they are a nice find.

 

[LoveMyHats2]

l love the old vintage orange brown colour and the styles of John's shoes are unique and a good sample of his 1950's ltalian heritage as a cobbler in the poor part if Italian villages.

The new bespoke:

Last years bespoke

Bespoke trial shoe

They all look much better in person.

I'd love to own all three pairs of those shoes, very handsome style. You are very lucky to own them.

 

[LoveMyHats2]

Do these sort of bring out the "animal" in ya? lol! NOT mine......(I think they may have escaped from the Zoo)....lol!

But take a look at these.....weeeeeeeeee haaaawww!

 

[Isshinryu101]

Do these sort of bring out the "animal" in ya? lol! NOT mine......(I think they may have escaped from the Zoo)....lol!

But take a look at these.....weeeeeeeeee haaaawww!

Norvegese Stitched (a historically Italian technique, but found elsewhere as well). My favorite (by far) modern shoe genre. Own around a dozen and a half pairs. When it is "real" (the stitching you see on the uppers actually holds the shoes together), they are 100% handmade and vastly superior to Goodyear welted shoes. The style, I believe, comes directly from the U.S. late 40's- 50's... the heyday of the Gunboat. Big welts and contrasting welt stitches live on in Norvegese.