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Gentlemen,
Feel blessed and very fortunate to have stumbled upon these true works of art: Edwin Clapp New Englanders... NOS in perfect condition (at the moment busy conditioning them for 2 weeks straight) anybody any idea from which period they are and what such a shoe would be worth nowadays?
Thanks in Advance
A lucky man, Fantastic pair, no doubt a perfect condition. What size are they?
Gentlemen,
Feel blessed and very fortunate to have stumbled upon these true works of art: Edwin Clapp New Englanders... NOS in perfect condition (at the moment busy conditioning them for 2 weeks straight) anybody any idea from which period they are and what such a shoe would be worth nowadays?
Thanks in Advance
Grand 1940's pair of shoes. Value - would depend on owner's value of such vintage one of a kind shoes and condition. Uncertain as to the value. I do have my 1940 vintage shoes (wearable and minty) valued at $500 for insurance purposes. I chose that value as they are not ever able to be replaced. (This I believe is a conservative value as I have been advised to value them with a higher dollar.)
Vintage shoes of this age given the leather and stitching is good to go, can be gently worn. I have added rubber 1/2 soles to the fronts of the shoes to not wear the special soles and almost always replaced the heels as they were brittle or broke apart when wearing. Just my experience. I have posted many times in this thread pics of me wearing vintage shoes.
I googled them up and interestingly found these links:
https://muuseo.com/kazumatu981/items/1
https://www.ebth.com/items/427961-edwin-clapp-gentleman-s-brown-leather-new-englander-shoes
Congrats on the shoes. I hope you can bring them back to gentle wearing condition.
Best, Eric -
In both hats & shoes we seem to be singing from the same hymn sheet. You make a good point Eric when you say: "Blue shoes look so special paired with the correct stuff." Much can be said about green. Tina gave me a surprise Christmas gift of the fabric that she will turn into trousers, it's a fabulous khaki. You can see it in the: "Bring me baggy trousers," thread. Those trousers, when finished, need that special pair of shoes, what the French describe as: "je ne sais quoi!" And I have found them, better still the trader has a premises less than an hour's drive away.Cool blue shoes. Blue shoes look so special paired with the correct stuff.
I have 2 pair of blue shoes. These are 1940's Elevator Shoes, https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/vintage-spectator-shoes.57145/page-30#post-2599222.
My second pair is a pair of blue and creme Eduard Meier spectators. These were made for Meier by Crocket and Jones.
Cheers for blue shoes!
I bought something very special from a bloke today. The Rolls Royce of shoes, the Lattanzi norvegese shoes. These are previously owned. Rare as hens teeth. Dream shoes.
Silvano Lattanzi norvegese shoos
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Norvegese can be done different ways
Norvegese 1
- 2 stitches
- no insole (so no dimpled insole)
- only a midsole and outsole
- out turned upper
- stitched midsole to outsole (stitch 1)
- stitched upper to midsole to outsole (stitch 2)
(my Santoni norvegese is made like that)
Norvegese 2
- 3 stitches
- a dimpled insole
- out turned upper
- stitched midsole to outsole (stitch 1)
- stitched upper to midsole to outsole (stitch 2)
- stitched upper to insole (stitch 3)
(this Lattanzi norvegese is made like that)
Shooman; Congrats! Your shoe rack has shoes that many of us dream of.
These shoes appear minty. The stitching is very cool to see. I did not know about the different types of Norvegese. Thanks for the inclusion in your post.
The short apron is a stye that I learned to appreciate.
I wore out a pair of St.Crispins Tassels (2 sole replacements, heel work before their demise) that had the short apron. I picked up some Allen Edmond and the St.Crispins tassels at the same time. Immediately I prefered the Allen Edmonds. As the Allen Edmonds showed more wear, streteched out and soles wore quickly the St. Crispins became the "tassel loafer." I wore them hard and learned to really enjoy the short apron. Creases barely showed on the vamp. My shoe choice has changed since the 80's, but I would recommend them in a heartbeat.
Wear them proudly and in good health, Eric -
I did pick-up a couple pairs of shoes from the cobbler a week ago. I had a new pair of grain longwings getting sole protectors. They are superb shoes that will get a lot of casual wear.
A new pair of heels for a pair of Florsheim Vintage 1940's Alligator Crocodile Norwegians. The sole and heels show a lot of wear and the hide needs LOTS of conditioning. The new heels were all I decided to go with. I am uncertain whether the hide will take conditioning and reach anything but a gentle wearing condition.
I have Saphire reptile conditioner soaking into the hide and correct sized wood trees doing their magic correcting the shoes distorted shape. I have hopes.
Yesterday I wore a pair of green suede longwings for errands. The "gunboat longwings" are, IMO, grand casual shoes.
Cheers to shoe folks, Eric -