Show us your SHOES !!!

[flyfishark]

This site may have been posted earlier in the thread (maybe even by me) but here it is nonetheless.

I don't know anyone with classic shoes that is getting the prices Minasian lists on his site. I have a pair of shoes like his Florsheim custom one-of-a-kinds (I corresponded with him, and he said we both had custom one-of-a-kinds because they were different colors) and I can't get 25% of what he got. It's a great site to look at classic shoes, but the prices are...well, I'll leave it to you to decide.

 

[Tomasso]

Isshi as the recent owner of some fabulous sea turtle shoes you will like these 1940s gems:

http://www.classicshoesformen.com/s...ildkroeten-full-brogue-derby-circa-196042cd-0

And reasonably priced considering their rarity.

 

[Isshinryu101]

Isshi as the recent owner of some fabulous sea turtle shoes you will like these 1940s gems:

http://www.classicshoesformen.com/s...ildkroeten-full-brogue-derby-circa-196042cd-0

WOW!!! AND they're Carmina's!!! Crazy to say, but that price he's got is pretty close to right on. Won't find these again anytime soon.

 

[Isshinryu101]

Isshi as the recent owner of some fabulous sea turtle shoes you will like these 1940s gems:

http://www.classicshoesformen.com/s...ildkroeten-full-brogue-derby-circa-196042cd-0

He NEEDS to take those crappy shoe trees out!!! He needs trees with a fully shaped heel. That shape tree shape (narrow heel part) screws up the heels of calf shoes, but with vintage Sea Turtles, he's gonna do some real damage....

 

[Dinerman]

Found these Taylor Made Imperials with V-Cleat heels at a Salvation Army in Uniontown PA the other day. Ads I've found for the company seem to stop in 1968, but I don't know when the company actually went out. Not a whole lot of flash to this pair, but they seem to be really solidly made.
I also got a pair of Church's custom-grade, model name "raglan" for a dollar at another little thrift shop in the same town. They look a bit beat up at the moment. I'm working on cleaning those up at the moment. I'll get pics up once they're a bit more presentable.

 

[daizawaguy]

My new Whites semi dress

 

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[Tomasso]

They'd look good with jeans.

 

[Isshinryu101]

My new Whites semi dress

Very nice. Whos' the maker?

 

[Feraud]

Whites

 

[SteveAS]

I finally got a pair of almost NOS v-cleat Florsheim Imperials (just as another pair I have was needing to be re-soled) . . . :cheers1:

 

[Tomasso]

Nice! Where did you find them and at what cost? Just curious....

 

[SteveAS]

Nice! Where did you find them and at what cost? Just curious....

ebay at $177, shipped. Expensive old shoes, but one would be hard pressed to find better new shoes for less, I think.

 

[flyfishark]

A pair of Crosby Squares I just picked up. I love these shoes--almost as much as Edwin Clapps.

 

[Isshinryu101]

HA! Good buy, friend! I was with you up until the $125 mark. Great buy even at $200, I think. They don't make 'em like that anymore.

 

[Isshinryu101]

A pair of Crosby Squares I just picked up. I love these shoes--almost as much as Edwin Clapps.

Very nice classic shoes.

 

[Tomasso]

$177.....one would be hard pressed to find better new shoes for less, I think.

For less?...Ha! You'd be lucky to find something for twice or three times more........

 

[SteveAS]

HA! Good buy, friend! I was with you up until the $125 mark. Great buy even at $200, I think. They don't make 'em like that anymore.

For less?...Ha! You'd be lucky to find something for twice or three times more........

Thanks, gents. They were much more than I've ever paid for vintage shoes, but compared to Allen Edmonds (my usual modern shoe choice), they're better and cheaper.

 

[motorpsycho67]

ebay at $177, shipped. Expensive old shoes, but one would be hard pressed to find better new shoes for less, I think.

Or for more...

Aldens are the only comparable longwings today IMO

 

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A pair of Crosby Squares I just picked up. I love these shoes--almost as much as Edwin Clapps.

Crosby Square (I think) are regarded as the number one ahead of Edwin Clapps. Benny Holiday has a wonderful pair of spades by them I found for him and Binkie has also a nice pair of two tones from the 40s (similar provenance). Seven eyelets makes them 50s IMHO.

Are they NOS BTW?