SteveAS
Practically Family
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Fantastic, cookie!
Those sure remind me of a pair of black and white spectators....(lol)
Interested to see this mystery pair.
Not often do you get to tick one off your vintage shoe Bucket List.
1930s Johnston and Murphy Hand Made spades made for the venerable Rogers Peet firm in NYC.
America's greatest hand made off the rack shoe. RIP.
Thanks to vintage shoe Maestro isshinryu 101 for securing me those beauties in my favourite size 11D.
Love Treatment Regime so far:
1. Generous applications of Cadillac conditioner
2. Generous rubbing in of Collonil1909/Diamant medium brown
3. Finished with Angelus mahogany wax.
4. Buffed shine rather than spit shine
Tragedy is that this is their last day like this. The suicide heels will be replaced and a topy added to protect the barely worn sole.
Should be good for another 75 years!
Just to let you know, we have some stock pile of vintage heels, NOS complete heels and some top plate heels for replacements, in case you ever want to have heels replaced with something that is actually "vintage". If you ever need some just let us know, we'd just send them to you!
I am certain they have been "picture posted" here before, some Frank Brothers....I can dig them out and take some pictures again, but I am sure our mutual friend, "Cookie" knows what they look like. !!!
Oh please, PM me your mailing address, I would like to mail a few things to you.
Thanks!
Very kind of you!
Just sent the address.
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These are all pictures taken not so good, but at the time what I could do with a stinking cell phone! LOL!
You note, seven eyelets for the laces....so maybe 1940? Maybe older? Hard to say but these are in very nice shape...have only one issue on one shoe...some very light crease area down near the welt on one shoe.....you don't see it when the shoes are worn...and no damage to continue on the area, as it is well soaked and conditioned to such a point..you'd have to bake these shoes in a oven for a week to dry up the deep level of conditioner....Daniel soaked these shoes completely under water (but no water just Cadillac) for four days in a rubber maid tub, had I think 12 bottles of Cadillac dumped in the tub...he soaked these and two other pairs all the same time...then further applied Cadillac to them for another several days, doping them up about every 2 hours....while watching TV! LOL! They had so much conditioner, you could "squeeze" it out of the leather...then he just let them sit out to dry for a while...put the shoe trees in them....and started to polish them. They are super soft. One of his favorite shoes.
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These are all pictures taken not so good, but at the time what I could do with a stinking cell phone! LOL!
You note, seven eyelets for the laces....so maybe 1940? Maybe older? Hard to say but these are in very nice shape...have only one issue on one shoe...some very light crease area down near the welt on one shoe.....you don't see it when the shoes are worn...and no damage to continue on the area, as it is well soaked and conditioned to such a point..you'd have to bake these shoes in a oven for a week to dry up the deep level of conditioner....Daniel soaked these shoes completely under water (but no water just Cadillac) for four days in a rubber maid tub, had I think 12 bottles of Cadillac dumped in the tub...he soaked these and two other pairs all the same time...then further applied Cadillac to them for another several days, doping them up about every 2 hours....while watching TV! LOL! They had so much conditioner, you could "squeeze" it out of the leather...then he just let them sit out to dry for a while...put the shoe trees in them....and started to polish them. They are super soft. One of his favorite shoes.