"Classic Oxfords", does anyone have these shoes?

[Atterbury Dodd]

Hello,

I recently found some nice vintage style shoes on a shoe website.

The site calls them their "Classic Oxfords". I really like the way they look, they remind me of some shoes a young fellow was wearing in a depression era photo.

Look to the right when the page comes up:

http://www.civilwarboots.com/enter.html?target=dept_4.html

I E-mailed the company that makes them, and they said they are available with leather or rubber soles. Also made with "traditional" construction, and made in the USA.

Does anybody have a pair of these? If so, do you like them? Are they high quality?

Thanks!

Atterbury

 

[WideBrimm]

I've always thought of "oxfords" as any traditional styled lace-up shoes.

I doubt if the basic style has varied much over time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_shoe

 

[miss_elise]

i concur...as i have these shoes that are allegedly "Oxford" shoes...

maybe put the brand in the thread title so people will know which ones you are looking at?

 

[Edward]

Those Classic Oxfords linked to in the OP look gorgeous, but my that's a serious mark-up for the toe-cap!

 

[Atterbury Dodd]

Those Classic Oxfords linked to in the OP look gorgeous, but my that's a serious mark-up for the toe-cap!

Edward, I know, that is a jump. I guess you have to keep in mind that this company uses lots of hand labor. They mainly make historic reproductions; putting that cap on may take a lot longer with the simpler tools they utilize.

The price without the cap is very decent to me.

 

[Edward]

Edward, I know, that is a jump. I guess you have to keep in mind that this company uses lots of hand labor. They mainly make historic reproductions; putting that cap on may take a lot longer with the simpler tools they utilize.

The price without the cap is very decent to me.

Oh, yes I'd expect that with hand tooling there would be a serious amount of extra work necessary to put on a toe cap. I wouldn't have expected it to (just over) double the price of the shoe, though! Still, if they're comparable to the likes of Loakes and so on, it's even then not a bad price. Just surprised me that that one detail could add so much to the overall price as a proportion thereof.

 

[Anthony Jordan]

I take it I am being optimistic in thinking that perhaps $130 is the total cost for the toe-cap version, rather than the additional cost?

 

[skyvue]

I take it I am being optimistic in thinking that perhaps $130 is the total cost for the toe-cap version, rather than the additional cost?

That's what I assumed, too, but I added a cap-toed pair to my shopping cart, just to test our theory, and it was priced at $240.

Seems very strange.

 

[bigshoe]

My aplogies for the confusion. I will have the site changed probably sometime next week. My thanks to those who e-mailed me about this. The price with the toe cap is $130. Which may explain why I hardly ever sell any with toe caps.
Tom Mattimore

 

[Atterbury Dodd]

That's great news!

They look so good with the toe cap that I think the price of $130 has me decided.

 

[Edward]

Ah! I did the toe cap check with the shopping cart too. Great to hear that's a mistake! I might consider ordernig a pair in the future - for now, I have the cost of my holiday in China plus the start-up costs of two kittens to recover from!

 

[bigshoe]

Thanks guy's I will be putting an oxford ankle boot on the site in a couple of weeks.
Tom

 

[skyvue]

Tom, I can't PM you yet, so I'll ask here: Do I understand correctly that you offer the oxfords in both leather and rubbers soles?

And if so, are both types of soles equally and fully replaceable at a typical shoe repair place, or would they have to be sent back to you?

 

[bigshoe]

Yep they are real shoes. They can be half or full soled numerous times. They can also be made double soled. My fallschirmjagers and Gebirgsjagers are triple soled.
Tom

 

[bigshoe]

Sky vue.
Send me an email and I can send you some pics of two pair I finished today.
Thanks Tom

 

[mike]

I'd be interested in some pictures too. can you post them here? thanks!

 

[bigshoe]

I do not have a photo hosting thing going so I do not seem able to post pics.
Tom

 

[mike]

I will post them here if you'd like?

 

[mike]

 

[mike]

great pictures, thanks for sending them to me! So how much will the ankle height ones retail for? and those are able to be made with cap toes too I assume. Do you have any close ups of the actual cap toe detail?