Show us your SHOES !!!

[esteban68]

Not any real age save being pre 2001 as that's when M&S stopped using the St Michael logo,quality wise they're ok not the best lerather but pretty decently made all the same I think, though I don't think all the sole is leather I suspect it's a piece of leather sewn onto a rubber mainsole? not sure who made shoes for M&S then now most are made in Italy and Portugal I think?
Not sure why I bought them other than the condition being as new, they are a bit square toed which is not really my thing and a little bit 'spadey'? anyhow I don't have an erxample of either so I thought I'd buy them for the £2.00 asking price...if nothing else I can wear them to work.

 

[Mrs Chaddsley_Corbett]

J Edgar Hoover (right) in Co Respondent shoes


http://cranesareflying1.blogspot.com/2011/11/j-edgar.html

 

[Dinerman]

Back up in Halifax: Land of shoes.

John Hampton for Woodwards, Made in England.

 

[Dinerman]

Dacks. Can you identify the leather?

 

[Dinerman]

Church's for Henry Marks of Montreal

 

[cookie]

The Hamptons have been the victim of a dye job.

 

[KILO NOVEMBER]

Water Buffalo?

Dacks. Can you identify the leather?

It looks a lot like the water buffalo available from White's Boots.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

http://leffot.com/2009/02/16/ask-and-ye-shall-receive/

Yes, but the new Leffot ones aren't croc specs.

 

[Isshinryu101]

Yes, but the new Leffot ones aren't croc specs.

good eye.

 

[The Shooman]

Dacks.

The sole stitching is very wide apart on that pair.
Not a good sign when things are done like that.

 

[Dinerman]

An example of the later days of Dack's. After Church's bought them out, their quality started going downhill.

 

[Isshinryu101]

An example of the later days of Dack's. After Church's bought them out, their quality started going downhill.

Righto. 1940's Dack's Sole Sitich. 8 stitches per inch (probably exactly 7 1/2, but close enough).

I'll post the rest of the shoes soon.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

I'll post the rest of the shoes soon.

What? There's MORE?

 

[Isshinryu101]

What? There's MORE?

Even YOU will approve, my friend!

 

[jamespowers]

My son's

 

[cookie]

My son's

Welcome to the lounge jamespowers junior!

 

[Isshinryu101]

A new acquisition...

1940's Hand-Welted Captoes by Dack's

I've heard all the arguments about leather quality, but I simply don't see leather that's xtra thick, xtra tough, but Ultra-Soft anymore. 70 years old, and the leather looks new.

Never seen laces like that... Monk Laces?

 

[Tomasso]

Never seen laces like that..

I seem to recall seeing that setup in an old advert posted somewhere here on the Lounge. Nice to see them IRL.

 

[The Shooman]

Been looking for a pair of black double monks for years and finally found my first pair (so hard to find):

The pair are C&J. lt'll do.

 

[mayserwegener]

I recently picked up these dead stock (probably 1960s) German work shoes by Baltes Porselen. They are wider US size 8 so a ok fit.