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Show us your SHOES !!!

The Shooman

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daizawaguy said:
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lncredible! So is your other Wildsmith.

The leather on the Monk looks incredible, really fine.
 

theinterchange

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I'd Get Into Vintage Shoes, BUT...

What measures do you guys go to get your thrift/eBay find shoes sanitary? I can't stand the thoughts of putting on old shoes without doing something to make them less germy :eek: [if even only in my mind]

Randy
 

cookie

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theinterchange said:
What measures do you guys go to get your thrift/eBay find shoes sanitary? I can't stand the thoughts of putting on old shoes without doing something to make them less germy :eek: [if even only in my mind]

Randy


There is not much of an issue - if any. Shoes - in normal times - were generally worn with socks. But I use a magic spray you buy at the chemist for athletic shoes etc. I also give them a rub inside with a little teatree oil on a cloth....a natural Aussie bush antiseptic they reckon can kill anything that lives...:D

Guttersnipe said:
. . . I'm pretty stoked on the 'gator skin. Hopefully they're as cool in person!

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Real gator?...they look grand...1950s early 1960s probably the "stitched aloft" double stitching around the welt is a classy feature.
 

theinterchange

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cookie said:
There is not much of an issue - if any. Shoes - in normal times - were generally worn with socks. But I use a magic spray you buy at the chemist for athletic shoes etc. I also give them a rub inside with a little teatree oil on a cloth....a natural Aussie bush antiseptic they reckon can kill anything that lives...:D

Okay, that's a comforting thought. Tea tree oil's great stuff, I reckon it'd work as you said, too! Thanks

Randy
 

Guttersnipe

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The language in the auction wasn't clear whether or not it was real gator (sometime eBay sellers worry about having their auctions flagged by cyber hall monitors if they plainly disclose that an item is made from an exotic) from the high-res pics I saw, though, I believe they are. . .

cookie said:
Real gator?...they look grand...1950s early 1960s probably the "stitched aloft" double stitching around the welt is a classy feature
 

cookie

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Guttersnipe said:
The language in the auction wasn't clear whether or not it was real gator (sometime eBay sellers worry about having their auctions flagged by cyber hall monitors if they plainly disclose that an item is made from an exotic) from the high-res pics I saw, though, I believe they are. . .


That "ridging" you get with the scales looks the part. I have a similar pair that I should sell as they are too small.

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Guttersnipe

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I agree. Also, there is more irregularity to the shape and size of the scales than I would expect on pressed leather. If it turns out to be pressed and not skin, it's the best quality I've ever seen. . .

cookie said:
That "ridging" you get with the scales looks the part. I have a similar pair that I should sell as they are too small.
 

Bugsy

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Guttersnipe said:
I agree. Also, there is more irregularity to the shape and size of the scales than I would expect on pressed leather. If it turns out to be pressed and not skin, it's the best quality I've ever seen. . .
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Guttersnipe, you need to empty your inbox so you can receive private messages. :eusa_doh: I thought you should know.
 

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