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[Short Balding Guy]

The V cleat....

LMM; Sweet rehab on the Foot Joys. Congrats on the project. Those should be fun to wear. As an aside, why a v-cleat? What does the v-cleat do?

Congrats again and thanks for sharing. Eric-

 

[LuvMyMan]

LMM; Sweet rehab on the Foot Joys. Congrats on the project. Those should be fun to wear. As an aside, why a v-cleat? What does the v-cleat do?

Congrats again and thanks for sharing. Eric-

The V cleats help keep the edge of the heel from excess wear on an all leather heel. I have more work to do on these shoes. I have to deglaze the toe box area for a day or so, as I just soaked them up with some Cadillac conditioner, and I have some shoe dye and a few applicators for that dye. In other words, these shoes are going to be made into spectators with some newly learned technique on how to fade the dye from a dark to a lighter color, which is called by some, "hand painted/dye" which gives some instant patina on the colors used. I have to make up my mind what colors to use as I am leaning towards streak of yellow on the very top that goes into a reddish brown to copper/gold. I have to brush and blend them with a dilution to help keep the dye extra thin until I get about 3 or 4 coats of it on. Then I can seal the dye job up and start to put a mirror polish on them. The soles and heels took me about 4 weeks to do as I only have so much free time in a day to do the work, and using two needles to sew on the soles was a real bugger to do without stabbing my fingers a few times. When I am all done with the dye job, then I will install my sole protector material on the soles and also put on a heel plate for added anti-wear.

 

[Short Balding Guy]

The V cleats help keep the edge of the heel from excess wear on an all leather heel. I have more work to do on these shoes. I have to deglaze the toe box area for a day or so, as I just soaked them up with some Cadillac conditioner, and I have some shoe dye and a few applicators for that dye. In other words, these shoes are going to be made into spectators with some newly learned technique on how to fade the dye from a dark to a lighter color, which is called by some, "hand painted/dye" which gives some instant patina on the colors used. I have to make up my mind what colors to use as I am leaning towards streak of yellow on the very top that goes into a reddish brown to copper/gold. I have to brush and blend them with a dilution to help keep the dye extra thin until I get about 3 or 4 coats of it on. Then I can seal the dye job up and start to put a mirror polish on them. The soles and heels took me about 4 weeks to do as I only have so much free time in a day to do the work, and using two needles to sew on the soles was a real bugger to do without stabbing my fingers a few times. When I am all done with the dye job, then I will install my sole protector material on the soles and also put on a heel plate for added anti-wear.

Thanks Cindy. I see the V-ceats and suspected they might prohibit wear. They are small relative to the area of heel strike and I was doubting the obvious. Abitious project - good luck!

Please share your successes with the Footjoys.

Best to you and your husband, Eric -

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

The original shoe soles....now you can see why I replaced the soles and heels....vintage fully leather lined shoes by Foot Joy....hard to beat for comfort and real Vintage style.

Greetings Cindy:
Great work on the shoes. Very classy.
Question...do you still have the old school metal cleates and especially the anchors they screw into? I’d like to modify some felt soled fishing waders. The anchors seem impossible to find these days. I’d be interested in them if you still have them.
Hope all are well. Bowen

 

[LuvMyMan]

Greetings Cindy:
Great work on the shoes. Very classy.
Question...do you still have the old school metal cleates and especially the anchors they screw into? I’d like to modify some felt soled fishing waders. The anchors seem impossible to find these days. I’d be interested in them if you still have them.
Hope all are well. Bowen

Geez...no I already tossed those out, but I may be able to source some for you. If I can get some I will let you know. Also the anchors for metal cleats attaches to a plate that is normally behind the sole of the shoe and the cork bed, with a thin layer of material between the cork bed and the metal plate to help buffer it You might just look on ebay for any old golf shoe in your size that has the old metal cleats and buy them (you should be able to find some "El Cheapo" price wise if you are just wanting the shoes for parts. If you find a pair, if you have a very sharp short knife with a wide blade, work it into the side of the soles right at the upper line of contact at the welt area and start cutting and peeling all the way around until you expose the cleat plate, make sure you take the cleats off first with a cleat wrench. You will get an idea of how the plate is installed when you look at it before you rob if off the bottom of the shoe. If your waders do not have a welt or a replaceable sole I am not sure the plates for cleats will work as you will have to be able to put a sole on them to hold them in place.

 

[LuvMyMan]

LMM; Sweet rehab on the Foot Joys. Congrats on the project. Those should be fun to wear. As an aside, why a v-cleat? What does the v-cleat do?

Congrats again and thanks for sharing. Eric-

I was looking at some "never worn" black foot joy wingtips on eBay that most likely would fit you and like a dummy I did not direct you to the listing for them. Basically the very same shoe but was a mens dress shoe and not a golf shoe. I went to find them again earlier this evening and they are gone now....

 

[LuvMyMan]

Thanks Cindy. I see the V-ceats and suspected they might prohibit wear. They are small relative to the area of heel strike and I was doubting the obvious. Abitious project - good luck!

Please share your successes with the Footjoys.

Best to you and your husband, Eric -

I decided to go with a few green colored dyes instead of the dark red to light with yellow. I intend to have these looking like jewels soon. Right now I have them deglazed and prepped for the dye job including tape along any area that I do not want the dye on. By this time next week I should be about finished...I hope.

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

Geez...no I already tossed those out, but I may be able to source some for you. If I can get some I will let you know. Also the anchors for metal cleats attaches to a plate that is normally behind the sole of the shoe and the cork bed, with a thin layer of material between the cork bed and the metal plate to help buffer it You might just look on ebay for any old golf shoe in your size that has the old metal cleats and buy them (you should be able to find some "El Cheapo" price wise if you are just wanting the shoes for parts. If you find a pair, if you have a very sharp short knife with a wide blade, work it into the side of the soles right at the upper line of contact at the welt area and start cutting and peeling all the way around until you expose the cleat plate, make sure you take the cleats off first with a cleat wrench. You will get an idea of how the plate is installed when you look at it before you rob if off the bottom of the shoe. If your waders do not have a welt or a replaceable sole I am not sure the plates for cleats will work as you will have to be able to put a sole on them to hold them in place.

Thank you Cindy: good idea to check the bay for a donor pair. Thanks so much for sharing the construction of cleating. I never considered a mounting plate inside.
Be well. Bowen

 

[Dnewma04]

Allen Edmonds Shaker Heights in walnut with Harris Tweed inserts. I love them.

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[MondoFW]

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Sharp shoes! Are they originals?

 

[Dnewma04]

Sharp shoes! Are they originals?

They appear to be relatively modern.


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[Dnewma04]

And thank you!


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[Jaxenro]

Here's my Brooks Brothers Peal & Co Oxfords riding the polishing bench tonight. I usually do a spot coat then a second coat this is after buffing the first one

 

[GHT]

My shoes are mostly hand made, I have used the same supplier for decades, never had a problem. But a year ago I paid for a pair of Gibsons to be made, when they arrived they were a narrow fit, I was disappointed but I knew that the guy would change them, or refund me. I put them in the wardrobe and just forgot about them. One year later, back at the same festival as before, I took the shoes along and amazingly he had my replacements waiting for me, better still, he told me that by the time of the end of the festival, he had also sold my returns. I'm not surprised, they really are a beautiful style and such an unusual colour.

 

[LuvMyMan]

Allen Edmonds Shaker Heights in walnut with Harris Tweed inserts. I love them.

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Now those I really like!

 

[LuvMyMan]

My shoes are mostly hand made, I have used the same supplier for decades, never had a problem. But a year ago I paid for a pair of Gibsons to be made, when they arrived they were a narrow fit, I was disappointed but I knew that the guy would change them, or refund me. I put them in the wardrobe and just forgot about them. One year later, back at the same festival as before, I took the shoes along and amazingly he had my replacements waiting for me, better still, he told me that by the time of the end of the festival, he had also sold my returns. I'm not surprised, they really are a beautiful style and such an unusual colour.
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Love that style and color combo as well!

 

[LuvMyMan]

Here's my Brooks Brothers Peal & Co Oxfords riding the polishing bench tonight. I usually do a spot coat then a second coat this is after buffing View attachment 108137 View attachment 108138 View attachment 108139 the first one

Nice..those are a very comfy shoe as well as having some good looks!

 

[LuvMyMan]

I just finished these shoes....replaced the soles and made heels installing a true vintage V cleat to keep them in the time era they were made...

 

[LuvMyMan]

I had to change from using other colors to finally decide on this "Gold" color, as this dye goes on like a "wash" it gives the appearance of patina and vintage age at the same time. It was easy to do these but took a lot of time to prep before applying the dye.