Show us your SHOES !!!

[Turnip]

Dinkelacker-Day...

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Dinkelacker-Day...

Wow, those are some "happening rides." Great workmanship as seen from above.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Morning shennanigans found me wearing a pair of 1940 captoe gunboats. These John McHale triple sole cordovn leathered shoes are ready for anything.

Cheers, Eric -

 

[Turnip]

Buffalo Skin Derbies

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Morning escapades found me sport'n some Elevator Shoes Spectators. Blue suede with a faux retile leather print always garners comments when I am out and about.

Cheers, Eric -

 

[Turnip]

Uuuuuh, very cool, Sir!

 

[GHT]

Morning escapades found me sport'n some Elevator Shoes Spectators. Blue suede with a faux retile leather print always garners comments when I am out and about.

Cheers, Eric -

Retile Eric, ceramic soles? I'm teasing, they are a most enviable pair of shoes. A tasteful blend of suede and leather, must be a pain cleaning them.

 

[GHT]

A stroke of luck, did I want to buy these at 40% off? They are brand new but have been unloved and forgotten. A good clean, change the laces and they will soon be gracing my feet.

 

[Harris HTM]

I recently got these Alden shell cordovan Oxfords second hand. They were barely worn however the previous owner obviously never cleaned them nor brushed them (that’s why I got them at a quarter of their retail price here in Europe). I spent an hour or so with a brush, deerbone, saphir d’or cordovan cream and a lot of sweat and they now look like new.

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Inspired by a Forum question about spectators, I wore these Aldens this morning.

Cheers, Eric -

 

[lopo]

Hello to all.
I also want to show a pair of shoes here:
Stefanobi Full Broque Norvegese Shell Cordovan

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Stefanobi Full Broque Norvegese Shell Cordovan

Interesting shoes Lopo. I have only read reviews on-line about the shoes. I have never seen a pair in the wild. Any reflections?

Thanks for sharing your unique Brogued shoes.

Cheers, Eric-

 

[lopo]

Interesting shoes Lopo. I have only read reviews on-line about the shoes. I have never seen a pair in the wild. Any reflections?

Thanks for sharing your unique Brogued shoes.

Cheers, Eric-

Hi Eric,
I have a few pairs of Stefanobi Norvegese shoes. I like the outstanding design and the difficult perfect handwork.
Opposite to some descriptions online, these are not decorative stitches but difficult manual work that only a few artisans are able to do.
Greetings Werner

 

[lopo]

Another Pair Stefanobi Norvegese, shady blue

 

[lopo]

Another pair Stefanobi black Norvegese Penny Loafer

 

[daizawaguy]

Elbow grease!

 

[AmateisGal]

Popping in here to ask a question (it's research for my novel!)

I need one of my characters to be wearing a German brand dress shoe in America in 1942. He bought the shoes in Germany sometime in the 1930s, and they were not available in the United States. What would the brand be? What would be the identifying mark? Would Ludwig Reiter shoes work? Thank you, thank you, in advance!

 

[Turnip]

Zeha/Häßner might possibly be worth a look.
Reiter is an Austrian manufacturer and already exported internationally at that time afaik.

 

[Turnip]

And, hard to believe, Lloyd appears to be a proper candidate as well.

 

[daizawaguy]

Marquess