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Show us your SHOES !!!

HarpPlayerGene

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Good goin', D-man. You've been luckin' out lately!

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I posted these in the Harness Boot thread but I thought I'd put them here also just to shake up ol' cookie.


Here's a pair of harness boots I've had for quite some time. Just got around to taking pix. Love 'em. Old friends. No visible brand name or other information in or on them but somebody made them well.

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Here's a pair I got some time ago but I don't think I ever photographed them before.

A fine example of what Nunn Bush USED to be. Note the skived soles with hidden stitching (now showing in worn places). I'm not sure what to call this style; Cap Wing, perhaps???:

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Hidden stitching is called "closed channeling" as the channeling is underneath protected by the skived sole. Classic 50s with that sweeping stitching over the middle vamp. I have a pair of specs from French Shriner with that style. Beautiful shiney shoes!
 

scotrace

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Here's a pair I got some time ago but I don't think I ever photographed them before.

A fine example of what Nunn Bush USED to be. Note the skived soles with hidden stitching (now showing in worn places). I'm not sure what to call this style; Cap Wing, perhaps???:

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From Marc Chevaier:

Wingtip shoes without a 'beak' in the middle of the wing are historically called "U-wingtips" or just "U-wings".

Here's a 1950s reference for you. It dates back to the decade when the shoes in question were made: http://books.google.com/books?id=W1...0CDMQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q="u wing" shoe&f=false
 

Tomasso

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From Marc Chevaier:

Wingtip shoes without a 'beak' in the middle of the wing are historically called "U-wingtips" or just "U-wings".
Thanks Marc/Scot. That actually was one of the terms bouncing around in my head but I rejected it because I though I was confusing it with a U-Throat (brogueing around the laces) as seen below. Sadly, I still don't recall that being the term though I'm sure it is. :eek:



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