Posts by Cain

Gentlemen....lets not turn this thread into personal quarrels. This is one of my favorite threads and have been following since the beginning and would like to keep it that way.

I fold all knitwear.

Gary, I had liked that shoe for some time as well! The thing is, when I saw pictures of them in real life they looked cordovan in color. Can you post pictures that you have up? I would really like a dark brown color going on.

I'm starting to agree that the Carmina is too much with the grain finish. Does anyone know where I can find a plain one? Armoury/Epaulet does not carry it. The Church is nice, not in my size however. Starting to think the Meermin is...

dddres - Is that Alden 9001 model? I forgot the model number but I knew it not so long ago. Shell?   gsugsu - Fair point. I'm willing to go big but I will be traveling to Hong Kong early next year and would like to save up for...

Its not that the G&G or EG, et cetera, are unrealistic; wrong choice of words. I would rather cough that kind of dough up for a elegant oxford for work that gets cared for a lot more. This will be a casual, and dressed up...

Please help me choose my next shoe purchase - the best value for money and versatile dark brown plaint toe blucher. I walk a lot, live in a major city and plan on getting a lot of use out of these so please no unrealistic advice like...

First and last bump. Even if no one else responds, thanks for the input gentlemen.

tobbiasj - Ya, the Clarks are reminiscent of a suede construction boot lol. But, there is a place for very casual boots once in a while. The thing I like about them is that they go with everything casual in my wardrobe and they feel...

Thanks for the insight!   slowblue -The boots are going to have some other sole besides leather so I hope that will be ok...Dainite on the Northcote might pose a problem on ice, but I think it will...