Posts by well-kept

Quote:Originally Posted by RSS BTW I have a strong preference for the look of Alden over AE ... but on the feet I prefer AEs over Alden. Might it be because AE lasts, at least many of the older ones, were designed to accomodate the...

Quote:Originally Posted by Reevolving  Dead wrong . Huge myth. Shell stains permanently in rain. The strange truth is that some shells stain permanently in the rain, or even from a stroll in damp grass. Other pairs will develop...

You would think they'd want to serve their customers. But Alden seems confused about who owns the shoes after they've been purchased. Send them back for repair, ask for something, and they'll tell you 'No, we are going to do X, no...

Don't look English to me. I'm guesing Italian.

Corfam is plastic. Very fake leather indeed.

Must say they do look new. And they're the first 'made-in-Canada' Florsheims I have seen. The leather looks like buffalo or another shrunken hide, different from the commonly available Florsheim scotch grain. All in all, a nice pair to...

None of my EG cap-toes or wingtips have creased in that way across that part of the toe.

Perhaps after reading this, Silvano Lattanzi will find simply burying his new shoes underground for four years before offering them for sale to be rather bland treatment. All the solutions in which they can be soaked, dried, set...

A second opinion? Unless your uncle was dearly loved and his shoes carry great sentimental value... vintage Florsheims in scotch grain come up every day on eBay. The world is awash in them, some even unworn after decades, others lightly...

I'd put away the vinegar.Give them air and sunlight. If you want, spray some Lysol on the insides, but you know... not a whole bottle. Relax. They'll come back to life.