Posts by Winot

Quote:Originally Posted by davesmith The person who runs this blog - http://www.theshoesnobblog.com/ - is a shoe shiner at Gieves & Hawkes on Savile Row. He is also based at Selfridges now (in the afternoons - G&H in the mornings).

Justin Fitzpatrick (blogs at the Shoe Snob) is excellent. He's now at Gieves and Hawkes Savile Row in the morning and Selfridges in the afternoon. Shine from £5 for a basic iirc up to £20 for the full military parade shine.

My latest acquisition:

[quote name="ThinkDerm" Those trees are awesome.[/quote] Indeed they are ;-)

Quote:Originally Posted by MalfordOfLondon I'm not overly keen on the toe now that I've seen the second photo. Nice boot all the same, though. I think George Glasgow refers to it as "suspiciously square".

Quote:Originally Posted by VRaivio Norvegese welt and commando soles with a chiseled toe? Not sure about the welt but you're right about the other two.

Thanks for your comments. I am very pleased with them. Here's another photo for you.

Cleverley bespoke boots. Cordovan below; pebble-grain calf above.

Fosters made me a hip wallet in bridle leather which has been excellent. I particularly wanted a hard wearing leather as every OTR wallet I've had in the past has disintegrated at the 'hinge'. So far this one has been great, and was...

Just ordered double monks from Cleverley in black pebble-grain calf... ...with cap.