Posts by Kurt N

For most people, including a lot of ebay sellers, cordovan is a color, i.e. burgundy. A seller who knows that it's a type of leather will use the word "shell."

The engraving seems odd. If it's genuine, maybe it's a specialty item, for instance something made for AE employees?

Quote: Originally Posted by sho'nuff im not sure what the logic is behind this is , but why dont you lace them up and try them for size prior to purchasing something? why is it so many people here will buy something...

Quote: Originally Posted by mafoofan ... My understanding is that there is no shaping you can get from a split yoke that you can't get from a single-piece yoke. For practical purposes, this may be true. But...

Three pages and no mention yet of Vincent P. Falk? http://vpfalk.net Sample: Roger Ebert: "I can believe he buys his own suits. What I can hardly believe is that they are...

And does that fake, glued-on stitching mimic such things as the change in stitch length that you get on a true welt (longer stitches down the straightaway, shorter around the curves)? Or is it so uniform that it was obviously done before...

Quote: Originally Posted by pebblegrain If someone wants to post a method for being 100% sure of a type of construction from looking alone, please POAST I will try again, this time in declarative mode: on...

Wouldn't one expect that on fake welting the stitches--whether molded rubber or real thread--will be perfectly regular, whereas on real welting they'll be less regular, due to the difficulty of sewing evenly around the perimeter of a...

Quote: Originally Posted by mtf I avoid using any colored creams, conditioners or waxes on your belt. Too worried about it staining my trousers or my shirts. Sounds like you borrow his belt now and then--?

Quote: Originally Posted by Svenn ... They're clunky and seem somewhat feminine. ... Several posters tried to tell you they were chunky/non-sleek, but you were skeptical! How do clunky boots manage to...