Posts by isshinryu101

Pair number 2 is also from the 1940's, but this time by French maker Helstern & Sons. Bespoke, of course to keep with the spirit of this thread. This time however, the construction is a Veldtschoen. Similarly durable and waterproof to...

Today I have 2 wonderful pairs of Vintage Bespoke Budapesters. I have recently had a small debate where I have heard once again, "I just don't like Vintage Shoe Styles". I can understand this statement because there are so many...

Quote:Originally Posted by ThinkDerm glad someone else noticed. yes. sea T. callin' my name...

Quote:Originally Posted by T4phage continued... the other toe and the rest of teh shoe still has to be handcoloured before lasting Sea T?

To add to the shoe leather discussion, I just took a couple of quick pics of a 1901 issue of the Shoe & Leather Gazette. The first pic is of a standard section of this publication, pages and pages of a particular City's (this time,...

Quote:Originally Posted by DWFII Isshy, I didn't mean to diss your collection and to the extent that it came off that way, I apologize. From what I've seen, most of your collection is manufactured work. And while very good,...

Quote:Originally Posted by Fiddler LOL...is that a chef's shoe? my first thought was something like Aladdin. Stylistic impressions aside, very nice workmanship.

Here is a pair of 1900 to 1910's "F@$K IT" shoes by Stetson. http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/search-the-collections/80004293?img=2 Of course the style is psychedelic and generally crazy wild. However, it was not really made to be...

Quote:Originally Posted by DWFII Well, tanning is part of it and if the tannery is trying to process a hide in as short a time as possible the probability that the result will be second-rate rises correspondingly., irrespective of...

Quote:Originally Posted by SimonC Low BIN for Edward Green slippers 7 / 7.5: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EDWARD-GREEN-GREEN-VELVET-HOUSE-SHOES-SLIPPERS-SIZE-7-7-5-/230979757857 very cool item. As a Vintage Shoes Addict, I usually...