Posts by rabiesinfrance

C&J Handgrade is the same leather as EG is it not? C&J sales staff will tell you it is.

I never seem to get a reply from them. Relative to other retailers their shoes are pricey.

Quote:Originally Posted by CandJONLINE Thanks all. We have decided to participate in a fairly minor capacity as we have read a number of facts on a few threads that are simply incorrect. This can be potentially damaging to our...

I'm sure the quality of the leather has gone downhill. I remember shoes on the old 100 last a few years back. Leather (tobacco calf) had just that - a lovely cigar-like tobacco smell. The new line on the 173 last has lower-grade...

Quote:Originally Posted by Latour They look like something the cat dragged in. Throw they back in the garbage where you found them and wrap them up tightly so some dog doesn't chew on them and get ill. It seems that you're all...

£700 for a re-sole?! That takes the piss. Try Richard at Shoehealer.

I came across a pair of Grenson Bleasdale boots in The Natural Shoe Store about a year and half ago. They'd cheaped out on the brass hardwear (the eyelets and ski hooks) - nowhere near the quality of the old Rose line boots. Grenson...

At that price point I'd say Loake, Barker or Cheaney. The latter two are better quality than Loake 1880. Increase your budget to £230 and you'll get a much better shoe.

Vintage Tecnic veldtschoen resoled by Richard at Shoehealer

Thanks folks.