Posts by doublemazaa

Thoughts on if I could bring these guys back and kicking? I think they would look good with jeans/ocbd. But I'd like to to look not quite so beat up. (heel scuff, etc) http://cgi.ebay.com/ALLEN-EDMONDS-8-...item33636efd3b

Thanks for the care advice. I have trees, so I'll be good to go on that account. Any thoughts on topys yes or topys no?

Just got my first pair of good shoes (AE Strand in Walnut) and want to take care of them so they last as long as possible. What's the consensus about how I should care for them now and going forward? Any special breaking in advice? I...

Just an update to this... I called AE today and they apologized. Apparently the shoes were a custom order that were damaged during production, and the box wasn't marked appropriately such that they got sent to me as factory seconds...

I don't think it'll make much of a difference, but it's not oil on the boot so much as just road dirt. (it was a old muffler pipe that had been riding along under a car for a hundred thousand miles. Thick road grit rather than an oily...

I've got some harness boots which I've had for a few years. I wear them a few times a month and don't do much for them in terms of specific care or maintenance. The other day I was wearing them, and a road-grimey auto part tipped over...

Quote: Originally Posted by pebblegrain Wow that's not a very good deal. Go get firsts for $280... That's straight from AE. The shoes were $230 + all the other stuff.

Quote: Originally Posted by heaven7 How much did you pay for them? I might be interested in this anomaly! Shoes, trees, shipping and tax was about $300.

Quote: Originally Posted by kentuckyboy what size are they? 7.5 D