Posts by rikod

Quote:Originally Posted by terradilavoro i am very happy to introduce my "fabulous" three piece beechwood shoe trees made by master lastmaker Kálmán Berta jun. I strongly recommend this kind of shoe treess to all of you. Order with...

Oh I see, I thought he ordered the trees to fit those shoes, those look like the normal shell creasing. Regular Vass trees doesn't fit snug in that area either.

Quote:Originally Posted by NORE The handgrade lasts are completely different from their stock lasts. I have owned several mainline AS shoes and some from BB and the fit is no comparison. To give you an example, I sold off those...

Quote:Originally Posted by NORE See my comments below re design... Those of us that got in one the ground floor with AS know exactly what I mean. If I told you what I paid for my handgrades you would fall out and die. ...

Quote:Originally Posted by patrickBOOTH I can imagine, like anything else. We all know from our shoe care threads you can take some low end leather shoe look pretty darn good with some TLC. I give my faith to the cordwainers. I...

Quote:Originally Posted by sstomcat IMO the trees dont fit your shoes. Why?

Quote:Originally Posted by Gdot I would too, in terms of quality. But not always in design, according to my personal taste anyway. There in lies the 'value' of design for me. I also note that AS handgrades are not so terribly...

Quote:Originally Posted by in stitches not everyone here has the love for the stripey mcstripeyness, but i sure do. i really like all the shades of blue, with a touch of purple. and those dc lewis shoes are fantastic. i really aught...

Quote:Originally Posted by fritzl you're welcome. in storage and reserved for a friend in munich. Any chance that your friend in Munich: a - change his mind, and b - fit my size?

^ All beautiful, lots of character, thank you for taking the time to explain