Allen Edmonds Appreciation Thread - Page 878

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Originally Posted by spitshine123 

My $99 Amoks came today. They fit great! I love the 4 last because it is chiseled, but not too narrow. I made sure to order the newer model (model number the same as the one on the current AE site) as to avoid the squeaking problems I've read about

 

 

Those look great!  They look similar to the Cole Haan LunarGrand Chukkas I recently bought - which by the way are probably THE most comfortable chukkas I have ever had.  Feels like you're wearing a sneaker.  Super light and stylish.

Thanks Clarks, here are some pictures.

First, here are some pictures of the heel slipping. This is a little less pronounced on the right foot, which is pictured. I'm yanking decently on the shoe to pull it that far, but it is a bit loose when walking as well.

Here's the tops, notice that I have to tighten them to this point in order for them to be snug on my foot:

And finally, here's a shot of the heel on the left foot, which is looser than the right. This is the gap in the heel when I push my foot all the way forward.

Appreciate any advice, I want to make the right decision here, since these things are beautifully made.

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Originally Posted by Michael Haines 

Cold iron after seeing them how would you of polished them. Would you done a quick coat of black wax

There is a great example of color change back a few pages with wax. However it takes a LOT of coats and time to do it with just wax.

My plan especially after seeing them was to first use saddle soap and scrub them down well with hot water and saddle soap several times. AE recommends saddle soap for treating Dublin leather. I only use fiberings 100% glycerin bar saddle soap. The scientific community uses glycerin and just that (maybe a little bit of lanolin with it) to treat and preserve leather. After several several cleanings with a sponge, hot water and soap let dry completely over night. Cleaning the surface will help anything you add sink in better. Cutting with something like Reno'mat would be even better with calf but with Dublin I have no idea what the results would be outside of saddle soap which has proven to be safe. Cream works better than polish for color change in my experience, but it is more permanent and harder to undo. After they are dry the next thing I would do is test a spot off to the side of the tongue with some neatsfoot oil to see what happens. My thought is that it should darken it, you can control the amount of darkness by the number of coats of neatsfoot oil. Seer did this and I followed suit to darken our tan Dublin McTavish which were too light for our taste. 

After 4 coats they were about as dark as my Elgin's:

It also brings out the highlights even more.

If the test spot is successful I would use black shoe cream along the stitching using the wingtip photo as a template. After brushing that out I was going to use AE chili premium wax which contains a fair amount of cream. Depending on results of that I would alternate between black and burgundy paste wax to get the desired results. And the wax will provide a good amount of waterproofing as bucksfan Amsterdam's with clear wax the other day are proof. And I will second it.

Not that I have given any thought to this over the last couple of days LOL. Good luck and post pictures when your done no matter what you do.

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Originally Posted by catside 

^ those are big for you.

Echo that....

Fit is about perfect, I had to size down my Elgins by a half size.

Is it just me or does the Wolverine Krause look "chubby"? I was a little taken back by how it looks in real life when I opened the box today.