Allen Edmonds Appreciation Thread - Page 321

Is north Platte made of Horween CLX, it certainly looks that way.

Congrats on your new Strawfuts - I love my brown/navy Strawfuts. I agree - these are very comfortable and the perfect summer shoe.

Chris

^ Thanks.

Attention AE whores:

 

Got word today from AE in Chicago that the Neumora is being recalled(if this is a double post, please disregard).

 

The strap is faulty due to the fact there is no elastic and they are breaking(as posted in these very forums).

Looks like they're adding elastic.

 

As for the shoe:

The web site pics are terrible.

It's MUCH better looking and sleek in person.(By AE standards).

The brown is stellar and the rich leather has shades of black in the leather.

Sadly, the black looks like Pilgrim shoes in person in my mind.

Probably going to order the brown once they get the straps resolved.

What last is the North Platte on? I'm interested in it, but do not have a last to compare it to, is it comparable to the Dalton?

It seems be on the dalton's last—do you happen to know what kind of leather it's on?

The toe looks too squared-off on the Neumora for my liking.

I agree it is just a hair too square (heh, a rhyme). I do like chiseled toes but less pronounced (like my two shoes below):





I have to admit it looks much more contemporary than the old Mora.

 

 

They are a great group in the Reston, VA store.  I went Saturday to get shoe care supplies, they were quite busy.

I really liked the Neumora until I saw it in person. Elongated toes look silly to me.

 

 

What's the second pair? Moras?

C&J Lowndes. I also like how the straps are closer together compared to how the straps on the Neumora flare out. It looks nice on some (e.g., AS Ramsey) but it is just too much for me.

For the quality and the price point,the Neumora fits a nice niche though.

I just picked up some Jeffersons in Walnut.  They are beautiful.

 

 

 

Yesterday I went to the outlet store that is part of the AE factory in Port Washington, WI.  There were lots of good bargains.  Lots of shoes marked down in price as seconds, but with very little wrong with them.  I posted a picture of a pair of cordovan Macneils that I picked up, they list for $575.00 and had a posted price of $399.00 on the box as seconds, but they sold them to me for $299.00.  The only thing that I could really see wrong with them was sort of a pinch mark on the vamp that didn't even go half way across the top of the shoe--it wasn't like the wrinkles or creases that develop after wearing, pretty minor.  They weren't laced up and had no wear marks on the soles.  I suppose when someone pays $575.00 for a new pair of shoes they don't want to see any imperfection when they pull them out of the box, hence, the availability of fine looking seconds.

 

The Daltons I picked up had a list price of $375.00 and a second price listed as $299.00, but there was a gold sticker on the box along with a price tag of $179.00.  I was told that the special price was because the boots were made as a special order for someone who ended up returning them.  The only thing I could see wrong with this pair was a small amount of puckering of the leather on the toe of the left-hand shoe where the leather is fastened down to the sole.  It looks like something that might even smooth out over time, even if it doesn't--no big deal.

 

Now that I've been to the store and have seen the quality of the seconds with my own eyes, I think from now on I'll call down there and ask about availability of style, size, and color of shoes I'm interested in.  I think they will ship out seconds from out of the outlet store.  

 

Also, the outlet store had quite a good selection.  I would call them up if I were you.  But it is nice to try them on in person.  I have pairs in a variety of styles that range in size from 11.5E, 11.5EEE, 12D, 12E, to 12EEE and they all fit well enough with a little thought put into sock selection.      

lowndes from miles away. love that shoe, even more than C&J's higher ranger double monks.