st crispins vs vass

Originally Posted by Cravate_Noire

Click to expand...

Lattanzi had something like a wholecut derby.
I think even bengal stripe (!) did only speculate on the possible methds how they manipulated the leather!

he is a man of theory, disgusting

crimping = american. i never laughed better...

fritzl, he's busy inventing a method to clip wholecut leather uppers directly to the wearers foot without implementing any lacing or slipper function. He's not sure yet whether to do wood pegged or welted soles on this project, but I'm sure he'll find his way.

Originally Posted by Sterling Gillette

Click to expand...

fritzl, he's busy inventing a method to clip wholecut leather uppers directly to the wearers foot without implementing any lacing or slipper function. He's not sure yet whether to do wood pegged or welted soles on this project, but I'm sure he'll find his way.
thanks, i would be seldomly glad, if he can assure he owns one single pair of custom made shoes. i doubt it... really he is just annoying, period. ...or to say it in manton's words: asshole

Originally Posted by fritzl

Click to expand...

he is a man of theory, disgusting :

Originally Posted by Sterling Gillette

Click to expand...

fritzl, he's busy inventing a method to clip wholecut leather uppers directly to the wearers foot without implementing any lacing or slipper function. He's not sure yet whether to do wood pegged or welted soles on this project, but I'm sure he'll find his way.

They are a funny lot, fritzl and his poodle. (Could it be that iodine deficiency is still around in those remote Alpine valleys.) Oh no, definitely no wood-pegged shoes. I'm not a country bumpkin!

I never comment negatively on other people’s choices. I did not comment on the sort of stuff fritzl posts here regularly, trying to construct an Austrian tradition (as any visitor to the shoe museum in Vienna can see there is a distinct change of direction with the end of WWII.)

I did not comment on the sub-standard stuff fritzl flogs here and elsewhere. One can argue these disproportionately huge toe caps are an aesthetic choice of Mr Kiss, but the lasting is unbelievably poor. All these shoes have creases all over the vamp.





If people want to invest money in rejects, that’s their choice.

Neither did I comment on a pair of Viennese boots. posted recently here. Everybody went ga-ga about then. I don’t like the white piping, looks to my mind just like a t-shirt poking out of some shirt collar. But did nobody see the poor leather on the inside quarter: looks to me like something from the belly or neck. That leather should have ended up on the floor, not in a boot.

Originally Posted by fritzl

Click to expand...

thanks, i would be seldomly glad, if he can assure he owns one single pair of custom made shoes. i doubt it... really he is just annoying, period.

Well, as fritzl is asking, I took possession of these two boots during 2009





And those are my lasts (one for derbies, one for oxford). I think everyone who is serious about shoes, should have his own last at home.



But than, I have no commercial interest in shoes. As they say in German: "Every grocer praise his merchandise." I have nothing to sell.

Originally Posted by fritzl

Click to expand...

...or to say it in manton's words: asshole

I'm not FNB. Manton even gave me a 'thank you' in his book.

Originally Posted by fritzl

Click to expand...

crimping = american. i never laughed better.

You might want to go to DWFII's forum and search for 'crimping'.

http://www.thehcc.org/cgi-bin/discus/discus.cgi

Originally Posted by fritzl

Click to expand...

he is a man of theory, disgusting

crimping = american. i never laughed better...

Originally Posted by Sterling Gillette

Click to expand...

fritzl, he's busy inventing a method to clip wholecut leather uppers directly to the wearers foot without implementing any lacing or slipper function. He's not sure yet whether to do wood pegged or welted soles on this project, but I'm sure he'll find his way.

Originally Posted by fritzl

Click to expand...

thanks, i would be seldomly glad, if he can assure he owns one single pair of custom made shoes. i doubt it... really he is just annoying, period.

...or to say it in manton's words: asshole

These are very harsh words to describe someone who has shared a lot of knowledge on the forum. I hope you gentlemen were just joking about bengal-stripe.

Originally Posted by srivats

Click to expand...

These are very harsh words to describe someone who has shared a lot of knowledge on the forum. I hope you gentlemen were just joking about bengal-stripe.

+1 take it somewhere else

Originally Posted by bengal-stripe

Click to expand...

That's hot

Originally Posted by srivats

Click to expand...

These are very harsh words to describe someone who has shared a lot of knowledge on the forum. I hope you gentlemen were just joking about bengal-stripe.

+1000. Totally uncalled for. I can absolutely understand Manton's feeling toward that poaster.

Originally Posted by bengal-stripe

Click to expand...

devastating comeback

I don't think we have a smiley for how awesome this was.

Originally Posted by edmorel

Click to expand...

That's hot

+1.

Originally Posted by bengal-stripe

Click to expand...

This pair are equally hot. Looks a bespoke version of City Boots from EG & Lattanzi commissioned by Asprey. Can you tell us more about those 2 pairs?

Originally Posted by von Rothbart

Click to expand...

This pair are equally hot. Looks a bespoke version of City Boots from EG & Lattanzi commissioned by Asprey. Can you tell us more about those 2 pairs?

You are right! This is a copy of the Asprey 'City Polo Boot'.

@bengal-stripe

Why do you have different lasts for derbys and oxfords?

Originally Posted by Germanicus

Click to expand...

@bengal-stripe

Why do you have different lasts for derbys and oxfords?

Probably because for most people the fit for oxfords and derbys is different.Derby's are more forgiving of fit than oxfords are, in my experience.

Ideally, I think that one would need THREE lasts - one each for derbys, oxfords and loafers.

Originally Posted by bengal-stripe

Click to expand...

You are right! This is a copy of the Asprey 'City Polo Boot'.

The boots are amazing. May I ask who made them?

Thanks.

Originally Posted by srivats

Click to expand...

These are very harsh words to describe someone who has shared a lot of knowledge on the forum. I hope you gentlemen were just joking about bengal-stripe.

+1,bengal-stripe seems one of the most valuable resources on this board. I can't imagine someone being knowledgeable about shoes and not having his shoes made custom.
Also,I don't understand this bickering among the three users, they are all good contributors,but fritz comments were definitely out of line.