Alfred Sargent Handgrade - Pictures - Page 32

Did they do any restoration on the uppers? The suede looks so nice and fresh.

Oh - and the new soles look great too.

Damn, those almost made me like a shoe with tassels

I think so. I sent them in with stains and they came back without them.

A great job all around.

They look very nice. I will have to send my Keats back at some point.

Just in answer to your question Sir, the peice of leather added to the 'Last' to provide a little extra room for your High Instep area would be called the 'Cone' of the shoe.

Best regards,

                  Richard.

With all due respect, not quite...

The piece of leather added to the last would be called a "build-up" ...maybe, among some shoe historians, a "shover."

The build-up, if it were added to make room for the instep of the foot, would be placed on the "cone" of the last.

There is no "cone" on a shoe.

Thanks DWFII (and Shoehealer). Appreciate the intel.

NORE, those are bad-ass

Richard-  did u choose your avatar pic?  Love to know what those beauties are.  And BTW, u see a lot of  shoes, do you have a fav maker?  cheers

 

Thanks man. They're named after me, too

Yesterday, On the Fly in San Francisco hosted an AS trunk show:



It was run by one of SF's favorite, most esteemed sons, Ron Rider:


Ron brought a complete set of fit models that he's leaving with On the Fly for their regular use, since they and Leffot are the exclusive US carriers of AS handgrades:


Here he is at the end of a busy day explaining some of the finer points of the AS lines to one of OTF's already knowledgeable SA's, who is also a long-time member of the forum himself:


Thanks for the show, Ron and OTF. Safe travels back to VA, Ron!

superb. what did you order?

Missed this by a day !

Nothing this time, G. I ordered a loafer and a shell boot last Nov. though.

should arrive any day soon?