Shoe Damage Report & Shoe P0rn Central - Part II - Page 932

mimio, this KENT last is snug on the ankle and roomy on the instep. Width on ball of foot is regular.

Marshall's SUCKS now. The mens' shoe department is total crap... but some years ago, TRUE treasures could be discovered!

Late '90's? Old?

Herringshoes still sells 73 last shoes (though it appears that they are being discontinued) so I think Church's continued to make them for certain retailers throughout the last decade (or maybe just Herringshoes?)

Church's 73 Last Shoes on Herringshoes

Got some Meermin MTOs. Next to some C&J shell for RL for color comparison.

Nothing compared to yours, I know!


Thank you, yes, perhaps I should consider this instead. Still thinking about it...

 

I notice that some of those are marked inside "London New York Paris" i.e. no "Milan".  I know Herring ordered some on the 73 last as an extra run at some point, but I'm wondering if some were actually old stock: some of them are not marked "Custom Grade" either, which is a good thing as far as I can tell - "Custom Grade" seems to be a cynical Prada-era affectation for their regular line.

They made the popular (east coast mostly) "Playboy" line of shoes and chukkas doing the late 60s

still around
http://www.sidmashburn.com/sanders-playboy-chukka-boot.html

AFPoS carries Sanders and they have the Playboy chukka as well.

i am really curious about sanders diplomat range, namely the luxembourg and berlin but there aren't any pictures available online. any photograph would be appreciated...

Those Playboy boots are one naughty creation.

kashmir, the French calf uppers Sanders uses are wonderful. They have a strong shine even without any added polish or cream. At this price-range, 250£, the factory would need to work on their lasts and quality control a bit, but after that they'd be a stong competitor for the likes of Church's et al.

Haven't seen the "Luxembourg", but the "Berlin is on Sanders' own website here, and on pediwear.co.uk here.  There are also several crepe-soled chukkas here and here.

I own and have handled many pairs of Sanders shoes, and they are really nice shoes, especially in the Casual and Country collection.
They do their work pretty well and are built with good materials, I have found them fairly better in quality and comfort than any Loake 1880 I have tried.

I think that they should work with details as VRaivio still said, for example I found that the stitches lenght in the uppers should be smaller and more refined in the Diplomat range instead using the same setting for all lines.
Edited by alexSF - 9/23/12 at 6:22am

oops. luxembourg was barker's.

On the topic of a totally different sort of shoe damage.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/49136772/ns/world_news-asia_pacific/

It's a sad day.