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The Ultimate "HARDCORE" Shoe Appreciation Thread (Bespoke only)

luk-cha

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Originally Posted by SpooPoker
They have been calling for years.. I cant get the perfect shoe/price ratio down.

If those Corthays were center belly cut croc now... I would be cleaning the big time closet.
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perfection nevr come easy and it comes are a price - best to get the best that always looking for a compremise

if those corthays were a full brogues cut in belly cut croc i would be thinking wtf and such a waste
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Originally Posted by luk-cha
perfection nevr come easy and it comes are a price - best to get the best that always looking for a compremise

if those corthays were a full brogues cut in belly cut croc i would be thinking wtf and such a waste
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I agree - thats why I have not rolled the dice on a temporary pair yet...

The gator is just a pipe dream, but I would love them.... only next to the leather ones
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luk-cha

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Originally Posted by SpooPoker
I agree - thats why I have not rolled the dice on a temporary pair yet...

The gator is just a pipe dream, but I would love them.... only next to the leather ones
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for just a bit over US $1K you could get them MTO in HK just got to Zee's, unless fishball is planning on opening a store haha
 

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Originally Posted by luk-cha
for just a bit over US $1K you could get them MTO in HK just got to Zee's, unless fishball is planning on opening a store haha

but just to add a little more i have not seen much very nice greens in croc here most are too bright or too dark!
 

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Originally Posted by Handmadeshoes
Those are beautiful!!!! Those are all bespoke, done for you??

yes they are mine and the of course bespoke - glad to see you have been following the thread
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Originally Posted by oshinex
Its obviously the same photo with the hue changed in photoshop.

sshhh let him think i am a big timer
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Originally Posted by luk-cha
for just a bit over US $1K you could get them MTO in HK just got to Zee's, unless fishball is planning on opening a store haha

Green Tea,
I don't like gator at all la, except for watch strip.
 

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Originally Posted by luk-cha
sshhh let him think i am a big timer
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luk-cha - you are a bigtimer!
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- Despite that Handmacher faux-pas:

All the King's horses, And all the King's men
Couldn't put Blobby together again!​


I suppose, all good families have their bastards.
 

luk-cha

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Originally Posted by Fishball
Green Tea,
I don't like gator at all la, except for watch strip.


dude you are so not a real shooe geek
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i am saddened

Originally Posted by bengal-stripe
luk-cha - you are a bigtimer!
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- Despite that Handmacher faux-pas:

All the King's horses, And all the King's men
Couldn't put Blobby together again!​


I suppose, all good families have their bastards.


come even at his hight of fame, Noel Edmunds had a blobby side kick i treat them as oldies sneakers
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BTW any update pictures on your Kudu boots?
 

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Luk-Cha - the detailing of the actual brogueing on those new kicks is stunning. Almost painfully intense. Great stuff.
 

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Originally Posted by luk-cha
for just a bit over US $1K you could get them MTO in HK just got to Zee's, unless fishball is planning on opening a store haha

MTO in croc or leather?

Originally Posted by srivats
What !! You don't like boots? Say it ain't so!

Sorry Sri - I dont like boots.
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Originally Posted by SpooPoker
MTO in croc or leather?

croc, thro baby croc, color and design will affect the price but around that yes
 

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Originally Posted by luk-cha
croc, thro baby croc, color and design will affect the price but around that yes

I need to get ****** to Hong Kong.
 

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