** Quintessential Crockett & Jones Thread ** (reviews, quality, etc...)

[NAMOR]

can you image a pair of Galways with such a patina? a pair that you bought new and begun to break down over the next several months or even years?

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i just wouldnt be able to do it

 

[CTBrummie]

I think a pair of the original, country boot Galways would look absolutely fantastic with a patina like that. I'm not too fussy about caring for my grain derby boots beyond an occasional conditioning and even more occasional coat of cream polish precisely because I'm not convinced that grained boots look good at all when over-maintained...

 

[Ilovelobbs]

Here's a pic of mine

Very nice - I managed to pick up a pair of Alex on the Handgrade spec from Cleverley some years back.

C&J's Alex are only made on the Benchgrade....


Overall, the Alex wholecut on the 348 last is probably the best looking of all other makers.

 

[Ilovelobbs]

C&J has some models for the Japanese market (their #1 market I think). Lots of 337 goodness.

Also - 351 and 361....

 

[Ilovelobbs]

Getting ready for summer.

Just ordered a pair of Hamptons from Ben Silver. Sure hope the 337 Last works for me.

Picture from Ben Silvers website.

oh, these are nice....

 

[misterjuiceman]

had these been yours, they'd probably see a little more polish and cream.



and if these were mine, it would take a considerable amount of effort not to clean this pair

+1 I've had mine for about a year, and they still look pretty much like new. It's a great durable calfskin; I can't imagine what that boot must have been through. A little Venetian Shoe Cream could have gone a long way.

 

[Mr Engineer]

What's the return policy for the New York store?

 

[SuitedDx]

For issues like returns, best you get that information directly from the store.

 

[dddrees]

oh, these are nice....

Thank you sir.

 

[david3558]

If price was about the same - would one lean towards an Alden LWB in cordovan or a C&J (for Ralph Lauren) Marlow Shortwing?

 

[dddrees]

If price was about the same - would one lean towards an Alden LWB in cordovan or a C&J (for Ralph Lauren) Marlow Shortwing?

Alden does cordovan better than most. They have more luster to them. I think my Rider boots are on pair with Aldens' cordovan. I'm waiting to see how St Crispins does it, I have a pair of theirs on order. I have the Crockett and Jones Lindrick and the Cordovan is nowhere as shiny as Alden, it's dryer. The Lindrick is the boot version of the Marlow. But the Lindrick is constructed better than an Alden boot.


Did you say both was an option?


I would get the Marlow at the Alden price first, and then I would get the Alden at the Alden price later.

 

[misterjuiceman]

For calf I much prefer C&J; for shell, I'd go with Alden every time: their volume allows them to offer it at a much lower price, and they do it very well. I'd buy the Alden and put the money you save toward a calf C&J later.

 

[david3558]

Yeah, if anything the Alden's will cost me more. I'm getting the Marlow's for 50% off and the Alden's for retail...

 

[katch]

Where/how are you getting the Marlows at 1/2 price?

Yeah, if anything the Alden's will cost me more. I'm getting the Marlow's for 50% off and the Alden's for retail...

 

[Ian L]

^ Hey David HOOK or David SUMMER : )