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mrjester

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Skoak's jumper boot on cognac shell got 11.

I will draw up details on the saddle shell 2 eye derby tonight, since it elicited a positive response in a short amount of time.
Any way you'd consider a hatch grain?


I'm not sure that I like Shell yet. I have my first pair coming in a few months. So if it's shell, I'm out for now. But you need to post pics if the MTO goes through.
 

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I'm hesitant to pitch this idea as I didn't want to derail the saddle shell captoe MTO, but would people be adverse to the idea of a 2 eye PTB like the below instead of a cap toe in saddle shell?

From Carmina's facebook page and picture borrowed from skoaktiebaloget.




907 in Rain in Saddle shell! I might be in myself haha (I really need to stop participating myself on these MTOs....
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We were also thinking about doing a Inca Double monk In hatch grain leather! (or any shade of brown) - already have 2 interests at this point!

 

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Dude. No. This is a sign from God. You were meant for Simpson. It's the best last for Carmina. I think I prefer it to the 888 EG that I have. Not just the feel but the looks.


You're probably right, most likely will be returning these.
 

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Any way you'd consider a hatch grain?
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I'm not sure that I like Shell yet. I have my first pair coming in a few months. So if it's shell, I'm out for now. But you need to post pics if the MTO goes through.

907 in hatch sounds interesting too
 

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What size do you have on the Rain? Good on the toe room or do you have enough space if you needed to adjust your size at all?


The length is good, toe room is perfect, so if I went down 1/2 size it would be too small for my toes and the ball of my foot. The spot where I have extra space in the shoe is right where the laces meet across the instep. My combination of a narrow waist in my foot with a low instep usually makes it hard for me to find balmorals that fit. If I try and lace these up tightly, the quarters will actually overlap across the top of my foot.

Based on this, I was hoping the tongue pad will help fill that extra space that my foot doesn't fill up. The rest of the shoe fits OK, so this always proves to be a huge pain ********** for me when buying shoes. The only balmoral I have that fits great (still with the aid of a tongue pad) is my Kent Wang brown captoes. I wish I could find something else that fits just like those. I have those in a 12, so I went down to 11UK for these, but I'm not sure the tongue pad will be enough.
 
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curse you for finding these great deals! Want the black captoes so bad, must resist!
 

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Those are on the Simpson, right? I think I might try those
Looks like it. But you should really email to find out. Simpson and Rain look a bit alike.
 

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So ive done the lizard mto plus koped 3 other pairs of nice shoes in the last week and im still clicking these links.... I feel a mixture of relief and disappointment at the same time that my size is not available ... something is wrong with me... Sf is an evil evil place!!!!!!!
 

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