Carmina Shoes - Definitive Thread (reviews, advice, sizing, etc...) - official thread.

fritzl · Jul 31, 2012

mothball said:
This made me laugh more than it should have

laughing is always good. it's healthy.

bengal-stripe · Aug 1, 2012

mothball said:
Question for you guys--there are (chalk? ink?) marks on the shoes as shown below. I'm a little concerned about trying to remove them since they're so close to the suede. Thoughts?

It is likely to be 'silver pen', a leather marker that comes off easily with shoe polish.
Use a bit of neutral polish on a Q-tip, covering the suede with a bit of masking tape (and be very careful).

NAMOR · Aug 1, 2012

^ Bengal, I'm continually impressed by your knowledge.

Curious, is that you in your avatar?

Wes Bourne · Aug 1, 2012

NAMOR said:
^ Bengal, I'm continually impressed by your knowledge.
Curious, is that you in your avatar?

Iirc, bengal was in a picture of a London SF meetup. Still wearing the same glasses, I believe. :laugh:

I used to get bengal and luckystrike confused bc of their avatars.

And bengal: I too, am grateful for the wealth of shoe knowledge you share with the forum.

mothball · Aug 1, 2012

Liquidus said:
Is it just the picture, or is there barely any chisel to the Rain last?

I think I'm just guilty of bad photography. Gdot has a picture of his green shell on the same last earlier in the thread. It shows the chisel much better.

bengal-stripe said:
It is likely to be 'silver pen', a leather marker that comes off easily with shoe polish.
Use a bit of neutral polish on a Q-tip, covering the suede with a bit of masking tape (and be very careful).

Thanks!

GT666GT · Aug 2, 2012

Hey Guys,

Since you all appear to be the Carmina experts I thought I would post this here. I recently got a pair of Carmina punch toes on the Simpson last. The problem I am having is that although they are a good fit in the width and length and actually a little tight across the top of my foot, I find my heel still lifts a little bit when I walk. Has anyone else experienced this? Any idea why this would be?

Thanks

NAMOR · Aug 2, 2012

You're obviously a mutant

fritzl · Aug 2, 2012

GT666GT said:
Any idea why this would be?

Thanks

narrow heels

ncdobson · Aug 2, 2012

Liquidus said:
Is it just the picture, or is there barely any chisel to the Rain last?

I just received navy shell Rain wholecuts, & ONE of them looks less chiseled than the other. I prefer less chiseled, so I was pleasantly surprised when I took the 1st rounder shoe out, & then puzzled when I got out the other chiseled shoe. The colors of the shell don't look the same to me either; 1 looks lighter, almost blue-green, while the other is very dark. I'll try to post pics next week.

Leaves · Aug 2, 2012

ncdobson said:
I just received navy shell Rain wholecuts, & ONE of them looks less chiseled than the other. I prefer less chiseled, so I was pleasantly surprised when I took the 1st rounder shoe out, & then puzzled when I got out the other chiseled shoe. The colors of the shell don't look the same to me either; 1 looks lighter, almost blue-green, while the other is very dark. I'll try to post pics next week.

That's the nature of Cordovan more often than not...just embrace it...

Cordovan looks best after half a decade or more of wear and tear.

ncdobson · Aug 2, 2012

Leaves said:
That's the nature of Cordovan more often than not...just embrace it...

Cordovan looks best after half a decade or more of wear and tear.

The variation in the color doesn't bother me at all. In fact, I had assumed that the navy would start out too dark & lighten over time, & I thought I might speed it up by leaving them in a sunny spot. There's a cool pic from Nick Horween showing this sunning effect.

I'm more surprised by the apparent variation in shape, but again, I'm not really bothered by it.

pekingman · Aug 3, 2012

sdolina said:
No they didn't have much, but you'll find Carmina at Zwartjes shops on Utrechtsestraat 123 and Gelderlandplein 219[FONT=arial, sans-serif] ([/FONT]zwartjes.nl)
At Sir Max they sell more of EG, G&G, C&J, Saint Crispins, Alden, Santoni, their private lable and a few Carminas + StefanoBi,

Sir Max is a must go, as well as few other shops (jojo, pauw, oger, meijers)

Thanks very much for the information! I will certainly call in then to one of the Zwartjes shops as well as Sir Max - and add the other shops to my list of places to look for during my trip.

mrbrioni · Aug 3, 2012

pekingman said:
Thanks very much for the information! I will certainly call in then to one of the Zwartjes shops as well as Sir Max - and add the other shops to my list of places to look for during my trip.

I'm going to be in Amsterdam Labor day weekend, and I will most definitely be stopping by both these stores.

Thanks for the info!

fritzl · Aug 3, 2012

mrbrioni said:
I'm going to be in Amsterdam Labor day weekend, and I will most definitely be stopping by both these stores.
Thanks for the info!

sir max carries SC. this will be a great day for you :slayer:

sdolina · Aug 3, 2012

mrbrioni said:
I'm going to be in Amsterdam Labor day weekend, and I will most definitely be stopping by both these stores.
Thanks for the info!

Sir Max can install the metal taps on your soles, but needs 3 days, so if you have a time and planning to do this - go there the first day you come, not the last day as I did

Again - highly recommend he Jojo shop, private shop leading by old-style gentlemanm it's near Sir Max (Huidenstraat 23, cross-road with Keizersgracht)[FONT=arial, sans-serif] [/FONT]- very attractive prices on high-end shirts.

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