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post #1 of 13
1/30/12 at 11:35am
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Which do you think is the nicer shoe/last/whatever...I'm torn:

carmina-simpson-punchedcaptoe-brown-34-16.jpg
http://www.thearmourystore.com/shoes/carmina-brown-punched-captoe-oxford-simpson-last


or

http://www.carmina.telemaco.es/articulo.asp?idarticulo=3640213

Price difference is about $130, but its not really a deciding factor

thanks
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post #2 of 13
1/30/12 at 11:44am
I have these and freaking love them:

http://www.carmina.telemaco.es/articulo.asp?idarticulo=3640210
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post #3 of 13
1/30/12 at 11:46am
I have a pair in the Rain last, and love them to death.
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post #4 of 13
1/30/12 at 11:49am
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Originally Posted by unbelragazzo View Post

I have these and freaking love them:
http://www.carmina.telemaco.es/articulo.asp?idarticulo=3640210

Oh hell yeah those are nice, but I don't need the shell and don't love the price. In calf for a similar price to the other two and I'd be on board in a second.
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Originally Posted by nabilmust View Post

I have a pair in the Rain last, and love them to death.

any comparo pics between the rain and simpson?

thanks
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post #5 of 13
1/30/12 at 12:07pm
It will really come down the the lasts.............if you prefer a sleeker, more chiseled shape then go for the Simpson.
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post #6 of 13
1/30/12 at 12:32pm
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to be honest, the lasts look quite similar to me.

thats why i was hoping for a picture comparison.
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post #7 of 13
1/30/12 at 1:07pm
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Originally Posted by nabilmust View Post

I have a pair in the Rain last, and love them to death.

This.

(same for me)
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post #8 of 13
1/30/12 at 3:42pm
I have the first pair and really like them. Definitely my favorite pair.
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post #9 of 13
1/30/12 at 4:30pm
Both lasts sport a chisled toe. The Rain last is wider than the Simpson - I take a 9.5 UK in the Rain and a 10 in the Simpson. The Rain is not blobby by any means, though.

The main difference (for me) is the color and what you need/prefer. I have the cordovan shoes in question and they are very, very nice. I've worn them quite a bit and for some reason there is none of the aggressive rippling that one often sees in other cordovan shoes (which I'm not a fan of.) I prefer their color (burgundy) to brown calf in a dress shoe. In a less formal shoe, like a blucher, I prefer brown.
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post #10 of 13
1/30/12 at 4:49pm
Look at my sig. The two wingtips are on the Rain last and the others are on Simpson. Simpson has a narrower, and more chiseled toe box, yet both are sleek in their own ways.
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post #11 of 13
1/30/12 at 7:35pm
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Originally Posted by Quadcammer View Post

Which do you think is the nicer shoe/last/whatever...I'm torn:
carmina-simpson-punchedcaptoe-brown-34-16.jpg
http://www.thearmourystore.com/shoes/carmina-brown-punched-captoe-oxford-simpson-last
or
http://www.carmina.telemaco.es/articulo.asp?idarticulo=3640213
Price difference is about $130, but its not really a deciding factor
thanks

Neither is really my style, but of the two, the first by a mile.
It's quietly elegant.
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post #12 of 13
2/9/12 at 2:36pm
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Originally Posted by Quadcammer View Post


any comparo pics between the rain and simpson?
thanks

Coming soon. Just paid for a pair of double monks in the Simpson last, will keep you posted. Should be another week before I get my hands on them though.
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post #13 of 13
2/9/12 at 2:44pm
In the meantime: http://www.styleforum.net/t/241469/carmina-shoe-p0rn/180#post_5123117
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