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Yet Another Shoe Identification Request

westling

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Subject of this thread says it all. I picked up this pair of longwings at a small thrift store where they were dropped off with a pair each of Florsheim Imperials, Johnston & Murphy, and Allen McAfees.



Not much to see on the outsoles:


Nice brouging:


Size and last are clearly visible.


Anything directly down on the insole has worn off, but if you look deep into the shoe you can see this:


Any information or guesses would be appreciated!
 

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The shoes I am unsure of. Your avatar photo, if I am not mistaken, is from the wonderous and auspicious Overlook Hotel July 4th Ball of, was it not 1921? My compliments.
 
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The shoes I am unsure of. Your avatar photo, if I am not mistaken, is from the wonderous and auspicious Overlook Hotel July 4th Ball of, was it not 1921? My compliments.

Thank you. Jack would be pleased.
 

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They look like Cheaney to me...

Thanks, I'll dig more into this. I just sent an email to Cheaney Shoes Limited with these pictures, asking for assistance, and got an auto-reply that the factory was closed until the New Year. If I find out more from them, I'll update this thread.
 

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Your shoes are made by Royal Tweed Premium, in England.
 
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They look like Cheaney to me...


I second Cheaney: only Cheaney stamps his insoles with (what looks like) "Made in Leather Insoles England".

Your shoes are made by Royal Tweed Premium, in England.


I cannot see the name Tweed in the shoes (picture of 'sock' is missing. But Tweed was a range (I believe their top range) Cheaney produced and marketed in the 1980s. So, the shoes might have come in Cheaney's Tweed collection.
 

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driftking and bengal-stripe,

Many thanks! With that extra information, I found several examples of other Tweed by Cheaney shoes that have last/number stamps in an identical format; for example, this one.

On one of the shoes there was only the tiniest bit of writing left at the top of the insole, so little that I didn't try to take a picture of it. (It was basically a "CH" and what appeared to be a Gothic letter "P".) I can now tell that I'm looking at "(a division of) CHURCH"S SHOES" and "PREMIUM GRADE".

These are great looking shoes, unfortunately a little tight around the toes for me. I'm going to wear them around for a while to see if they loosen up. I've never stretched a shoe before; these might be the first.
 

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