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FTFY (see previous posts)The "Pottery Barn of menswear"
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FTFY (see previous posts)The "Pottery Barn of menswear"
Both are kinda meh for me. I would stick with your original keep list.
They are Spanish in origin. I briefly looked into it (I asked RDiaz if he knew of any Spanish shoemakers that use balogna welt...it's not a super common construction method....but he didn't).
I would like to know. I'm quite happy with mine and will get another pair at some point.
Meermin has some issues with delivery times and quality control. But they are cheap, and when they are good, they're lovely.
The Andrew Lock ones are also Spanish-made, on a par with AE but with a nicer colour and last shape. I've very please with mine. They're not John Lobbs, but they're both cheap like Meermin, and shipped from within the US, which will make your life easier.
Loake are rock-solid - even the cheaper Indian-made ones, though they sometimes lack the finish of the higher ranges. The one I showed you was the cheapest that wasn't polished/corrected grain, made in the UK. It's just matter of what lasts you like in person.
The Loake vendor I mentioned, Pediwear, has a really excellent service and a lot of makers. They also ship via EMS, which is linked up with USPS, so you won't get stung for courier charges and duties in the US as much as you might with others. Pediwear's website is good too: not so much on form - it's butt-ugly - but on function: fully searchable by what's in stock in your size, and by type, colour, maker etc. It's the little things. Another one in the same category of service and good web info is Herring (www.herringshoes.co.uk) - they normally use DHL or UPS but you can ask them to ship by EMS instead.
N.B. Meermin show everything in stock in every size, which can lead to misunderstandings: when you find your at the end of a Chinese-Spanish logistics chain and you thought you'd have your shoes by the weekend, it can be annoying!
That's odd, I always get a response within 24 hours. Are you sending them to [email protected]?I sent one on 29 November. Hoping for an answer any time now.