Zee's Leatherware & Shoe Co. - Page 12

Originally Posted by thenanyu

My double monks from Zee. These have been worn around 10 times. They are a golden-tan colored calf, almost exactly the same shade as whisky shell.



When I was there, he said that they do goodyear welts upon request. As soon as I mentioned styleforum he asked me if I wanted to copy Ben's shoes

I might actually go ahead and do just that but put a goodyear welt on it.

Originally Posted by thenanyu

My double monks from Zee. These have been worn around 10 times. They are a golden-tan colored calf, almost exactly the same shade as whisky shell.



When I was there, he said that they do goodyear welts upon request. As soon as I mentioned styleforum he asked me if I wanted to copy Ben's shoes

I might actually go ahead and do just that but put a goodyear welt on it.

Originally Posted by benjamin831

Well when you buy a pair of Zee's, it usually comes flat brown (assume of course you purchased brown shoes), you can used diluted acetone to lighten the leather in certain areas. You can then use black/navy shoe polish and a old toothbrush and brush the dark polish into the broguing around the shoe.

That's basically what I did.

Its also important to apply a fair bit of cream (Saphir Renovateur) before and after the process to counteract the drying properties of acetone.

Originally Posted by benjamin831

Does anybody know whether Zee's can do a Norweigan sewn toe?

Originally Posted by daruma

can someone explain to me what a goodyear welt is? ive tried googling but i get lost in the shoe lingo.

Originally Posted by thenanyu