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[Alcibiades]

Uncle, are those NST Barrie or Aberdeen?

They look a lot better than the cigar NST I owned...

 

[Papa Doble]



Uncle, are those NST Barrie or Aberdeen?

They look a lot better than the cigar NST I owned...

Looks like Barrie to me.

 

[MrDV]

ravello day tripper

 

[Papa Doble]



I just got my first shot of Whiskey and Long Wing Blutchers today.

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

I am pretty excited about them, thanks to those who provided the tip about Citi Shoes having the Whiskey in stock. I was a little nervous about Citi Shoes due to the lack of technology associated with their website. Sorry for making this soo long, but thought that I'd have some fun with this... My package, one cool thing about Citi Shoes is that they include shoe trees for free. My first view of the new LWBs. From this angle/lighting, they do have a bit of a Whiskey appearance to them. It appears that Citi has their name stamped in them. Got to love the Horween logo stamped on the bottom of them. This particular sampling of Whiskey is actually pretty dark, getting rather close to my Ravello shoes.

Looking forward to wearing them... May wait until my Ravello LWBs come in from Alden DC... Although a few months might be an awful long time to wait.

I think I'll stick to my plan to get a cigar LWB, but these pictures are very compelling. Please don't wait a few months to wear them.

 

[BeSpiffington]



ravello day tripper

MrDV, classy boots with a good shine. Excellent!

 

[patrick_b]

New suede addition to the family, lined snuff suede PTB on flexwelt sole (barrie last). These are available at a handful of dealers this spring, I went with Need Supply and used the 10% SF code.





And my small suede family. Snuff PTB on flexwelt (barrie), unlined tan flexwelt chukka, #1494 (leydon) and snuff lined chukka on crepe (barrie). PTB's came in this week, #1494's are about 5 yrs old and the snuff crepe chukka are about 3 months old.

 

[patrick_b]

ravello day tripper

Fantastic! My shell boots don't see much wear after May. We were in the high 90's last week but this week was quite cool in Boston, making it perfect shell boot weather. Gorgeous boot and imagery MrDV as usual.

 

[CalceoAdamator]

cigar nst
argyles otc

Nice cigar shells Uncle... I think the NSTs look so much nicer on the Barrie Last, rather than the Aberdeen like the ones I have... I will be on the hunt!

 

[Papa Doble]



Nice cigar shells Uncle...  I think the NSTs look so much nicer on the Barrie Last, rather than the Aberdeen like the ones I have... I will be on the hunt!

No disrespect to owners of NSTs on the Aberdeen, but I tend to agree. Plaza NSTs look pretty good as well.

 

[shaunw]

No disrespect to owners of NSTs on the Aberdeen, but I tend to agree. Plaza NSTs look pretty good as well.

I'd like NSTs so much better if they removed the "ST". Something about that stitch down the toe doesn't work for me.

 

[b-ewing]

Between the Barrie and Plaza lasts; which one do you guys think is a better profile for a denim/workwear aesthetic? I want a wwii service boot style, but not so dressy that it looks weird (if that makes sense).

Thx for any input

 

[TactileOne]

I'd like NSTs so much better if they removed the "ST". Something about that stitch down the toe doesn't work for me.

Funny that's what I like about NSTs.

 

[Waterloo 360T]

I'd like NSTs so much better if they removed the "ST". Something about that stitch down the toe doesn't work for me.

I'd prefer them without the "N". Damn Norwegians... I'm kidding. Bet that's the first time anyone has said a negative thing about Norwegians, ever. Well, unless you are Swedish I guess.

 

[bespoken pa]

Mr.Ewing the plaza is my favorite last. IMO it's aesthetics work for nearly all make ups,with that said for denim either will be fine, it comes down to personal preference.

 

[tsekh]



Between the Barrie and Plaza lasts; which one do you guys think is a better profile for a denim/workwear aesthetic? I want a wwii service boot style, but not so dressy that it looks weird (if that makes sense).

Thx for any input

Barrie. Plaza looks too dressy for denim.