***The official Alden thread *** Share enthusiasm, reviews, sizing, advice, and photos.

[chantheman]

IIRC its the commando sole.

Hopefully one of the guys holding a 9.5D is going to flake and i can get my pair now instead of in the next order due in July...

 

[advan031]



Very nice... are those a new shipment? Double oak leather or commando sole?

Yes, they got one of their shipments in and it's with the commando sole. I would actually like these boots in double oak leather for a sleeker profile.

 

[furo]

Does Alden use a full grain suede for their ptbs? Or is it split?

 

[SuitedDx]



Yes, they got one of their shipments in and it's with the commando sole. I would actually like these boots in double oak leather for a sleeker profile.

Hmmm, do I really want to call and ask for my size? This is just going to end badly...

 

[Alcibiades]



Hmmm, do I really want to call and ask for my size? This is just going to end badly...

These are some of the best Alden boots on the market right now... DO IT

 

[NewYorkIslander]



I've heard of sagging your jeans a bit, but this is ridiculous
It literally looks like a horrid photoshop job of a smaller guy cut off at the legs and replaced with some other dude's torso

This is the norm when you teach 8th grade...

 

[blue collar]



This is the norm when you teach 8th grade...

What do the kids think of your style/shoe collection?

 

[mikeharo]

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[kippy]

It was a good whiskey day in SF.

 

[LImorowman]

I just bought my first pair of Aldens this week, and aside from a sleight default, I think they are great. Here is the default though... There is a small slice in the leather on the left shoe. I didn't notice it until 2 days after I bought them. The slice is on the upper on the inside (outside of the shoe, but facing the other shoe), and is about 1.5 - 2 inches long. It looks like a razer blade slice, and is very shallow. They are burgundy wingtips on the modified last from Moulded Shoe in NY. Should I take them back and try to exchange them?

 

[interlockingny]



I just bought my first pair of Aldens this week, and aside from a sleight default, I think they are great.  Here is the default though...  There is a small slice in the leather on the left shoe.  I didn't notice it until 2 days after I bought them.  The slice is on the upper on the inside (outside of the shoe, but facing the other shoe), and is about 1.5 - 2 inches long.  It looks like a razer blade slice, and is very shallow.  They are burgundy wingtips on the modified last from Moulded Shoe in NY.  Should I take them back and try to exchange them? 

Will it bother you every time you wear them? If so, see what they can do for you. If not, then you chalk them up as added character. It's really up to you.

 

[ambivalence]

WHen the next run for the cigarcaptoe boots? would prefer it to be leathersole too

 

[mcarthur]



It was a good whiskey day in SF.

good looking whiskey

 

[mcarthur]

cigar nst
argyles otc

 

[harrythedog]

in case anyone is interested... stronghold in venice stocks aldens and they just did their first collaboration. #8 wingtip boot all eyelets commando sole on the barrie. looks great in person i hemmed and hawed but left cali without a new pair of aldens