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Originally Posted by mcarthur 


nephew,
i like your gunboats

Thank you Uncle.  Love those Cigar WT's

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Originally Posted by Coldsnap 

What can you do about closed speed hooks? I got a pair of Indys and they had one speed hook that was really closed, so I returned them. My replacement pair had two speedhooks that were bent down / closed -.-

C-ring pliers. Wear your boots into a hardware store and "borrow" a pair off of the shelf.  They are built for spreading c-rings and are essentially backwards working needle-nose pliers.  They start out closed, and when you squeeze the handle they spread outward.   

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Originally Posted by Coldsnap 

What can you do about closed speed hooks? I got a pair of Indys and they had one speed hook that was really closed, so I returned them. My replacement pair had two speedhooks that were bent down / closed -.-

i just pry them up

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Originally Posted by Burton 

Its a shame the Barrie last won't work for me, I am going to have to settle for things like this.

Maiden voyage.

Beautiful!  Aberdeen, correct?  My dad just picked up the seude version of these during Sherman Bros. sale before xmas.  He loves them.

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Originally Posted by Coldsnap 

ok, sorta scared that the stress will pop them out. But will do

+1.  That is why I like the c-ring pliers.  They spread from the inside out, so they put equal pressure on both sides of the speed hook, and they won't scratch the outside of the speed hooks either. 

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Originally Posted by sazon 


SMD: I love these. What last? Barrie?

Thanks!

Barrie Last

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Originally Posted by Alcibiades 

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Originally Posted by chipshot 

I know this has been covered a million times, but in a lace-up Aberdeen you go TTS? I am a 9.5D TTS and wear a 9D Barrie. I do however remember sizing down a half on the BB Cordo Tassel, hence the question. I am mulling over a NST which I have never owned or tried on. Thanks for your reply.

I am TTS in both the Aberdeen tassel loafers and the Aberdeen NST

Me too.  You may want to consider the NST on the barrie from TSM, if you're worried about aberdeen sizing issues.