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Oh and I should add that Voltaire added in an extra set of shoe trees, also.

Stats:

Alden
Captoe
Hampton last
Cigar.

Barrie last commando sole not sure about the welt.

 

She was literally collecting names for this same order over a year ago in 1/2012. Still no word on it yet? Wow, I'm glad I didn't put down a deposit (non-refundable). 

 

Nothing against the shop, it just seems too iffy these days with Alden. 

Those are some sweet cigars. I'm mac'n some cap toe boots today otherwise I'd jump. Suppose a look at Citishoes wouldn't hurt. :-)

As promised a short how to on dealing with indy boot tongue wander
1. you will need a piece of thin leather cut 1/2-3/4 inches wide and long enough to wrap around the tongue almost touching end to end
2. wrap the leather strap around the tongue at spot you want it .holding it in place close boot to @ where it goes when laced and mark the strap thru the lace hole with a marker
3. punch holes in the strap at marked spot
if you dont have a leather punch you might have access to a paper hole punch at
at any rate you gotta get a couple holes in strap somehow
4. rather than try to explain how to lace the strap into posistion ill post a couple pic that show it





sorry for the crappy pics all
i got is an i phone i hope you get the idea
an alternate to this method that works good is to put on your boot and mark the tongue thru two eyelet holes one above the other on one side
punch small holes just big enough to pass a needle at each mark
then stich a strong thread thru the upper eyelet thru the tongue into the lower hole out thru the lower eylet repeat thru the upper eye and so on
after the tongue "resets" you are just left with a couple small holes in the tongue
oh be sure the boots are laced when you do this otherwise its pretty difficult to pass the laces thru after the tongue is stitched to the eyelets
I hope this ramble is understandable I have used both methods and they work well
dont hesitate to ask if anything is not clear im more than happy to help

Agreed but what can one do. Honestly I have so many pre orders out there because I know about the lead times. With my luck they will all come in on the same month.

Gentlemen I spoke with her yesterday and she told me the order has been confirmed.

Very strange...I spoke with her today and she told me it has not

 

 

I think someone needs to ask her "has Alden confirmed it?". 

 

That is very different from J Gilbert confirming it.

She just told me it has not been confirmed by Alden when I spoke to her 30 minutes ago

Maybe she just doesn't have any spots available and was being nice to me? not sure

I just asked her too... same story.

Email from Yenni at 2:43pm says "No confirmation yet" She is accepting preorders for a color 8 Indy. Awaiting details.

I asked her if she would put me down as pre-committed to intending to preorder the cigar Indy.

Here is the email on the cigar Indy status from her late yesterday afternoon:

On Mar 20, 2013, at 3:47 PM, yenni@jgilbertfootwear.com wrote:

I requested to do a reorder for the Cigar Indy boot…still waiting on confirmation. Once I receive confirmation I will then accept preorders. I can email prior to submitting my order.
Thank you,
Yenni

I get it now. Selective confirmation.

What can I say guys? Yenni be diggin the Saz.