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Hartt PTBs in water bison.
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Nice shoes, especially in lizard. Dack’s made shoes in all sorts of leathers/skins, but reptilian leathers/skins aren’t as common as one would expect from Dack’s.
The heels are original. Dacks started using Biltrite in the 60's and used them on many shoes right up until the end.A new to me pair of Dack's medium brown wingtips that have just arrived. They are in size 9.5C (395 is the three number digit on in inside of one of the shoes). They will need to be re-soled, and have a couple of darker brown areas on the vamp and toe of the left shoe which will need attending to. They are "Extra Quality" which I think in other time periods may have been also called "Bespoke Quality"; in either case, the top quality level from Dack's. I also suspect that the darker brown leather patches at the top of the rear seam are not factory original. Heels are Biltrite so third party. Pictures below (I have not done anything to the shoes as of yet, not even brushed them.
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Any suggestioins/guidance regarding the removal of the stains on the left shoe vamp/toe would be welcome. I guess I would need Saphir Renovateur or RenoMat, or Bickmore Bick's 1? Followed by Saphir Leather Lotion or Bickmore's Bick 4? There are some other minor issues that will be addressed when the shoes are resoled.
Picked these up at the thrift recently! They are custom grade but unsure of the leather type. Also, I am unfamiliar with this style of sizing for Dack’s, which number is for sizing, etc.