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[mcarthur]



Friday color 8 love

nephew,
good looking gunboats

 

[Rishi Kakar]

nephew,
good looking gunboats

Thank you Uncle!

 

[Don L]

 

[aldenwear]

Color 8 is king and that is a great-looking ensemble. But it is not even 9 am where I am, it is already 87 with what feels like 100 percent humidity and it has been this way for five days. It is a lot better here than other places, and the Winter here is too long, so I do not mean to complain too much.. A little heat for a while is a good thing.

But just looking at two Color 8 (dark eggplanty) combos in a row makes me feel hot. Let's see some Summer duds!

 

[matt92037]

For me, my Grant size was same length as Barrie, but up in width (from D to E).

+1

Grant, for me, is 100% a TTS last. And Barrie is 1/2 size down. I have tried Grant in my Barrie size. Did not work - at all.

 

[hanoiboy]

Ravello from AofC.

 

[CalceoAdamator]

Cigar PTB with crepe soles for a casual Friday...

 

[BeSpiffington]



Ravello from AofC.  

Beautiful gunboats sir.

 

[BeSpiffington]



Cigar PTB with crepe soles for a casual Friday...

Great looking PTB's with an excellent shine.

 

[hefner]



+1

Grant, for me, is 100% a TTS last. And Barrie is 1/2 size down. I have tried Grant in my Barrie size. Did not work - at all.

Me, too. I got some bad advice from Leffot that Grant sizes and Barrie sizes are the same. They aren't. That was an expensive lesson.

 

[BootSpell]

Quote:
Other than some who wear the same size in both, what you guys are saying makes sense and could reinforce what Robert at Alden-SF told me (that Grant is basically a Barrie with a sleeker toe). I.e., the sleeker toe of the Grant necessitates going up a half size from the Barrie. My question to you guys is do you feel the lasts are the same from about the ball of your foot to the heel?

 

[CalceoAdamator]



Great looking PTB's with an excellent shine.

Thanks!

 

[TactileOne]

PSA re Ebay http://www.ebay.com/itm/Alden-Cigar..._Men_s_Shoes&hash=item232d608420#ht_64wt_1141

 

[totalair1]

Take them in the sun - you'll see a big difference.

Sunlight photos with AE in the middle. Don't have my Chukkas at the office today. The coloring is slightly different, but so do batches of cordovan. I say they are darn close to cigar.

See Ya,
Steve

 

[mcarthur]



nephew, looking well in your king gunboats