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Recent content by isshinryu101
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Vintage Dress shoe appreciation, tips, maintenance and advice
Everyone has this all wrong. It’s a VERY narrow market for used shoes of any sort. Add in that these Florsheims being discussed are not really that “vintage” and from a time AFTER American shoes were very good. Most people interested in these shoes already owns a pair or 20 (like some...- isshinryu101
- Post #46,207
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Vintage Dress shoe appreciation, tips, maintenance and advice
Imagine how we felt 20 years ago. What was available then puts the current market to shame. We tossed tons of those 80’s and newer florsheims into the trash. Considered them low quality compared to the ones from decades before (plus, they weren’t that old 20 years ago). Now you guys love...- isshinryu101
- Post #45,969
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Vintage Dress shoe appreciation, tips, maintenance and advice
Pm me.what’s your size again?- isshinryu101
- Post #45,319
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Vintage Dress shoe appreciation, tips, maintenance and advice
Interestingly enough, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, and Hermes don’t even make shoes. He likely has much less knowledge that you. He is buying whatever the “House Brand” is… albeit in some nice stores.- isshinryu101
- Post #45,318
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Vintage Dress shoe appreciation, tips, maintenance and advice
The soles, heels and interiors tell the story. Also, The shape of the shoe.- isshinryu101
- Post #45,279
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Vintage Dress shoe appreciation, tips, maintenance and advice
The only way to tell with these 70’s and newer shoes is to “deconstruct” them. Done it to a lot of shoes, and it’s never pleasant (unless they are really far gone). Find a model. Rip it apart. Take pics and archive it. Then it’s fact. I’ve been there.- isshinryu101
- Post #45,278
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Vintage Dress shoe appreciation, tips, maintenance and advice
1940’s Footjoy Alligator and suede captoes.- isshinryu101
- Post #45,272
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Vintage Dress shoe appreciation, tips, maintenance and advice
181 pairs? Wow. I made a policy that every pair MUST be worn at least 1x per year. Since that rule, I’ve sold a lot of pairs I loved to look at, (but didn’t really wear). I’m under 100 now… but they are A REALLY nice sub-100. Besides, I ran out of storage. I like to display them (so I can...- isshinryu101
- Post #45,271
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Vintage Dress shoe appreciation, tips, maintenance and advice
The difference in quality skins as huge in alligator/ croc. The tile sizes, shapes and symmetry varies by massive degrees. Ostrich has a range, but not as much as gator/ croc. Shell is harder to tell.- isshinryu101
- Post #45,270
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Vintage Dress shoe appreciation, tips, maintenance and advice
No. Johnston and Murphy, as well as Allen Edmonds still made some extremely nice (albeit rare) models into the 80’s- isshinryu101
- Post #45,269
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Vintage Dress shoe appreciation, tips, maintenance and advice
Nope. That’s a British Tan color. Perfect. Besides, this is a vintage shoe forum. Why should your shoes be the same color as your trousers? You miss them entirely.- isshinryu101
- Post #45,248
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Vintage Dress shoe appreciation, tips, maintenance and advice
Pure Linseed Oil doesn't make a permanent gloss/ sheen layer. Alone, Linseed oil will penetrate leather. You need to add other chemicals to it to make a coating... a coating that cracks like bloody hell when you flex it. In some patent shoes it is actually plastic. In others, it "creates a...- isshinryu101
- Post #45,212
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Vintage Dress shoe appreciation, tips, maintenance and advice
Just as I said, it is plastic. They can say, "lacqueur" until they're blue in the face, but it's really plastic. Not leather. Sure, there is a market to sell them to, but that doesn't change the fact it is cheap garbage. Just because it has been around for a long time doesn't make it any...- isshinryu101
- Post #45,210
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Vintage Dress shoe appreciation, tips, maintenance and advice
patent leather is terrible. Aside from Aubercy, no top quality maker makes a patent shoe. Why? Because it is Plastic! Garbage fake leather. Not even CG. The creases will look like ****. Just invest in a nice plaintoe full grain leather shoe and give it a mirror shine. The purpose of...- isshinryu101
- Post #45,199
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Vintage Dress shoe appreciation, tips, maintenance and advice
You’re overthinking it. The tan McHales have a great color contrast and will pop. They look really great. Only shoe fanatics understand all the style details. EVERYONE can see those are nice and clean. A bit chunky, but with elegant curves. Wonderful- isshinryu101
- Post #45,185
- Forum: Classic Menswear