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  1. davidVC

    Vintage Dress shoe appreciation, tips, maintenance and advice

    These shoes were on ebay very briefly today. Really cool pair. Gold welt. No medallion. Pretty sure these were made in the 1950s. https://www.ebay.com/itm/304875845341
  3. davidVC

    Vintage Dress shoe appreciation, tips, maintenance and advice

    The leather feels good. Seems supple. You have a lot more experience with 1930s pairs than I do. I probably shouldn't have scheduled the auction to end during the super bowl. Go Chiefs!
  4. davidVC

    Vintage Dress shoe appreciation, tips, maintenance and advice

    The leather is still supple. Which seems amazing. But I am not putting much pressure on them with my fingers. I like the six eyelet design.
  5. davidVC

    Vintage Dress shoe appreciation, tips, maintenance and advice

    I am not sure the shoes are wearable. More of a museum piece. The leather is 80 to 90 years old so I don't think it would stand up to much wear. They are very handsome shoes. Nice color. The welt stitching on these older pairs is amazing. The outsoles have a closed channel. I have had them in...
  6. davidVC

    Vintage Dress shoe appreciation, tips, maintenance and advice

    The opening bid was $0.99 the other day. Maybe someone told the seller that they are rare shoes.
  7. davidVC

    Vintage Dress shoe appreciation, tips, maintenance and advice

    This listing made me chuckle. That's sealskin. But points for the "faux log wood grain" description. https://www.ebay.com/itm/374492787740
  8. davidVC

    Vintage Dress shoe appreciation, tips, maintenance and advice

    Its worth a shot. Glycerin is fairly cheap. But it sounds like leather has dry rot and that can't be fixed.
  9. davidVC

    Vintage Dress shoe appreciation, tips, maintenance and advice

    Polished cobbler. They are in the 1992 catalog: https://vcleat.com/johnston-murphy-1992-catalog/
  10. davidVC

    Vintage Dress shoe appreciation, tips, maintenance and advice

    Okay. I added both the Frye pair and Royal Tweed pair. Its way down the page past Alden. https://shellcordovanmodels.com/#Frye
  11. davidVC

    Vintage Dress shoe appreciation, tips, maintenance and advice

    Not vintage but I like Alden's black patent models. They usually have a hot pink colored liner which might make them the coolest Alden models.
  12. davidVC

    Vintage Dress shoe appreciation, tips, maintenance and advice

    I agree. That's the most important measurement. I usually wear a 11.5D in an Imperial but 11.5C and 12C fit okay. A 11D Standmok fits me well. My Nike sneakers are 12.5. And my KISS Starchild Boots are a 12.
  13. davidVC

    Vintage Dress shoe appreciation, tips, maintenance and advice

    I really wanted this Florsheim 97604 pair. Sold twice in a week. If there was a hall of fame of shoe injustice, this pair would have an entry.
  14. davidVC

    Vintage Dress shoe appreciation, tips, maintenance and advice

    Glad you got them. That pair was shipped today. If they were my size I would definitely wear them on the course. The "Shrunken Calf" FootJoy used is pretty nice.
  15. davidVC

    Vintage Dress shoe appreciation, tips, maintenance and advice

    I agree. I have never seen a Shell Cordovan version of the that Varsity style
  16. davidVC

    Vintage Dress shoe appreciation, tips, maintenance and advice

    Thanks. From my catalog sources, long wings started showing up in shoe maker catalogs in the early to mid 1950s. Definitely a post war style.
  17. davidVC

    Vintage Dress shoe appreciation, tips, maintenance and advice

    This is me in action the other day. Wearing my beloved Nettleton long wings.
  18. davidVC

    Vintage Dress shoe appreciation, tips, maintenance and advice

    Yes, a 180 welt is unusual. I can't remember seeing that on a shoe before. The color looks like burgundy in the photo. Dusty burgundy.
  19. davidVC

    Vintage Dress shoe appreciation, tips, maintenance and advice

    I love that pair. Or at least the photos of the pair. What is sad (to me), is that I have been looking for a brown NOS LB Sheppard in brown for a long time in 11.5 D. During that time you have found two pairs of wide NOS Hanover shoes. There have been a few injustices in the world, but this is...
  20. davidVC

    Vintage Dress shoe appreciation, tips, maintenance and advice

    Sometimes I am the best at drinking Tequila. Those are good looking shoes.
  21. davidVC

    Vintage Dress shoe appreciation, tips, maintenance and advice

    I found the model in a 1966 Florsheim catalog. Its called the Beacon. Nice looking pair of shoes. Fantastic shape.
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