Carmina Shoes - Definitive Thread (reviews, advice, sizing, etc...) - official thread.

ademarco said:

Promised photos. I shined up the Tan pair of calf shoes with saphir, which is a wonderful product from the board sponsor "Hanger Project". Still waiting on the deer bone to shine up the cordovan pairs. Thanks to this board for helping me find this great shoemaker. I have had pairs of Aldens, which are great shoes, but very large compared to the Carmina. I will eventually have to put up for sale the burgundy cordovan belt I ordered, which is too small, or maybe find an incentive to lose weight. Shoes are stiff, but have already noticed the soles loosen up a bit and very comfortable. Betty is very good to work with and very prompt with e-mail responses. The shoes shipped Fedex around the 8th of this month and still waiting on the customs bill, but not sure if they would send it. I accidentally stated that they were shipped DHL, but those were the Momotaro order I put in through Japan. I didn't get dinged with customs with that order yet (keeping fingers crossed). I am sure the U.S. will eventually have to become more strict with import duties to get as much taxes collected from us working.

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unipair guy said:

Thank you.  Part of our inspiration for our navy cordovan boot MTO came from pictures of your navy boots.

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NAMOR said:

its pretty damn versatile. i think you could wear them with anything, really

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mrjester said:

There's a shoe thread dedicated to uncommon colors but I seldom see people actually wearing them. I really wanted some Loden green Carminas or racing green GG's but 99.5% of the pictures are of shoes just sitting there. I've now got the impression green (and to a far lesser extent, navy) is bought to store on a shelf and take pictures of from time to time.

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mrjester said:

Good question. Calf.

Pinkpanther, would you be in for a pair if it was Simpson? I'll get the price.. if I recall, its just shy of $500 per pair, shipped.

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Leaves said:

Mrjester mentioned to me he would like to run this through as at Skoaktiebolaget. The price will be approx. $455 (2720 SEK +300 SEK shipping) shipped to the US (or anywhere outside the EU for that matter).

We'd love to do this model for you guys, let me know if you need any further assistance from me.

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mrjester said:

No, it doesn't.

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mrjester said:

There's a shoe thread dedicated to uncommon colors but I seldom see people actually wearing them. I really wanted some Loden green Carminas or racing green GG's but 99.5% of the pictures are of shoes just sitting there. I've now got the impression green (and to a far lesser extent, navy) is bought to store on a shelf and take pictures of from time to time.

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