Allen Edmonds Appreciation Thread 2018 - News, Pictures, Clothing, Accessories, etc.

[audog]

Hubbins makes this look easy.
Brown 1st Ave.
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He does make it look easy, and it's really not. I know, I have tried. Maybe someday he will reveal his secret.

 

[audog]

I feel like a fall return of the Dundee 1.0 is in the cards. I imagine that would be a pretty big hit. Acorn, Loden, Kudu, Dark Taupe - give it!

Kudu or dark taupe - YES!

 

[audog]

Did anyone besides myself get in on the MassDrop Chukka seconds recently, and if so, have you heard anything yet?

 

[middlepP]

View attachment 912984 View attachment 912985 Going with the second-gen Cronmoks today. Love the look of these. Just wish they were in the leather of the original.

Bernie

Bernie - have you tried coating the insides of the shoe with some type of leather treatment? I try to coat my newer pairs the night before with a heavy dose of leather lotion. I put it directly on my hands, as I feel I have more control than when using a rag.

They look great, btw!

 

[audog]

Just checked on MD (should have done this before previous post) status is "Order placed with Vendor". Sorry. Now back to regularly scheduled programming.

 

[bathiel]

Bernie - have you tried coating the insides of the shoe with some type of leather treatment? I try to coat my newer pairs the night before with a heavy dose of leather lotion. I put it directly on my hands, as I feel I have more control than when using a rag.

They look great, btw!

I’ll have to try that, thanks!

Bernie

 

[madhat]

Yeah, I have the originals in that light brown color. It was one of the few left and my SA saved it for me. I always thought they were ugly in the AE pics until I saw them in person. I get many compliments when I wear either pair.

Bernie

Funny; same for me.

Love the Dundees, would really like a chocolate suede pair, but....

Mass Drop in chocolate...

I feel like a fall return of the Dundee 1.0 is in the cards. I imagine that would be a pretty big hit. Acorn, Loden, Kudu, Dark Taupe - give it!

That would be nice!

Did anyone besides myself get in on the MassDrop Chukka seconds recently, and if so, have you heard anything yet?

Kristen said she has access to the MD seconds if you need another pair...chocolate chukkas...

 

[AEfaninTampa]

Hubbins makes this look easy.
Brown 1st Ave.
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Love the trousers! What are those?

 

[audog]

Funny; same for me.

Mass Drop in chocolate...

That would be nice!

Kristen said she has access to the MD seconds if you need another pair...chocolate chukkas...

Got the chocolate coming from MD, just can't figure out why it takes so long for MD to ship seconds. They must be in stock somewhere.

 

[smfdoc]

I officially feel terrible about my first post for the 2018 thread in which I posted the picture of the most abused AE shoes I could find and said, "These don't look quite right. Should I return them?" I did not know that Google would select the very first picture in the thread to go along with the "ad" for "Related Threads." The shoes I posted look terrible, especially next to the three pair of Alden shell chukkas immediately underneath. So, @LA Guy, is there any way to switch images so that all of the SF members will actually see a fine pair of AE shoes or boots? The brand and avid members deserve better. My apologies.

 

[mreams99]

Love the trousers! What are those?

They’re an older pair of Nautica, I think.

 

[mreams99]

I officially feel terrible about my first post for the 2018 thread in which I posted the picture of the most abused AE shoes I could find and said, "These don't look quite right. Should I return them?" I did not know that Google would select the very first picture in the thread to go along with the "ad" for "Related Threads." The shoes I posted look terrible, especially next to the three pair of Alden shell chukkas immediately underneath. So, @LA Guy, is there any way to switch images so that all of the SF members will actually see a fine pair of AE shoes or boots? The brand and avid members deserve better. My apologies.

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Can’t you just edit your post?

 

[smfdoc]

Can’t you just edit your post?

No. The new site removes the ability to edit a post after a while and the edit button is no longer present. It looks like you can only edit a prior post for about 1 week. Speaking of which, you can edit a PM you send for up to 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, that option vanishes as well.

 

[Mr. Wonderbeak]

I've only read about them on the forum. My understanding is if you keep your expectations to the price point they're good. I have seen as they ramp up production that some quality issues have been popping up. Sloppy stitching and gluing, for instance. I'm fine with some wrinkling of leather at that price point, but there was a horror story of a nail pocking into the footbed. Obviously that was a freak occurrence and shouldn't be treated as common, but it does kind of make AE's nail-less construction sound good! (tied it back to AE!)

The general read I get from the Reddit forum is: Nice shoes, AE-ish quality, good value, can be challenging to break in. That last part is why I'll probably never own a pair - life's too short for shoes to hurt. There's literally nothing left in my closet that hurt me during break-in. Yeah, a couple things were stiff, but no pain/blisters/etc.

Thanks All! May take a quick peek, we'll see.

 

[up1911fan]

Funny; same for me.

Mass Drop in chocolate...

That would be nice!

Kristen said she has access to the MD seconds if you need another pair...chocolate chukkas...

How much?