stook1
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Hello,
I recently picked up a pair of AE 5th Ave in Dark Chili Burnished. First let me say that the leather is very supple and the shoes fit nicely. The leather seems more supple than my Park Ave's in Merlot, for instance. However, the reason that these were seconds was quite obvious when I pulled them from the box. Both shoes have some burnishing issues and I am wondering if you fine gentlemen would keep them or send them back. For what it's worth, I do have several colors of Saphir shoe cream and wax at my disposal but I have never attempted a color correction/change that would likely be needed in this case and not sure of the best way to proceed (if at all).
Also, just a quick disclaimer, these were taken in the afternoon in not superb light and I took some with and some without flash. I also did some quick lightroom image corrections to try to show some of the main issues. Basically, the burnishing on the toes is kind of uneven, if not streaky-ish or blotchy if you look closely. They are also a bit different from each other and a bit greyish rather than a richer color. My guess is that this could help improved by darkening up the toes area a bit and using a color to make it a bit more rich (not sure what color). The bigger concern is that there are some dark burnishing lines (I think) visible on the top of the vamp below the bottom laces. There is also some of this on the side of one of the shoes, although it isn't as noticeable.
thoughts?
I recently picked up a pair of AE 5th Ave in Dark Chili Burnished. First let me say that the leather is very supple and the shoes fit nicely. The leather seems more supple than my Park Ave's in Merlot, for instance. However, the reason that these were seconds was quite obvious when I pulled them from the box. Both shoes have some burnishing issues and I am wondering if you fine gentlemen would keep them or send them back. For what it's worth, I do have several colors of Saphir shoe cream and wax at my disposal but I have never attempted a color correction/change that would likely be needed in this case and not sure of the best way to proceed (if at all).
Also, just a quick disclaimer, these were taken in the afternoon in not superb light and I took some with and some without flash. I also did some quick lightroom image corrections to try to show some of the main issues. Basically, the burnishing on the toes is kind of uneven, if not streaky-ish or blotchy if you look closely. They are also a bit different from each other and a bit greyish rather than a richer color. My guess is that this could help improved by darkening up the toes area a bit and using a color to make it a bit more rich (not sure what color). The bigger concern is that there are some dark burnishing lines (I think) visible on the top of the vamp below the bottom laces. There is also some of this on the side of one of the shoes, although it isn't as noticeable.
thoughts?