Cleverley 200 yr. old Reindeer skin bag

[radicaldog]

Originally Posted by Eligius

Yes- my term isn't right. What is the style of shoe where the throat/lacing is off to the side?

EDIT: Ah yes, Kaizen's shoe:

"Cleverley Austrian wholecuts"

Trachtenschuhe?

(Beautiful, and beautifully made.)

 

[DocHolliday]

Originally Posted by srivats

I hereby demand that you post pics of the said wallet.

(ps: please?)

Here you go:

The cat thinks it looks delicious.

 

[RJman]

Wow, that looks nothing like the Russia calf wallets I own.

BTW, donated a(n alleged) Russia calf duffel bag to the DC-area Goodwill last year. Happy hunting, boys.

 

[DocHolliday]

The other side looks more like what you might expect, with the small crosshatching. Supposedly there's a pretty dramatic variation in the hides. The angle of the light source also accentuates the cragginess, which I think is kinda cool.

Why did you donate a Russia calf bag?!?

 

[whnay.]

I have a rubber made of this stuff, unbelievable.

 

[srivats]

Originally Posted by DocHolliday

Here you go:

The cat thinks it looks delicious.

Thanks - it looks nice to my eyes, but I see your point ... I would not go rushing to buy a pair of shoes in this leather if I had that wallet either, esp. when it is so expensive.Do you use this wallet at all?

More importantly, I love that cat figurine- I need one of those stat.

 

[srivats]

Originally Posted by Eligius

Yes- my term isn't right. What is the style of shoe where the throat/lacing is off to the side?

EDIT: Ah yes, Kaizen's shoe:

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i3...ogether004.jpg

"Cleverley Austrian wholecuts"

Not a big fan of that lacing, however traditional it is.

I can see the shoes developing a great patina with wear - if they hold up for a decade of use and (ab)use. The russet brown color is quite attractive.

 

[voxsartoria]

Originally Posted by whnay.

I have a rubber made of this stuff, unbelievable.

I assume that you sink it into an anaerobic environment?

- B

 

[voxsartoria]

Originally Posted by srivats

I can see the shoes developing a great patina with wear - if they hold up for a decade of use and (ab)use. The russet brown color is quite attractive.

Unshined shoes are the end of civilization. It happens that all the men in my life - my father, my husband, my two sons, my grandsons - have been big shoeshine boys. Reed had shoes of Russian calf, and in London he had our butler polish them for five years or so with cream and rhinoceros horn until they were the essence of really "contented" leather. Only then did he wear them. I don't know if Russian calf still exists, but don't forget - everything we did in those days was for forever. And it was a very normal thing for English gents to use rhinoceros horn on fine leather. Leather is alive and lives as it is kept.

- DV. by Diana Vreeland


- B

 

[medwards]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

Reed had shoes of Russian calf, and in London he had our butler polish them for five years or so with cream and rhinoceros horn until they were the essence of really "contented" leather. Only then did he wear them. I don't know if Russian calf still exists, but don't forget - everything we did in those days was for forever.
- B

For what it's worth, the term "Russian calf" -- in the way Ms V used it -- is a reference to leather made through a specific tanning process not necessarily leather from Russia. That process faded away many, many years ago. Nothing is forever. 'Tis a pity.

Now I must retreat once again...perhaps to some spot in the mud and mire off the Cornish coast...one finds the most interesting of things in these waters. It's been nice visiting with you.

 

[LaoHu]

Originally Posted by medwards

Now I must retreat once again...perhaps to some spot in the mud and mire off the Cornish coast...one finds the most interesting of things in these waters. It's been nice visiting with you.

 

[MyOtherLife]

Next thing you know someone will try to sell expensive shoes found in the WTC wreckage.
To me the idea of selling anything that came from any grave site or disaster site, land or water, is displeasing to say the least.

 

[srivats]

Originally Posted by Man Of Lint

Next thing you know someone will try to sell expensive shoes found in the WTC wreckage.
To me the idea of selling anything that came from any grave site or disaster site, land or water, is displeasing to say the least.

So that discounts StyleForum B&S for you ...

 

[MyOtherLife]

Originally Posted by srivats

So that discounts StyleForum B&S for you ...

What do you mean?

 

[srivats]

Originally Posted by Man Of Lint

What do you mean?

I mean what I mean to mean. Don't take it to mean too mean!

Originally Posted by Man Of Lint

To me the idea of selling anything that came from any grave site or disaster site, land or water, is displeasing to say the least.