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Crockett & Jones for Ralph Lauren Cordovan (Marlow, Darlton, Gifford, Garran, Lindrick, McCallum, Rh

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In that case I was born old. I've fought a losing battle against the pointy hordes since I took an interest in shoes seven years ago. For a while Tricker's were trending, but they are pretty much out of the picture now around here. I though I was going to become a Church's loyalist until I discovered that Alden shoes are actually worth the 900 dollar price tag they have in Europe.
IJR, couldn't you get a proxy from this side of the pond and save yourself a few euros? There is something to be said for a JL single-cut Becketts or the classic Phillip II, without a doubt very nice shoes, but I wouldn't want to take a walking tour of London or Paris in either one. For my money Crockett & Jones offers an excellent collection of footwear at a competitive price.
 

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First day out in the wild with marlow penny's. I've been trying to break them in on carpet at home, but wearing them all day will do the trick. In about 6 months...
 

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Howdy folks

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NECRO QUESTION!!!!


was this a natural aging or did you have to polish it to get this beautiful lighter color? if so, what polish did you use.

the ones i tried on at the RL store looked like this.

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^Exposure to sunlight is the key.
 
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noted. thanks! any other tips ya'll may have for me?
 

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stitch you got some marlows?!?!?!
 

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stitch congrats on the marlow purchase! I love mine. They look much lighter in sunlight
 

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Howdy folks
asy9une6.jpg




NECRO QUESTION!!!!


was this a natural aging or did you have to polish it to get this beautiful lighter color? if so, what polish did you use.

the ones i tried on at the RL store looked like this.

977824

About 4 year old pair versus brand new pair.
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I was wondering if the dark brown cordovan that C&J use on the Harlech and Skye 2 color matches the cordovan that use for RL. Difficult to tell from pictures.

In the long view was pretty keen on some plaza captoe & barrie wingtip boots (probably #8, cigar if i could find it)
but the Harlech and Skye 2 are making me rethink. Being from the UK they are all pretty close in price to each other - and it feels a little more patriotic (not that i am into any of that kind of thing) - ultimately it will come down to how the last shape looks.

If the color is the same for C&J Mainline as C&J for RL i think i will be swayed for one of them at least.

 
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So your saying that if I put my shoes out on my sun deck they'll begin to look like Countingsheep's Marlow wingtips?


I don't know if they will look like those, but surely they will lighten changing their colour.

http://horween.com/products/brownout/

Depends on the colour they started, actually almost all pairs are very dark brown, they used to be dark cognac from new and they age better with fantastic patina, Countingsheep and hoit1981 pairs are a great example.
 
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