Jiqea
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I have just acquired another pair of early 1950's John McHale Custom shoes. They have the early sock liner with the script oriented parallel to the long axis of the shoe. This style of liner was used from the origins of the John McHale signature line in 1944 to early 1959. The shoes have the classic 4 stitch box-barring on the lacing stay flap which indicates that they were built post 1950, however they lack the fancy doubled and stitched edge on the sock-liner. I don't know the precise date that this trait was introduced but I think it was post 1955. They also have the translucent finish on the out-soles and heels, which appears to have been standard on all pre-59 John McHale Custom shoes. Post March 1959 the finish is dark brown and opaque.
This pair was a bespoke order and and is not marked for size. I need to measure them out, but I think they are approximately an 11.5C.
This pair was a bespoke order and and is not marked for size. I need to measure them out, but I think they are approximately an 11.5C.