Edward Green for RL POLO???

[rebel222]

I did a search, and I found a thread indicating that EG did make shoes under the RL Polo line previously. Unfortunately, the pictures did not show in the old thread. I need some vintage EG experts to confirm that these are in fact a EG heel pattern.

 

[rebel222]

Someone's gotta know.

 

[well-kept]

posted reply in AAAC

 

[bengal-stripe]

Sorry, that's not EG's (old-style) heel pattern; that used dove tail rubber inset with brass nails in groups of three.

This looks to me like older Alfred Sargent: the iron nails and a single brass nail are a give-away.
Has it got a hand-written "Made in England" inside the shoes?

 

[rebel222]

Originally Posted by bengal-stripe

Sorry, that’s not EG’s (old-style) heel pattern; that used dove tail rubber inset with brass nails in groups of three. This looks to me like older Alfred Sargent: the iron nails and a single brass nail are a give-away. Has it got a hand-written “Made in England” inside the shoes?
No. No handwritten "Made in England" inside. Also, some older EG did not use dovetail or nails in sets of 3... See Nail pattern sticky.

 

[rebel222]

This is written inside:
499366
2775/3
12B

 

[handmade 1]

Originally Posted by bengal-stripe

Sorry, that’s not EG’s (old-style) heel pattern; that used dove tail rubber inset with brass nails in groups of three.

This looks to me like older Alfred Sargent: the iron nails and a single brass nail are a give-away.
Has it got a hand-written “Made in England” inside the shoes?



I would also agree with Bengal-stripe EG = brass pins, if memory serves me right i also remember a heel pattern of earlier RL made by EG with a 4m sole with a black waist and two rows of brass nails around the heel with no rubber insert in the heel.

 

[bigbris1]

Mine came with no rubber at all in the heel, with 2 rows of brass nails. The giveaway IMO is the wheeling on the arch opposite the inside curve of the heel. No wheeling=definitely not EG.

 

[rebel222]

Here is the sizing info picture:

 

[bengal-stripe]

That heel Alfred Sargent for Dunhill (about 10 years ago) looks to me pretty close to your sample:

The markings look neither Sargent nor EG.

 

[rebel222]

Did AS ever use a channeled sole?

 

[bengal-stripe]

Yes, AS has the facilities to produce channelled soles.

 

[TKDKid]

Originally Posted by rebel222

Here is the sizing info picture:


Are the shoes black?

"12" is C&J's code for black calf, but this could just be a coincidence.