Favorite cordovan color?

[dreamtripper]

Zippyh - very nice collection! Can you list the color names from left to right? I particularly like the one in the middle.

 

[turtleracer81]

#8, but cigar comes a very close second

 

[texas_jack]

Ravello. Not coincidentally that's the only shell color I own.

 

[zippyh]

Originally Posted by dreamtripper

Zippyh - very nice collection! Can you list the color names from left to right? I particularly like the one in the middle.

Cigar, whiskey, ravello, #4, #8.

 

[dreamtripper]

Thanks! Got the Plain Toe Blucher in Ravello today.

Originally Posted by zippyh

Cigar, whiskey, ravello, #4, #8.

 

[makewayhomer]

of the normal Alden colors:

Ravello > Cigar > #8 > Whiskey > Black, though the versatility of #8 might underrate it in a ranking like that

of other colors you see by other makers, the Dark Cognac used by C&J is probably best of all. the burgundy that C&J uses is also nicer, imo, than the #8 used by Alden. a good bit lighter.

#6 looks nice and Ron Rider uses it enough that I would consider is a "normal" color. I've never seen it in person though.

of even more rare colors, Walnut looked super nice, and #4 was unique but really, really red. I actually saw it and didn't love it. I have never seen the Navy or Green or Gunmetal.

 

[Slewfoot]

Mahogany seems pretty sick. Have these exact boots on the way from Ron Rider...

Also, here's a fun color chart which I believe also originated with Ron Rider...

 

[makewayhomer]

^ those boots are awesome, just out of my pay range

also

"Blu"

"Mahogani"

what gives with these spellings?

 

[thinman]

Originally Posted by awxg

#6
+1. Color #6 is slightly more red than color #8, but not excessively so. Here's Ron Rider's picture of my monkstraps before any wear: Uploaded with ImageShack.us

 

[MyOtherLife]

Whiskey, Ravello, #8 would be my preferences in that order, though the only shells I own are AE MacNeils in black and they too are very nice.

 

[Leaves]

Originally Posted by phailing101

1- #8
2- Ravello
3- Cigar


+1

 

[patrickBOOTH]

Black, color 8, color 6, gunmetal.