FS - Shell Cordovan Wingtips, size 10

[Cantabrigian]

Alden for Brooks Brothers shell cordovan wingtips
burgundy / "cordovan" color
size 10 D

Retail = $568

$150 shipped in CONUS + AE trees

Brooks site
same shoe on the Alden site

Newly re-soled - one Pidal worth of wear

Plaza last - which I really like. It's a pleasantly soft square last which IMO makes it perfect for something like this.

 

[rnoldh]

Very nice Cantabrigian. Alden shell is really beautiful.

And where I come from, a one Pidal shoe is equal to a NWOT

 

[distinctive]

Would you stop! You know I can't afford anymore of your shoes. I lied...keep em coming

 

[Cantabrigian]

These are half a size larger than what I wear - selling them for a relative - and I found that the Plaza last runs true to size or ever so slightly large at least in smaller sizes.

I'll throw in those AE shoe trees as well.

 

[aportnoy]

These are a killer deal! I just picked up the Brooks version of this shoe at full price and you will not be disappointed.

 

[Roger]

Way off topic, Cantabrigian, but I like your avatar. If I'm not mistaken, it's the Scottish lad who ran for the UK in the 1924 Olympics and was portrayed in Chariots of Fire. (Or am I completely out to lunch on that?) Was he too a Cantabrigian? Or an Oxonian? Or neither?

 

[aportnoy]

Originally Posted by Roger

Way off topic, Cantabrigian, but I like your avatar. If I'm not mistaken, it's the Scottish lad who ran for the UK in the 1924 Olympics and was portrayed in Chariots of Fire. (Or am I completely out to lunch on that?) Was he too a Cantabrigian? Or an Oxonian? Or neither?

Eric Liddel was his name, I think. And definitely a Caius College man.

 

[Roger]

Good for you, Andrew. You're definitely a scholar as well as a gentleman!

 

[vinouspleasure]

Originally Posted by aportnoy

Eric Liddel was his name, I think. And definitely a Caius College man.
Eric Liddel was his name and he definitely was not a Caius College man. You're thinking of Harold Abrahams. Liddel attended University of Edinburgh. Apologies to Cantabrigian for the interruption of this great, great deal. Wish they were size 11...

 

[Cantabrigian]

Yup. That's Ian Charleson playing Eric Liddell.

I don't believe that either of us went to Cambridge - IIRC he went to Univ. of Edinburgh.

 

[Cantabrigian]

Price reduced.

Any lower and I'll probably just stuff newspaper in the toes and wear them myself.

 

[aportnoy]

Originally Posted by Cantabrigian

Yup. That's Ian Charleson playing Eric Liddell.

I don't believe that either of us went to Cambridge - IIRC he went to Univ. of Edinburgh.

Doh. Abraham was a Caius College man.

 

[baker]

how do the rest of the alden shoes compare to indy's? If i wear a 9.5 C in indy's will these be ok? maybe?