Gaziano & Girling Appreciation & Shoe Appreciation Thread (including reviews, purchases, pictures)

[fritzl]



That's a serious haul!! Wow!!
All very classy shoes! Epic!

you should see his St. Crispin's. whole story is impressive. search the threads, you'll not be disappointed.

 

[medtech_expat]

I should have something from StC next month... in blue suede

 

[mrbrioni]



I should have something from StC next month... in blue suede

Wow!

I've never seen any StC in the flesh but they look beautiful in pictures....could be my favorite looking shoe company.

I can not wait to see these.

 

[luk-cha]



Arran vintage rioja on TG73
St. Tropez hatch grain on KN14
Regency polo suede on DG70
Mayfair x 3 (vintage rioja, chocolate suede & vintage pine) on MH71
Mayfair x 2 (black, vintage oak) on TG73
The Mayfairs all simple stitch captoes w/o medallion.

wow thats some haul!!

 

[Hampton]

Arran vintage rioja on TG73
St. Tropez hatch grain on KN14
Regency polo suede on DG70
Mayfair x 3 (vintage rioja, chocolate suede & vintage pine) on MH71
Mayfair x 2 (black, vintage oak) on TG73
The Mayfairs all simple stitch captoes w/o medallion.

Woho!

 

[NAMOR]

5 pairs of double monks?!?!!! You just might be crazy

 

[SuitedDx]



5 pairs of double monks?!?!!! You just might be crazy

I will have 4 once the AS whiskey shell Ramsey MTO is done

 

[Hampton]

From tumblr

 

[Jim Profit]

Do you know if it is possible to get the Oak bark style with micro sole were the leather is, when you make a MTO order?

 

[Nick A]



Do you know if it is possible to get the Oak bark style with micro sole were the leather is, when you make a MTO order?

G&G now have a "Thames" Style rubber sole where they have a fiddle back waist and have it almost to their Oak Bark single Leather soles. Will be available on my MTO webpage page this week although some people are already choosing it by email request.​

 

[Jim Profit]

I love this shape,

and dont want rubber all the way, is it possible to only have rubber were the leather is, Hope you understand what i meen. Thanks for responding to my question.

What is the differens between Thames and micro?

 

[Needsmoreshoes]

I love this shape,

and dont want rubber all the way, is it possible to only have rubber were the leather is, Hope you understand what i meen. Thanks for responding to my question.
What is the differens between Thames and micro?

You could ask a cobbler to put a topy sole only on the leather that'll be touching the ground. Though some shoe afficionados will hate you for putting a topy on a oak tanned fiddleback it really does make a huge difference to grip and the longevity of the sole particulaly if you don't want to have to send them off yearly to be resoled by the manufacturer at huge cost.

 

[Jim Profit]

But cant this be done from the beggining if you make a order at C&M?

 

[SHS]



You could ask a cobbler to put a topy sole only on the leather that'll be touching the ground. Though some shoe afficionados will hate you for putting a topy on a oak tanned fiddleback it really does make a huge difference to grip and the longevity of the sole particulaly if you don't want to have to send them off yearly to be resoled by the manufacturer at huge cost.

I was just wondering if you could answer this: What has the most longevity, a leather sole with a topy, or a complete rubber (dainite) sole from the beginning? Perhaps it is easier to just replace a topy than the whole rubber sole, but it must be done more frequent?

 

[Nick A]



I love this shape,

and dont want rubber all the way, is it possible to only have rubber were the leather is, Hope you understand what i meen. Thanks for responding to my question.
What is the differens between Thames and micro?

If you go back to page 72 on this thread you will see an image I posted of the Topy Soles. Yes they are only stuck to the part of the sole on the ground. I'll post some images of Micro soles soon so you can see the difference. In my opinion the Thames is far more suited to G&G shoes over the Micro.