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[bengal-stripe]

Originally Posted by fritzl

I/we don't have/use this term. But, what I read through the fora it describes all the "Trad" stuff like Alden's, Kenmoore wingtips, Florsheim Imperial etc. ...

A “gunboat shoe” has a heavy sole (preferably double or triple), usually an extended welt (storm welt, Norwegian or Goiserer),
is built on a short, stubby last (which has its stubbiness even more accentuated by the wide welt).

All shoes that fit those criteria are “gunboats“, be they American, English, Austrian or Italian.

If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck…………it is a duck!

 

[Eustace Tilley]

These here are true-blue gunboats:

 

[luk-cha]

Originally Posted by Eustace Tilley

These here are true-blue gunboats:

Eustace, what last are you Dinks on i have been tempted to get a pair my self but i am not so keen on the buda last of theirs is the long wing on the rio?

 

[fritzl]

Originally Posted by bengal-stripe

A "gunboat shoe" is built on a short, stubby last (which has its stubbiness even more accentuated by the wide welt).

If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck............it is a duck!

Can we have a more accurate definition? Elaborate, please.

I always thought, independent from the school, the last should accommodate/follow the shape of the foot?