Looking for a very specific Double Monk Strap shoe. (I'm extremely picky)

[jjjjeremy]

Originally Posted by Cary Grant

So these buckles are too high, right?

yeah, but those are pretty close.

 

[Tarmac]

Originally Posted by jjjjeremy

...price are not much of an issue.

That's all you had to say. the answer is bespoke.

 

[Amar ezzahi]

Originally Posted by Cary Grant

So these buckles are too high, right?

I'm in love.

Which shoemaker?

 

[speedster.8]

 

[Cary Grant]

Originally Posted by Amar ezzahi

I'm in love.

Which shoemaker?

Martegani for Heimie's, St. Paul

 

[jjjjeremy]

This afternoon's quick sketch:

 

[RIDER]

Originally Posted by jjjjeremy

This afternoon's quick sketch:

interesting

 

[satorstyle]

Originally Posted by jjjjeremy

This afternoon's quick sketch:

Looks more casual then dressy, you will have a hard time finding anything close. With the buckles that low the look will be awkward, sort of like a soccer shoe with the flap that covers the strings. Good drawing though I think it gets your point across.

 

[blackplatano]

Originally Posted by jjjjeremy

This afternoon's quick sketch:

I like how you already know where the creases are going to be.

 

[Tarmac]

Originally Posted by jjjjeremy

This afternoon's quick sketch:

Wow. those are, uh....

What's the rear buckle for? What's the point of having the straps almost touch the ground?

I foresee one of two possibilities. You commission a bespoke which runs you $3000.00 and change. Or Mark Nason comes out with that exact model within the next 6 months for $159.99. I give Nason 50/50 odds on this.

They also remind me of Red Wing Metatarsal Guards

 

[swiego]

I don't think you'll find anything mass-manufactured with that style because the design is not good. The front buckle will go bad quickly, being that low. Hanging outside the protection of the bottom surface of the shoe, it will snag on things, catch the elements, get crunched on debris just walking around. You mentioned riding horses, imagine what stirrups will do to that front, low buckle.

There is a reason just about every shoe keeps such design elements closer to the top of the shoe. They take less of a beating there.

 

[Journeyman]

If you are to accept a higher buckle position, then these Santoni double monks with a plain captoe might do the trick: Santoni Jadwin

 

[jjjjeremy]

Originally Posted by Journeyman

If you are to accept a higher buckle position, then these Santoni double monks with a plain captoe might do the trick:

Santoni Jadwin

pretty good. But, I'm a 12.5 E/EE. The general lack of 12.5s, as well as the added complication of a wide ball and narrow heel, plus the general rarity of double monks, and the odd fit between that shape foot and that style shoe, is really pushing me towards bespoke.

 

[jjjjeremy]

Originally Posted by speedster.8

who makes those?

 

[Journeyman]

Originally Posted by speedster.8

Originally Posted by jjjjeremy

who makes those?

They're the "Cascade" model, by Hall & Marks, which is a Japanese shoe brand made by the Guild of Crafts.

I suspect that they would be quite expensive indeed - and they are most likely only obtainable in Japan.