Niche Fetish Shoe p0rn: Medallions only

[Jermyn]

I saw that Luk-cha started a thread 5 years ago looking for medallion designs.

Most of the links have since expired so I thought it might be a good time to resurrect the idea.

I'm looking for inspiration for the medallion on a pair of bespoke Adelaides and a pair of Derbys.

I know there must be lots of you out there with unique medallions in your shoe collections, now's your chance to post them!

Here's one from Leffot to get us started:

The Thistle (Edward Green MTO)

And another from G&G - The Hughes

 

[rebel222]

I'll bite. Here is the medallion on today's shoes:

 

[DerekS]

I like teh medallions....first is my Lobb Towcesters....

and heres my sutor double monks...

 

[bengal-stripe]

Here is another one, strictly for DIY fans:

Put it on the photocopier and scale it down until you got the size right.

 

[Azul]

would be nice to see a fleur de lis!

also, for true shoe medallion lovers - check ugolini! suitorial has a bunch of their shoe medallions in the ugolini visit they did a couple months ago

 

[Don Carlos]

I am a direct descendant of William the Conqueror, and I use his heraldic symbols on the medallions of my $10,000-a-foot cordwainery.

Cower before me, ye peasants and swine, lest I use your skins to make my shitkickers.

 

[jrd617]

Possibly the worst medallion of all time (C&J Selbourne):

 

[SpooPoker]

That first EG Thistle looks like the Falkirk.

 

[DerekS]

Originally Posted by jrd617

Possibly the worst medallion of all time (C&J Selbourne):

that, good sir...its a dick and balls.

 

[Moss]

Thistle FTW

 

[AnGeLiCbOrIs]

I've always liked the medallion on the RL Darlton.

 

[Prince of Paisley]

No Barker Blacks? Or are they last year's news?

 

[alliswell]

Originally Posted by AnGeLiCbOrIs

I've always liked the medallion on the RL Darlton.

Every six months I'm reminded that I should take these out of the box and wear them for the first time. That shot is as good as they look - top down they're blobby.

 

[greekgeek]

Originally Posted by rebel222

I'll bite. Here is the medallion on today's shoes:

Nice, Florsheim?

 

[Jermyn]

Awesome pictures so far !

I think the Darlton's medallion might actually be slightly nicer than the EG thistle.
I'm definitely edging towards something like that for the Derby. I like how the design elongates and spreads as opposed to remining blobby.

The Lobb medallion is very simple. Definitely a more elegant way of carrying off a star than this:

Which upper management genius authorised the dick and balls design? Does anybody own these and get comments from people?

I really like your DIY contribution Bengal, did you create this for your shoemaker or did you go fully DIY and punch the holes yourself?

I'd really like to hear more about how you went about designing the pattern, picking the size of the holes etc.



As for the person who mentioned Barker Blacks. They have a unique design but to apply it to a non-Barker Black shoe, would be like having a bespoke shirt made and requesting that your monogram look like a polo player riding a horse.