Skoaktiebolaget – Enzo Bonafé, Saint Crispin’s, Löf & Tung

[RogerP]

There's just got to be one more soul wanting such an awesome boot!

 

[Leaves]



You couldn't possible do button boots with a suit could you? That's a deterrent for me

Of course you could, if it's black, or burgundy. I recently ordered a button boot in Black Calf and Lino Suede with horn buttons. I imagine it will look a lot like this when finished (but with a plain cap toe):

I plan to wear it with business suits almost exclusively.

 

[RogerP]

^^^ What he said - absolutely with a suit!!!

 

[nickrut]



^^^ What he said - absolutely with a suit!!!

Hmm... Those black ones do look fancy...

Which G&G last is that last most similar to?

 

[Leaves]



Hmm... Those black ones do look fancy...

Which G&G last is that last most similar to?

The Button Boot pictured with the peccary shaft is on the 2102B last. This last looks very close to the G&G MH71 last. But it fits closer to Carmina Rain. The Button Boot RogerP is organizing a GMTO for is on the 74945 last. I'd recommend you wear a UK 11.5 in this last, you being the same size as me. The 74945 is a great looking last. It's chiseled but has a round toe. Quite conservative but with an edge.

74945 last:

 

[armsignet]

Polling interest on a Gaziano and Girling GMTO: Gable in Deco black calf on MH71 standard width.

At first glance these shoes are a staid, captoe business workhorse, until you notice the v-cap and the stitching in lieu of broguing. An understated yet definitive alternative to the Adelaide style.

Deco black would have a blanched toe compared to "normal" black.

We have three on board, and we are looking for at least two more.

Be the envy of the office!

 

[MoosicPa]



I apologize if this has been asked (quick search didn't turn anything up), but have those of you in the US been hit with customs duties?

Yes, I got an invoice from shipper for customs after delivery.

 

[sacafotos]



Not really in the market for a Chelsea...I do love that bracken color though. Would you consider Bonafe's jodhpur instead? The model Skoak stocks (http://www.skoaktiebolaget.se/collections/enzo-bonafe/products/enzo-bonafe-jodhpur-boot) is sex and I have my eye on that at the moment. Think that could be the **** in museum bracken.

I'd love to see a Chelsea in Bracken or Chestnut museum with a fatigue green or reddish brown elastic. I'd want the 2102B last, though.

 

[Ironist]



Yes, I got an invoice from shipper for customs after delivery.

Really? You got an invoice from usps? Received invoices from everyone but the post office.

 

[laufer]



I'd love to see a Chelsea in Bracken or Chestnut museum with a fatigue green or reddish brown elastic. I'd want the 2102B last, though.

Well that is what @newyorker and I going for, 2102 last on Bracken museum but I am not sure about green elastic. Are you interested?

PS there is no 2102b last, the b was typing error, just 2102

 

[NewYawker]



Well that is what @newyorker and I going for, 2102 last on Bracken museum but I am not sure about green elastic. Are you interested?

PS there is no 2102b last, the b was typing error, just 2102

I don't think I would be in for the green elastic. Reddish brown sounds like it would match up nicely. As for last I only have one pair of bonafe shoes so I am ok with whatever the suggestion is. I have pretty average feet.

 

[Xancatrius]

Hey @Leaves , I was wondering, since I'm flat footed, which of the shoe brands have a rather good stiffener on the side of the shoes and a rather deep foot bed so I can take the insole out and stuff my insole in? Because if the foot bed is too shallow then when I put an orthopedic insole in, the instep rises so high I probably won't be able to tighten the laces properly and end up with a huge V, not to mention a whole lot of painful walking.

Thanks in advance!

 

[sacafotos]

I don't think I would be in for the green elastic. Reddish brown sounds like it would match up nicely. As for last I only have one pair of bonafe shoes so I am ok with whatever the suggestion is. I have pretty average feet.

I'm intrigued.

Sole options: Millerghime sole like on the current Jodhpur boot? Sleek and still rubber for grip. Could even do single Dainite.

Let me think about this. I wasn't planning on a Chelsea, but with two pairs or Bonafè, I'm now a fan.

Anyone game for a Norvegese wholecut on the 946 like the shoe on the left, but in a chestnut or gold museum calf:

EDIT:

@laufer @MRMstl

Have you guys seen Carmina's Jodhpur, with the buckle down by the ankle? I think that looks slightly better, as the buckle would be visible below the cuff.

 

[nickrut]



The Button Boot pictured with the peccary shaft is on the 2102B last. This last looks very close to the G&G MH71 last. But it fits closer to Carmina Rain. The Button Boot RogerP is organizing a GMTO for is on the 74945 last. I'd recommend you wear a UK 11.5 in this last, you being the same size as me. The 74945 is a great looking last. It's chiseled but has a round toe. Quite conservative but with an edge.

74945 last:

Any chance the other two would switch to the mh71 like last?

 

[Leaves]



Well that is what @newyorker

PS there is no 2102b last, the b was typing error, just 2102

Other way around. There's no 2102 last, only 2102B.