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Stretch mark on new Church's

ky16

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Hi all! Been a lurker for awhile and recently got 2 pairs of Church's to officially join the club.

The monk straps fit into my daily routine just right ! No more lacing shoes 5 times a day ( Medical student, so I pop in and out of the operating theatre a lot ).

Just a quick question. As my Church's are seconds, I don't expect absolute perfection. But any idea what these marks are? I found a thread on SF that briefly mentioned stretch marks but they look fairly pigmented to me. And if it's normal then grand I'll happily live with them. I have tried Lexol on the mark but wouldn't budge. Didn't spot this in the shop when i bought it but I probably wasn't looking ( too excited ).

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To me that looks like an issue with polishing or burnishing rather than a stretch mark.

If the leather originally had stretch marks in it it would probably have been disposed on the cutting floor rather than go through all the effort to make them into a pair of seconds.

Seconds end up seconds due to a mistake in the process rather than a mistake before they've even been made in general, it makes little to no financial sense to make a shoe from scratch simply for it to be destined for the factory seconds shop. It is very rare to find shoes with leather that has faults in it at this high end. Of course, there may have been a momentary slip in QC but it is rare.
 

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To me that looks like an issue with polishing or burnishing rather than a stretch mark.

If the leather originally had stretch marks in it it would probably have been disposed on the cutting floor rather than go through all the effort to make them into a pair of seconds.

Seconds end up seconds due to a mistake in the process rather than a mistake before they've even been made in general, it makes little to no financial sense to make a shoe from scratch simply for it to be destined for the factory seconds shop. It is very rare to find shoes with leather that has faults in it at this high end. Of course, there may have been a momentary slip in QC but it is rare.
ah right I see. So I guess i'll probably take it as burnish then ! Doesn't really bother me but just curious if it was anyway reversible.
Thanks !
 

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Sometimes of course faults in the leather can only become apparent during the process, and often they may try to hide it with burnishing. However, as I say it is very rare for even Church's to get a batch of bad hides with stretch marks in them.
 

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