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THE OFFICIAL ALDEN THREAD FOR 2020 - SHARE REVIEWS, SIZING, ADVICE, AND PHOTOS.

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Wearing my favorite pair of color 8 I own. AoC chukka makeup. Speaking of AoC - I have some store credit there and I’m curious to hear y’all’s thoughts about the boot/shoe you would purchase from them. Excluding all shell. I’m leaning towards either the snuff suede Indy or one of the 6 eyelet chukka makeups (snuff vs reverse earth)

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IC, as he usually does, stated it perfectly. Nothing better than well taken care of, well worn, shell. Yours are perfect!

Finally found out how to break in the stiff leather soles on GS shoes. Suede longwings are sublime.



Funny you should post these as they are on sale and I agonized over them yesterday. Typically by the time footwear goes on sale the TTS 9D's are long gone.
 

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Funny you should post these as they are on sale and I agonized over them yesterday. Typically by the time footwear goes on sale the TTS 9D's are long gone.

Get them. I'm up to 7 pairs of GS, there an awesome value. Two of them are LWB's and while a bit rounder than Alden's, I think they're a great casual shoe.
 

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It's been a long time since I could sit on the deck at this time of evening and enjoy, well......the evening. Rusticalf Indy's still on the feet.
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I wish I could like this twice. We are still a few weeks from this kind of activity.
 

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I wish I could like this twice. We are still a few weeks from this kind of activity.
Today was the first time since last fall....temps only in upper 60's, but had to do it since grilling this evening. Temps will drop again before they come back to "normal" (if there is such a thing any more)
 

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Does anyone know how to upload a QuickTime .mov file to this site. Dog going nuts with the leaf blower, wife took a video on phone but SF can't seem to upload it (has my Alden boot in it)
 

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Any tips for for how to care for this dryness? Is it cracking? Or normal dry spots?
For context, I’ve only worn this pair ~10 times, but I did notice the shoe’s manufacturing date according to the code was 2016. Should I have conditioned the Shell before wearing?
 

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Ravello for a trip to the store because they are impervious to corona virus.

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