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

[audog]

Yup, need another boot like a hole-in-the-head but those were hard to pass up. Me and my man hanging out back as my wife and I get ready to head into town for pick up. AoM grant-lasted snuff splits......

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Feels like a treat to actually have shoes on. Strange times indeed......

Dogs in shoe threads = bonus points.

 

[Texasmade]

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Doesn’t appear for me.

 

[audog]

Change of plans, another tassel Aberdeen, but a different color for cooking on the grill.

 

[audog]

Doesn’t appear for me.
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Did you send an email to them requesting to be added to the lists? If so it might take 24 to 48 hrs

 

[TheSuitBurnsBetter]

My first pair of cordovan shoes arrived in the mail today: very well worn 563 tassels from an ebay seller who, based on the description and price, may not have known they were cordovan.
Cleaned the insoles with a white vinegar solution and tried the spoon method with Bick 4 to ease out some of the rolls (anticipating the look I would get from the spouse, I refuse to buy a deer bone).
Dont have the hang of it just yet but I'm getting better. Still need to pick up some polish.

 

[JSO1]

Dang, missed the exotics. Wish TSM had mentioned those in their email this morning. Were there any 8/8.5s in the bunch? Please say no.

Yes. Whiskey LWB on waterloc 8D and Cigar PTB on leather 8D. I bought both. If they don’t work for me I will return them or I will contact you.

Also a cigar cap toe on plaza in 8.5D which I passed on. Lots of other stuff.

 

[Shawnc]

My first pair of cordovan shoes arrived in the mail today: very well worn 563 tassels from an ebay seller who, based on the description and price, may not have known they were cordovan.
Cleaned the insoles with a white vinegar solution and tried the spoon method with Bick 4 to ease out some of the rolls (anticipating the look I would get from the spouse, I refuse to buy a deer bone).
Dont have the hang of it just yet but I'm getting better. Still need to pick up some polish.
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Dude, you nailed it. Those look great. Congrats on a great pickup.

 

[audog]

Yes. Whiskey LWB on waterloc 8D and Cigar PTB on leather 8D. I bought both. If they don’t work for me I will return them or I will contact you.

Also a cigar cap toe on plaza in 8.5D which I passed on. Lots of other stuff.

Cigar cap toe was gone when I went looking.

 

[up1911fan]

Snuff Plaza MCT.

 

[audog]

Aberdeen #3 for the evening. Those Zuru Bunch-o-Balloons, water balloon things really work, as does Tarrago nano spray on suede when confronted with a 4 yr old and 100 water balloons

 

[scurvyfreedman]

Cigar cap toe was gone when I went looking.

I got the email and then sat on it all day. I might have bit on the cap toe had I seen it. But, I've got a cigar Indy in the works (was to be due by end of April had COVID not happened), so I'm not sure if I could handle two in such short succession.

 

[audog]

Looking at my last post and GOOD GOD I NEED A TAN! Exacerbated by white 501's, stupid choice on my part......but the full strap loafers are good, right?

 

[audog]

I got the email and then sat on it all day. I might have bit on the cap toe had I seen it. But, I've got a cigar Indy in the works (was to be due by end of April had COVID not happened), so I'm not sure if I could handle two in such short succession.

There is always room for "just one more"............

 

[audog]

I got the email and then sat on it all day. I might have bit on the cap toe had I seen it. But, I've got a cigar Indy in the works (was to be due by end of April had COVID not happened), so I'm not sure if I could handle two in such short succession.

I've wondered how many people are on TSM's Alden shell lists, who are not here. I often forget that we are a sub-set of Alden people, and there are legions (well maybe not that many) who are Alden rare shell fans, but not SF members.

 

[scurvyfreedman]

There is always room for "just one more"............

And, I've been perusing the Thurston Bros. site for a custom Aero jacket for months. I'm doing my best to hold everything in place as if it's still mid-March. No big purchases until this is over.