The Official Alden Thread for 2021 - Share Reviews, Sizing, Advice, and Photos.

[audog]

Waiting for my to-go order so I can hustle back home before the second half starts.
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Davis boot?

 

[Hisheirness23]

Davis boot?

Yup! One of my favorite boots!

 

[audog]

Yup! One of my favorite boots!

Me 2, great design, great leather, well done. If I had to sell all the boots, it would be one of the last to go it's so good.

 

[denimondenimondenim]

@jischwar @audog @scurvyfreedman thanks for guidance fellas

 

[audog]

@jischwar @audog @scurvyfreedman thanks for guidance fellas

Hey, we are all in this together.

 

[Sheepdog]

Not quite Barbour weather yet, but I did take the chance to break out this pair of cavalry twills. Don't think I've worn them with these unlined dovers before, but I like it.

 

[smfdoc]

Happy Tuesday forum pals.

 

[Ancestral Star]

 

[mdubs]

Awesome choice with the Unlined Chukkas today! Wearing your Chocolate cohort in crime today…

-Mike

 

[CasuallyWorked]

Fellas looking for opinions. Same boot, but can't decide on edge color, which would you pick? I plan on wearing them with jeans and a tucked-in oxford/polo

 

[audog]

V-tip Tuesday

 

[Don L]

Fellas looking for opinions. Same boot, but can't decide on edge color, which would you pick? I plan on wearing them with jeans and a tucked-in oxford/polo

I have dark edge and find them more versatile and wear with jeans often

 

[jischwar]

I have dark edge and find them more versatile and wear with jeans often

☝. Dark edge can go both ways, but antique is harder to dress up

 

[aaronj15]

I was going to say the same exact thing. I have the same wear pattern - toe and outer heel. I wonder if you can just replace the dovetail. You can definitely replace just the heel block. And, I concur about the sunken metal toe taps. Extremely effective. I have them on a pair of EG and the soles look almost new. I'm going to do them on all my dress shoes as I resole them.

Any recommendations on a cobbler(I live in Philly)? I have the same issue, the toe areas get worn out fast and I walk a ton

 

[stook1]

@jischwar @audog @scurvyfreedman thanks for guidance fellas

Likewise agree with @jischwar but would add that you might consider doing toe plates now. If the balls of sole are still solid and you are just prone to toe drag you can probably get a ton more mileage out of the original soles this way. Probably about $80, give or take, for toe plates and new heel toplifts so call it roughly 50-60% of the price of a good resole (you still have the some life on the heels but probably best to do the toe plates sooner so that the wear doesn't need to be built up by the cobbler).