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[zaxer]



B = heel width
D = front width

in your instance, that's a standard run of the mill size (but those shoes should be Barrie lasted, which most size .5 down from their Brannock size)

The B/D combination is fixed or could there be a D/D or a C/D ?

 

[apo1]

Tan suede unlined chukkas ,is the best colour suede ,for my opinion for the summer!

 

[mcarthur]



I brushed my tassels today ... Alden's stock 563 with BB madras... the heat is comin'.

nephew, good shine on your tassels I like your tassels

 

[mcarthur]



No offense Uncle, but the bums from Brooklyn that are now in LA are overpriced and terribly under-performing as of now.  Long season though, I suppose.

nephew,
no offense taken, once the team left Brooklyn, the love affair was dead

 

[100 yrs]



My Whiskey LHS are on their first wear today.
But it's only 48F right now.

ain't Seattle-ish grand? we've been barely breaking 60 this week, but i'm headed to vegas for the weekend with forecasts in the mid- to upper-90s. wearing my unlined #8 ptbs for the trip. stopped in j. gilbert at lunch and thought about buying the #8 nst on plaza, but didn't want to burn my vegas money on cordovan...

 

[TactileOne]

PAS a local clothier has the full strap loafer available in what the salesman described as a carmel color over the phone. Not sure if Whiskey or Ravello, Aberdeen last and he said had quite a few, unfortunately not in 11.

 

[Beatlegeuse]



The B/D combination is fixed or could there be a D/D or a C/D ?

I've never seen anything other than a heel width that was 2 widths narrower than the midfoot width, like A/C, B/D, C/E, etc.

 

[apo1]

Whiskey - Alden Tan
Ravello - Some use Alden's Brown, I use Kiwi Mid-Tan
Cigar - Alden Brown (or Saphir Cordovan Cream in Brown)
Color 4 - dunno

So, why when I bought the alden whiskey ptb recently from FRANSBONE ,I found a paper for maintaining inside from ALDEN, which recommends
ALDEN color 8 Paste wax for the above pair?
Is it wrong???!!!!

 

[Alcibiades]



So, why when I bought the alden whiskey ptb recently from FRANSBONE ,I found a paper  for maintaining inside from ALDEN, which recommends
ALDEN color 8 Paste wax for the above pair?
Is it wrong???!!!!

I believe that is the standard "how to care for cordovan" brochure that is included with all cordovan shoes... Yes, ignore the color recommendation in that brochure

 

[rydenfan]

So, why when I bought the alden whiskey ptb recently from FRANSBONE ,I found a paper for maintaining inside from ALDEN, which recommends
ALDEN color 8 Paste wax for the above pair?
Is it wrong???!!!!

Yes, it is. Simply look at the color of your shoe and the color of that wax and I am pretty sure you would never want to put that on your shoe.

 

[poena]

so is the sand suede that need supply is currently selling the same as tan? I'd prefer unlined though

 

[apo1]

Yes, it is. Simply look at the color of your shoe and the color of that wax and I am pretty sure you would never want to put that on your shoe.

scetchiness from alden for so expensive shoes!
Do you agree with the proposals of Alcibiades a little above?

 

[zippyh]

My Whiskey LHS are on their first wear today.
But it's only 48F right now.

ain't Seattle-ish grand? we've been barely breaking 60 this week, but i'm headed to vegas for the weekend with forecasts in the mid- to upper-90s. wearing my unlined #8 ptbs for the trip. stopped in j. gilbert at lunch and thought about buying the #8 nst on plaza, but didn't want to burn my vegas money on cordovan...

We were just in LAS a couple weeks ago.
105F was quite the contrast.

I have good associations between LAS and cordovan.
I had just landed in LAS when I got an email from Tom about #4 PTBs.
I forget where we were staying but I ordered cigar PTBs while I was there a couple years ago..
I was sitting by the Cosmo pool browsing on my phone when I saw #4 captoes at TSM last fall.

 

[bobbyc17]

Anybody here has experience with Citishoes? They have the Whiskey LWB on their website but that page doesn't look like has a real time inventory , I sent two emails and called with no luck.??

I was there today. They have whiskey LWB in 9.5, 10 and 11 (he might have mentioned other sizes but I cut him off after that). They have a cigar PTB in 7.5, Whiskey LHS, Cigar NST. Not sure on the sizes of the last two. I would call again, they were very helpful the last time I called.

 

[BeSpiffington]



I brushed my tassels today ... Alden's stock 563 with BB madras... the heat is comin'.

RTP, I'm really digging your tassels. A Great Gatsby like stylish hot weather combo. Wear the heck out of them. Uncle Mac please forgive me, but I believe I'm starting to think that there is a pair of tasseled 563 loafers in my future.