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[sacafotos]

@mdubs

Where did you get those laces? My 27" Benjos are way too short for my 5 eyelet suede Dovers.

I think that color would work with snuff suede as well.

 

[mdubs]



So looking at pictures...

• Older cigar looks like newer ravello.
• New cigar is so dark it's closer to color 8.
• Old ravello was more "red" and closer to Color 4.
• Color 4 is probably never going to happen again or very rarerly.
• Newer Color 8 is either super dark or occasionally "purple-ish" like the Jcrew PCT boot / older Color 8 is like this too.

Am I getting this right?

That is pretty close.

Old Ravello and Color #4 are still uniquely different. I am not quite sure how to explain it, but some old Ravello did have more of a reddish orange hue to it that it doesn't have in some of the latest batches. Newer Ravello is seeming to have more of a golden orange undertone to it to me than the reddish orange it used to have.

Old Cigar traditionally had more Olive undertones to it, that brand new New Cigar does not shoe.

Colors do change batch to batch.

-Mike

 

[mdubs]



@mdubs

Where did you get those laces? My 27" Benjos are way too short for my 5 eyelet suede Dovers.

I think that color would work with snuff suede as well.

They came with the shoes. Let me see if I can find out where the laces were sourced for you. I would probably get 32" laces for the 5-eyelet Blutcher.

-Mike

 

[mdubs]



@mdubs

Where did you get those laces? My 27" Benjos are way too short for my 5 eyelet suede Dovers.

I think that color would work with snuff suede as well.

The seller already responded. They are from Benjo as well. I can measure them if you need the length. Alden's standard lace is 30" if my memory serves me properly.

 

[intensanity]

Does anyone here have the #4 NST Boot? Curious what they look like outside of promo pics.

 

[Handcuffed]

Where have you seen a promo pic for that?

 

[wklq76a]



FYI gents, if you're looking for a good comparison photo of the two shells:

Ravello looks superb. They all do.

Great lineup. I assume this is cigar --> ravello --> whiskey? And is this "old" ravello?

 

[mdubs]



Where have you seen a promo pic for that?

 

[sacafotos]

I'm sure it's old Ravello. I pulled pics from another thread.

Am I correct that the JCrew waxed tobacco looks similar in shade to Ravello?

 

[mdubs]



I'm sure it's old Ravello. I pulled pics from another thread.

Am I correct that the JCrew waxed tobacco looks similar in shade to Ravello?

They are old Ravello. I have seen that pic before as well.

Yeah, the JCrew waxed Tabacco looks like it could be a shade of Ravello.

 

[movoblast]

Man the old ravellos are nice. It looks a lot more vibrant to me. The new ravellos look nice too and I'm in for a pair, but the color looks a little duller to me. I wonder why its shifting towards a duller, darker color. If it was a batch to batch discrepancy, wouldn't Alden try to fix it after the first batch that came out like that? Do you think they are doing this to mask the imperfections in the shell?

 

[kwhitelaw]

Man the old ravellos are nice. It looks a lot more vibrant to me. The new ravellos look nice too and I'm in for a pair, but the color looks a little duller to me. I wonder why its shifting towards a duller, darker color. If it was a batch to batch discrepancy, wouldn't Alden try to fix it after the first batch that came out like that? Do you think they are doing this to mask the imperfections in the shell?

definitely

 

[movoblast]

definitely

Man I'm still undecided if I want both cigar and ravello LWB's from looking at this pic. I can definitely justify purchasing both the cigar and the old ravello, because the old ravello is more of a warm 70:30 , brownrange mixture. But I can't help but think that the cigars will eventually end up lightening up to a very similar shade as the new ravello, after a half year to a year of wear, making it redundant to own both. It looks like there's practically no orange/red undertone.

 

[wklq76a]



Man I'm still undecided if I want both cigar and ravello LWB's from looking at this pic. I can definitely justify purchasing both the cigar and the old  ravello, because the old ravello is more of a warm 70:30 , brownrange mixture. But I can't help but think that the cigars will eventually end up lightening up to a very similar shade as the new ravello, after a half year to a year of wear, making it redundant to own both. It looks like there's practically no orange/red undertone.

I'm in the same situation. I do wonder how "new ravello" will age, however. Lighten? Darken?

 

[bespoken pa]

I thought about picking the ravello lwb up but realistically they probably would not get much wear. I have four orders out already, decisions, decisions.