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[gnatty8]

Originally Posted by ChrisGold

Beautiful, what's the leather?

Originally Posted by enigma77

Brown pebble grain, right? Looks like this one:

http://shop.winnperry.com/products/a...ck-captoe-boot

Correct.

 

[interlockingny]

Originally Posted by REguy

They look so much better on the Aberdeen than the Barrie. Can you share the price with us?

Ah, that does look nice. I guess I got a different Alden makeup produced for Tassel HK:

 

[HorseHide]

Originally Posted by interlockingny

Ah, that does look nice. I guess I got a different Alden makeup produced for Tassel HK:

Yours are beautiful but I have a high instep and Alden Balmorals don't work well for me - that's why I grabbed the Bluchers from Tassels even though it is ridiculous to think of the "carbon footprint" of those shoes - from the French countryside (sounds better than slaughterhouse) to the Horween tannery (4 miles from my house) to Middleborough to Hong Kong back to Chicago.

 

[dusty]

Does anybody have suggestions for retailers that carry unlined bluchers? My dream Aldens (and I don't know if they exist) are unlined plain toe bluchers, Barrie last, in brown calf with a flex welt sole.

 

[zippyh]

Sort of like these?
http://www.leathersoulhawaii.com/200...hell-cordovan/

 

[Steve Thomas]

Originally Posted by zippyh

Sort of like these?
http://www.leathersoulhawaii.com/200...hell-cordovan/

Ummmmm...yup...I way more than sort of like these...

 

[dusty]

Originally Posted by zippyh

Sort of like these?
http://www.leathersoulhawaii.com/200...hell-cordovan/

Yeah, a lot like those.

 

[HorseHide]

Originally Posted by dusty

Does anybody have suggestions for retailers that carry unlined bluchers? My dream Aldens (and I don't know if they exist) are unlined plain toe bluchers, Barrie last, in brown calf with a flex welt sole.

http://www.tassels.com.hk/made_to_or...ails.php?id=90

 

[CEE88]

Originally Posted by zippyh

Sort of like these?
http://www.leathersoulhawaii.com/200...hell-cordovan/

what a great shoe. I'd take a pair.

 

[maquisard]

Originally Posted by wj4

PS to anyone who has black shell, is it worth it over black calf?

I think it depends on the calf. I like my black shell Aldens much more than my black calf Aldens. Definitely worth it. Better calf, of course, would cost more.

 

[wj4]

Originally Posted by maquisard

I think it depends on the calf. I like my black shell Aldens much more than my black calf Aldens. Definitely worth it. Better calf, of course, would cost more.

I went ahead and preordered a pair of black shell LWB. It should be here in ~6 months.

 

[marg]

Originally Posted by zippyh

Sort of like these?
http://www.leathersoulhawaii.com/200...hell-cordovan/

I love the look of these shoes. Keep in mind that they will probably wrinkle up quite a bit more than lined shoes.

 

[wj4]

To Zippy or anyone else with whiskey PTB's...can you fellas post up a picture? I'm usually not a fan of plain toe's, but I want to see how they look. It's either this or whiskey LWB's. I fear the LWB's will be too close in color to my dark tan LWB's from J. Crew, this is the only reason I didn't buy the whiskey LWB's instantly.

 

[maquisard]

Originally Posted by REguy

They look so much better on the Aberdeen than the Barrie.

So much better.

 

[NAMOR]

+1 or the Plaza. Basically anything other than Barrie or Modified