The Official Thrift / Discount Store Bragging Thread Part III (Sept 2018-)

[impuntura]

 

[impuntura]

 

[impuntura]

2 pairs a year like clockwork

 

[Pierson v Post]

I stay away from sneakers, but after lookin up the model # on this one I think I did OK. Air Jordan 7 Retro "Orion" in 9.5
Does @Bahljs still post here?

 

[Centaurus3200]

Of all my years walking around San Francisco during lunch breaks, I only just realized today that there's an Isaia Napoli store on Maiden Lane.

That is all. Lol!

 

[ORLThrifter]

Shell Hanover LB Sheppard Signatures loafer (Model 2500) 9.5 D/B, available

Milanese brand I've never seen "Cardinale", but insanely comfortable for personal. No size/model marking, only a handwritten letter "M" on the tongue. MTO maybe?

 

[mormonopoly]

x

 

[kbadgley84]

Shell Hanover LB Sheppard Signatures loafer (Model 2500) 9.5 D/B, available
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Milanese brand I've never seen "Cardinale", but insanely comfortable for personal. No size/model marking, only a handwritten letter "M" on the tongue. MTO maybe?
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One of those looks like shell and the other one doesn’t. Am i just tripping balls here?

 

[JohnAAG]

One of those looks like shell and the other one doesn’t. Am i just tripping balls here?

Nope.
@ORLThrifter I think you got 2 different shoes. Do the model numbers in each shoe match? The creases on the left one definitely don't look like shell.

 

[green_machine]

Do they ever correct the grain of shell? (probably not) maybe that could be the creases. The toe stitching looks like shell.

 

[silverwarebandit]

Could be built up shoe polish

 

[JohnAAG]

Shell doesn't really have a "grain". It's a membrane so it's very smooth. Even if you strip all the finishes, coatings and colors off it, it still looks smooth and just has that characteristic rolling.

A build up of polish usually makes the shell color look streaky. It's really difficult to get colored polishes and creams to penetrate, even when you're starting with totally bare shell. So they tend to just stay on the surface. But they don't cause small creases like on the left shoe. Even when the clear top coat many manufacturers apply to shell (like Alden) gets old, it just appears cloudy or flaky.

 

[Pyrrhomaniac]

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They also had these. $75 isn’t terrible but 50-percent off on Sunday would make things better.

75 for all of those is a decent deal!

 

[ORLThrifter]

Nope.
@ORLThrifter I think you got 2 different shoes. Do the model numbers in each shoe match? The creases on the left one definitely don't look like shell.

I thought the same at first, but I believe they are shell and @silverwarebandit is right, it's polish build-up.Same model # on both and unless someone resoled with these soles...but I understand and appreciate the thread skepticism.

Edit: who knows then?

 

[ORLThrifter]

Sword of Omens give us shell sight beyond sight

****, I don't know anymore. Model number and sole, rest of the shoe feels like shell and everything is identical on the interiors. Maybe it's a unicorn and I need to get a refund from Hanover..oh wait.