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flylikeneagle

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Sometimes I really hate you guys. :brick:

Thanks a lot flylikeaneagle, now that I saw Cavour is having a sale, I’ve bought another pair that I really don’t need.
Ha! Glad I could enable you for a change. I have a pair of color 4 Balways in production that I can attribute directly to you (and @nishant ). Which pair did you get? Shearing lined Galway in London Grain would've been high on my list had I lived in the Northeast or Midwest instead of Atlanta.
 
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Ha! Glad I could enable you for a change. I have a pair of color 4 Balways in production that I can attribute directly to you (and @nishant ). Which pair did you get? Shearing lined Galway in London Grain would've been high on my list had I lived in the Northeast or Midwest instead of Atlanta.
Either I’m really transparent, or you’re a really good guesser.
 

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Hey @stephenaf2003, do you size up 1/2 on those to accommodate the shearling lining? Or just go with regular size?
I went with my regular size, but it’s my first EG shearling, so I guess I’ll find out.
 

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Guys, I know this is not a sale thread but wanted to post these shell shoes. C&J made for RL, these don't need any introduction. All size 11D and I'd like to move them, they all come in boxes with shoe bags. I'll throw in deer bones to the lucky buyers!! Just pm me for more details.
 

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Sharing with ye good chaps my CJ Harvard in dark brown (or I’d rather call dark cigar) unlined cordovan. It was gifted from my fiancée.

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I have to confess I was fascinated by its rich colours in greenish brown and its shimmering lustre from its rich oil. Shinier than calfskin, but not as vulgar as patent leather. Calling it ‘dark brown’ just doesn’t do it justice. It has to be ‘dark cigar’.

Being unlined, it was so soft that I felt no breaking-in for my first-time horse-butt-wearing feet. Which was to my surprise. Then I was told that this model was less likely to produce the big waves typical to shells.

But I kept on wearing it, for every other day during the Chinese New Year break.

And it worked out rather fine:

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It helped that Wayne at Leather Healer taught me the ‘pen method’ to pre-make the crease at where the leather would bend, so that the waves are in the shape and place you desire. I also attached Vibram half soles and metal toe caps - the latter a must, the former my choice (as I walk a lot and oftener wet ground / rough muddy grounds, which means leather soles wear out in less than 2-3 years).

I wear them with wool trousers in the suns and cords in the snows (cordovan is indeed hard-wearing, being originally meant for army boots):

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Finally, enjoy some sun-kissed indulgence of deep cigar!

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Cheers,
Royal_Airforce
 

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