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How bad was the fit for you to surrender a grail pair like that?

I have a high vamp. The entire front of the shoe was super tight and the v gap was about two inches Wide. They looked and fit terrible. They fit madhat perfectly.
 

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Wow, sounds impressive! Any pics?

These are the pair posted by @madhat on another thread.

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He’s underselling a bit. His relentless pursuit of awesomeness ended up with me having the original bags and box too.
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it should be said they’d been worn like once, so that wear is me.

Ay. Those are insane. Can't decide if I'd get much use out of croc shoes after reselling a pair of shark that I couldn't seem to wear....The texture was just a bit too much for me but these J&M crocs are so crazy nice.
 

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AE Strands burnishing update:
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I put two applications of light brown on the entire shoe, then alternating layers of Havana and medium brown on the toes, about 2/3 of the way up the medallion. I'm going to keep brushing and buffing to get some small spots with orange peel texture smoothed out, then go for a mirror shine on the toes.
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I have those in black, they are solidly built. View attachment 1484150
Mine didn't even complain when I stretched them from 12 to 13.5, using medieval methods.
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Well, now I may take this approach with a pair of Sanders & Sanders chukkas that are ever so slightly too short. Couldn’t quite figure out how to elongate them in the toe box.
 

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These are two thick floor protector pads that you put under the legs of heavy furniture.
 

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Wow, looks fantastic, and of a relatively recent make too. Thanks guys ?

They were a great pair. They sold for $1000 in the 1992 catalog. They were certainly high end shoes at the time.
 

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Finishing off the last of my blue collection this week. These are 1950's Mansfield longwing spectators. Mansfield was a lower level line made by Bostonian. The materials definitely feel cheaper than I'm used to from that era, but still a nice shoe and it's rare to find a longwing ventilated spectator.
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Finishing off the last of my blue collection this week. These are 1950's Mansfield longwing spectators. Mansfield was a lower level line made by Bostonian. The materials definitely feel cheaper than I'm used to from that era, but still a nice shoe and it's rare to find a longwing ventilated spectator. View attachment 1484378 View attachment 1484379 View attachment 1484380 View attachment 1484381

What a handsome pair. It seems like the gents of that era didn't have EEE width feet. Too bad.
 

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