Vintage Dress shoe appreciation, tips, maintenance and advice

[flipstah]

Thoughts on this 93602 being restorable?

 

[CWOyaji]

Thoughts on this 93602 being restorable?
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Hey Flipstah, if they're thrift price it'd be worth trying some leather cleaner/lotion like Bick 4, which would make those cracks a lot less noticeable. Maybe some of the other Canadians on here might want a project.

 

[flipstah]

Hey Flipstah, if they're thrift price it'd be worth trying some leather cleaner/lotion like Bick 4, which would make those cracks a lot less noticeable. Maybe some of the other Canadians on here might want a project.

def thrift price. Going to see if mink oil will make a difference

 

[CWOyaji]

Size? See if anybody here can wear them?

 

[friendlygoz]

Late 1980s shell MacNeils.

 

[friendlygoz]

def thrift price. Going to see if mink oil will make a difference

Don't use mink oil. It will ruin the leather. Start with Bick 4.

 

[Oshare]

My recently acquired Cheaney Veldtschoen shoes to the rescue on a chilly, windy, and wet day.

 

[smfdoc]

Happy Thursday forum pals. Florsheims, of course.

 

[friendlygoz]

Camel skin Dack’s today. ?

 

[Hotel Cali]

There a bidding war (currently at $328) between two bidders for these Johnsonian. I am curious if there are anything more special than just 1940s vintage.

Vintage 30’s-40’s Cap Toe Dress Shoes Johnsonian Brand Brown 9B Oxford | eBay

<p>Vintage 30’s-40’s Cap Toe Dress Shoes Johnsonian Brand Brown 9B Oxford. </p><br /><p>12” in length, 4” wide, 3 1/4” tall </p>

www.ebay.com

 

[JFWR]

Thoughts on this 93602 being restorable?
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The cracks seem relatively mild for a thrift store find. I'd heavily moisturize it with renovateur or Bick 4 - like, 5-6 coats at least - and fill in the cracks with renovatrice from Saphir.

This isn't shell, so you don't have to worry about it being utterly ruined.

Yeah dude, seriously, try renovatrice in the same colour brown, cream polish it three times, and then wax polish it. I think you could probably get these shoes looking really nice, though the damage is already done.

I mean, these aren't -holes-.

 

[Oshare]

My recently acquired Stratfords for a somewhat formal Florsheim Friday at the office.

 

[vestbash]

There a bidding war (currently at $328) between two bidders for these Johnsonian. I am curious if there are anything more special than just 1940s vintage.

Vintage 30’s-40’s Cap Toe Dress Shoes Johnsonian Brand Brown 9B Oxford | eBay

<p>Vintage 30’s-40’s Cap Toe Dress Shoes Johnsonian Brand Brown 9B Oxford. </p><br /><p>12” in length, 4” wide, 3 1/4” tall </p>

www.ebay.com

Not from what I can tell. I'm shocked at the current auction result given they're narrow.

 

[Hotel Cali]

Not from what I can tell. I'm shocked at the current auction result given they're narrow.

I think that even the listed size is incorrect as 9B. Label 0100 suggest even narrower 10A.

 

[friendlygoz]

My recently acquired Stratfords for a somewhat formal Florsheim Friday at the office.

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Grommet work looks amazing.