Vintage Dress shoe appreciation, tips, maintenance and advice

[Quantum17]

Does anyone know what these are? They look like Golden Harvest, but the model number is wrong: 33920

They popped up on auction here in Japan. Not my size and pretty beat up, so I'm not planning on picking them up... but wondering about the model number.

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That’s GH color. The number could be custom made up for retailers.

 

[suitforcourt]

Does anyone know what these are? They look like Golden Harvest, but the model number is wrong: 33920

They popped up on auction here in Japan. Not my size and pretty beat up, so I'm not planning on picking them up... but wondering about the model number.

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Maybe custom GH?

 

[friendlygoz]

Does anyone know what these are? They look like Golden Harvest, but the model number is wrong: 33920

They popped up on auction here in Japan. Not my size and pretty beat up, so I'm not planning on picking them up... but wondering about the model number.

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I had a pair with similar marking and sold them. I think they are a custom made pie.

 

[JFWR]

Hey, does anyone have tips on vintage shoe collecting for a gentleman with an 11.5 EEE size?

I know that I have thankfully gotten lucky with a few models, thanks especially to one fine gentleman here in this thread, but I often find my options limited.

Any brands besides Florsheim I should be looking for that often made shoes for men with big/wide feet?

 

[ashynastyclassy]

@Oshare
I would love to find me a pair of Duckie boots from the collection in my size, because of the fact they’re made in India. I wore made in India Cole Haan boots on my first visit to Varanasi and it won’t be my last visit there

@vestbash
I can’t seem to find the site, I tried to at the time of posting the image and also why I said apparently, cause I can’t find the article

@Nealjpage
I don’t believe that says Cole and Haan, but Cole and Haag which something different. I don’t have much info on the brand because every time a mention comes up it gets sidetracked, speaking of which.. does anyone own a vintage Cole Haan LWB? Seems everyone and their grandma made a pair but them

@mormonopoly
If there not already someone I’d like to be the first to sign up for a paid subscription to your watchlist, sir. I’m sort of joking but not at the same time

These are not 40s or as rare, the spady-nes of these seems to vary by pair also. 9.5 not in my size but I picked them up thinking the price was okay (Sellers pictures)

 

[smfdoc]

Hey, does anyone have tips on vintage shoe collecting for a gentleman with an 11.5 EEE size?

I know that I have thankfully gotten lucky with a few models, thanks especially to one fine gentleman here in this thread, but I often find my options limited.

Any brands besides Florsheim I should be looking for that often made shoes for men with big/wide feet?

Hanover and Mason made eee widths, but the pickings are slim. Florsheim made eee but not for every style. Like the Golden Harvest, was normally a maximum of E width, unless it was a special order for a single customer. Being your size, I can understand your frustration, but you can’t find what is not there.

 

[hamercha]

Hanover and Mason made eee widths, but the pickings are slim. Florsheim made eee but not for every style. Like the Golden Harvest, was normally a maximum of E width, unless it was a special order for a single customer. Being your size, I can understand your frustration, but you can’t find what is not there.

Alden made most of its style in EEE. AE also made several in EEE as well.

 

[suitforcourt]

Hey, does anyone have tips on vintage shoe collecting for a gentleman with an 11.5 EEE size?

I know that I have thankfully gotten lucky with a few models, thanks especially to one fine gentleman here in this thread, but I often find my options limited.

Any brands besides Florsheim I should be looking for that often made shoes for men with big/wide feet?

As a fellow EEE'er, I feel the pain.

Instead of specific brands, I have searches on ebay for "vintage 8.5eee" and "vintage 8.5 3e."

Those parameters, along with @davidVC 'S list, and this thread's intel, have accounted for 90% of my collection.

 

[Nealjpage]

@Oshare
I would love to find me a pair of Duckie boots from the collection in my size, because of the fact they’re made in India. I wore made in India Cole Haan boots on my first visit to Varanasi and it won’t be my last visit there

@vestbash
I can’t seem to find the site, I tried to at the time of posting the image and also why I said apparently, cause I can’t find the article

@Nealjpage
I don’t believe that says Cole and Haan, but Cole and Haag which something different. I don’t have much info on the brand because every time a mention comes up it gets sidetracked, speaking of which.. does anyone own a vintage Cole Haan LWB? Seems everyone and their grandma made a pair but them

@mormonopoly
If there not already someone I’d like to be the first to sign up for a paid subscription to your watchlist, sir. I’m sort of joking but not at the same time

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Cole and Haag? Huh. I thought it was just a listing error. I can't find much on this Haag fellow.

 

[JFWR]

Hanover and Mason made eee widths, but the pickings are slim. Florsheim made eee but not for every style. Like the Golden Harvest, was normally a maximum of E width, unless it was a special order for a single customer. Being your size, I can understand your frustration, but you can’t find what is not there.

Yep. I've had luck with Hanover: I have a pair of shell PTB and LWB (sadly, the latter cracked horribly :/).

Sad on the Golden Harvest, honestly, as I need a tan shoe, and what better than the GH?

 

[Jiqea]

Cole and Haag? Huh. I thought it was just a listing error. I can't find much on this Haag fellow.

I can find only a handful of references to Cole & Haag, but here is an advert in which they are listed from 1984 in Fort Worth TX.

 

[Nealjpage]

I can find only a handful of references to Cole & Haag, but here is an advert in which they are listed from 1984 in Fort Worth TX.

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They must've been a value brand, then. (Though, adjusted for inflation, $59.95 is approximately $150 today. The AE adjusted for inflation would now be about $300. Sounds about right.)

 

[JFWR]

As a fellow EEE'er, I feel the pain.

Instead of specific brands, I have searches on ebay for "vintage 8.5eee" and "vintage 8.5 3e."

Those parameters, along with @davidVC 'S list, and this thread's intel, have accounted for 90% of my collection.

Thanks! I will definitely try this.

 

[suitforcourt]

Yep. I've had luck with Hanover: I have a pair of shell PTB and LWB (sadly, the latter cracked horribly :/).

Sad on the Golden Harvest, honestly, as I need a tan shoe, and what better than the GH?

Not to rub salt into the wound, I found a pair of GH in 9eee. They were custom made. They fit more like 8.5eee.

 

[JFWR]

Not to rub salt into the wound, I found a pair of GH in 9eee. They were custom made. They fit more like 8.5eee.

Lol. God damnit. :/