Vintage Dress shoe appreciation, tips, maintenance and advice

[happypebble]

OK then, the following is only semi vintage at best but bear with me, there's something of interest here. In these photos, the pair on the right is an older pair of Allen Edmonds Nashua. The pair on the left is a Thom McAn, Chinese-made knockoff of the AE model. You'd expect the quality of the second pair to be far below that of the AE shoes, but...I'm seeing little if any difference. For example, the black leather part of the uppers looks and feels identical on both pairs. The Thoms seem to be really well constructed, better than you'd expect. Who knew?

 

[happypebble]

This pair of Sears Easy Flex I posted a week or two ago, but now I've cleaned them up and replaced the crappy laces they came with, with proper flat black laces, and they are looking and feeling great. As I said earlier, if you run across a pair of Easy Flex in your size, you would do well to grab it, they're solidly built for the long run.

 

[davidVC]

Those are definitely not shell.

I agree. I have never seen a Shell Cordovan version of the that Varsity style

 

[sam67]

A while back I posted on trying to strip these PC with acetone. Then my friend tried some other chemical which also failed. I gave them to my daughters friend who had left them in the closet a while. Some kind of chemical almost iridescent interaction is going on revealing a greenish tint.

 

[isshinryu101]

Listen man, don't know about others, but I'm starting to get tired of your behaviour and dick swinging here. Your undoubted experience and great shoe collection cant be an excuse for such arrogance.

Its better to pay more attention to messages of other members if you wanna discuss them, especially that way

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Just chill out. Capital letters is your issue. Come on. Sheesh. Did it look like I was yellin at you? All I said was that dryness cracks on the uppers of vintage shoes is basically the end of the shoes. Why is that so bad? Heel repair? sure, but I stick by that fact. 40 year old leather that has cracked because of dryness in a Flexing area is BAD. Guy is asking about repairing it. That's REAL ADVICE. And, I'm not yelling, that's emphasis.

 

[isshinryu101]

Yes and no. Yes to EG. Sort of/not really to Peal & Co... Peal & Co stopped manufacturing in 1965, which is when Brooks bought the Peal name and used the label on any English shoes they had made for themselves. According to wiki they've sold Cheaney & Sons, Church's, Edward Green, Crockett & Jones, Alfred Sargent, and Loake under the name Peal & Co.

manufacturers.

Polo had some great shoes made from the same group of

 

[friendlygoz]

Haven’t posted much lately because I’ve been on vacation with the fam in Costa Rica (humble/cloaked brag? Sort of…). So it’s been crocks most of the time. I got them when they were for middle aged dads (if the shoe fits…) and now they are somehow cool.

The trip has made me think about vintage shoe collecting. Most things make me think about vintage shoes. We are in a small beach town and I’m astonished at how much plastic there is on the beach. It washes in with the tide and it’s everywhere. It made me think that we are doing something good for the environment my reusing old shoes. Am I being generous in assigning virtue to our shared indulgence? Sure. But seriously, since I started collecting vintage shoes I buy about 95% of my non-underwear and non-sock clothes used. It’s partly because I can get nice clothes pretty cheap but also for environmental reasons. I spent more than an hour picking up trash while my sons played (am I virtue signaling? Absolutely). This is the haul from 10-mins.

Let’s ignore that my family of four took a flight that dumped more carbon in the air than most people in the world will produce in a year. Let’s also keep collecting to feel like we are doing well and good.

 

[friendlygoz]

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Those are definitely not shell.

i would trust @mormonopoly on this more than I’d trust myself.

 

[friendlygoz]

Quick restoration on Ralph Lauren’s MiE shells. Brush, damp cloth, renomat, 2 coats of Lexol Neatsfoot over two days, Neutral Venetian Shoe Cream, cognac saphir cream (did not have shell cordovan brown). Sanded and applied brown edge dressing.
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Wow. Nice work. I was hoping you’d be terribly disappointed in how they came out and want to pass them to a brother (😉😉). Ok. I need to stop harassing you. Seriously, you did a great job on those.

 

[ojaw]

Haven’t posted much lately because I’ve been on vacation with the fam in Costa Rica (humble/cloaked brag? Sort of…). So it’s been crocks most of the time. I got them when they were for middle aged dads (if the shoe fits…) and now they are somehow cool.
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The trip has made me think about vintage shoe collecting. Most things make me think about vintage shoes. We are in a small beach town and I’m astonished at how much plastic there is on the beach. It washes in with the tide and it’s everywhere. It made me think that we are doing something good for the environment my reusing old shoes. Am I being generous in assigning virtue to our shared indulgence? Sure. But seriously, since I started collecting vintage shoes I buy about 95% of my non-underwear and non-sock clothes used. It’s partly because I can get nice clothes pretty cheap but also for environmental reasons. I spent more than an hour picking up trash while my sons played (am I virtue signaling? Absolutely). This is the haul from 10-mins. View attachment 1806971
Let’s ignore that my family of four took a flight that dumped more carbon in the air than most people in the world will produce in a year. Let’s also keep collecting to feel like we are doing well and good.

Keeping it realistic

 

[CWOyaji]

Fellow 13 wearers, these Hanover shell saddles are worth a look. I already have a pair of Nettletons just like them but at $40 BIN they are a good deal for someone who doesn't have a pair in this style and material.

 

[right_hook]

Just chill out. Capital letters is your issue. Come on. Sheesh. Did it look like I was yellin at you? All I said was that dryness cracks on the uppers of vintage shoes is basically the end of the shoes. Why is that so bad? Heel repair? sure, but I stick by that fact. 40 year old leather that has cracked because of dryness in a Flexing area is BAD. Guy is asking about repairing it. That's REAL ADVICE. And, I'm not yelling, that's emphasis.

Just bog off.
You're talking a lot and not related to a specific subject of discussion/problem. You don't pay attention to others messages. You don't try to help. You just want to show that you are smarter than others. And that only your shoes are proper vintage
You look pathetic constantly trying to show superiority.

 

[Oshare]

Just bog off.
You're talking a lot and not related to a specific subject of discussion/problem. You don't pay attention to others messages. You don't try to help. You just want to show that you are smarter than others. And that only your shoes are proper vintage
You look pathetic constantly trying to show superiority.

May I suggest judicious use of the Ignore function?
Simply click on a person's username below their profile photo. You will get a pop-up from which you can choose to ignore a person's posts. It even blocks their words from appearing when other people quote them. It's a very handy feature of the forum.

 

[suitforcourt]

May I suggest judicious use of the Ignore function?
Simply click on a person's username below their profile photo. You will get a pop-up from which you can choose to ignore a person's posts. It even blocks their words from appearing when other people quote them. It's a very handy feature of the forum.

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My generous use of this function has significantly reduced my stress and bolstered my sanity. I endorse it.

 

[Hotel Cali]

I just picked up these from David's ebay sale.

He's trimming down his impractical golf shoe collection while I am stuck increasing my impractical golf shoe collection (I don't play golf).

The pair looked to nice to pass up.

I am still pondering sitting out on famous pro golfer Chi Chi Rodriguez NOS Footjoy from estate sale. Particular these NOS unwrapped Lizards.