Vintage Dress shoe appreciation, tips, maintenance and advice

[eTrojan]

Things not to wear. #1 on the list? Square toed shoes.

8 Things No Man Should Ever Wear

There are a lot of things you should have in your closet. Here's a list of the things you shouldn't.

www.mensjournal.com

 

[Numbernine]

UPDATE: In my quest to figure out how to generate a glycerine bath that can be stored in a 5 gallon bucket and used repeatedly, I just sent an email off to the Smithsonian's "Museum Conservation Institute" with a link to the Texas A&M's recipe for the purported Smithsonian glycerine treatment along with some specific questions.

My biggest issue is still on the antimicrobial additive. If the 37% formaldehyde that is readily available on Amazon is sufficient, then I may be getting close to the test run. My preference -- for perhaps no other reason than the cool name -- would be to use Dowicide, but sourcing that is a bit more difficult. (Most of the science chemical cos want me to buy way more than I want to, and it's not cheap.)

I read somewhere in my googling around that glycerine goes bad shortly after being opened. Have you explored that issue?

 

[Hotel Cali]

97625 called today to help taxi home boss around. Have a great weekend all.

 

[tcbinnc]

Below is a pair of Florsheim Imperial 92318 - long wing bals.

Not my size but I was going to clean them up.

Its a pretty rare model. It looks odd because it isn't a blucher. Sort of a Frankenstein design. Can't imagine Florsheim selling many of them.

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Very nice.

 

[Centaurus3200]

Hit the bins at lunch. The usual... Buying **** only I care about. Haha!

Some mid 70s Dexter mountaineering boots for $5. They're actually collectable and these have low wear... But some jackass must have tried to waterproof them with non suede specific stuff... Because now the suede is shiny and a little sticky. I assume there's no fixing that at this point?

Or go for broke and hit them sand paper and steel wool to try and fluff the suede?

 

[Centaurus3200]

What they're supposed to look like

Item 421592 - Milo Sitka - Men's Hiking Boots - Size 9

www.geartrade.com

 

[friendlygoz]

Things not to wear. #1 on the list? Square toed shoes.

8 Things No Man Should Ever Wear

There are a lot of things you should have in your closet. Here's a list of the things you shouldn't.

www.mensjournal.com

I assume AE shark Nassaus are OK... square-ish.

 

[tocohillsguy]

Belgium Nettletons in the wild. Obviously not vintage, but I found them on Ebay.

 

[eTrojan]

I read somewhere in my googling around that glycerine goes bad shortly after being opened. Have you explored that issue?

I will take it up with the Smithsonian when they reply (he says optimistically).

 

[Oshare]

PTB? Or PTD? Certainly the shoe is a derby, but the lacing isn't wholly independent of the quarters, so not really a blucher. I would lean toward PTD.

Ah, yes, you are right. It's a PTD.

 

[friendlygoz]

@suitforcourt 9eee AE shell Dundee. All you.

Allen Edmonds Size 9 Dundee Dark Brown Cordovan Boots (3681) Very Good Cond | eBay

<p>Allen Edmonds Size 9 Dundee Dark Brown Cordovan Boots (3681) Very Good Cond. Condition is Pre-owned. Shipped with USPS Priority Mail.</p><p>Any flaws will be noted </p><p>No holes rips or tears </p><p>Please check all photos </p><p>Shoe had normal wear</p><p>Ships to USA only </p><p>Email...

rover.ebay.com

 

[suitforcourt]

@suitforcourt 9eee AE shell Dundee. All you.

Allen Edmonds Size 9 Dundee Dark Brown Cordovan Boots (3681) Very Good Cond | eBay

<p>Allen Edmonds Size 9 Dundee Dark Brown Cordovan Boots (3681) Very Good Cond. Condition is Pre-owned. Shipped with USPS Priority Mail.</p><p>Any flaws will be noted </p><p>No holes rips or tears </p><p>Please check all photos </p><p>Shoe had normal wear</p><p>Ships to USA only </p><p>Email...

rover.ebay.com

Amazing price. Not sure chukkas fit into my wardrobe. I'd rather buy another pair of shell shoes.

Or shell Daltons. Or shell Indy's.

 

[Oshare]

@suitforcourt 9eee AE shell Dundee. All you.

Allen Edmonds Size 9 Dundee Dark Brown Cordovan Boots (3681) Very Good Cond | eBay

<p>Allen Edmonds Size 9 Dundee Dark Brown Cordovan Boots (3681) Very Good Cond. Condition is Pre-owned. Shipped with USPS Priority Mail.</p><p>Any flaws will be noted </p><p>No holes rips or tears </p><p>Please check all photos </p><p>Shoe had normal wear</p><p>Ships to USA only </p><p>Email...

rover.ebay.com

Amazing price. Not sure chukkas fit into my wardrobe. I'd rather buy another pair of shell shoes.

Or shell Daltons. Or shell Indy's.

If only those were half a size larger. I’d buy them in a heartbeat

 

[Oshare]

Having to work on a Saturday, but at least I feel better with my 93605s on. The M to F work week ended on Friday, so I didn’t feel a need to keep up with my self-imposed “black shoe week” theme.

 

[stook1]

Amazing price. Not sure chukkas fit into my wardrobe. I'd rather buy another pair of shell shoes.

Or shell Daltons. Or shell Indy's.

Those are a good deal and I would probably buy them if they were my size. However, just FYI that they are likely seconds and somebody messed with the mark on the soles. That's not cool, in my view... that said, they're pretty inexpensive for a nice shoe.