Shoe Damage Report & Shoe P0rn Central - Part II

forex · Mar 9, 2010

Originally Posted by bigbris1

I'm not sure if it's your size or photographic execution but this is the nicest longwing I've ever seen and I don't even like longwings!

Well,it's on Plaza last,you don't see them around,Foo bought all of them and hid in his closet.

Son Of Saphir · Mar 10, 2010

Originally Posted by kolecho

How do these Vash wings stack up?

lt very very good.

Oyaji · Mar 10, 2010

Here my EG Chelsea in 202, a classic (& my favorite)

luk-cha · Mar 10, 2010

Originally Posted by Phat Guido

Just saying.. #8 Scotch, Long, Single, Plaza..

man these are some fugle cusser's!

fritzl · Mar 10, 2010

Originally Posted by Fuuma

Corthays are goodyear welted....

There were talks of introducing a lower priced blake welted line but I'm not sure if they ever did so, I know I didn't see any in the store last time I was there.

fwiw, i have seen a dissected RTW corthay(pictures). quality was inferrior, even to i.e. AE. very poor.

HRoi · Mar 10, 2010

Originally Posted by Fuuma

Corthays are goodyear welted.... There were talks of introducing a lower priced blake welted line but I'm not sure if they ever did so, I know I didn't see any in the store last time I was there.
i didn't see any either, and i was just there monday. you were right on the money when you told me in another thread that they were 850EU (thanks again for that, btw), and there were no other shoes for a lower price (there were some sick pairs of boots that were 950, though), so unless they just havent brought them out yet, i think they just have their normal RTW line and bespoke (MTM?). 850 Euro was a great price, i thought, for shoes with lasted trees that are patina'ed to your specifications. it would be even better if the X-rate to the USD goes south

i do see the comments about their lightness, but that and their shape adds to their appeal for me. i thought that they would be too pointy for me but once i put them on my feet i thought they looked great and something very different from my JL and EG

JayJay · Mar 10, 2010

Originally Posted by Ahab

Fantastic!

People say that scotch grain shell is too shiny and looks like plastic. In the pictures they look great. Do they look plastic in real life?
Scotch grain shell ages very nicely, they loose the plastic-looking sheen after a bit of wear. I have a scotch grain shell #8 longwing from Rider similar to PG's, as well as another shoe and a chukka from him and a wingtip high boot from Alden. They all have aged quite nicely.

ThinkDerm · Mar 10, 2010

Originally Posted by HRoi

i didn't see any either, and i was just there monday. you were right on the money when you told me in another thread that they were 850EU (thanks again for that, btw), and there were no other shoes for a lower price (there were some sick pairs of boots that were 950, though), so unless they just havent brought them out yet, i think they just have their normal RTW line and bespoke (MTM?).

850 Euro was a great price, i thought, for shoes with lasted trees that are patina'ed to your specifications. it would be even better if the X-rate to the USD goes south

i do see the comments about their lightness, but that and their shape adds to their appeal for me. i thought that they would be too pointy for me but once i put them on my feet i thought they looked great and something very different from my JL and EG

how many you get?

ohm · Mar 10, 2010

Originally Posted by fritzl

fwiw, i have seen a dissected RTW corthay(pictures). quality was inferrior, even to i.e. AE. very poor.

From the french forum?

bigbris1 · Mar 10, 2010

Originally Posted by Oyaji

Here my EG Chelsea in 202, a classic (& my favorite)

Nice! Is that chestnut?

onix · Mar 10, 2010

Originally Posted by fritzl

fwiw, i have seen a dissected RTW corthay(pictures). quality was inferrior, even to i.e. AE. very poor.

Can you dig up the link to the article/post?

srivats · Mar 10, 2010

Originally Posted by bigbris1

Nice! Is that chestnut?

Brunt pine, I think

fritzl · Mar 10, 2010

Originally Posted by ohm

From the french forum?

no, a german. executed by a bespoke shoemaker. the pictures are not to compromising.

http://www.newsaboutshoes.de/showthr...hlight=Corthay

never been a fan of these procedures and do not buy too much into it. but the materials used for sole, heel and the inner parts(footbed etc.) look inferior, at least to me. certainly they are gemmed

additionally she claims, that the gyw machine was not adjusted properly. which would produce a range of estimately twenty to twentyfive pairs in "low" quality.

fritzl · Mar 10, 2010

Originally Posted by onix

Can you dig up the link to the article/post?

done

kolecho · Mar 10, 2010

Originally Posted by srivats

Brunt pine, I think

Not burnt pine for sure based on the first pic.

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