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The Ideal Shell Cordovan Shoe?

Son Of Saphir

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Me own holy grail shoe.
Vass budapester in burgundy shell with 360 goyser stitching.
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Originally Posted by kolecho
I would suggest a captoe to minimize the Shar-pei dog skin effect.
Yes.

Originally Posted by kolecho
The ripples are fine for derbies, but not the best with oxford IMO. I have a pair of Carmina oxford wholecuts that have developed those ripples. I love that pair, but I think the ripples make them out of place with a dark suit in a serious business setting. YMMV.
Yes.
 

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Originally Posted by DocHolliday
Here are my well-worn shell chukkas. They have trees in, but the rippling is about the same when worn.
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[/quote] Wow! This doesn't look like Alden on the Barrie...especially with 3 eyelets. What's the make?
 

Son Of Saphir

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lt nice boot DocHolliday
 

makewayhomer

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imo

Ravello Shortwing:

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Florsheim Burgundy Shell Longwing:

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Ravello cap toe boot

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but the Ravello's almost shouldn't count b/c they are so hard to find
 

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any one of these would be mine thro i do have a soft spot for the alden 990 in cigar or mahogany and also churches grafton in bordo thro i wouls love to see it in cigar or one of the other rarer shell tones
 

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Originally Posted by DocHolliday
Martegani
Doc, the chukkas look good, and appear to be aging well. I'm okay with the ripples.
 

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Originally Posted by edmorel
the Alden NST's are awesome:
Have you had a change of heart??! (Was browsing old threads for ideas and stumbled across this) | | V
 

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Originally Posted by edmorel
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Aldens are butt ugly shoes. i have the leather sould plaza longwing special edition thingie and I love it for bad weather days, days when I don't want to dress up etc and they are comfortable as hell but the thought of wearing them with a suit makes me cringe. You gonna wear those things with a DB suit???


Quoted for ease.
 

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Originally Posted by txeconomist
I really like the RL Darlton PTB.

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Does anyone know where I can get these? They're discontinued... I have the wingtip version but am desperately looking for the plain toes.
 

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