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Vintage Florsheim Imperial Shell Cordovan

huggi

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I saw these shoes on another sites B&S forum, they look a little off to my untrained eye, can someone tell me whatsup?

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Off in what way? Looks like they could use some time with a nice horsehair brush, but other than that nothing jumps out at me.
 

huggi

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The shoe looks kind of flat, almost sleek.....a word not oft used round gunboats
 

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the shape is off because he tied them tight at the top.

they are highly worn, you can see the sole shape of well ground down. It takes quite some wear to grind down the V-cleat, and these have quite some wear.

there is a cut on the left shoe at the top eyelet area

I would pay $30 for these, and not to wear. I would immediately sell for $60. they are not worth more
 

bigchris1313

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Originally Posted by pebblegrain
the shape is off because he tied them tight at the top.

+1. Bluchers don't look right when the flaps aren't roughly parallel. Both tight or loose can look right, but an angle never quite looks right.

II = OK

I I = OK

I/ = NO
 

huggi

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Some of the broguing on the front of the toe vanishes into the sole, these look like they were resoled wrong
 

MyOtherLife

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The right shoe (left side of photo) appears to be narrower but it could be just a bad camera angle.
 

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Originally Posted by NotoriousMarquis
the soles are ridiculously thick and its unattractive.

You have a lot to learn about shoes. They look perfectly fine.
 

pgd3

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Originally Posted by huggi
I saw these shoes on another sites B&S forum, they look a little off to my untrained eye, can someone tell me whatsup?

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Fanks


Wide and short, tied strange while being worn flat under ball and still full thickness in non-wear areas.

Kind of looks like the wearer bought a few sizes too short.
 

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