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Originally Posted by patrickBOOTH
This looks like the dye just didn't take well on those parts of the shell. Could have been a different shell all together. Looks poor all on one shoe in my opinion.

No, because if you rotate that shoe so the light hits it differently, the dark and light areas will reverse themselves. It's not the dye. It's the grain.
 

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Originally Posted by well-kept
No, becasue if you rotate that shoe so the light hits it differently, the dark and light areas will reverse themselves. It's not the dye. It's the grain.


Hence:

Shellcolordifference1.jpg
 

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looks like 2 totally different colors

i have a flat peice of sshell in cigar in from of me but i get fully you point as the color looks the same from all angles
 

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Originally Posted by Orgetorix
Hence:

Shellcolordifference1.jpg


Thank you. This is an illustration of the dichromatic nature of shell caused by its grain structure. It is made evident when the pieces are cut randomly rather than being deliberately cut in the same direction to avoid this aspect, as I believe was done in the pair of Vass, several posts above.
 

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Originally Posted by patrickBOOTH
That is insane.

No doubt. But it's also true.

The wings of butterflies and other insects possess the same dichromatic properties.
 

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Since my posts fell across a page break, I'll put both photos in one post here for convenience.

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In my experience, lighter shades are most susceptible to this dichromatism. Cognac, ravello, whiskey, etc. You see it less often with darker colors like cigar and #8, though it does happen.

Alden's LHS pennies often have a strap that's a different color from the rest of the shoe. I'm not sure if that's because of the grain issue or because the straps are cut from a different shell. I suspect the latter.

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Originally Posted by well-kept
No doubt. But it's also true.

The wings of butterflies and other insects possess the same dichromatic properties.


Fun Fact: I am afraid of butterflies.
 

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Originally Posted by artoftime
I'm going to have a pair of Budapester Chukkas made just to make Fritzl smile
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smile? are you sure?

probably, if i can choose the maker and give some guidance...
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Originally Posted by fritzl
smile? are you sure?

probably, if i can choose the maker and give some guidance...
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You don't seem the kind of man who smiles lightly.
 

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Originally Posted by isshinryu101
You don't seem the kind of man who smiles lightly.

what makes you think that? i just can't stand people e.g. who bother the forum with their sizing issues, not artoftime. if you love shoes, you can read them like a book and you use your instinct, right

understood, i'm nicer in real life.

artoftime is a cool bloke, no question.

chukkas and doublemonks are on my blacklist.

budapester is on my to-do-list.

actually, i love to play around and know with whom i can play.
 

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Originally Posted by fritzl
what makes you think that? i just can't stand people e.g. who bother the forum with their sizing issues, not artoftime. if you love shoes, you can read them like a book and you use your instinct, right understood, i'm nicer in real life. artoftime is a cool bloke, no question. chukkas and doublemonks are on my blacklist. budapester is on my to-do-list. actually, i love to play around and know with whom i can play.
Good philosophy, I think. I KNOW you have fun here, which is the whole point. AND, obviously, what fun is life without a friendly "joust" now again?
 

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Originally Posted by Orgetorix
Alden's LHS pennies often have a strap that's a different color from the rest of the shoe. I'm not sure if that's because of the grain issue or because the straps are cut from a different shell. I suspect the latter.

DSCF7356.jpg


Yeah but it creates a fantastic effect IMO...
 

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Originally Posted by fritzl

chukkas and doublemonks are on my blacklist.


Fills me with great sadness when you are almost "around the corner" from the Vass workshop and my favourite all time shell monks (see above) and me Down Under.
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