Proper leather shoes

Allen Edmonds shoes/boots, expensive, and a pretty enormous range.

I reckon these might appeal to:

SP, the brown boot,
TS, the grey boot,
coppiThat, the tan and white temptations,
unmentionable brat, the banana soled boot

Who's that then?

Allen Edmonds shoes/boots, expensive, and a pretty enormous range.

I reckon these might appeal to:

SP, the brown boot,
TS, the grey boot,
coppiThat, the tan and white temptations,
unmentionable brat, the banana soled boot

Who's that then?

no idea

I'm sure you chaps are going to hate these, but my last pair lasted ten years before finally dying, so I bought some more:

i'm feeling the lamb tikka masala and plain rice more ..... complimentary poppadoms?

cant argue with ten years service. well done. here's to another ten.

SP, the brown boot

No thanks!

Did your Alden's make it?

Not yet

weeps

So, I've made a decision for Christ - I want a pair of Wolverine Bradford Oxfords:

I know Stuarts west London sell Wolverine but not this model. Can anyone direct me to a vendor of Wolverine online or highstreet?

sale at septieme largeur atm.
just bagged me some norwegian welt boots.

Ha!

So, I've made a decision for Christ - I want a pair of Wolverine Bradford Oxfords:

I know Stuarts west London sell Wolverine but not this model. Can anyone direct me to a vendor of Wolverine online or highstreet?

Son of stag had them in a few weeks ago, cheap at 200

Am I correct in thinking that Loake's are the best value proper leather shoes you can buy?

I need some new work shoes. Smart but hard enough wearing to walk around in.

I'd say second hand shoes are best value. I've got some Church's in good nick on ebay for just over 100.

OK I'll take a look. Cheers.

Second hand 'proper' shoes may have significantly molded themselves to the previous owner's foot and may have stretched. You might get lucky. You might get an uncomfy pair of shoes.

Loake's are decent shoes though and often turn up in sales for a reasonable price.

I have wondered about that. There seem to be quite a few old pairs of trickers. I'm just going to go for some hardly worn / new ones.

TBH my current M&S "Collezione", have done really well but the toe is now gone a bit orange-peely and I'm just not sure it's worth re-soling them again.

anyone got any ideas of how/if I can remove the orange peel effect from the toes?

Cheers.

Throw them in a skip... Problem sorted... ;)

Not all of us are as effluent as you, José.

The orange peel effect is caused by water entering the the polished layer as a result of that layer not being sufficiently sealed with polish. It's extremely difficult to get rid of.

Use more polish more often and NEVER use that stuff that makes them look patent when applied but dries off to produce a mirror shine. It's full of alcohol and actually dries the hide.

got a pair of these at half price :) very comfy indeed

The thing is they are decent shoes. Nothing amazingly special. But they fit and still have life. Also it’s useful to have a pair that are suitable for walking to and from meetings in the rain.

I was almost tempted by these on sale in TK Maxx for c.£65.... I’m just not sure when I’ll wear them and that’s money that should really be committed to appropriate work shoes (or my new wheelset).

Not all of us are as effluent as you, José.

The orange peel effect is caused by water entering the the polished layer as a result of that layer not being sufficiently sealed with polish. It's extremely difficult to get rid of.

Use more polish more often and NEVER use that stuff that makes them look patent when applied but dries off to produce a mirror shine. It's full of alcohol and actually dries the hide.

Cheers. I always use proper polish.

Is it worth trying to take some of the polish back a bit? I ask because when I first bought the shoes they were quite matt and I wanted a higher shine so I used the old core boot spit 'n polish technique. So my thinking is that there may be a reasonable amount of build up, so I could possibly level it out.

Also what are peoples views on shoe trees?

I always use shoe trees for my proper leather shoes, you get more out of them if you treat them well when not wearing the. Buy cedar wooden ones, always.

try to strip all the old polish off. give the leather some nutritious cream and build up a new polish with as little water/spit as possible.