Proper leather shoes

Thanks; ordered.

Yeah, this stuff is amazing.

Good source of nice but not too pricey shoe trees?

Didn’t rapha used to do some?

Indeed they did! Well remembered.

Charles Tyrwhitt using some sort of discount code.

Actually from a quick google it looks like they're these which also get rebranded by others. I've got a branded and non-branded pair and like them.

Ace, thank you!

Only thing worth noting is the screws are likely to be cheap. So if you need to reduce the width (which I had to do on one pair), then take reasonable steps - good screwdriver, firm hard push, turn with conviction, etc.

These were on sale here: https://www.bodileys.com/shoes/the-sneaker-collection.html

Normal size 9 fits fine, quality seems excellent.

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Depending on how many pairs you are looking to buy, the below were the cheapest decent quality shoe trees I could find and there always seems to be a promo code kicking about.

https://www.bexley.com/catalog/product/view/id/21370/s/shoe-tree-red-cedar-00200d/

Barkers on sale in TK Maxx in Wansdworth if anyone interested
I picked up a size 9 black work shoes for £99, I need to confirm as the box is downstairs but pretty sure the were the Malverns

Sample sale over in Truman Brewery, picked up full leather Blundstones for £60. On all weekend but not sure how much stock they'll have left.

Ta :)

Jeans and these sheux; pass or fail?

Sigh...

If I had known that's the abuse you were going to give them....!

No but really, Jeans-n-choux requires the jeans to go over the heel block to execute in the correct city-trader-drinking-in-Carnaby-St fashion.

Those are too nice to be the sheux bits of a jeans-n-sheux combo...

Ha!

so I'm considering this a partial success ;-)

perhaps i need extend my trouser repertoire.

They were too nice to be a half size too big and sat in a box for over two years, too!

The uppers are great, no signs of stitching failing or leather wearing through. I don’t know about the technicalities of resoling but I would guess at least twice.

I own a coffee shop and roasting business so on my feet all day every day plus lots of dragging coffee sacks around, crawling hands and knees mending and cleaning stuff, shit getting dropped on them, going out for a fag when I’m at home and standing on the backs of them because I’m a tramp. That stuff. Sizing wise I’m a 10 and the 10s fit perfectly. The leather goes super soft and moulds to your foot.

Those look great, the quality’s lovely when you get your hands on them isn’t it.

I’ve got the Horween desert boots for best and they’re my favourite shoes ever.

Also a pair of Overstone sneakers in white/gum which only ever served to exaggerate my weird short legs so I’d pass those on for £50. Not many miles in these.

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coffee shop

Ah that's right, should've remembered from the coffee thread. Means mine should last a very long time :)

White shoes aren't my size unfortunately. Very fair price.

If these are still for sale, dibs!

What size?