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    Canvas Sports Shoes

    Anybody have any experience with these? I'm wearing a pair now and I like 'em.

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    Yeah I mentioned that to a few people when i went to see the Aviator the other week. The shoes were remade for the movie using pictures of the old shoe.

    I'm not a fan of the shoe, though they are supposedly good repros.
    Looking for my Emma Peel.

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    I would have bought some but they only offer up to size 12.
    My friends and I always called these type of shoes "buddies" back in high school in the 80s when we would buy them from thrift stores. We also coveted vintage Jack Purcell's back then.

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    I liked the shoes in the Aviator, but I got a pare of solid black converse, that look like shoes from the 60's and they go with almost anything. I highly recomed them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mycroft
    but I got a pare of solid black converse, that look like shoes from the 60's and they go with almost anything. I highly recomed them.

    I have a pair of black converse too. I work in a scene shop, so the best way to keep my look is with converse, capris, and my hair up in a bandana. Occasionally I have to trade the chucks in for steel-toed boots though.

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    When I was a kid...

    we used to call Converse's and Keds "Fish Heads", because they look like...well, fish heads.

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    I was a Red Ball Jets man myself. Remember 'Run faster...Jump Higher with Red Ball jets!" Well, it was a lie. Still, that red ball tag on the heel of the shoe was a status symbol at my grade school! Regards. Michaelson
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    What do PF FLyers look like...Picture if you can. I got my black converse cause I thought they looked like PF FLyers in the movie, the Sandlot.

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    Converse are period too.
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    I'm AMAZED what regular old high top Converse canvas shoes are selling for now, though I'm sure that the 2005 price is comparable to the 1960 price ratio, but still.....

    Last pair I saw on sale was $38.00! I'm sure they're probably higher on the West Coast.

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