Show us your SHOES !!!

[flyfishark]

A pair of early 60s NOS FootJoy calf Shu-Lock golf shoes. You might remember the few years when "mouse trap" shoes were made. Aintree last, they cost $40 in 1960. They are bals, but where the laces should be there is a lever--attached to the kiltie--that opens and closes the shoe. FootJoy was kind enough to research the shoe for me, and to send a catalog listing of it. Wish I still played gold; they'd have all my business!

 

[flat-top]

Whoah^

 

[Marc Chevalier]

There's a 1950s photo of Sir Winston Churchill aboard the R.M.S. Queen Mary. He's wearing a pair of black captoe oxfords ... but instead of laces and eyelets, there's a zipper running vertically up the shoe. Looks a bit like this one, except that Churchill's didn't have a kiltie to hide the mechanism.

 

[cookie]

There's a 1950s photo of Sir Winston Churchill aboard the R.M.S. Queen Mary. He's wearing a pair of black captoe oxfords ... but instead of laces and eyelets, there's a zipper running vertically up the shoe. Looks a bit like this one, except that Churchill's didn't have a kiltie to hide the mechanism.

This "Churchill shoe" is now the subject of manufacture MTO by these flash UK companies like Cleverleys who make for Leather Soul and customers who don't like laces.

 

[cookie]

A pair of early 60s NOS FootJoy calf Shu-Lock golf shoes. You might remember the few years when "mouse trap" shoes were made. Aintree last, they cost $40 in 1960. They are bals, but where the laces should be there is a lever--attached to the kiltie--that opens and closes the shoe. FootJoy was kind enough to research the shoe for me, and to send a catalog listing of it. Wish I still played gold; they'd have all my business!

Wonderful as they are if they fit me I would have that gadget removed and a bootmaker install lacing on those. The colour and last is magnificent.

 

[boushi_mania]

A pair of early 60s NOS FootJoy calf Shu-Lock golf shoes. You might remember the few years when "mouse trap" shoes were made. Aintree last, they cost $40 in 1960. They are bals, but where the laces should be there is a lever--attached to the kiltie--that opens and closes the shoe. FootJoy was kind enough to research the shoe for me, and to send a catalog listing of it. Wish I still played golf; they'd have all my business!

Even with those glorified sneakers they put out nowadays?

 

[cookie]

1950s Hanover Imperial Black Cap Toe Leather Oxfords Size 11EE

 

[Isshinryu101]

1950s Hanover Imperial Black Cap Toe Leather Oxfords Size 11EE

Those pics do not do those shoes justice! Nice grab.

 

[Isshinryu101]

Sheboygan Fisherman Sandles, NOS.

Marked a size 8 1/2, but they fit like a 9. DARN!!!!!!!!! If they were regular shoes, I'd wear socks or add an insole. for sandles, I wanna wear 'em barefoot. Don't know what to do with them because I think they're pretty darn cool.

Style looks decideldy 40's, but I saw an ad or 2 for similar styles in late 30's. VERY hard to date these because vintage sandle ads are hard to find & Sheboygan Shoes has almost no info on the internet.

 

[foggy16]

Sheboygan Fisherman Sandles, NOS.

Marked a size 8 1/2, but they fit like a 9. DARN!!!!!!!!! If they were regular shoes, I'd wear socks or add an insole. for sandles, I wanna wear 'em barefoot. Don't know what to do with them because I think they're pretty darn cool.

Style looks decideldy 40's, but I saw an ad or 2 for similar styles in late 30's. VERY hard to date these because vintage sandle ads are hard to find & Sheboygan Shoes has almost no info on the internet.

You could cut your own insole out of a nice thick piece of cow hide or two and add those. It should absorb the size like a purchased insole would but also keep the appearance of the sandals with no issues.

 

[flyfishark]

1950s Hanover Imperial Black Cap Toe Leather Oxfords Size 11EE

Cookie...These shoes look a lot like yours. Mine are marked "Pinehurst." Maybe that was a shoe store in North Carolina, but that is the only label on the shoes.

 

[Isshinryu101]

a classic 50's style. Nice ones, both. If only they had a Triple sole & a storm welt...

 

[cookie]

:eeek:

a classic 50's style. Nice ones, both. If only they had a Triple sole & a storm welt...

:eusa_doh:

 

[cookie]

You could cut your own insole out of a nice thick piece of cow hide or two and add those. It should absorb the size like a purchased insole would but also keep the appearance of the sandals with no issues.

Very good advice. Some shoulder leather.

 

[fluteplayer07]

I know that during the 30's and 40's, Crosby Square was one of the best American shoemakers of the time, if not the best. But can anybody provide a history of the company or any supplemental information about them?

 

[Isshinryu101]

Well, it's one for the money,

Two for the show,

Three to get ready,

 

[Isshinryu101]

Now go, cat, go.

 

[Isshinryu101]

1st Pair (Florsheim) turned out to be around a 9 1/2. No size is marked, and I believe them to be Custom/ MTO because of the signature inside. These will be available for sale or trade.

2nd Pair is an ultra cool wingtip. Hard to find Vintage size 11D- on their way Down Under soon.

3rd Pair is somewhat unexpected. Very heavy, weighing over 3 1/2 pounds, and displaying a decorated storm welt. Wholecuts. But the thing that got me was the sole. It is NOT leather. It seems more like Ceramic, and had been worked to a Mirror Shine.

You can burn my house,
Steal my car,
Drink my liquor
From an old fruitjar.

But don't you step on my blue suede shoes.
You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes.

 

[flyfishark]

Issh...My name is Roger Lund, and I want my shoe back. In the alternative, what price are you sticking on that shoe? You and Cookie seem to be the Hunt Brothers of vintage shoes. Have you cornered the market yet?? Wonderful shoes!!!

 

[flyfishark]

I sold the Crosby Squares. I'm going to reluctantly list this English Benchmade Cole Haan. It is one of my favorites, but I wore it yesterday for the first time, and the 9.5 B just won't cut it on my 9 D foot.