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Wow, amazing find on those Church's. I would guess 1940s, maybe early 50s. Definitely the oldest Church's I've ever seen. Are you sure the suede is worn down, or did someone just put white polish on it? If so, you might be able to get it off, and get the suede back to looking like suede.

They're a size 8.5D (485=8.5D). Beautiful shoes and excellent job cleaning them up!

Here's a new addition to my collection: 1930's Star Brand Art Deco Style shoes. These are some of the rarest in my collection now.

Thank you! Mine are not too dry at all, but I will be applying cadillac conditioner to the insides of the shoes. To clean the outside, I'll use a white chalk bag.

Here's a new addition to my collection: deadstock A.S. Beck white bucks. They have a smudged date stamp inside, I think it says July 5, 1941. I haven't done anything to clean them up yet, so they are understandably a little dirty still.

The answer for me, is that I spend way too much time looking through ebay listings. Even large sizes can be found with enough time spent looking - those Roblees I posted are 11.5B.

Here's the latest addition to my colleciton: Deadstock 1940s Roblee Black Captoes

Based on the style, those look to be from about the 1960s to me. I am not familiar with K Shoes specifically, but there were many custom shoe makers in Hong Kong around that era, and many of them had very similar logos. Perhaps they are in that category.

Here's a recent thirft store find: 1950s City Club Kidskin, not my size Here's a recent addition to my personal collection: Florsheim Blue on Blue Suede Spectators, c. 1950.

I haven't added much to my personal collection lately, but I have been having great luck at the thrift stores. 1950s Thom McAns 1950s Weyenberg Massagic 1980s Footjoy Classics 1960s Florsheim Johnston & Murphy Aristocraft. Not sure of the date on these, but I think the heels are...

To me, they look 60s/70s with that toe shape. As far as maker goes, to my knowledge there have been tons of smaller shoemakers in England, so finding the exact maker may be difficult. I have never seen that custom craft label before.

Thank you very much! With the suede, I just use a little conditioner on the inside of the shoe and a suede brush. I never use conditioner on the suede itself. As for the heels, I've had that happen as well. I haven't tried these, but their first journey will be a short one to make sure that...

Here's my latest: 1950's Johnston & Murphy Spectators. The heel made me think they might be earlier, but they were sold out of a shop in Hawaii that wasn't open before the 50's. These look to have been worn only a few times.

They look 1950s to me. That logo and slogan appears on two 1957 Freeman ads I have saved. Nice find!

The easiest way to know you've got a quality pair of Florsheim Imperials is to look for the V-Cleat heel. As you get more experience with vintage shoes, you'll notice more subtle signs of quality, but that is a good starting point. My personal favorite Makers from the past are probably Stetson...