NOS 1920's Dress boots by J.F. Nordlöf Göteborg sz. EU40

I am offering you a pair of dress boots from a known Swedish shoemaker J.F. Nordlöf from Göteborg (Gothenburg).


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J.F. Nordlöf (est. 1894) had a shop in Gothenburg up until atleast 1923. To support that I have this picture of his shop from that year.


J.F. Nordlöf presumably changed the name of their shop to Nordlöfs somewhere in the late 1920's or 1930's and is still manufacturing by that name to some degree even today. These shoes are NOT "Nordlöfs" but J.F. Nordlöf which makes them older.

These boots have an emblem of an award and it reads För yrkesskicklighet och konstflit. It roughly means for workmanship and skill. It also has the year 1904 which is probably the year the awarded was given. The other oval has the year of establishment --94 (must be 1894) and name Nordlöf.

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They also have the emblem of the royal coat of arms of Sweden with the words I.K.M Kronprinsens hovleverantör meaning that they were the crown princes royal purveyor. It is a royal warrant.

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I have corresponded with the museum of Gothenburg and they responded to me that the shoes are a prime example of late 1910's to very early 1930's ankle boots from Nordlöf.

The condition of the shoes is immaculate. The leather is soft and supple and the interior canvas lining is also soft and in good condition. The leather is thick as in all vintage/antique shoes. Very minor wear on the soles probably from having been tried on after having been stored for a long time. Some wear on the tip of the shoe and tiny little white specks that look like paint. Hardly noticeable.

There is no rust on the ski hoops and the only missing paint is on the sole. The gold emblem is a really good sign of how good the condition on these are. The text is completely readable and none of the paint has come off.

The stitching on the uppers is very small and close together. Complete with swan neck stitching found on upper-class shoes today. Very nice narrow waist and a beautiful but not too pompous spade sole.

No original laces. Completely wearable today if you get a pair of laces.

The shoes measure 28,5cm from heel to toe on the sole. The widest part of the sole is 9cm. Shoe size probably EU40/UK7/US7,5 but I will try to verify that.

Feel free to offer.

Any questions ask them here I will try to answer you the best I can.

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No one's interested?

A price always helps. With shoes like these, its anyones guess what you would be after moneywise.

You set the price, then people make the offers.

Buy it now $300

$250

You paid €9,50 ?

love them and hubby wears a size EU 40, but i'd have to win the lottery first...

If they were only 43's!

$200

Mysterious Mose said:

You paid €9,50 ?

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Yes, he did. What difference does that make? [huh] If you obtain a rare, valuable Stratoliner fedora at a low price, are you going to put it on the market at a relatively low price? Hope not.


Sproily, you might as well send these boots over to eBay immediately. Leaving them here is a waste of your time.


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I should put it up there eventually but I'm a bit of an amateur at selling on eBay..

We'll see..

Okay, I was nasty, I apologize.
It's my hangups with Karma I suppose. So yes, on the FL classifieds I'd sell that Stratoliner for pennies, if that's what I paid. It's the community thing to do, I guess and I'm mainly a buyer.
But maybe vintage black dress boots are not as common as I expected.
And yes, by all means, put 'em on Ebay. It would be great if you could sell them at a good price. If you feel you're an amateur, maybe ask a more experienced seller to put them up for a percentage. I have a friend who has a vintage shop and sells stuff for me.
Good luck with the boots, I mean it,

M.M.

If only they had been in my size. Good luck with the sale.

Marc Chevalier said:

Yes, he did. What difference does that make? [huh] If you obtain a rare, valuable Stratoliner fedora at a low price, are you going to put it on the market at a relatively low price? Hope not.


Sproily, you might as well send these boots over to eBay immediately. Leaving them here is a waste of your time.


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Are Stetson Stratoliners fetching a pretty penny these days? I used to own a pearl gray one(nm) that came w/ the original silver colored oval shaped box. That was the 1st vintage fedora I owned.

Man, if the toes were rounded cap toe's, they would've sold already.

Great looking boots, nonetheless.:eusa_clap

YETI said:

Are Stetson Stratoliners fetching a pretty penny these days?

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You need to get out more often...

Sproily eBay my man...they are a small size but will still make a nice return. US ebay I mean.

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sproily said:

The shoes measure 28,5cm from heel to toe on the sole. The widest part of the sole is 9cm. Shoe size probably EU40/UK7/US7,5 but I will try to verify that.

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Were you able to verify the size? I'm a wide US8.5 or regular US9, so unless they're at least a full size bigger than US7.5, I'm afraid they won't work for me.

The last is extremely narrow, so I'd say for length it's a bout an EU 41 but for width it's very narrow.

You should cross reference your best fitting shoes with the measures I have given.