Show us your SHOES !!!

[LoveMyHats2]

All of these shoes are very sharp. Just some information for future reference, there are a few very good shoe repair shops still left in the USA, one is very close to my place downstate here in Michigan. Unlike some repair shops, the fellow that does work here is 4th generation shoe repair, he has stock for soles and heels unlike anywhere else I have ever been, and shapes and designs things to be as close as ever to original. His pricing is not all that bad either, I had him replace leather soles on a pair of De La Rentis shoes that I normally wear with tuxes, $29.00 and I was very happy with the quality of his materials and workmanship. The spade soles have a very attractive look to them on the shoes you purchased. Nice find.

 

[sproily]

Marc, I believe it says 9D in the lining (one of the pictures.)

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Marc, I believe it says 9D in the lining (one of the pictures.)

By George, you're right! Thanks!

Johnny J, PM sent to you.

 

[sproily]

Deadstock 60's ski boots

The styling is surprisingly classical and I quite like it.

I guess this would go for a "spade sole..."

They are in my size, but I'm wondering what I should use them for. Fitting rubber half-soles would make them fit for sports... I wonder.

 

[Johnny J]

Yes, they are a 9D. Thanks for your positive comments. I have never come across suede oxfords from that era. I'm very happy!

 

[cookie]

Deadstock 60's ski boots

The styling is surprisingly classical and I quite like it.

I guess this would go for a "spade sole..."

They are in my size, but I'm wondering what I should use them for. Fitting rubber half-soles would make them fit for sports... I wonder.

What's more they in the Finnish national colours! I would wear them under jeans. They would look cool.

 

[Tomasso]

I actually learned to XC ski in boots* similar to those and I couldn't imagine them being wearable as street shoes.


*They're not really boots but that's what they were called.[huh]

 

[sproily]

Cookie, yep, they could easily pass for sneakers. The thing is... I don't really use sneakers.

 

[foggy16]

that is odd I can not upload a pic, I received my email saying I was approved

 

[Dinerman]

that is odd I can not upload a pic, I received my email saying I was approved

You have to use an external photo hosting site like photobucket or flickr to upload pictures.

 

[foggy16]

I can post pics of great vintage shoe (mens and womens) all day but I will start with these great plats. I sold them a couple of years ago.

 

[foggy16]

Ooooh and then follow those beauts with some Granny shoes

 

[foggy16]

And cant leave out the men

diyed and distressed this pair myself

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Just ended on eBay. Not mine, but ... WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!


From the 1930s. Deadstock. The kind of masterfully stitched shoe you see in those old '30s catalogs, but almost never in person.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290598997829


Did a Lounger win it?

 

[TCMfan25]

I saw those, I love pointy shoes! Sadly not my size, and even sadder pointy shoes are hard to come by.

 

[Isshinryu101]

good price on those. I was within inches of snatching them, then decided to hold out for a more extreme spade sole.

Come on, the winning bidder HAS to be a FL'er. Let's see some good pics!

 

[Isshinryu101]

Some Vintage Boots. Very nice closed channel sole, I think. I'm guessing 1930's.

Style looks right & the Kangaroo Kraze was in full swing during the 30's. I recently got a 1936 Weyenberg catalog, and nearly half of their top-line models were offered in Kangaroo as well as Calf.

I don't understand why Kangaroo has fallen out of favor with modern shoemakers for the most part. It's VERY lightweight & just refuses to dry out & crack.

Anyway...

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Come on, the winning bidder HAS to be a FL'er. Let's see some good pics!

The winning bidder is from Japan, and he is not a member of the Fedora Lounge.

 

[foggy16]

The winning bidder is from Japan, and he is not a member of the Fedora Lounge.

yeah with that private FB he is most likely a dealer. Probably sell them over ther for 5+ times his winning bid.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

... Probably sell them over ther for 5+ times his winning bid.

That's the usual SOP ("standard operating procedure").