yep, 2 pairs, fantastic trousers.

See the black has disappeared. Good, I'm broke at the moment, avoids the inevitable will I /won't I anxiety and my IH peacoat serves me well. Next year though… next year...

Re Wesco, I did a preliminary search, found some on Rakuten and found some lovely shoes, the soles though… mmm, moonwalker shoes.

@Megatron1505:

When I was at the IH party in the summer there were a ton of Wesco samples, one of which was a lace to toe oxford which was stunning, maybe @Giles can assist with some Wesco oxford make ups?

thank you sir, I will enquire

Just as an addendum, I know Tricker's many colab models should be my go to…

but standard brogue detail is just a bit too OTT for my tastes outside of formal shoes. A bit is fine just not the whole palava

many thanks

Hello all,

With all the excellent boot options available, I still find it very difficult for me to find a really good shoe for my purposes. And despite a ridiculous amount of research over the years, nothing quite hits the bullseye for me. So I ask for help. I got a boat shoe - great. I got a quoddy moc - also great. But I need a casual shoe, that goes with IH's and the like.

Love these

and these

and these

All great, however there's a problem. The flipping soles. The zig zag ones I think are called shark soles? I have them on a pair of hiking boots and they are perfect on a pair of hiking boots

And I'm not a big fan of the white christy soles, dark coloured ones I can deal with maybe

From what I've read on the forum Dainte soles are not an option either, I live in a very green ie wet country so need a commando type sole I think. When running to catch a plane I literally flipped in the air on the street on a rainy day on leather soles, crashed flat on my back and could have done a lot of damage. I am also very hard wearing on the tips of either end of the soles, with the way I walk. Vibram works well. So maybe something kind of like this or chunkier is fine.

Yuketen, Viberg and the like  I can stretch to cash wise , but custom jobs I cannot, esp as I live in Europe and the import taxes.  Any suggestions please? This has been bugging me for a long time.

Many thanks Ciaran

Anybody have experience of the shrinkage on the 906s?  been on a few sites, but they all seem to be saying different things. Thanks in advance

I read the 'too short' comments before seeing the pics, and on first viewing I also thought it might be better a half inch longer, but after closer inspection, sides and back are perfect, maybe the front could be a touch longer, but that's being super critical, the style is cropped after all. Other than that , the rest of the fit from the pics anyway is excellent.  A keeper for me. Definitely.

@4c:

Beautiful socks ArnoldLayne! Somehow I have this lurking suspicion that you actually took these socks from some poor girls washing ling though. It’s not that they don’t look manly enough, but the handle…

I've taken worse… ' Moonshine , washing line,  they nearly always  suit me fine' ...

Hey if I choose to spend my time as a sock lovin ho, then where better to post my bounty? But yeah 25 quid is mad for a pair of socks.

jdl1279 : I hear you, but if you can convince the missus to buy a pair of the navajo's , it'll make you happier than a few pints down the pub, and last a hell of a lot longer. And if one of you is earning, you know, a bit of a treat now and then if you can manage it, is nearly always a good thing.

As suggested above go for a navajo pair in black, grey, dark blue etc, the colour works best in person than the others imo, and there must be stockists in the US too. If not I know that there are many forum members willing to proxy at cost (me included of course).

@jdl1279:

^ just told my wife I wanted some socks with exactly that type of blanket pattern! You made my day, price be damned

Ha, at your service sir