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Giles, awesome Alden collection. Very nice! BUT two comments.
First, these need some lovin'. I mean cordovan really doesn't require a lot of care but those shoes would look MUCH better with some TLC applied.
Try to contact Mr. Borggreve from Berlin. He is the expert in shoe concerns. Gives seminars, has a shoe cleaning service and sells the very best products. Seriously cool fellow, too. I met him personally. He mixed up some special shoe polish for me on his stove and I bought some Yak and goat hair brushes and a bunch of polishes from him. He gives you straight no BS advice and won't sell you stuff you don't need (unless you want it like I did). Tell him Till sent you.
http://www.der-feine-auftritt.de/xtcommerce/shop_content.php?coID=6&XTCsid=38db55be248aa1b9afc6dd42588ee740Second, loafers for funerals are a faux pas, I'd say. They are open shoes and don't have the dignity required for funerals. The lace-ups would be a better choice even if they are not black. but I am picky on these things while others might not care.
My favorite from the line up are the suede chukkas. Extremely nice. Much higher quality than Clark's or various other chukka models.
Till
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Shoes in the picture look good. But when I went to a shoe store in Chicago the other day, I looked at a pair of Indys (leather sole) and they didn't do anything for me. Perhaps it's because I'm used to their cordovan stuff so the normal leather just feels flimsy. Then I tried on a pair of chukka boots. Color (rust, not the dark brown and not the tan, in between) was GORGEOUS! Quality of leather was beautiful. However, they had not the slightest backstay (heel reinforcement). That made them feel really strange on the foot and not very stable to walk in. Rolling over the heel just didn't feel right. Not a round movement and no stability. Very different from Clarks chukkas. Too bad. The color and leather were to die for.
Till
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Overdone for good reason! Nice pick up Doug.
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^ what kind of type 1 jacket is that in your pictures giles??? looks sweet!
and gentleman travellers are awesome, great choice (again) mr. Doug!
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I just got back a nice wad of cash from my tax return…already some of it is put away to buy my gf's son an IHS-08 for his birthday (I'd get him a pair of jeans, but his mom insists on cleaning his jeans after every wear and that would drive me nuts)...and wanted to get something for myself
I was going to get a pair of the Alden Indy's in Chromexel, but I really prefer the color on these after I put on a secondary coat of black shoe cream on them...the style is similar enough to the Indy's that I won't convince myself anytime soon that I need a pair of Indy's
I love the GT's...Chromexel leather and they break in sooooo nice...and I only paid $210 for them shipped
These will be stomping through the rainforests of Puerto Rico in two weeks!
Thanks for the compliments, guys
How my 9011's look after a few months and a couple coats of black shoe cream
In direct sunlight, without the black coat, they look a lot like clown shoes because they're such a bright red. This works better for me, and it has been my all time favorite color long before I got the boots or the idea to "overdye" them
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maybe the tw-hr II…but the red tab might proof me wrong...
edit - referring to the question about Giles jacket...
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^ what kind of type 1 jacket is that in your pictures giles??? looks sweet!
and gentleman travellers are awesome, great choice (again) mr. Doug!
Which pictures?
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Yeah, I love it. I really want to beat the crap out of a TWHRII (http://www.ironheart.co.uk/html/TWHR%20II.html), but just love the FBJ-101, so don't give the TWHRII enough attention.
I'll get around to it eventually…G
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that is an awesome looking jacket! FBJ? what does that stand for…
and i see in the patch that it has the motorcycles pulling the jeans apart so that jacket def has some years on it. Very very nice job on that. I doubt that model is still available
