Converse

[Qinhan]

^  Looking nicely beat up.

[UnTucked]

Custom made by The Shoe Surgeon for yours truly…

Brown Horween CXL leather
Fully lined with black lamb skin
Lowered height by 1"
Leather pull tabs added to the rear
Blind eyelets
Black lamb skin laces
Added pass through for the laces on the tongue
Tongue stamped " THE SHOE SURGEON LOS ANGELES"

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[organisys]

Wow! They are really nice!

Would love a pair in black CXL.

[pillowPANTS]

Agreed. Those are sic!!

[Sam]

A while ago when i lived in Toronto i tried getting into indigo dyeing and started with a pair of cheap white converse. They came out pretty well and i ended up doing a bunch of different things. I really want to get some vats in the garden set up at work so we can experiment some more. I job for the upcoming summer.

If anyone has experience with indigo dip dyeing i'd like to hear your thoughts.

[UnTucked]

^^^that's from a single dip? I like that color! I bet they look amazing with denim!!!

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[Sam]

If i remember correctly this was two or possibly three dips. They did look great with denim. They're pretty haggard now. I'll dig them out and add a pic of them as they are after a lot of wear.

[UnTucked]

Sounds like they're just getting good! I'd love to see current pics

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[Sam]

I'll bring them in tomorrow!

[pillowPANTS]

Those look cool Sam. Id personally prefer them to be darker tho

[Sam]

I was tempted to go darker but i'd already made quite a bit of mess

I think i'm going to try and do it again soon.

[Sam]

New kicks! 70's Chuck Taylors.

[spitfiredealer]

Nice Sam been looking at them myself

[Appfaff]

damn @Sam - those are absolutely amazing!

[tmg]

Oh, wish I hadn't seen those, now I'll have to buy some [emoji3]

[Finkster]

@Sam:

Awesome suede fabric & colour … great choice!

[Appfaff]

@Sam - did you get your same standard chuck's size for the 70s version?  Might finally grab some next time cons has a sale going on

[Sam]

Hey @Appfaff

Yeah i generally go for 11UK in both. I've got odd feet. My left is about .5 of an inch bigger so i can usually get away with 10UK but it tends to rub on my left foot when i do long walks. I think the 70's chuck's are good for wider feet too.

[Appfaff]

Awesome! Thanks for the info - I wasn't sure how the padded footbed affected the sizing.  Much appreciated!

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[pillowPANTS]

From what ive read. The 70's and the CTAS PRO come up half size big and normal chucks are a full size bigger.
So im normally 12us in everything. I do 11.5 in the CTAS and 11 in reg chucks