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Velskoen this time, rather than veldtschoen.

Got hacked off with Clarks desert boots, suede was terrible on last pair. And besides, "Original" and "Made in Vietnam" not a good fit.

Really pleased with these Herbert Schiers, good quality, suede's excellent, worth extra expense.

i'd guess crockett & jones from what you've said but the 'look' of the stamp itself would give me a better clue. the speed hooks made me think that too, as all my c&j boots have them, although not sure if that's a more recent development.

Yep, Crockett & jones have confirmed they're theirs, good to know, thanks.

lotus for church's?

Swap? Hmm, better not be a bit low on the more formal ones then.

Nice those.

Thanks Paul, yep I'll contact C&J.

Poor quality pics of aforementioned.

And nice pair of bi-colour boots from Jil Sander.

And for want of shoes that don't get better with age thread, my only pair of bespoke.

From Jason Amesbury, nice bloke, but defeating the object of the exercise they didn't fit, were too tight an ended up splitting along the upper by the sole.

Yes, the Cheaney are nice but will be keeping my eye out for a pair of Lotus, got the itch again to get a pair.

Thanks for your help.

You may well be absolutely right.

What I didn't mention is that though Cordings don't sell anything like this anymore, they wondered about C&J, and did pull a C&J catalogue out of a drawer.

So, does seem to be some kind of relationship between the companies.

Did try asking at C&J in Burlington Arcade, but no one there had been around long enough to know.

Background is Cheaney Veldtschoens, Church Graftons, Edward Green Banbury.

All pretty old, lasted well.

The Cheaneys must be 15-20 years old, did try to get Lotus because that's what my father wore, but couldn't even get them even back then.

Thanks!

They did go back to Cordings a few years after getting them to have a couple of hooks replaced and some wear on inner heels patched.

Not sure if the bottom heel bit was replaced then, but on it (rubbed now) pretty sure it reads "hand benched hand finished by craftsmen" in gold caps.

In ankle area "8387 74" and "k88712" and in arch area stamped 8 above 6.

Hi all.

If anyone knows the answer to what these are and who made them, I imagine it would be here.

Bought from Cordings about 10+ years ago.

I've enquired there, and they have no idea.

Now owned by Eric Clapton, seems much changed and only really do wellies now, including pink ones.

Don't look dissimilar to me to the Edward Green Galway, but bought a pair of Edward Green Banbury around the same time and remember these costing rather less.

Got a pair of Cheaney Veldtschoen, but no idea if these are Veldtschoens or not.

The sole is a Medway.

Idle curiosity, and will need resoling soon and I'd rather they went back to the maker.

Thanks in advance,

Rich