Shoes that look better with age...

[Opie]

Does anybody in here has a pair of boots made out of kangoroo that they can show pics of? would love to see some..

[edmond]

hey buga they fit almost the same.. cause ont he 1911's theyve already stretched out quite a bit but from my memory the fit the same new so i suggest a size9 on indies

[edmond]

chicken those are awesomely new! my gawwdd!!

[buga]

hey buga they fit almost the same.. cause ont he 1911's theyve already stretched out quite a bit but from my memory the fit the same new so i suggest a size9 on indies

hey, demonito

would you mind telling me what size are you in other shoes ,

let's say in nike trainers, clarks, converse ...etc

thanks .

[edmond]

i wear size 9.5 in cons ( the width on cons is pretty tight on me)

i wear 9.5 on dunks

i wear 10 on nike lebron basketball shoes

9.5 on y3

41.5 on diors

[moykky]

This is the one thread I would take to the deserted island with me!

[buga]

i wear size 9.5 in cons ( the width on cons is pretty tight on me)

i wear 9.5 on dunks

i wear 10 on nike lebron basketball shoes

9.5 on y3

41.5 on diors

that's weird .

i wear 10 in cons ,

11 in dunk , and nike .

but we can both fit in 9 in 1911s............

[edmond]

i dont know man

[buga]

i dont know man

thanks anyway .

cheerS mate .

[edmond]

your welcome!

[coleslawyum]

Good stuff chicken and buga.

Hey chicken if you get a chance can you snap a pic of your boot collection? Must be pretty large by now. Thanks.

[GregNYC]

thanks anyway .

cheerS mate .

Buga, can you find a Brannock device? If there's any "objective" standard in American shoe sizing, it's that device. You measure by the ball of your foot, not the toe. Anyway, Alden Indies are true to the Brannock - when means:

For me, the ball of the foot comes up to Brannock's 9.5. And with a 9.5 Indy on, it feels really comfortable! I wear thin socks, and a high-quality insert because Indies are flat inside. Anyway, a good fit with the Brannock made me love wearing Indies, whereas before, people here know I had a hard time getting comfortable with them.

[TheBrokeDJ]

got my beaters back from the repair shop:

AE Sanford. I wish they'd release this model again.

Anyway, for you shoe connoisseurs, how long does it usually take for your shoes to wear in and mold comfortably to the shape of you foot? In my case, my AE Sanfords are much more comfortable than the AE Hales I just bought, which I attribute to the fact that they're second hand (which has softened the leather), and sculpted from a different last. Only when trying on one pair after the other was I able to notice that the new shoes were slightly tighter despite both pairs being 11D.

[fattybfat]

the brown pair is 8D and the two-tone pair is 8E. maybe that's partly why the 8E look slimmer at the toe. i don't think the front stretched much at all. here's how they looked in the beginning:

still not sure what i'm going to do with the new pair. perhaps i should just wear them the way they are and compare how they are with single leather soles.

chicken

isnt that the whole construction of the D width should be narrower than a E width?

but in your case, you mean that the E toe look slimmer than D..:confused:

by the way, why do you choose E for your second pair, how much of a differences is it?

[GregNYC]

^Not to answer for Chicken, but maybe he's saying the wider width looked narrower because of the optical effects of the two-tone?

BrokeDJ - Good question about how many wearings to begin to form and size to your foot. Maybe 20 for me, with good quality leather. But it's hard to tell because I alternate among lots of pairs. My faves lately have been Indies and Conistons, and I'd say 15 wearings did the trick. Though the Conistons were way more comfortable out of the box.

[fre-co]

Off topic I know but everytime I see chicken's pictures I can't help but marvel at the carpet.... it's just so fucking lush!

[Chicken]

chicken

isnt that the whole construction of the D width should be narrower than a E width?

but in your case, you mean that the E toe look slimmer than D..:confused:

by the way, why do you choose E for your second pair, how much of a differences is it?

what i suggested was simply an optical thing. maybe because the E boot gets wider behind the toe, it makes the toe look narrower. sort of like this:

i got another semi dress in 8E, mainly because rawhide was offering them at a price i couldn't refuse. plus, i always thought i'm more of an E than a D with my wide feet. sure enough, the 8Es feel more comfortable sideways for my feet. still, it's more a matter of a slightly better comfort, and not a crucial necessity for me so far.

[landho]

Chicken, how do the Whites Semi-Dress run size-wise?

I am normally a 9C; for reference, I take a 8 in Varvatos Converses, 8 in Red Wing, 9C in Alden and most sneakers.

[Chicken]

imo semi dresses are on the wide side. so if you are a C in most shoes, you would probably need a C, if not B.

length-wise they're pretty much like most work boots -- half size oversized. so if you're 8.5 in most nikes, you should be 8 or even 7.5, depending on what type of socks you wear with them (and/or use prefer to use insoles).

weren't you also in LA? if so, you should head over to stronghold and try them out. even though they probably won't have C or B widths, but at least it could be a starting point.

[Denim Phenom]

Does anyone know of a belt that matches the snuff suede Indys?

[buga]

Buga, can you find a Brannock device? If there's any "objective" standard in American shoe sizing, it's that device. You measure by the ball of your foot, not the toe. Anyway, Alden Indies are true to the Brannock - when means:

For me, the ball of the foot comes up to Brannock's 9.5. And with a 9.5 Indy on, it feels really comfortable! I wear thin socks, and a high-quality insert because Indies are flat inside. Anyway, a good fit with the Brannock made me love wearing Indies, whereas before, people here know I had a hard time getting comfortable with them.

thanks ,

i will try .

much appreciated .

CheerS , mate .

[fattybfat]

thanks chicken and greg

nicely explained

[YoungPunch]

Does anyone know of a belt that matches the snuff suede Indys?

Hey Denim Phenom,

The type of belt you're looking for may be a thicker-style belt to match with jeans, but alden does make a dress belt in the same snuff suede leather as your indies...

Check out the Alden website under catalogs:belts, and you can see the belt I'm talkin about.

http://www.aldenshoe.com/cat_acc_10.htm

[GregNYC]

Speaking of belts, I might pick this up at BiG tomorrow. I saw it last week, but they were closing so I didn't pic it up. What do you think? By Samurai. With patina it will match my Conistons after a few weeks, and after a while, my Indies....

[YoungPunch]

^ That's a cool looking belt Greg. I've heard the samurai belts are pretty sturdy in construction and leather-quality.

I have a brown engineered garments belt with heavy-duty brass quick release buckle that I wear with my redwings and cigar shell indies.

[fattybfat]

go for it greg, those are nice, especially the buckle

[fre-co]

Greg the samurai belts are fantastic. I have the saddle stitched one in brown that I got from BiG on my NYC trip earlier in the year. I've never handled thicker leather than those. It's the type of belt that will out live us all.

[coleslawyum]

Hey Greg, thats a nice belt! Not sure if I remember correctly, because my Japanese was spotty at best, but I asked the Tao-san, one of the designers from Samurai what the buckle was made of, and I think he said brass. Its not pewter like the recent belts. This belt is finished a lot nicer I think. The leather is very smooth and supple feeling, yet its still very thick!

[fre-co]

Yeah my buckle is brass, it's actually made by KC's Leathercraft for samurai although it doesn't say so on the belt anywhere. When I bought mine from BiG they had just got the delivery and the belts were in KC's boxes.

[coleslawyum]

^Thanks for the info fre$co.

I wonder if they've always been made by KC. The belt feels somehow different than the pewter ones.