Shoes that look better with age...

[Duke Mantee]

^ Love those shoes

[shredwin_206]

Anyone got good boot inspo for moc toes with a heel and lug sole....

need to resole my whites moc toe soon and don’t want wedge soles again 

[bartlebyyphonics]

43 minutes ago, Duke Mantee said:

^ Love those shoes

same... especially the curve of the back into the heel... almost boot soled shoes; love it

[plus, always a sucker for well worn natural leather and/or tan...]

1 hour ago, smoothsailor said:

 

 

 

 

 

[julian-wolf]

34 minutes ago, shredwin_206 said:

Anyone got good boot inspo for moc toes with a heel and lug sole....

need to resole my whites moc toe soon and don’t want wedge soles again 

Flame Panda, although really those seem more like a moc toe / Indy hybrid

[mlwdp]

1 hour ago, shredwin_206 said:

Anyone got good boot inspo for moc toes with a heel and lug sole....

need to resole my whites moc toe soon and don’t want wedge soles again 

Dr Soles makes some great soles.

[bartlebyyphonics]

16 hours ago, shredwin_206 said:

Anyone got good boot inspo for moc toes with a heel and lug sole....

need to resole my whites moc toe soon and don’t want wedge soles again 

some lug moc-toe resoles here:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BrKgOz0gMmv/

https://www.instagram.com/p/B4mMKa8Bk74/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BqhCvr2g-b9/

https://www.instagram.com/p/Boiyyy9hdBb/

and same cobbler (Duke's favourite btw, yee ol' felix) using a dr sole as per @mlwdp's recommendation

https://www.instagram.com/p/BruhEhPg7RH/

[oomslokop]

19 hours ago, bartlebyyphonics said:

hey! looking over the trickers site I was thinking that seems to be something that distinguishes the 'country' brogues from the 'town' brogues... [as my pair def. feel more city in terms of toe shape and general balance]

yet none of the 'town' brogues have storm welts... curious...

have noticed those too which made me think do they just brogue the toe caps the same for every brogue town or country and when they have storm welts theyd get covered up in the bottom

[bartlebyyphonics]

3 hours ago, oomslokop said:

have noticed those too which made me think do they just brogue the toe caps the same for every brogue town or country and when they have storm welts theyd get covered up in the bottom

interesting: with a quick look over cheaney, church's, and crockett & jones not seeing any with toe brogue holes so low: curious... 

also does seem like their town and country get quite different patterns as well:

town:

country:

[Duke Mantee]

There aren’t many who place the brogueing so far down, but I suppose you could argue that the Trickers Bourton (and similar) have the ‘correct’ placement since the point was to let water out ... but then there’s no value in a storm welt 

[Double 0 Soul]

Bartles shiny-toed shoes just reminded me of @Crat for the moment... remember that dude? with his insane mirror finished Crockett & Jones (before your time i think Bartles)

Trickers are not my style but my sis-inlaw wears their Acorn Tan Brogue Boots, i always admire them, they're so well balanced, whether it's in her size 5 or a size 12

Edited April 10, 2021 by Double 0 Soul
weather/whether ...potato/potato

[BrownMetallic]

Got my very 1st English boots 10yrs ago ... Tricker’s Malton in C-Shade Gorse.

I’ve always gravitated to a more casual wear & accoutrements, since there was rarely ever any need to dress up in my entire life ... getting married was one.

I remember getting stoked just looking through  the boots display window @JermynStreet.  I was chancing on a proper Stow pair in Acorn,  but discovered that I needed to size up half on the length to get to the width that I wanted.  Enter the Malton ... Goodyear commando soles in combo with the brogues ... wanted the Acorn, but Gorse will do ... SOLD!

I thought they were like the “mullet” of bootsdom 

edit: Btw, been re-heeled twice, but the commando soles are still original ... actually, I find Commandos more flexy/comfy & durable than Dainites.

Edited April 10, 2021 by BrownMetallic

[bartlebyyphonics]

30 minutes ago, Double 0 Soul said:

Bartles shiny-toed shoes just reminded me of @Crat for the moment... remember that dude? with his insane mirror finished Crockett & Jones (before your time i think Bartles)

Know that shiner very well; pretty impressive work he put in: with some extravagant fishing action shots if I remember?

... this thread is a venerable long-un , a huge source of info and one I have taken the time to chew through from beginning to end... interesting how the thread started pretty equally balanced between US and UK hand made shoes/boots [with the odd hate thrown at 'bulbous' US shapes] to then becoming almost exclusively US styles with a balance of US and JP made...

[Double 0 Soul]

There's another part to the thread burried somewhere, spanning c2006-2012

[Maynard Friedman]

Trickers on the left, Alfred Sargent on the right

[bartlebyyphonics]

nice to see the brogue collections representing!

on a different tack: when looking around on Yuketen vs. Russell Moccasin angle - stumbled on crashtestbrummie's instagram: that is some Yuketen collection getting built there... 

Edited April 10, 2021 by bartlebyyphonics

[Broark]

Been thinking about a pair of these bluchers lately, pricing just always makes me pause a little: https://www.yuketen.com/ready-to-wear/blucher-rocker-with-kiltie-fo-g-brown-229km

[MJF9]

A good looking shoe... imagine they’d provide easy wearing comfort, like walking on marshmallow

Edited April 10, 2021 by MJF9

[Geeman]

2 hours ago, bartlebyyphonics said:

nice to see the brogue collections representing!

on a different tack: when looking around on Yuketen vs. Russell Moccasin angle - stumbled on crashtestbrummie's instagram: that is some Yuketen collection getting built there... 

Ben is a true Yuks ambassador! 

[shredwin_206]

[tod]

On 4/7/2021 at 5:54 PM, mlwdp said:

Do you recommend this for Horsehide?

People have different ideas about leather care, but I have always found saddle soap, used once or twice a year as needed, to work on all smooth leathers. 

[Thanks_M8]

Once got the recommendation to use dishwashing soap or shampoo from a cobbler, works like a charm for me, plus no extra buying trips.

Edited April 11, 2021 by Thanks_M8

[unders]

Enjoying all these brogues. Here are my Sunday best. Church’s Chetwynd bought yonks ago (before prices went crazy). 

 

Edit: recalling that these with the nice inky blue LVC ‘67 505s were my go-to for ages. 

Edited April 11, 2021 by unders
Memories

[bartlebyyphonics]

very nice @unders - look like they have been party to some good sunday besting...

[MJF9]

Chiming in... needed a trip to the attic to find these; noticeable absence of shoe trees - must get some more

Loake tan brogue boot, often worn with pre-quake Ande Whalls

Alfred Sargent longwing brogues, used as a working shoe

Still plenty of life in these old dogs yet

[Maynard Friedman]

Funnily enough @MJF9, I have a pair of Alfred Sargent longwing brogues (in dark brown) and some tan Loake Burford brogue boots. As Madonna sang, “C’mon Brogue...”

[unders]

They have indeed @bartlebyyphonics, and will hopefully see plenty more when normal life resumes.

Very nice @MJF9 - particularly the boots

[julian-wolf]

Evening on the balcony cleaning & conditioning my White's after another weekend outside…

(Absolutely wild, to me, how well modern smartphone cameras do in low lighting)

[bartlebyyphonics]

On 4/11/2021 at 1:42 PM, MJF9 said:

Chiming in... needed a trip to the attic to find these; noticeable absence of shoe trees - must get some more

Loake tan brogue boot, often worn with pre-quake Ande Whalls

Alfred Sargent longwing brogues, used as a working shoe

Still plenty of life in these old dogs yet

very nice... keep 'em coming people

the only thing I shoe tree are my trickers...

[julian-wolf]

White’s Hikers, used since November (maybe 10–15 active days) and conditioned twice

[generic_guy]

Not mine but wish they were, the new Trickers for The Bureau look very nice.